Elon Musk says he refused to give Kyiv access to his Starlink communications network over Crimea to avoid complicity in a “major act of war”. Kyiv had sent an emergency request to activate Starlink to Sevastopol, home to a major Russian navy port, he said. His comments came after a book alleged he had switched…

By Michael Ertl BBC News Rescuers in central Greece are trying to reach hundreds of people trapped by floods that have left villages submerged and seven people dead. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has said Greeks face “a very unequal battle” with nature. Rivers have burst their banks and homes and bridges have been swept away…

By Matt McGrath Environment correspondent Tackling climate change needs a rapid transformation of the way our world works, travels, eats and uses energy, according to an important UN review. This is the first “global stocktake” to examine the efforts of countries to reduce planet-warming emissions since the Paris agreement was signed in 2015. While progress…