The UK’s new prime minster makes an embarrassing climb-down, the EU risks applying double standards in its dealings with Azerbaijan, a national idol becomes the latest target in Turkey’s crackdown on dissent and Bologna celebrates its annual tortellini festival. Plus a Europe on the Move transport special looking at the ways in which European countries are future-proofing their public transport.

The psychology of resistance in Russia, the politics of remembrance in Poland and the rule of law in Hungary.

Also: Ukrainian environmentalist Svitlana Romanko responds to the North Stream gas leaks, Turkey’s recycling industry and the people it exploits, why the Danube is no longer blue and the new fossil fuel registry revolutionising carbon accountability.

What does Russia’s military escalation mean for Ukraine and its allies? The Estonian town with a Russian twin across the river, and after Sweden's lurch to the right, Europe awaits Italy's election results. Also: An immigration lawyer imagines Paddington Bear as his client, why Albanians can't wait to leave the country, and Eco Opera — where birds can play musical instruments.

What does Russia’s military escalation mean for Ukraine and its allies? The Estonian town with a Russian twin across the river and after Sweden's lurch to the right, Europe awaits Italy's election results. Also: An immigration lawyer imagines Paddington Bear as his client, why Albanians can't wait to leave the country, and Eco Opera — where birds can play musical instruments.

Ukraine recaptures vast swathes of territory from Russia, Belarusian exiles in Poland support Kyiv over the war, and the Brussels terror attacks trial begins. Also: Why the former Czech prime minister is in the dock and Britain mourns an iconic monarch.

The UK has a new prime minister, but is everyone really sitting in the same boat? Anatomy of an airstrike: what happened at 8.35 am on March 29th, 2022? Nothing to see here: the spyware scandal causing embarrassment for the EU, and motorbike lovers beware: Paris is no longer the free ride you thought it was.

The EU makes it harder for Russians to get travel visas, will Russians ever forgive Mikhail Gorbachev for the collapse of the Soviet Union? Also: Ukraine prints money to pay its soldiers, Bulgarians struggle with soaring energy prices and the victims of the 2016 Nice attack could soon see justice.

Ukrainian writer Andrei Kurkov on six months of war with Russia, Turkey’s high risk strategy continues to pay off and who killed Darya Dugina and why? Also: Afghans remain stuck in a US base in Kosovo, explore the legacy of COVID in Spain and also on the Edinburgh Fringe comedy circuit!

Climate special: the European Space Agency tracks terrestrial changes from space, drought in the UK, France’s nuclear conundrum and the race to contain Europe's wildfires. Also: DW's On the Green Fence podcast takes an in-depth look at the aviation industry’s contributions to climate change.

How Finland's radioactive waste should be safe for 100,000 years, the UK shuts its only gender identity clinic for children, and a Slovakian council digs in over the renaming of a street. Also: 30 years on, the victims of the war in Abkhazia still seek justice, Italian long-COVID sufferers learn how to smell again and meet the Edinburgh fringe comedian who performed to an audience of one.