Russia has scrapped a deadline to resume flows via a major gas supply route to Germany, deepening Europe's difficulties in securing winter fuel, after saying it had found faults in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline during maintenance.
Russia has halted gas supplies via Europe's key supply route, intensifying an economic battle between Moscow and Brussels and raising the prospects of recession and energy rationing in some of the region's richest countries.
At least 12 people have been killed in severe storms in Europe as authorities in Germany warned of heavy rainfall in the south of the country and put air rescue services on high alert.
With the war in Ukraine's east raging on, Kyiv has received a major boost with the European Union recommending it becomes a candidate to join the bloc, in what would be a dramatic geopolitical shift following Russia's invasion.
A group of peaceful protesters rallied outside the office of the European Union delegation in Yarralumla today and called on the EU Ambassador to “cover the sky” over Ukraine.
Allies from the US, Canada and Europe have announced sanctions against Russian President Vladimir Putin as anger grows over his country's invasion of Ukraine.
Flash floods hit southern Germany on Sunday, killing at least one person and adding to the flooding devastation that has claimed the lives of more than 180 people in Europe in recent days.
