Image copyright EPA Image caption In Madrid, the heat has driven people to the city’s fountains As Europe bakes in another heatwave, forecasters say the all-time temperature record could be broken in the coming days. The current European record is 48C (118.4F) set in Athens in July 1977. Temperatures are rising in Spain and Portugal, […]
Image copyright Reuters/AFP Theresa May is to meet Emmanuel Macron on Friday as she steps up her efforts to win backing for Brexit plans. The UK prime minister is cutting short her holiday for talks at the French president’s summer retreat. It comes after UK Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab held talks with his counterparts in […]
Image copyright EPA Image caption Daisy Osakue said she thought the attack was racially motivated Italian police have questioned young men suspected of throwing eggs in a drive-by assault which inflicted an eye injury on discus-thrower Daisy Osakue. Italian media report that the three – all residents of Turin – admitted the assault, which is […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Chukotka is very sparsely populated Russian border guards are holding an American man who came ashore in the remote far eastern Chukotka region after sailing in a dinghy from Alaska. The man’s motives are not clear. He was found exhausted near Lavrentiya, a coastal village, Russian media report. At […]
Image copyright Getty Images A young man fatally shot by Swedish police while carrying a toy gun in Stockholm had Down’s syndrome and a form of autism, local media report. Officers opened fire on Eric Torell, 20, in response to what they described as a “threatening situation” in the early hours of Thursday morning. He […]
Image copyright EPA Image caption In Madrid, the heat has driven people to the city’s fountains As Europe bakes in another heatwave, forecasters say the all-time temperature record could be broken in the coming days. The current European record is 48C (118.4F) set in Athens in July 1977. Temperatures are rising in Spain and Portugal, […]
Media captionDan Coats: Russia’s ‘pervasive campaign’ against US continues US national security chiefs have lined up to warn American democracy is in the “crosshairs” of foreign adversaries for elections in 2018 and 2020. Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats said: “We continue to see a pervasive messaging campaign by Russia to weaken and divide the […]
Image copyright Getty Images A young man fatally shot by Swedish police while carrying a toy gun in Stockholm had Down’s syndrome and a form of autism, local media report. Officers opened fire on Eric Torell, 20, in response to what they described as a “threatening situation” in the early hours of Thursday morning. He […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Hazing was tolerated at the barracks, an inquiry found A man has been arrested over the death of an Italian paratrooper 19 years ago that prosecutors now say could have been the result of hazing. Emanuele Scieri, 26, was found dead at the foot of a ladder up to a […]
Image copyright EPA Image caption In Madrid, the heat has driven people to the city’s fountains As Europe bakes in another heatwave, forecasters say the all-time temperature record could be broken in the coming days. The current European record is 48C (118.4F) set in Athens in July 1977. Temperatures are rising in Spain and Portugal, […]
