Europe
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Earlier this month an estimated 2,000 Venetians marched against a tourism industry they argue has eroded their quality of life, that is damaging the environment and driving residents away. Venice’s population has fallen from about 175,000 in the post-second world war years to 55,000 today.
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Rainfalls 80% below normal have affected farming across the country and could result in the capital’s famous fountains being turned off
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Linda Wenzel, 16, who is being held in an Iraqi prison after joining the jihadist group, says she wants to get away from the war
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But minister says cabinet braced for longer transitional period to ensure ‘maximum certainty and minimal disruption’
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On Christopher Street Day thousands of people demonstrate for the rights of LGBT people with a parade of colourful floats and music
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Chris Riddell on some essential political reading for the summer recess
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Nazi doctrine did not allow public initiative and private enterprise
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The environment secretary has conceded the need for free movement to continue for years after Brexit
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Liberian telecoms company commissioned attack but had not asked for German firm to be hacked, 29-year-old tells Cologne court
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US investment bank Morgan Stanley is latest to choose city as it vies to become EU’s principle financial centre and win back jobs lost in banking crisis
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Eurosceptic Tory backbenchers bristle after environment secretary says ministers agree on ‘pragmatic’ approach to free movement
The Observer view on Poland’s assault on law and the judiciary