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On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch A celebrated marble elephant sculpture by Baroque master Gian Lorenzo Bernini in Rome has been damaged, with its left tusk found snapped off at the monument’s base. Authorities reported […]

On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch A man has been swept away by the swollen River Loire as much of western France was placed under high alert for floods, with further heavy rain expected. Four […]

JD Vance criticized European nations for “doing a lot of things to sabotage themselves”, in a Fox News interview on Tuesday (17 February). The US vice president specifically targeted their defense spending and economic stagnation. “ We want Europe to thrive, and we want Europe to succeed”, he said. Building on Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s […]

On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Pope Leo XIV has turned down Donald Trump’s invitation to join his so-called “Board of Peace”, a senior Vatican official said. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s secretary of state, […]

On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch French authorities have released a tanker, the Grinch, suspected of being part of Russia’s sanctioned “shadow fleet”, after its owners paid a penalty of “several million euros” and endured […]

On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Five people have died, and five others are injured after a fire broke out in an apartment building in northeastern Spain. The fire originated in the storage room of […]

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Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email A renowned natural rock formation on Italy’s Adriatic coast, affectionately known as the “Lovers’ Arch,” dramatically collapsed on Valentine’s Day following several days of severe weather. The incident has prompted local […]

Swiss train derailed by avalanche with multiple casualties feared A train carrying around 80 passengers has derailed in Switzerland following an avalanche this morning, authorities said as rescuers scrambled to reach survivors. Several carriages were forced off the line near the village of Goppenstein, in the southwestern canton of Valais, around 7am this morning, police […]

On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch A train carrying around 80 passengers derailed in Switzerland following an avalanche this morning, authorities said as rescuers scrambled to reach survivors. Several carriages were forced off the line […]