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BERLIN, GERMANY - MAY 21: A voter casts her ballot in early voting at a local voting office in European parliamentary elections on May 21, 2019 in Berlin, Germany. Voters in European member states will go to the polls beginning Thursday in elections lasting through Sunday to elect a new European Parliament. In Germany voters can already cast their mail-in ballots by mail or in person at voting offices. Polling stations will open Sunday. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

European elections are a pivotal moment for voters to choose between unity and disruption

Andrea Leadsom, former leader of the House of Commons, departs Downing Street after attending a weekly meeting of cabinet ministers on May 21, a day before resigning.

Andrea Leadsom quits UK government in fresh Brexit blow for Theresa May

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, ENGLAND - MAY 20: Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage (R) has what is thought to have been a milkshake thrown over him as he visits Northumberland Street in Newcastle Upon Tyne during a whistle stop UK tour on May 20, 2019 in Newcastle Upon Tyne, England. His visit to Newcastle comes ahead of the 2019 European elections in the United Kingdom which will take place on May 23. The Brexit Party, a pro-Brexit Eurosceptic political party formed in 2019, is reported to be polling in front of Labour and the Conservatives for the European parliament elections. (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

Right-wing British politicians are having milkshakes thrown over them. Here's why

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May leaves 10 Downing Street in London on May 22, 2019, ahead of the weekly Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) question and answer session in the House of Commons. - British Prime Minister Theresa May's final bid to salvage her EU divorce deal appeared doomed on Wednesday as pro-Brexit Conservatives and opposition MPs rejected her attempts at a compromise to end months of deadlock. (Photo by Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP) (Photo credit should read DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP/Getty Images)

In photos: British Prime Minister Theresa May

Strasbourg, FRANCE: European Deputies vote during the plenary session, at the European Parliament's Hemicycle 24 May 2007 in Strasbourg. The House vote on the controversy World Bank Chief Paul Wolfowitz. Wolfowitz resigned from his World Bank position last week after accusations he personally arranged a lucrative pay-and-promotion package for Riza, a bank employee. AFP PHOTO GERARD CERLES (Photo credit should read GERARD CERLES/AFP/Getty Images)

Everything you need to know about the European elections

TOPSHOT - Members of the European Parliament take part in a voting session at the European Parliament on March 14, 2018 in Strasbourg, eastern France. / AFP PHOTO / FREDERICK FLORIN (Photo credit should read FREDERICK FLORIN/AFP/Getty Images)

What does the European Parliament actually do? One clue lies in your phone bill

The final straw: England bans plastic items from April 2020

A Spanish Guardia Civil officer works next to two luxury cars during Europol's operation to dismantle an organized crime gang that earned hundreds of millions of euros in drug and cigarette trafficking, assassinations and money laundering. (Guardia Civil via AP)

One of Europe's most 'prolific' criminal groups busted -- Europol

CARDIFF, UNITED KINGDOM - JANUARY 03: A man sits with his head in his hands in front of a tent on Queen Street on January 3, 2019 in Cardiff, United Kingdom. Nearly 600 homeless people in England and Wales died last year - a 24 percent rise over the past five years. Life expectancy is almost half that of people in stable housing, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics.(Photo by Matthew Horwood/Getty Images)

UN report compares UK welfare policies to Victorian workhouses

Dunham Massey Park, Altrincham, United Kingdom, December 2014.

Return a quarter of UK to nature to fight climate change, say environmentalists

Alliance of liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) group leader and Belgian member of the European Parliament Guy Verhofstadt looks on during the election for the office of the President at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, on January 17, 2017. / AFP / FREDERICK FLORIN (Photo credit should read FREDERICK FLORIN/AFP/Getty Images)

Europe will 'die from inside' if far-right populists triumph, top EU figure says

A rescue worker hangs from the Eiffel Tower Monday, May 20, 2019 in Paris. The Eiffel Tower has been closed to visitors after a person has tried to scale it. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Man caught climbing the Eiffel Tower

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz delivers a statement during a party board meeting of his Austrian People's Party (OeVP) in Vienna, on May 20, 2019. - Conservative Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has called for fresh elections after a camera sting forced his deputy, Heinz-Christian Strache from the far-right Freedom Party (FPOe), to resign on Saturday, just ahead of the EU elections. (Photo by ROLAND SCHLAGER / APA / AFP) / Austria OUT (Photo credit should read ROLAND SCHLAGER/AFP/Getty Images)

Austrian Chancellor moves to dismiss interior minister amid corruption scandal

Prince Charles agrees to meet Trump during controversial state visit

The green candidate for Austrian Presidency Alexander Van der Bellen addresses a Press conference after wining the election in Vienna, Austria on May 23, 2016.
The Austrian government confirmed that green-backed candidate Alexander van der Bellen narrowly beat his far-right rival Norbert Hofer to the presidency after postal votes broke a tie in the closely watched race. / AFP / Dieter Nagl (Photo credit should read DIETER NAGL/AFP/Getty Images)

Austria's Chancellor Kurz calls for early elections after vice chancellor resigns over alleged corruption video

A beehive with 80,000 bees was removed from a bedroom wall in Grenada, Spain.

A couple heard buzzing in their bedroom; the culprits turned out to be 80,000 bees

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