The final nationwide landline call was made on Tuesday, June 30, before telecommunications operator permanently retired its copper-wire network.

Finland ends landline era after 150 years

Nation's final nationwide landline call marks the end of the copper-wire telephone era

Starmer increases budget to modernise UK military

Starmer sets 10-year defence overhaul with drones, nuclear upgrade and Navy revamp

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers a speech during a visit to Malloy Aeronautics in Berkshire west of London, on June 30, 2026, following the publication of long-delayed Defence Investment Plan (DIP).

UK police seek Dubai resident who saved man on tracks

UK police want to thank the 'good Samaritan,' believed to have travelled home to Dubai

Northallerton railway station

Russia says shot down over 400 Ukrainian drones

Kremlin says 419 Ukrainian drones downed as Kyiv targets satellite site

A screengrab taken from a reported footage of a Ukrainian Hornet mid-range attack drone slamming into a Russian transport truck on a supply line deep behind the war front. Kyiv has stepped up its long-range drone strike campaign against Russia in recent months.

Monaco blast injures Ukrainian tycoon

Three hurt after explosive attack near French border; police hunt fleeing suspect

A police car behind a security perimeter on a street following an explosion that occurred in a residential building in Monaco.

France to illuminate Statue of Liberty for US birthday

French jets, tricolor skies and light show mark US 250th at Liberty Island

The Patrouille de France conducts a flyover above the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor in commemoration of the 250th anniversary of American independence, in New York City, on June 9, 2026.

UK's Andy Burnham unveils sweeping plan to shift power

Devolution drive aims to put regions in control of services and growth

Labour MP and challenger for Leader of the Labour party, Andy Burnham, delivers a speech in Manchester, northern England, on June 29, 2026.

5 dead in shooting in northern Germany

Two, including the suspect, arrested after the incident in town of Stade

Police and rescuers work at the scene where several people were killed in a shooting in Stade, northern Germany, a city some 50 kilometres west of Hamburg, on June 29, 2026.

Norway beats forecasts with 1.7m bpd oil output

May production leaves Norway ahead of official petroleum projections

Norway's overall petroleum production — including crude oil, condensate, natural gas liquids and natural gas — totaled 3.82 million barrels of oil equivalent per day, exceeding official projections by 2.9%.

France's deadliest skydiving plane disaster kills 11

Pilot and 10 skydivers die as plane crashes near Nancy residential area

This photograph shows the wreckage of a Pilatus PC-6 light aircraft after it crashed at Tomblaine, on the outskirts of Nancy, eastern France on June 28, 2026.

Heatwave linked to 1,300 excess deaths: Why it matters

France reports 1,000 excess deaths as record heat fuels fires and strains health services

A girl cools a boy with her folding fan as they sit in a wide-open restaurant window in central Warsaw during the heatwave that has reached Polandon June 27, 2026.

More than 1,300 excess deaths in Europe heatwave: WHO

Record-breaking temperatures shut schools, strain power grids across Europe

A person takes a photo as the sun going up on early June 28, 2026, over the Drachenberg mountain in Berlin, as the German capital is expected to reach teperatures around 40 degrees Celsius during a heatwave in Europe.

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