Image copyright PA Image caption The Brexit secretary said talk of a €100bn figure should be viewed with a “pinch of salt” The UK will not pay a 100bn-euro “divorce bill” to leave the EU, Brexit Secretary David Davis has insisted. He told ITV’s Good Morning Britain the UK would pay what was legally due, […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Ursula von der Leyen is seen as a leading figure in Chancellor Merkel’s CDU party German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen has provoked an angry response from politicians and military figures alike after she spoke of weak leadership in the armed forces. She spoke out after an army […]
Cristiano Ronaldo has now scored 103 Champions League goals – three more than Atletico Madrid have Cristiano Ronaldo scored another Champions League hat-trick as Real Madrid thrashed Atletico Madrid in the semi-final first leg to close in on a third final in four years. Real were utterly dominant throughout against their city rivals at the […]
Image copyright AFP Image caption “Love is stronger than homophobia”: a placard held by a detained gay rights activist in Moscow in May 2013 German Chancellor Angela Merkel has urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to help protect gay rights. Activists say police in the republic of Chechnya have arrested and tortured dozens of gay people […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The woman was vague about the man who had allegedly fathered her son A woman who got pregnant after having sex with a male escort in a German hotel has failed in a legal battle to find out his name. The hotel where they spent three nights in 2010, […]
Image copyright EPA Image caption Marine Le Pen is trailing centrist Emmanuel Macron in opinion polls French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has been accused of plagiarising defeated rival François Fillon in a speech she delivered on Monday. Several sections of her speech in Villepinte, north of Paris, appear to repeat almost word-for-word comments Mr […]
Image copyright AFP Image caption Mrs Merkel last visited Russia two years ago German Chancellor Angela Merkel is due to meet Vladimir Putin in Russia for the first time since 2015. The meeting, at Mr Putin’s summer residence in Sochi, comes at a low point in bilateral relations over the war in Syria and Russia’s […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Malta’s PM Joseph Muscat sai Malta’s Prime Minister Joseph Muscat has called a snap general election for 3 June, a year before his term ends. The opposition has been calling for his resignation over allegations that his wife owned an offshore company in Panama. Mr Muscat and his wife, Michelle, […]
Image copyright Geograph/PoliceScotland Image caption Mathew Bryce was found 13 miles from the Scottish shore An “extremely lucky” surfer has been found by a coastguard helicopter after 32 hours in the sea. Matthew Bryce, 22, from Glasgow, had not been seen since he set off to go surfing off the Argyll coast at 09:00 on […]
Media captionWatch: Officers say they fired tear gas in response to petrol bombs The two rivals in France’s presidential race have traded accusations at the start of the last week of campaigning. Far-right candidate Marine Le Pen lambasted pro-EU centrist Emmanuel Macron as a “candidate of continuity”. Mr Macron said he would fight “until the […]
