Israel Report claims big rise in Jewish settlement building There has been a big rise in Jewish settlement building in the occupied West Bank, according to a report by the Israeli group Peace Now. The 17/10/2013
Ukraine Ukraine: Parliament holds Tymoshenko's fate in its hands In the biggest step yet towards the release of former opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko, the Ukrainian president has moved responsibility for a 17/10/2013
world news Air pollution causing cancer says UN report The World Health Organisation has classed outdoor air pollution as carcinogenic, and says urban and industrial air pollutants cause lung cancer and 17/10/2013
Sport Hitzfeld to retire after World Cup Switzerland coach Ottmar Hitzfeld announced on Thursday he will retire after next year’s World Cup finals in Brazil. The 64-year-old German is one 17/10/2013
Sport Croatia coach says talented national team has lost its way Newly appointed Croatia coach Niko Kovac said on Thursday his side have the talent to reach the World Cup finals in Brazil next year but have 17/10/2013
Italy Posthumous video of Nazi war criminal Erich Priebke released Nazi war criminal Erich Priebke, who died last week in Rome, made a video before his death defending his role in the 1944 massacre in Italy during 17/10/2013
World Aid in the 21st Century - Red Cross calls for technological revolution It swept the Philippines at 210 kilometres per hour, causing 1,901 deaths… The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies 17/10/2013
Greece Refugee influx leads to proposal to fence up Bulgaria-Turkey border Bulgaria has unveiled plans to deal with the growing numbers of refugees that are approaching its borders from Turkey. Ministers are said to have 17/10/2013
Vatican Palestinian president has private Vatican meeting with Pope Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has visited the Vatican for his first meeting with Pope Francis. The two leaders spoke for half an hour in the 17/10/2013
Russia 'Not guilty' plea over fatal stabbing of Russian which led to Moscow riots An Azerbaijan citizen has pleaded not guilty to the murder of an ethnic Russian man. Orkhan Zeinalov was accused of fatally stabbing Yegor 17/10/2013
Czech Republic Statue returned to Prague's famous bridge A newly-restored statue of Saint Damian has been put back in place on Prague’s famous Charles Bridge. It is part of a work in progress to clean or 17/10/2013
USA Back to work for US government employees after Congress agrees deal Hundreds of thousands of government employees have returned to work in the US after 16 days of enforced absence. Their return followed a 17/10/2013
Business US President Obama criticises political differences US President Barack Obama has hit out at the political turmoil that dragged his country to the brink of defaulting on its debt. He told a press 17/10/2013
Cinema 'Rambo' and 'Terminator' dream-team Action hero legends Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger are teaming up in prison-break thriller “Escape Plan”. The two mega stars have 17/10/2013
World London Frieze Art Fair opens London’s Frieze art fair is open – and so is the race to buy some of the world’s leading works of contemporary art. They include large 17/10/2013
brussels bureau Italy seeks more EU help to deal with immigrants Italy wants the EU to give more money to the bloc’s border control agency after some 300 migrants drowned off the coast of Lampedusa earlier this 17/10/2013
world news Second Syria conference called for November, with complicated conditions A second conference on the Syria conflict has been arranged to take place in Geneva during the third week of November. This comes more than a year 17/10/2013
world news New study says 30 million people held in modern day slavery A new index puts the number of people being held in slavery worldwide at 30 million. Anti-slavery charity, the Walk Free Foundation, ranked 162 17/10/2013
Germany Germany: 'Grand coalition' talks expected Angela Merkel’s CDU-CSU and the centre-left SPD party have confirmed that they are going to enter into official negotiations, with an aim to forming 17/10/2013
World New tools for new movements: Using social media for civil good The following texts and multimedia elements are the product of a workshop of multimedia journalism at the European Youth Media Days that took place 17/10/2013
Sport Jungle fever The ninth edition of the Jungle Marathon Challenge in the northern Brazilian state of Para. 17/10/2013
Philippines Amateur pictures capture church collapse in Philippines quake The Basilica Minore del Santo Nino in Cebu was a famous landmark until the Philippines earthquake hit. Its famous bell tower came crashing down on 17/10/2013
Germany Germany's Social Democrats agree to start coalition talks with Angela Merkel's conservatives A new coalition government in Germany has moved a step closer after the Social Democrats (SPD) agreed to start negotiations with Angela Merkel’s 17/10/2013
France France: students protest in Paris over deportations Thousands of students have been protesting in Paris over the deportations of Kosovan Roma schoolgirl Leonarda Dibrani and college-goer Khatchik 17/10/2013
Business Spanish consumer appliance giant Fagor files for protection The Spanish consumer appliance company Fagor filed for protection from creditors on Wednesday to allow it time to refinance its debt. The fifth 17/10/2013
United Kingdom Maddy special on German TV gets hundreds of calls from public Britain’s most famous missing girl Madeleine McCann was the subject of a major investigation on German television on Wednesday night. ZDF was 17/10/2013
United Kingdom Should prisoners have the right to vote? No, says UK's supreme court Two convicted murderers have lost their bid to vote in UK elections. Peter Chester and George McGeoch had argued that EU law gave them the right to 17/10/2013
World The more you text, the less you sleep Text messaging frequently during the day and in particular before bedtime can cause serious sleep disorders and even insomnia, according to research 17/10/2013
World Air pollution causes cancer says World Health Organisation Outdoor air pollution is a leading cause of cancer, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). It said the world’s leading experts have 17/10/2013