The Latest Breaking News from European Union

The South Pacific French territory of New Caledonia is a major producer of nickel, a metal that is increasingly in demand around the world to make electric car batteries. The precious resource is at the heart of a political and economic tug of war between indigenous, pro-independence groups and the…

Similarities in accounts from different Ukrainian regions ‘expose deeper concerns that Russia is using torture as a strategy’, UN special rapporteur tells The Independent

A rejection of France in its former colonies in Africa – and the embrace of other powers including Russia and China – is growing. Who benefits from all this remains to be seen, says French-Algerian journalist Nabila Ramdani

France on Friday rejected a move by Niger's junta to scrap bilateral military pacts, saying only the west African country's "legitimate" leadership was entitled to do so. Meanwhile a regional Ecowas delegation quit the country after failing to secure the return to power of Niger's elected government.

The EU may want to force phone makers to offer user-replaceable batteries, and Apple doesn't like the sound of that.

Action by regulator follows £12.7m fine by UK for illegally processing data of 1.4m children under 13

Ukraine claims to have incapacitated a ship in Russia’s Black Sea fleet ; Russian defence minister pictured visiting troops inside occupied Ukraine

Money, time, effort all wasted: you can wrap the new red tape three times around the world, one manufacturing boss told me, writes Polly Toynbee

Exclusive: Deleting national emissions ceiling regulations as part of scrapping EU laws ‘a clear example of deregulation’

Moscow has confirmed Ukrainian sea drones attacked a navy base near the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk

Brussels’ foreign policy chief calls on nations to speak with a unified voice to help ‘people most in need’