Oscar-winning actress Helen Mirren talks to Eve Jackson about her Cannes memories, being the face of L'Oréal Paris at age 78 and why she prefers swagger to beauty.

Voters under 30 account for a sixth of Europe's electorate. That's an important group for political parties to win over during this EU election season. Young people are less likely to take part in European elections than older generations, which makes them a prize for parties that know how to clinch their votes.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's term in office was supposed to end on May 20, 2024, but new elections have been suspended for as long as wartime Ukraine operates under martial law.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz has visited the southwestern German state of Saarland, where heavy rainfall has triggered the worst flooding in three decades.

With just one week to go before South Africa heads to the polls, we head to Cape Town, where our correspondent tells us what's at stake before the crucial day.

With over 830,000 inmates, Brazil has the third-largest prison population in the world, behind only the US and China. According to data from the National Secretariat for Penal Policy, there are almost 166,000 more prisoners than there are places currently available in the country's jails. In some penitentiaries, such as in the state of Rio de Janeiro, prison overcrowding can reach 190 percent. Brazilian prisons are also regularly the scene of rebellions and massacres.