Beating Chelsea in the Cup and getting relegated is just the kind of thing we’d do, admits lifelong Valiants supporter Megan Clement

Jean-Michel Aulas hopes to oust the city’s green incumbent in French elections today. But as they argue over traffic jams, the spectre of extremism is growing

Metropolitan police reveal that they had questioned three women in relation to allegations of human trafficking

Victims of a sex trafficking network said to rival that of Jeffrey Epstein tell The Observer why Ritz Paris and Fayed organisations beyond Harrods must now be scrutinised, and why they are pinning their hopes on a new French investigation

Americans fearing for their lives as LGBTQ+ rights are eroded have been seeking refuge in the Netherlands. But authorities there refuse to accept that ‘the land of the free’ is no longer safe

In the aftermath of the horror blaze that left at least 40 young partygoers dead, families wait for news and the bar’s owners are investigated by police

Environmentalists are fighting to save a pair of killer whales that can’t be released into the wild

After seven decades of oom-pah-pah, the song contest is now riven by political disharmony, with Gaza the last straw

As the president names his eighth PM since 2017, the case is being made for a new constitution

The shootout in a Paris suburb began as a viral trick that Messi fluffed. It’s now a reminder of the pure joy of the sport

The construction of vast reservoirs has angered environmentalists as Europe misses its climate targets and warms faster than any other continent