VW workers boo boss as he urges them to ‘pull together’ amid job cuts

Oliver Blume faces workforce at German HQ as carmaker struggles against Chinese competition and US tariffs

Heatwave health risks threaten insurer earnings, rating agency S&P warns

Rise in claims linked to heat-related deaths and illness, especially among older people, could drive up premiums

World’s largest streaming services have also increased subscription costs repeatedly in US, research finds

Hélène Duguy is taking on companies accused of failing to stop Pfas pollution in the area of France she calls home

Britons report that EES digital entry and exit system has led to frustration, visa mix-ups and long queues

Aeroplane maker said to have watered down plans to restrict working from home to one day a week

Volodymyr Zhuravlev had been consulted on Snake Island, a dramatised reconstruction of incident

Meta chief executive paid roughly €20m for gothic-style mansion built in 1830 and its surroundings

Owner of firm behind ‘Temu Range Rover’ will open facility in Bedfordshire in autumn

Expected quarterly price cap rise of 4% likely to wipe out benefits of Andy Burnham’s VAT cut on electricity bills

Berlin to seek suspect’s extradition for 2022 explosions that damaged gas pipelines to Russia

Food Foundation sounds alarm over supply risks and price shocks as about 40% of Britain’s food is imported

Operator granted UK track access for as many as 20 daily return trains to Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam from 2030

Vegetable and grain growers call for urgent action, warning of ‘catastrophic’ harvests due to continent-wide drought

Low river levels have stalled German freight traffic and forced closure of nuclear plants in France