Image copyright Carlo Ratti Asociati Image caption Aerial view of the village An abandoned military village in Germany could get a new lease of life as a hippy commune fit for the 21st Century. Patrick Henry Village, near the German city of Heidelberg, was not born to hippy ideals. In …

Media captionSerbia refugees face cruel winter The so-called Balkan Route may have closed officially in March. But people are still making their way along the peninsula towards western Europe – only now without the protection of the authorities which had laid on transport to keep them out of the hands …

Image copyright EPA Image caption Christine Lagarde has been IMF director since 2011 The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Christine Lagarde, has gone on trial in France over compensation awarded to Bernard Tapie, a well-connected businessman, in 2008, when she was finance minister. She denies wrongdoing. The IMF …

11 December 2016 Last updated at 13:32 GMT The BBC’s Mark Lowen witnesses the toll that a string of deadly attacks – most recently on a football stadium – have taken on Turkish people.

The moment an explosion rocked the Besiktas football stadium in Istanbul was captured on the club’s TV broadcast. Two blasts, believed to be a car bomb and a suicide bomb, have killed at least 38 people and injured many others, reports say.

Image copyright Antony Wren Image caption The sender of the card only knew the intended recipients lived “somewhere near the sea in Suffolk” A couple say they were “amazed” to receive a Christmas card where the only address details on the envelope were “somewhere near the sea in Suffolk”. Antony …

Image copyright Thinkstock The traditional British fish supper could be replaced by the likes of squid as the waters around the UK’s shores grow warmer, say government scientists. Squid and fish that thrive in warmer waters, such as sardines and anchovies, are flourishing around the North Sea, according to fisheries …

Image copyright EPA Image caption Supporters of the VMRO-DPMNE celebrate in Skopje Macedonia’s governing conservatives have won the country’s closely-fought parliamentary elections, officials say. The governing VMRO-DPMNE party secured 51 out of 120 seats in parliament in Sunday’s election, according to preliminary results. The opposition social democrats (SDSM) took 49 …

A British neo-Nazi movement is to become the first far-right group to be banned under terrorism laws in the UK. Home Secretary Amber Rudd said National Action was “a racist, anti-Semitic and homophobic organisation”. An order laid in Parliament to proscribe the group – making it a criminal offence to …

Image copyright PA Image caption A report from a cross-party think tank is also calling for the guarantee European nationals in the UK and British citizens living in the EU must have a guarantee they can remain in place after Brexit, campaigners say. The Three Million group is demanding assurances …