Two people are found dead by firefighters in Spain's Catalonia region, with heat-related fatalities in France and Italy.

In the south of Catalonia, halfway between Barcelona and Valencia, the Ebro Delta is an important wetland area home to flamingos, egrets, herons and lapwings.

The President of Catalonia, Pere Aragonès, travelled to Dublin this week with the aim of strengthening ties with Ireland. A relaxed but confident character, the 40-year-old told me that he was ...