Media captionPolice referred to the incident as “environmental crime” Police have forced a man to retrieve a fridge he threw down a ravine near the southern Spanish city of Almeria. A tweet posted by the Guardia Civil shows the unidentified man hauling the discarded fridge back up the hillside. He was fined €45,000 (£41,000; $50,000) […]
Media captionPolice referred to the incident as “environmental crime” Police have forced a man to retrieve a fridge he threw down a ravine near the southern Spanish city of Almeria. A tweet posted by the Guardia Civil shows the unidentified man hauling the discarded fridge back up the hillside. He was fined €45,000 (£41,000; $50,000) […]
Image copyright EPA There is currently no basis for “meaningful discussions” with the UK over Brexit, EU officials have said. Diplomats from the other EU member states have been told the UK will leave without a deal unless major changes are made to Theresa May’s agreement, but that proposals such as abolishing the Irish backstop […]
Image copyright EPA Image caption Indonesian forest being cleared for palm oil plantations Scientists are to deliver a stark condemnation of the damage being done to the land surface of the planet. Human activities have led to the degrading of soils, expanded deserts, felled forests, driven out wildlife, and drained peatlands, they will say. In […]
Media captionDonald Trump hails the prospect of a new nuclear pact US President Donald Trump has said he wants a new nuclear pact to be signed by both Russia and China. Mr Trump said he had spoken to the two countries about the idea, and that they were both “very, very excited”. His comments came […]
Image copyright AFP Customs officials in Germany have announced the country’s largest ever cocaine haul at the port of Hamburg. Over four tonnes of the drug were being transported from Montevideo, Uruguay, to Antwerp, Belgium, when they were intercepted by authorities during a routine check two weeks ago. The shipment, listed as soya beans, was […]
Image copyright Getty Images US rapper ASAP Rocky has temporarily been released from custody in Sweden. The 30-year-old, real name Rakim Mayers, will be freed until a judge returns a verdict in the assault trial on 14 August. He and two of his entourage have pleaded not guilty to assaulting a 19-year-old man in Stockholm […]
Image copyright EPA Image caption Ecaterina Andronescu (pictured) was dismissed after a controversial remark about the case of Alexandra Macesanu Romania’s prime minister has fired her education minister over her “deeply wrong” comments about a kidnapping case. Prime Minister Viorica Dancila said Ecaterina Andronescu’s remarks about a teen’s abduction show a “lack of understanding”. Alexandra […]
Image copyright via Giulia Tranchina Image caption Migrants are held in overcrowded detention centres where they often face torture Libya plans to shut down three of its biggest migration detention centres, the country’s Interior Minister Fathi Bashagha has announced. The centres in question are in Misrata, Tajoura and Khoms. Organisations that monitor the situation in […]
Media captionTackling the wildfires in Russia Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the army to help tackle massive wildfires raging in Siberia and other regions in the east. The decision was taken after Mr Putin was briefed on the growing crisis by the head of the emergencies ministry. About three million hectares (7.4 million acres) […]
