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Tensions surge in final stretch of Hungarian election

  • Politics
  • Max Griera
  • Mar 31, 2026

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is in the toughest fight of his political life, one that threatens to end his 16-year rule.

Fernandez on Real Madrid shortlist - Tuesday's gossip

  • Sports
  • Mar 30, 2026

Chelsea midfielder Enzo Fernandez is on Real Madrid's shortlist, Juventus are eyeing Manchester United's Manuel Ugarte, Newcastle receive a boost in their bid to keep hold of Sandro Tonali, plus more.

Pourquoi les partis de centre gauche en Europe enchaînent les revers électoraux

  • Politics
  • Aitor Hernández-Morales, Jacopo Barigazzi
  • Mar 30, 2026

Du Portugal au Danemark, les électeurs progressistes et issus de la classe ouvrière tournent le dos aux partis de centre gauche qui ne s’attaquent pas à la crise du coût de la vie et mènent des politi...

Two teams, three games, six days - O'Neill's unique predicament

  • Sports
  • Mar 30, 2026

BBC Sport NI looks at how Northern Ireland and Blackburn Rovers manager Michael O'Neill will navigate a unique six-day stretch that will bring three games against Wales, Birmingham City and a relegati...

As the WTO flounders, the world’s middle powers go their own way

  • Politics
  • Caroline Hug
  • Mar 30, 2026

After another failure to reform the stricken global trade body, coalitions form to bypass its consensus-based rulebook.

'That's world-class' - Pundits analyse Russo's hat-trick vs Tottenham

  • Sports
  • Mar 30, 2026

BBC pundits Fara Williams and Anita Asante analyse Alessia Russo's brilliant 27‑minute hat‑trick against Tottenham, discussing whether her best position is the number nine or ten role for Arsenal.

‘Don’t make me chase you’: Leaked texts reveal how Russian spies recruit, pressure and run their informants

  • Politics
  • Eva Hartog
  • Mar 30, 2026

A cache of messages and recordings offers rare insight into Moscow’s efforts to infiltrate opposition groups in Europe.

5 ways the EU could cope with Hungary if Orbán wins again 

  • Politics
  • Gerardo Fortuna, Jacopo Barigazzi
  • Mar 30, 2026

From less unanimous decision-making to informal sidelining, EU countries are already weighing how to move ahead without Hungary if Viktor Orbán wins reelection.

How Viktor Orbán became Putin’s best friend in the EU

  • Politics
  • Jamie Dettmer
  • Mar 30, 2026

From liberal dissident to MAGA darling, the transformation of the prime minister who brought Budapest back into Moscow’s orbit.

Weapons not wealth: How the EU’s lure for new members switched focus

  • Politics
  • Zoya Sheftalovich
  • Mar 30, 2026

Donald Trump's distancing from Europe means richer countries now want EU membership for protection in a more fragile world.

Why Europe’s social democrats can’t stop losing

  • Politics
  • Aitor Hernández-Morales, Jacopo Barigazzi
  • Mar 30, 2026

From Portugal to Denmark, progressive and working-class voters are turning their backs on center-left parties who fail to address the affordability crisis and pursue centrist policies.

Trump’s ‘gut’ let him down in Iran — and we’re all paying the price of his failed diplomacy

  • Politics
  • Ivo Daalder
  • Mar 30, 2026

Washington's brand of dealmaking seems unable to handle a determined enemy that seeks its own survival by imposing maximum pain on others.