Image copyright AFP Image caption President Macron (C) hosted Spain’s socialist PM Pedro Sánchez in Paris on Monday EU leaders are heading to Brussels to assess the post-election political landscape and consider rival candidates for the EU’s top jobs. The haggling over jobs – including a replacement for EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker – is […]
La Liga has reported a further eight possible match-fixing cases to police Police in Spain have made a number of arrests as part of an investigation into match-fixing. Current and former players as well as club executives – reportedly from the country’s top two divisions – have been detained. “The police action follows complaints about […]
Media captionThe foreign secretary tells Today he would include the DUP and ERG in Brexit talks Tory leadership candidate Jeremy Hunt has warned that his party will be committing “political suicide” if it tries to push through a no-deal Brexit. He told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme the move to no-deal would result in a […]
Image copyright Viersen District Police Image caption Divine intervention? Police urged the driver to recognise the “hint from above” A speeding driver in Germany was saved from a €105 (£93) fine when a snow-white dove interceded on his behalf. The driver was caught on speed cameras – but his identity was hidden by the bird’s […]
Image copyright EPA The head of Romania’s ruling Social Democratic Party (PSD), Liviu Dragnea, has been jailed for corruption after his attempts to appeal an earlier conviction failed. Romania’s Supreme Court upheld on Monday a three-and-a-half year prison sentence against Dragnea. The politician, 56, was found guilty last year of having two party members paid […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Supporters of France’s far-right National Rally party react to EU elections exit polls The big centre-right and centre-left blocs in the European Parliament have lost their combined majority amid an increase in support for liberals, Greens and nationalists. The centre-right European People’s Party remains the largest bloc, and is […]
Image copyright EPA Image caption Germany’s Green Party doubled its share of the vote Latest results indicate a decline in support for centre-right and centre-left parties in the European elections, with some of the votes going to green, liberal and far-right parties instead. Turnout was higher than expected, with some observers suggesting this was due […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption The three men were found guilty of joining Islamic State (IS) (stock image) Three Frenchmen have been sentenced to death by an Iraqi court after being found guilty of joining the Islamic State (IS) militant group. The men – named as Kevin Gonot, Leonard Lopez and Salim Machou by AFP […]
Media captionIn November 2018, Jonah Fisher talked to a commander of the Ukrainian Navy about the tensions in the Azov Sea An international tribunal has ordered Russia to “immediately” release 24 Ukrainian sailors and three naval ships it seized off Crimea in November. Moscow says the sailors violated its maritime border near the peninsula which […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Divorce was only made legal in Ireland in 1995 following a tight referendum vote People in the Republic of Ireland have voted overwhelmingly in favour of liberalising divorce laws, in a referendum held on Saturday. The constitution currently states that spouses must be separated for four of the previous […]
