Image copyright AFP/Getty Images Image caption Iranian technicians remove a container of radioactive uranium. Photo: August 2005 France and Iran have agreed to look at conditions for resuming talks to try to save Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers, President Emmanuel Macron says. During a phone call with President Hassan Rouhani, Mr Macron expressed his […]
Media captionThe funeral took place in St Petersburg on Saturday Fourteen Russian navy crew killed in a fire on a nuclear submarine on Monday have been buried, amid continuing secrecy over their mission. They were buried in the Serafimovskoye Cemetery of the country’s second city, St Petersburg, under tight security. All of them were given […]
Image copyright AFP/Getty Images Image caption Iranian technicians remove a container of radioactive uranium. Photo: August 2005 France and Iran have agreed to look at conditions for resuming talks to try to save Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers, President Emmanuel Macron says. During a phone call with President Hassan Rouhani, Mr Macron expressed his […]
Image copyright AFP/Getty Images Image caption Iranian technicians remove a container of radioactive uranium. Photo: August 2005 France and Iran have agreed to look at conditions for resuming talks to try to save Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers, President Emmanuel Macron says. During a phone call with President Hassan Rouhani, Mr Macron expressed his […]
Image copyright Mediterranea Image caption The Alex defied warnings and docked in Lampedusa A charity boat carrying 41 rescued migrants has docked in an Italian port despite a ban on it doing so. The captain of the Alex decided to leave international waters for Lampedusa’s port because of the “intolerable hygienic conditions”. Matteo Salvini, Italy’s […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Murat Cetinkaya had refused to cut interest rates Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has fired the governor of the central bank and replaced him with his deputy. No official reason was given for the sacking of Murat Cetinkaya, who had held the position since April 2016. However, it comes amid […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Murat Cetinkaya had refused to cut interest rates Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has fired the governor of the central bank and replaced him with his deputy. No official reason was given for the sacking of Murat Cetinkaya, who had held the position since April 2016. However, it comes amid […]
Image copyright Mil.ru Image caption The Russian Defence Ministry published these photos of the officers who died and named them The Russian president Vladimir Putin has bestowed top state awards on four of the 14 submarine crew who died during a secret mission on 1 July. The four officers, all captains, received Hero of Russia […]
Media captionAuschwitz survivor Eva Kor called for forgiveness even for Nazi crimes Eva Kor survived the Holocaust and went on to call for forgiveness of Nazi perpetrators, giving tours of the death camp at Auschwitz. She set up a small Holocaust museum in her adoptive home in the US and has died aged 85, during […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Svein Ludvigsen was governor of Troms from 2006 to 2014 A Norwegian ex-cabinet minister has been given five years in jail for sexually abusing three asylum seekers. Svein Ludvigsen, 72, was found guilty of abusing his position as a regional governor and exploiting the vulnerable situation of the three […]
