Image copyright Reuters Image caption One gendarme has been hailed a hero after volunteering to swap places with a hostage and then using his phone to relay information to police outside Armed police have killed a suspect who shot dead three people in a series of attacks in southern France. The heavily armed gunman hijacked […]
Image copyright EPA Image caption The suspect was said to be demanding the release of one of the suspected Paris attackers Armed police have killed a suspect who shot dead three people dead in a shooting spree in southern France. The gunman hijacked a car and then took hostages at a supermarket in the town […]
Image copyright EPA Image caption Large protests are expected in the capital, Warsaw Major street protests are expected across cities in Poland against plans to further tighten the abortion laws, already one of Europe’s strictest. A bill in parliament seeks to ban abortions in cases of foetal abnormality, one of the few exceptions allowed under […]
Image copyright Getty Images A senior US official has said that the European Union (EU) and six other countries will be exempt from steel and aluminium tariffs announced by President Trump, at least temporarily. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer told a Senate panel that Mr Trump had decided to “pause” the import duties while further discussions […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption A museum guide at the former camp noticed the man urinating and called the police An Israeli man has been fined after he was caught urinating on a monument for the victims of the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz. The 19-year-old, who has not been identified, was questioned by […]
Image copyright AFP Image caption Ms Savchenko went from parliament to the SBU security service building in Kiev One of Ukraine’s most famous MPs, Nadiya Savchenko, has been arrested on suspicion of planning an assault on parliament and supporting a coup. The ex-military helicopter pilot was detained in parliament after MPs viewed evidence against her […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Mr Sarkozy said there was no “physical evidence” to support the allegations Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy says allegations he received campaign funding from late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi are making his life “hell”. “I am accused without any physical evidence,” Mr Sarkozy told magistrates as he was placed under […]
Image copyright EPA Image caption Mr Sarkozy clinched big trade deals for France with Libya’s Gaddafi in 2007 when he was president Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been placed under formal investigation over allegations he received campaign funding from late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. He is being investigated for illicit campaign financing, misappropriation of […]
Media captionThe EU tax system is not set up for digital businesses, says EU economics affairs commissioner Pierre Moscovici. Big technology firms face paying more tax under plans announced by the European Commission. It said companies with significant online revenues should pay a 3% tax on turnover for various online services, bringing in an estimated […]
Image copyright Vatican Media Image caption The Vatican has not said why it blurred part of the letter by Pope emeritus Benedict XVI The head of the Vatican communications department has resigned after coming under fire for doctoring a letter sent by retired Pope Benedict XVI. A brief Vatican statement said Pope Francis had “accepted” […]
