Image copyright forschungstauchzentrum cau Image caption The power unit – part of the missing monitoring station (file pic) A massive environmental monitoring station off Germany’s Baltic coast has disappeared from the seabed, baffling police and researchers. The seabed “observatory”, worth about €300,000 (£270,000), weighed more than half a tonne. It could not have been dragged […]
Image copyright forschungstauchzentrum cau Image caption The power unit – part of the missing monitoring station (file pic) A massive environmental monitoring station off Germany’s Baltic coast has disappeared from the seabed, baffling police and researchers. The seabed “observatory”, worth about €300,000 (£270,000), weighed more than half a tonne. It could not have been dragged […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The Lords sat until 01:30 BST The government has said a bill to stop a no-deal Brexit will complete its passage through the Lords on Friday. The proposed legislation was passed by MPs on Wednesday, inflicting a defeat on Prime Minister Boris Johnson. There were fears pro-Brexit peers could […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Blanca Fernández Ochoa was the first Spanish woman to win a medal at the Winter Olympics The body of former Spanish alpine skier Blanca Fernández Ochoa has been found after days of searches involving hundreds of police and volunteers. Ms Fernández, 56, was discovered in a mountainous area near […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption The Adrian Darya 1 left Gibraltar in August, despite a last-minute US effort to keep it detained The US state department has confirmed it offered millions of dollars to the captain of an Iranian oil tanker which is at the centre of a diplomatic row. Brian Hook, head of the […]
Media captionBrexit delay bill passes initial vote MPs have backed a bill to block a no-deal Brexit, which could trigger Boris Johnson to seek a general election. Opposition MPs and Tory rebels ensured the bill passed its first stage by 329 votes to 300. If it is passed in full, it will force the PM […]
Media captionCorbyn: “A lot of people have a great deal to fear” Boris Johnson will seek to trigger a general election on 15 October if Labour and rebel Tories succeed in blocking a no-deal Brexit. At Prime Minister’s Questions, he challenged Jeremy Corbyn to put his policy of “dither and delay” over EU withdrawal to […]
Image copyright EPA Image caption Peter Lindbergh at an exhibition of his work in Berlin in 2010 Fashion photographer Peter Lindbergh, whose trademark was the dramatic black and white portrait, has died at 74. The German photographer passed away on Tuesday, his official Instagram account said, leaving a “big void”. Born in 1944 in what […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The paramilitary carabinieri made 13 arrests as they dismantled the drugs gang Police in Italy have arrested a 46-year-old man suspected of using his young son to take part in drug trafficking in the far south-west. The eight year old was talked into helping the gang, believed to be […]
Image copyright Getty Images EU nationals arriving in the UK before the end of next year could be permitted to stay for three years in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal. The government is expected to announce later that a temporary Leave to Remain scheme would replace free movement. This […]
