Greece loses around half its drinking water from leaky pipes and theft, government figures show - nearly twice the EU average of 23%.

STORY: This city in the Arigolda region of southern Greece has a water problem.Its old pipes underground are leaking - and losing more than half the water that's pumped through them.And when reservoir levels are low in the summer - residents are told not to drink the contaminated water pumped from backup sources.

Water leaks through cracks in an irrigation canal that feeds a plain of orange trees, while old underground pipes are said to lose more than half of the water pumped through them, according to local officials.

The United States’ policy shift on Ukraine should serve as a wake-up call for Europe, Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday. Mitsotakis warned the continent’s leaders against slowing down on geopolitical and economic issues,

U.S. President Donald Trump has launched a bid to broker an end to the war in Ukraine, sparking a rift with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and raising concerns among European allies that Kyiv and Europe could be cut out of peace talks.