Image copyright PA Image caption Leo Varadkar had a diplomatic message about the welcoming ideals of liberty The Taoiseach (Irish prime minister), Leo Varadkar, will meet the US President, Donald Trump, later as part of the annual St Patrick’s Day festivities. Mr Varadkar, the NI Secretary, Karen Bradley, and NI political leaders were in Washington […]
Image copyright AFP A French baker has been fined €3,000 (£2,650) for opening his business seven days a week, breaking labour rules. Cédric Vaivre, who runs the only bakery in Lusigny-sur-Barse in north-east France, was open every day during the summer of 2017 to serve tourists. A local decree in place for over a decade […]
Image copyright AFP Image caption Angela Merkel takes the oath with Bundestag president Wolfgang Schaeuble Angela Merkel has been sworn in for a fourth term as German chancellor, after months of political wrangling that left her weakened. Germany’s parliament earlier approved her re-election by 364 votes to 315. Mrs Merkel has vowed to get to […]
Image copyright MUNICIPALITY OF FANO/EPA Image caption The bomb was discovered on a construction site Some 23,000 people have been evacuated in a town in central Italy after an unexploded bomb from World War Two was found during excavation work. Officials in Fano had said the British-made bomb might explode after it was accidentally activated. […]
Image copyright EPA/ Yulia Skripal/Facebook Image caption Sergei Skripal, 66, and his daughter Yulia, 33, are in a critical condition in hospital The deadline set by the UK government for Moscow to explain how a Russian-made nerve agent was used to poison a former double agent has passed. Focus now shifts to what steps Theresa […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption In 2015, hundreds of thousands of migrants and refugees crossed into Austria Two Afghan sisters who lost a landmark asylum case at the European Union’s top court have been deported from Austria, aid agencies say. Khadija and Zainab Jafari and their three young children arrived in Austria in 2016, […]
Media captionNeil Basu, the UK’s head of counter-terrorism, made a fresh appeal for witnesses The UK’s threat of “punitive” measures against Russia over the poisoning of a former spy and his daughter will “meet with a response”, Russia has said. Russia’s UK embassy posted a series of tweets as a deadline looms for it to […]
Image copyright EPA Image caption Gabriel’s disappearance received nationwide attention in Spain A woman in Spain has confessed to killing her partner’s eight-year-old son, whose disappearance prompted mass search efforts, local media say. Ana Julia Quezada, 43, was arrested on Sunday after the body of Gabriel Cruz was found in the car she was driving. […]
Savvidis entered the pitch after Fernando Varela’s goal was ruled out for offside The president of Greek club PAOK Salonika has apologised after he came on to the pitch with a gun during his side’s match on Sunday. Ivan Savvidis had a gun in a holster when he entered the field after PAOK had a […]
Image copyright AFP/Getty Image caption Bertrand Cantat served four years in a Lithuanian prison for the murder of his girlfriend A French rock star who was jailed for murdering his former girlfriend has pulled out of a string of festival appearances after facing a backlash. Bertrand Cantat was sentenced to eight years for beating actress […]
