Latest news bulletin | September 19th – Evening

• 4:00 PM

1 min

Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.

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Israel launches strikes on southern Lebanon as IDF fighter jets break sound barrier above Beirut

• 2:59 PM

4 min

Meanwhile in Beirut, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah vowed "just punishment" for the two-day walkie-talkie and pager attacks, which killed more than 30, wounded thousands and was widely believed to be carried out by Israel.

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Oktoberfest tightens security after deadly knife attack in western Germany

• 1:58 PM

6 min

The festival's organiser has promised it will be "the safest place in Germany".

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Georgia passes Russian-style anti-LGBTQ+ law ahead of crucial election

• 1:25 PM

3 min

Many critics of the Georgian Dream-led government say the legislation flies in the face of the country's EU accession process.

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UK Prime Minister Starmer under fire for failing to declare gifts on time

• 11:59 AM

4 min

UK MPs are allowed to accept gifts but have to declare donations and extra-parliamentary income within 28 days. Starmer says he missed the deadline because he was verifying exactly what needed to be declared.

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WATCH: State of calamity declared as Portugal's fires continue to escalate

• 10:34 AM

1 min

Thousands of firefighters remained on the front lines, working tirelessly to control more than 100 wildfires raging across northern Portugal.

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Turkey wouldn't be interested in joining BRICS if it was an EU member state, foreign minister says

• 10:26 AM

2 min

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Wednesday Ankara was looking to diversify its options regarding global alliances, bringing up long-running ambitions for EU membership.

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400,000 displaced as Nigerian floods worsen

• 10:09 AM

1 min

Severe flooding continues to devastate northeastern Nigeria, displacing over 400,000 people, according to the UN.

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Latest news bulletin | September 19th – Midday

• 10:00 AM

1 min

Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.

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Musk's X skirts Brazil ban and returns to some users with change to server access

• 9:09 AM

4 min

Some X users are back online despite a nation-wide ban against the app in Brazil.

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Vatican gives green light to devotion at Bosnian shrine where Virgin Mary reportedly appeared

• 6:37 AM

8 min

The Vatican did not rule that the accounts that children and teenagers saw Mary in the village of Međugorje in 1981 were authentic, but it said that the spiritual experience of visiting the shrine justified pilgrimages there.

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Latest news bulletin | September 19th – Morning

• 5:00 AM

1 min

Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.

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Europol arrests 51 people and dismantles encrypted communication platform

• 12:45 AM

1 min

Europol arrests 51 people connected to Ghost, a platform used by cybercriminals for large-scale drug trafficking and money laundering.

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