Extreme heat could kill as many as 2.3 million people in Europe unless countries get better at cutting emissions.

"Reeves pledges to create 'Europe's Silicon Valley'", reads the Guardian headline, referring to Chancellor Rachel Reeves "push for growth", which features on many of Wednesday's front pages. The paper says she will reveal plans to create a tech hub between Oxford and Cambridge,

Serbia, Slovakia and Poland's call for a permanent end to Russian gas flows pose issues for the Russian leader.

Coca-Cola has recalled some of its soft drinks in Europe after higher-than-normal levels of a chemical called chlorate were detected in bottles and cans at a Belgian production plant.

The world's imports of liquefied natural gas are set to jump to the highest in a year in January as Europe's winter demand draws cargoes away from top-consuming region Asia.

Up Helly Aa - Europe's biggest fire festival - is traditionally held on the last Tuesday of January and celebrates Shetland's Norse heritage. Thousands of visitors travel to the UK's most northerly islands to watch the evening torchlit procession through Lerwick, which reaches its climax when the replica of a Viking long ship is set on fire.

World leaders and business titans at the World Economic Forum called out widespread pessimism, siloed markets, regulation, and cultural weakness in Europe.

Volvo Cars has announced the expansion of Plug&Charge to other electric models for model year 2026: The function, which is already available for the Volvo

The Chancellor is expected to announce a raft of policies to grow the region that could add £78 billion to the UK economy by 2035.

HSBC Chairman Mark Tucker leaned into the microphone at a vast conference table in Beijing, telling British business leaders and senior Chinese officials that he spoke for all UK businesses present in hoping for stronger economic ties.