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Seven Bangladeshi migrants on boat to Mediterranean island die

Seven Bangladeshi migrants on boat to Mediterranean island die

-- 2022-01-25 15:58:26

At least seven Bangladeshi migrants who were on a boat heading for the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa have died of hypothermia, Italy's ANSA news agency reported on Tuesday. The coastguard sighted...

Royal crown slips as Elizabeth prepares to mark 70 years as queen

Royal crown slips as Elizabeth prepares to mark 70 years as queen

-- 2022-01-25 15:43:58

Celebrations this year marking Queen Elizabeth's seven-decade reign will mask a less happy reality for the world's pre-eminent royal family: the British monarchy is being questioned in ways that were...

UK says 6,000 more people needed for trial of Merck Covid pill

UK says 6,000 more people needed for trial of Merck Covid pill

-- 2022-01-25 10:33:14

Britain said on Tuesday it needed to recruit 6,000 more people onto a trial of Merck's COVID-19 antiviral pill molnupiravir to inform how the drug can be rolled out more widely. Britain's MHRA medici...

WikiLeaks' Assange gets chance to take US extradition case to UK Supreme Court

WikiLeaks' Assange gets chance to take US extradition case to UK Supreme Court

-- 2022-01-24 21:38:53

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Monday was given the chance to challenge at Britain's highest court a decision allowing him to be extradited to the United States to face 18 criminal charges includ...

NATO strengthens east European flank, Russia terms it as escalation of tensions

NATO strengthens east European flank, Russia terms it as escalation of tensions

-- 2022-01-24 20:49:17

NATO said on Monday it was putting forces on standby and reinforcing eastern Europe with more ships and fighter jets, in what Russia denounced as an escalation of tensions over Ukraine. Welcoming a s...

British PM orders probe into Muslim lawmaker's discrimination claim

British PM orders probe into Muslim lawmaker's discrimination claim

-- 2022-01-24 15:09:00

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has ordered an inquiry into claims by a lawmaker who said she was fired from a ministerial job in the government partly because her Muslim faith was making colleag...

Germany's navy chief quits over Putin comments

Germany's navy chief quits over Putin comments

-- 2022-01-23 10:14:47

Germany's navy chief stepped down on Saturday after drawing criticism for saying Russian President Vladimir Putin deserved respect and that Kyiv would never win back annexed Crimea from Moscow....

Ukrainians near Russian border ‘prepare for worst’ as talks yield no progress

Ukrainians near Russian border ‘prepare for worst’ as talks yield no progress

-- 2022-01-22 20:30:22

Residents in Ukraine's second-biggest city Kharkiv said they hoped for the best but would prepare for the worst, as Russia massed tens of thousands of troops near Ukraine's borders and diplomatic talk...

Germany to attract 400,000 foreign workers each year

Germany to attract 400,000 foreign workers each year

-- 2022-01-21 13:25:02

Germany's new coalition government wants to attract 400,000 qualified workers from abroad each year to tackle both a demographic imbalance and labour shortages in key sectors that risk undermining the...

European Union threatens 'massive' sanctions if Russia attacks Ukraine

European Union threatens 'massive' sanctions if Russia attacks Ukraine

-- 2022-01-20 19:13:59

The European Union threatened "massive" economic sanctions if Moscow attacks Ukraine, and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken rallied allies on Thursday ahead of last-ditch crisis talks with Russia a...

Lawmakers being blackmailed to keep UK Premier Johnson in power?

Lawmakers being blackmailed to keep UK Premier Johnson in power?

-- 2022-01-20 17:27:24

A senior Conservative lawmaker accused the British government on Thursday of intimidating and attempting to "blackmail" those lawmakers they suspect of wanting to force Prime Minister Boris Johnson ou...

UK PM Johnson faces growing pressure to resign

UK PM Johnson faces growing pressure to resign

-- 2022-01-19 15:46:10

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was fighting to shore up his premiership on Wednesday amid a revolt by his own lawmakers who are angry over a series of lockdown parties in Downing Street. Propel...

Covid-19 negative report not mandatory to travel Sweden

Covid-19 negative report not mandatory to travel Sweden

-- 2022-01-18 21:03:32

Travellers to Sweden will no longer be required to show a negative COVID test before entering the country, the government said on Tuesday. Sweden introduced rules for a recent negative COVID test on...

Poland experiencing a fifth wave of Covid, says minister

Poland experiencing a fifth wave of Covid, says minister

-- 2022-01-18 12:55:51

Poland is experiencing a fifth wave of COVID-19 infections, the health minister said on Monday, warning that the spread of the Omicron variant could send daily case numbers soaring to levels not yet s...

UK households struggling with energy bills set to triple

UK households struggling with energy bills set to triple

-- 2022-01-17 18:55:35

The proportion of British households struggling with energy bills will triple in April when regulated prices look set to rise by more than 50 per cent, the Resolution Foundation said on Monday. Brita...

The return of influenza: Europe faces threat of prolonged 'twindemic'

The return of influenza: Europe faces threat of prolonged 'twindemic'

-- 2022-01-17 14:05:26

Influenza has returned to Europe at a faster-than-expected rate this winter after almost disappearing last year, raising concerns about a prolonged "twindemic" with COVID-19 amid some doubts about the...

Belarus intelligence-linked group suspected over Ukraine cyberattack

Belarus intelligence-linked group suspected over Ukraine cyberattack

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-01-16 11:16:01

Kyiv believes a hacker group linked to Belarusian intelligence carried out a cyberattack that hit Ukrainian government websites this week and used malware similar to that used by a group tied to Russi...

Harry in legal fight to pay for police protection in UK

Harry in legal fight to pay for police protection in UK

-- 2022-01-16 10:13:27

Prince Harry is seeking a judicial review against a refusal of the Home Office to allow him to personally pay for police protection when in the UK. The US-based Duke of Sussex says his privat...

Life with 'no lights, no heat, no money' during Ukraine's cyber warfare

Life with 'no lights, no heat, no money' during Ukraine's cyber warfare

-- 2022-01-15 09:48:53

Hackers who defaced and interrupted access to numerous Ukrainian government websites on Friday could be setting the stage for more serious cyberattacks that would disrupt the lives of ordinary Ukraini...

Denmark’s former defence minister charged with treason for leaking state secrets

Denmark’s former defence minister charged with treason for leaking state secrets

-- 2022-01-14 22:33:25

Denmark's former defence minister Claus Hjort Frederiksen said on Friday he has been charged with violating a section of the penal code that includes treason for leaking state secrets. Frederiksen, w...

Ukraine hit by cyberattack, Russia moves more troops

Ukraine hit by cyberattack, Russia moves more troops

-- 2022-01-14 18:08:21

Ukraine was hit by a massive cyberattack warning its citizens to "be afraid and expect the worst", and Russia, which has amassed more than 100,000 troops on its neighbour's frontier, released TV pictu...

Swedish PM Andersson tests positive for Covid-19

Swedish PM Andersson tests positive for Covid-19

-- 2022-01-14 16:46:06

Swedish Social Democratic Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson has tested positive for Covid-19, her spokesperson said on Friday, as a growing wave of infections swept the country driven by the more con...

Massive cyberattack hits Ukraine government websites

Massive cyberattack hits Ukraine government websites

-- 2022-01-14 16:22:58

A massive cyberattack warning Ukrainians to "be afraid and expect the worst" hit government websites late on Thursday, leaving some websites inaccessible on Friday morning and prompting Kyiv to open...

UK's Prince Andrew loses royal and military links

UK's Prince Andrew loses royal and military links

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-01-14 09:37:00

Prince Andrew had his military links and royal patronages removed on Thursday and will no longer be known as "His Royal Highness", Buckingham Palace said, as the son of Queen Elizabeth fights a US law...

Europe at greatest risk of war in 30 years, Poland warns

Europe at greatest risk of war in 30 years, Poland warns

-- 2022-01-13 19:40:06

Europe is nearer war than it has been in 30 years, Poland's foreign minister warned during the third round of diplomacy this week aimed at defusing tensions over Russia's demand that Ukraine never be...

British prime minister apologises for attending lockdown party

British prime minister apologises for attending lockdown party

-- 2022-01-12 19:01:14

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson apologised on Wednesday for attending a "bring your own booze" gathering at his official residence during the first coronavirus lockdown as opponents said he had t...

Greenhouse gas levels hit high in 2021, EU scientists warn

Greenhouse gas levels hit high in 2021, EU scientists warn

-- 2022-01-10 19:24:00

Levels of planet-warming carbon dioxide and methane in the atmosphere hit record highs in 2021, which was one of the world's hottest years ever and underlined the need for change, the EU's Copernicus...

Frustrated German towns urge leaders to plan for fourth Covid dose

Frustrated German towns urge leaders to plan for fourth Covid dose

-- 2022-01-06 20:09:28

German towns have appealed to authorities for less "flying by the seat of your pants" and more "forward-thinking planning," as the country looks likely to miss its vaccination target for January. Loc...

Swedish king, queen test positive for Covid-19

Swedish king, queen test positive for Covid-19

-- 2022-01-04 21:49:23

Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia have tested positive for COVID-19, the palace said in a statement on Tuesday. "The King and Queen, who are fully vaccinated with three injections, have...

Passengers leave Covid-hit cruise ship after 5 days stuck in Lisbon

Passengers leave Covid-hit cruise ship after 5 days stuck in Lisbon

-- 2022-01-03 19:05:09

Disconsolate passengers stuck on a cruise ship moored in Lisbon's port for five days due to a COVID-19 outbreak began disembarking early on Monday, focused on clearing the final hurdle of a negative t...