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Europe strives to keep Iran deal alive

Europe strives to keep Iran deal alive

-- 2018-05-12 10:14:49

Europe’s largest economies lobbied to protect their companies’ investments in Iran on Friday, seeking to keep the nuclear deal with Tehran alive after Washington pulled out and threatened...

Moped crime in London rises by 30 times in 5 years

Moped crime in London rises by 30 times in 5 years

-- 2018-05-11 15:36:02

The number of offences carried out by criminals using mopeds in London has increased by 30 times in last five years, data showed. The data, obtained by the BBC, showed a jump from 827 offences in 2...

104-year-old scientist ends his life by assisted suicide

104-year-old scientist ends his life by assisted suicide

-- 2018-05-10 21:44:38

Scientist David Goodall, 104, has died after choosing to end his life at a clinic in Switzerland, a right-to-die organisation says. The lauded London-born ecologist and botanist, who was not terminal...

Russia urges de-escalation of tensions between Iran, Israel

Russia urges de-escalation of tensions between Iran, Israel

-- 2018-05-10 14:02:18

Russia is concerned about growing military tensions between Israel and Iran over Syria and calls for them to de-escalate after recent missile strikes, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bo...

Madame Tussauds unveils Meghan Markle waxwork

Madame Tussauds unveils Meghan Markle waxwork

-- 2018-05-09 16:03:02

Madame Tussauds has completed its waxwork of soon-to-be royal bride Meghan Markle. The figure joins the rest of the Royal Family on display at the London attraction and is placed next to a re-styled...

European powers vow to save Iran deal

European powers vow to save Iran deal

-- 2018-05-09 11:37:37

Western powers say they remain committed to the Iran nuclear deal - after the US announced it was withdrawing from the agreement. The UK, France and Germany say they ‘will work with all remaini...

Train collision leaves two dead in Germany

Train collision leaves two dead in Germany

-- 2018-05-08 11:46:16

A goods train and a passenger train collided in southern Germany on Monday, rail operator Deutsche Bahn said, and local media reported two people were killed. The collision took place at around 9.20...

Putin travels to his inauguration in Russian-made limousine

Putin travels to his inauguration in Russian-made limousine

-- 2018-05-07 21:21:40

Russian President Vladimir Putin travelled to his inauguration on Monday for a new six-year term in a Russian-made limousine, ditching his old stretch Mercedes to send a patriotic message of self-suff...

UK’s Johnson urges Trump not to walk away from nuke deal

UK’s Johnson urges Trump not to walk away from nuke deal

-- 2018-05-07 12:11:52

British foreign secretary Boris Johnson has urged President Trump not to give up on the Iran nuclear deal, saying ‘at this delicate juncture it would be a mistake to walk away’. Johnson i...

Turkey vows to respond if US halts arms sales

Turkey vows to respond if US halts arms sales

-- 2018-05-06 15:16:38

Turkey will retaliate if the United States enacts a proposed law that would halt weapons sales to the country, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Sunday. Lawmakers in the US House of Represent...

Trump’s gun speech sparks fury in France, Britain

Trump’s gun speech sparks fury in France, Britain

-- 2018-05-06 11:36:30

US President Donald Trump sparked anger in France and Britain by suggesting looser gun laws could have helped prevent deadly attacks in Paris in 2015, and linking a wave of knife crime in London to a...

Ex-UK MP sues Met Police over false child abuse claims

Ex-UK MP sues Met Police over false child abuse claims

-- 2018-05-05 13:20:32

A former British Conservative Member of Parliament is claiming £1million in damages from the Metropolitan Police after being falsely accused of child sexual abuse and murder. Harvey Proctor is...

May avoids London wipeout in local polls

May avoids London wipeout in local polls

-- 2018-05-04 22:20:54

British Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party avoided a wipeout in London local elections and eked out gains in Brexit-supporting regions elsewhere, results on Friday showed, denting the opp...

German teens launches petition to condemn ‘unfair’ English exam

German teens launches petition to condemn ‘unfair’ English exam

-- 2018-05-04 20:30:37

Grappling with the Statue of Liberty and Brexit in one English exam proved too much for more than 30,000 German school students, who are protesting in an online petition. They say the texts they had...

Swedish Academy suspends Nobel Prize for literature this year

Swedish Academy suspends Nobel Prize for literature this year

-- 2018-05-04 13:51:03

The organisation that decides the Nobel Prize for Literature has said it will not announce an award this year, after it was engulfed in a scandal over sexual assault allegations. The Swedish Academy...

UK PM May avoids London wipeout in local elections

UK PM May avoids London wipeout in local elections

Reuters 2018-05-04 10:49:42

Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative Party avoided a wipeout in London local elections and eked out gains in Brexit-supporting regions elsewhere, early results on Friday showed, although he...

German police raid migrant shelter

German police raid migrant shelter

-- 2018-05-03 15:23:24

German police launched a raid on a migrant shelter on Thursday where three days ago 150 asylum seekers clashed with police and prevented the deportation of a 23-year-old man from Togo. The confront...

Two pilots die after Russian war plane crashes in Syria

Two pilots die after Russian war plane crashes in Syria

-- 2018-05-03 15:20:14

An advanced Russian multi-role fighter plane crashed in Syria on Thursday morning shortly after take-off, killing both members of its crew, the Russian military was cited as saying by Russian news age...

London bonfire explosion leaves 10 injured

London bonfire explosion leaves 10 injured

-- 2018-05-03 11:27:27

Ten people have suffered minor injuries after a bonfire exploded at a Jewish festival in London, police say. Hatzola, a volunteer emergency medical service, said it provided a ‘mega response te...

French president thanks Australian PM’s ‘delicious wife’

French president thanks Australian PM’s ‘delicious wife’

-- 2018-05-02 21:12:49

French President Emmanuel Macron committed a rather delicious faux pas on Wednesday that left his Australian audience scratching their heads. Mr Macron has been in the country on a diplomatic trip, d...

Macron unsure about Trump’s decision on Iran deal

Macron unsure about Trump’s decision on Iran deal

-- 2018-05-02 10:38:07

French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday said he did not know whether US President Trump would stick with a 2015 nuclear deal that many in the West see as the best hope of preventing Iran from ge...

Paris police arrest hundreds after May Day riots

Paris police arrest hundreds after May Day riots

-- 2018-05-02 10:09:45

Police in Paris have arrested nearly 200 masked demonstrators who smashed shop windows and torched cars during annual May Day protests. Far-left anarchist groups, known as Black Blocs, on Tuesday hij...

UK voices support for Iran nuke deal

UK voices support for Iran nuke deal

-- 2018-05-01 10:11:12

Britain has backed a ‘vitally important’ nuclear deal with Iran, after Israel and the US accused the Iranians of pursuing atomic weapons. Israel claimed it had evidence showing Iran cover...

Macron, Rouhani agree to work on saving nuke deal

Macron, Rouhani agree to work on saving nuke deal

-- 2018-05-01 00:36:41

In a phone call Sunday, French President Emmanuel Macron and his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani agreed to work together in the coming weeks to preserve the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement, according t...

Sajid Javid becomes new British interior minister

Sajid Javid becomes new British interior minister

-- 2018-04-30 18:28:03

Sajid Javid has become new Home Secretary of the United Kingdom after previous interior minister Amber Rudd's exit. British Prime Minister Theresa May appointed Sajid as the new home boss on Monday,...

UK home secretary quits over immigration scandal

UK home secretary quits over immigration scandal

-- 2018-04-30 10:28:21

Britain's home secretary Amber Rudd has resigned, saying she ‘inadvertently misled’ MPs over targets for removing illegal immigrants. Rudd, who was due to make a Commons statement on...

Britain, France, Germany agree to support Iran nuclear deal

Britain, France, Germany agree to support Iran nuclear deal

-- 2018-04-29 19:35:27

Britain, France and Germany have agreed to support the Iran nuclear deal as it is the best way to prevent Tehran from gaining nuclear weapons. British Prime Minister Theresa May’s office said i...

Gang-rape verdict in Spain spills on to third day

Gang-rape verdict in Spain spills on to third day

-- 2018-04-29 18:35:02

Thousands of people have marched in northern Spain for a third consecutive day to protest the acquittal of five men on gang rape charges. Local police in Pamplona estimated the size of the crowd at S...

Turkey detains 63 over Gulen links

Turkey detains 63 over Gulen links

-- 2018-04-28 15:11:04

Turkish authorities have detained 63 people suspected of links to a network accused of orchestrating a failed coup and were hunting for 40 others on Saturday, the state-run Anadolu news agency said....

UK’s Rudd resists calls to quit over immigration policy error

UK’s Rudd resists calls to quit over immigration policy error

-- 2018-04-28 12:04:17

Britain’s interior minister Amber Rudd resisted calls to quit, apologising for not being aware of the use of deportation targets in her department and vowing to implement fair and humane immigra...