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Clouds are gathering over Europe - from a war of attrition in its backyard to the rising prices and energy shortages unseen in decades - and the continent is bracing for a long, hard winter.

European judges on Wednesday (3 August) refused to issue an emergency ruling on maintaining life support for a British boy at his parents’ request, as they fight a desperate legal battle to keep him alive against the advice of medics....

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Wednesday (3 August) raised the possibility of keeping nuclear plants going as he accused Russia of blocking the delivery of a key turbine to throttle gas supplies to Europe.

Azerbaijan said its forces had crushed an Armenian attack near the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh on Wednesday (3 August), prompting international calls for an end to fighting in a region that has been a flashpoint for 30 years.

Top Iranian and U.S. officials will resume talks in Vienna this week on reviving the 2015 nuclear pact, officials from both countries said on Wednesday. However, they played down any expectations of a breakthrough.

As much of Europe bakes in a third heatwave since June, fears are growing that extreme drought driven by climate change in the continent's breadbasket nations will dent stable crop yields and deepen the cost-of-living crisis.

The head of Greek intelligence told a parliamentary committee his agency had spied on a journalist, two sources present said, in a disclosure that coincides with growing pressure on the government to shed light on the use of surveillance malware.

The parents of a 12-year-old UK boy on Wednesday (3 August) appealed to European judges to maintain his life support, in another high-profile medical ethics case for Britain.

French satellite company Eutelsat on Wednesday (3 August) halted European broadcasts of Russian channel NTV Mir after regulators flagged content it had aired comparing Ukrainians to Nazis.

Three charities operating migrant rescue boats in the central Mediterranean called Wednesday (3 August) for the EU to resume search and rescue activities, saying they are overwhelmed and warning more people will die.

The OPEC+ is set to meet on Wednesday (3 August) amid market expectations for a steady or a slight increase of oil output as most of its members are already pumping near capacity and are unable to meet U.S. calls for bigger production to help address soaring prices.

The deal between Moscow and Kyiv to unblock Ukrainian grain exports may offer a way forward to a possible ceasefire in the five-month conflict, said former German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, a friend of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

China furiously condemned the highest-level US visit to Taiwan in 25 years as House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi hailed the self-ruled island as "one of the freest societies in the world" in a speech in Taipei on 3 August.

The European Commission said on Tuesday (2 August) that it had signed a joint procurement contract with Spanish pharmaceutical firm HIPRA for the supply of its protein COVID-19 vaccine, which will be available if approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA).

The James Webb Space Telescope has peered through time and huge amounts of dust to capture a new image of the Cartwheel Galaxy, revealing the spinning ring of colour in unprecedented clarity, NASA and the European Space Agency said Tuesday (2 August).

ASEAN ministers will ramp up pressure on Myanmar's junta at a regional meeting on 3 August in Cambodia as the US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan threatens to overshadow proceedings with tensions between Washington and Beijing soaring.

European Union and US officials said on Tuesday (2 August) that "there should be no obstacle" to restoring banking and telecommunications services to the country's isolated northern Tigray region.

Russia's top court on Tuesday (2 August) designated Ukraine's Azov Regiment as a terrorist group, paving the way for captured soldiers to be tried under stringent anti-terror laws and be jailed for up to 20 years.

Portugal's tourism season is set to be rocked by a series of strikes from airport and airline workers during August, one of the most crucial months of the year, over wage and working condition demands. 

Moldova's pro-Russian opposition leader called for snap presidential and parliamentary elections on Tuesday (2 August) and told the pro-Western government to go to Moscow to negotiate cheaper natural gas from Russia as prices soar.