Germany Rape trial TV weatherman released from custody Swiss-born German TV weatherman, Joerg Kachelmann, has been released from police custody while awaiting trial for the alleged aggravated rape of an 29/07/2010
France French minister questioned by police The scandal engulfing the French L’Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt has moved closer to the government of Nicolas Sarkozy. The French Labour 29/07/2010
USA Arizona immigration law faces long legal battle Members of the Hispanic community celebrated in front of the Arizona state capitol building after a judge blocked key parts of a law cracking-down on 29/07/2010
Russia Russian plane hijack safely averted A hijack drama abord a Russian passenger plane has ended safely after a daring intervention by elite troops. According to authorities a 40-year-old 29/07/2010
France Carla Bruni shoots scenes for Woody Allen movie French first lady Carla Bruni has been filming scenes for a new Woody Allen movie called “Midnight in Paris”. The wife of President Nicolas Sarkozy 29/07/2010
France French woman admits killing eight new-borns A French woman has confessed to killing her eight new-born children and hiding their bodies in northern France. The mother of two has been named 29/07/2010
USA Illegal immigrants flee Arizona There are no official figures but anecdotal evidence is that thousands of illegal immigrants have fled the US state of Arizona ahead of a 29/07/2010
Germany Protest grows over Love Parade deaths German protesters are demanding the resignation of the mayor of Duisberg, where 21 people died in a stampede at last weekend’s Love 29/07/2010
Greece Greek truckers defy order to return to work There have been clashes between Greek police and truck drivers in Athens during the fourth day of a nationwide strike. The government has ordered 29/07/2010
United Kingdom Britain to scrap fixed retirement age Britain has announced plans to end the fixed retirement age next year, saying it wanted to give people the chance to work beyond the age of 29/07/2010
World Italian austerity measures voted in Italy is the latest European country to approve austerity measures. The lower house of parliament has voted through 25 billion euros worth of cuts 29/07/2010
brussels bureau Euro zone economic confidence growing This month, In the eurozone, confidence in the economic outlook has risen to its highest level in more than two years. An index of executive and 29/07/2010
World Can the green economy help global recovery while tackling the problem of climate change ? Transatlantic partners are investing in projects which are bearing fruit in Europe and the United States. Europeans takes you this week to both 29/07/2010
World Youngest ever Jedermann opens Salzburg fest As it has done since 1920, the Salzburg Festival opened with the premiere of Jedermann, an adaptation of the 15th century English morality play 29/07/2010
World Scooter show rolls into Lisbon An exhibition of antique scooters has just opened at the Museum of Design and Fashion in Lisbon. 29/07/2010
Cinema Oscar buzz surrounds Robert Duvall's Get Low Hollywood rolled out the red carpet for the Los Angeles premiere of Get Low, starring veterans Robert Duvall and Sissy Spacek. 29/07/2010
World Oil spills: search for a solution Despite all the oil exploitation that goes on around the world, there are still no really reliable ways to collect and clean up deep water oil spills. 29/07/2010
Russia Violent protest over Russian highway plans A group of masked men have attacked a government building in the outskirts of Moscow in protest at plans to build a highway through a local 29/07/2010
no comment David Cameron in India David Cameron visited one of the venues of the Commonwealth Games 2010, the Major Dhyanchand National Stadium in New Delhi, in India. 29/07/2010
France French mother charged with murder of eight babies A French woman has been charged with the murder of eight newborn babies after reportedly admitting the crime to police. The 47 year old mother of 29/07/2010
no comment China: Thousands of chemical containers washed into the Songhua River Emergency workers have discovered that more than 7,000 chemical buckets were washed into the Songhua River in northeast China’s Jilin Province 29/07/2010
no comment Freed Cuban prisoner Ariel Sigler arrives in Miami Ariel Sigler, released on June 12 after seven years in prison on a Caribbean island, was greeted by a crowd of supporters when he arrived on a 29/07/2010
world news 138 die as boat sinks in DR Congo Some 138 people died when an overloaded boat carrying passengers and goods capsized in bad weather in Democratic Republic of Congo, police said on 29/07/2010
no comment Relatives search for bodies at Pakistan air crash Relatives of victims of Pakistan’s deadliest plane crash continued to gather outside the Pakistan Institute of Medical Science (PIMS) Hospital in 29/07/2010
Germany Growing protest over Love Parade deaths German protesters are demanding the resignation of the mayor of Duisburg, where 21 people died in a stampede at last weekend’s Love 29/07/2010
Afghanistan Afghan president slams Wikileaks The Afghan president has joined the US in condemning the website Wikileaks over what appears to have been the release of names of 29/07/2010
France French minister quizzed in Bettencourt affair French Labour Minister Eric Woerth is being questioned by police as part of an investigation into allegations that the country’s richest woman dodged 29/07/2010
no comment Immigration law protest in Arizona Protesters hang from downtown crane to send message about Arizona’s immigration law. 29/07/2010
no comment Black bear baby entangled in a dipnet in Alaska Amateur video of an Alaskan fisherman’s efforts to help a mother bear free her cub from an oversized net. The black bear cub became entangled in a 29/07/2010
China Floods washes chemicals into Chinese river Flooding in the northeastern Chinese city of Jilin have washed thousands of containers of explosive chemicals into the Songhua River. Water 29/07/2010