Image copyright Getty Images Image caption French anti-terror police carried out raids in Lille on Wednesday as part of the Belgian operation Belgian authorities say at least one man is on the run a day after police arrested two suspected militants. The federal prosecutor said that an attack could not be ruled out if further […]
Image copyright EVN Image caption Mr Trump (left) was greeted by Polish President Andrzej Duda on Thursday US President Donald Trump is to argue that the future of Western civilisation is at stake in a keynote speech in the Polish capital Warsaw. Holding up Poland as an example of a country ready to defend civilisation, […]
Image copyright Amnesty international Image caption Idil Eser was among those detained during a raid at a hotel on the Turkish island of Buyukada Turkish police have arrested eight leading human rights activists including Amnesty International’s Turkey director Idil Eser in Istanbul. Two trainers – from Germany and Sweden – were also arrested in the […]
Image copyright Getty Images Carmaker Volvo has said all new models will have an electric motor from 2019. The Chinese-owned firm, best known for its emphasis on driver safety, has become the first traditional carmaker to signal the end of the internal combustion engine. It plans to launch five fully electric models between 2019 and […]
Image copyright Getty Images The UK could be facing a butter and cream shortage this Christmas, the boss of dairy giant Arla has warned. “The first sign we will see of it, is that the price of butter rises very sharply,” Peder Tuborgh, chief executive of the farmer-owned firm told the BBC. There was insufficient […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Italy – due to its proximity to Libya – is the main destination for migrants attempting to reach Europe by sea Amnesty International has blamed “failing EU policies” for the soaring death toll among refugees and migrants in the central Mediterranean. In a report, it said “cynical deals” with Libya […]
Image copyright AFP Image caption The repercussions of the gigantic leak of data – which dwarfs the Wikileaks leak of 2010 – are still reverberating Germany has paid millions of euros for the so-called Panama Papers revealing offshore tax evasion, reports say. The Federal Crime Office (BKA) said it would put the multi-million-file inventory into […]
Image copyright AzVision Image caption The young victim was buried by her relatives and fellow villagers on Wednesday A young girl and her grandmother died when Armenian-backed troops shelled a village in Azerbaijan. The violence erupted on Tuesday night close to the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, an ethnic Armenian-controlled enclave in Azerbaijan. The toddler, who […]
Image copyright Laetitia Avia website Image caption Ms Avia said she would not wish her experience on any woman French MP Laetitia Avia has described being scared and panicky during a late-night cab ride, as she countered claims that she bit the driver. Ms Avia, 31, seen as a rising star in President Macron’s LREM […]
Image copyright AFP Image caption The NRM will no longer be able to use the label “Nordfront” A German company has won a battle over the use of a name by a Swedish neo-Nazi group after complaining that it could be confused with their brand. The deep-freeze firm Nordfrost said the use of the label […]
