Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Unfounded rumours of a van-driving kidnapper resulted in violence A series of unprovoked vigilante attacks on France’s Roma community have erupted after false reports spread online about child abductions. But police say the warnings of a “man in a white van” kidnapping children off the streets are “totally unfounded”. […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Dmitry Yazov, a Russian national, was sentenced in absentia A court in Lithuania has found a former Soviet defence minister guilty of war crimes over a deadly crackdown aimed at stopping the Baltic state breaking away from the USSR in 1991. Marshal Dmitry Yazov, 94, was sentenced in absentia […]
Image copyright EPA Image caption Theresa May is expected to address Conservative backbenchers ahead of Wednesday’s debate MPs are preparing to vote for their preferred Brexit option, with the PM due to meet Tory backbenchers in an effort to win them over to her deal. Some have suggested Theresa May must name the date she […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Unfounded rumours of a van-driving kidnapper resulted in violence A series of unprovoked vigilante attacks on France’s Roma community have erupted after false reports spread online about child abductions. But police say the warnings of a “man in a white van” kidnapping children off the streets are “totally unfounded”. […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Michel Bacos had told his fellow crew they should stay with the hostages until the drama was over Michel Bacos, the Air France captain hailed as a hero for refusing to abandon his passengers when Palestinian and German hijackers seized the plane in 1976, has died in France aged […]
Image copyright AFP/Getty Image caption Prosecutors say the man tried to derail trains in Bavaria Special forces have arrested an alleged Islamic State (IS) group supporter in the Austrian capital Vienna, who is believed to have tried to derail trains in neighbouring Germany. The 42-year-old Iraqi national is thought to have twice put obstacles on […]
Image copyright HOC MPs have set out details of their plan to consider other Brexit options, as Theresa May was warned more ministers could quit unless she changes course. The Commons will begin voting on alternatives on Wednesday, in a process likely to continue into next week. MPs will fill out a series of ballots […]
Image copyright PA Speed limiting technology looks set to become mandatory for all vehicles sold in Europe from 2022, after new rules were provisionally agreed by the EU. Campaigners welcomed the move, saying it would save thousands of lives, with the EU aiming ultimately to cut road deaths to zero by 2050. The road safety […]
Image copyright AFP Image caption Gokmen Tanis was known to police before he was arrested on Monday in connection with the shooting Dutch prosecutors investigating the murder of three people on a tram said a letter found in the gunman’s getaway car was among the reasons why a terrorist motive was being seriously considered. Three […]
Image copyright AFP Image caption Gokmen Tanis was known to police before he was arrested on Monday in connection with the shooting Dutch prosecutors investigating the murder of three people on a tram said a letter found in the gunman’s getaway car was among the reasons why a terrorist motive was being seriously considered. Three […]
