One sausage to rule them all:German bratwurst.

All hail the sausage to rule all sausages

When it comes to the world’s best sausages there’s Spanish chorizo,South Africa’s boerewors and English Cumberland. But nothing beats Germany’s bratwurst.

  • Ben Groundwater

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Palestinians displaced by the Israeli air and ground offensive it in a makeshift tent camp inside a landfill in central Gaza Strip on Friday.

Israeli airstrike destroys Gaza’s only cancer hospital,ceasefire ‘bridges’ on the table

Meanwhile,E3 countries say they are “appalled” by the violence in Gaza and called for an immediate stop to strikes.

  • Brahim Hazboun,Sam Mednick andNidal al-Mughrabi

Pigeons to be tricked into taking contraceptive pill

They have been called the “rats of the sky”,leaving mess over bikes,footpaths and virtually any other surface. Now one European city is fighting back.

  • James Rothwell
The Rheinmetall Boxer tank.

‘Era of rearmament’:German arms maker looks to cash in on Trump turmoil

Europe’s largest producer of munitions says it’s set to profit from the region’s rising military spending as Donald Trump shifts the US away from its support of Europe.

  • Melissa Eddy
French President Emmanuel Macron shakes hands with US President-elect Donald Trump at the Elysee Palace on Saturday.

Trump is changing the narratives on both sides of the Atlantic

The president’s policies and his decision to force Ukraine into a peace deal with Russia have prompted Europe to take steps that were unimaginable before he regained the White House.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
Ukraine peace could more help from the EU and nuclear protection by France.

‘None have prepared for it’:Trump forces Europe to rethink its own nuclear ‘umbrella’

When Emmanuel Macron beamed into living rooms across France on Wednesday night,it was an astonishing development - one Russia immediately declared a threat.

  • Rob Harris
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Why Trump’s madness is making the world a safer place

The US president has smashed the Western alliance. But the Europeans are stepping up to spend their own money on their own defence.

  • Parnell Palme McGuinness
Tim Bringer competes in the Maxxis Slopestyle in Memory of McGazza final during Crankworx in Rotorua,New Zealand.
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Zelensky hopeful of Trump fix after Europe meeting

European leaders have scrambled to broker an agreement that could appease Ukraine and the US as the countries look to end the war with Russia.

  • Rob Harris
Zelensky in 2019 and 2025

Where to from here for Ukraine’s battered leader?

Volodymyr Zelensky entered office with hopes for real change. But three years of war have transformed the former comedian,who appeared visibly stressed during his exchange with Donald Trump on Friday.

  • Rob Harris