2015-06-03

United Kingdom

Nicola Sturgeon sets out two triggers for new Scottish referendum (full interview)

03/06/2015

South Africa

South Africa says 2010 World Cup bid was above board

South Africa’s sports minister has denied allegations that the country’s World Cup organising committee paid bribes to host the 2010 World Cup.

03/06/2015

Spain

Spain's first case of diphtheria in 30 years: parents of six-year-old 'oppose vaccines'

A six-year-old child is in serious condition at a Barcelona hospital with diphtheria. It is the first case of the bacterial infection to be diagnosed

03/06/2015

World News

Romania, Hungary and Bulgaria focus of EU cash fraud probes

03/06/2015

Cinema

Palestinian Cinema Festival opens in Paris

A festival of Palestinian cinema has opened in Paris. It’s the first event of its type in France although similar festivals are already held in

03/06/2015

Germany

Security stepped up in Bavaria ahead of G7 summit

Security is being stepped up in southern Bavaria, ahead of the G7 summit. German Chancellor Angela Merkel will be hosting the heads of the Group of

03/06/2015

Syria

Fighting intensifies between Kurds and ISIL militants in northern Syria

Fierce fighting continues between ISIL militants and Kurds in Hasaka city, in north-eastern Syria. The region surrounding the city is strategic

03/06/2015

World News

Interpol issues 'red notice' for accused ex-FIFA bosses

Interpol has issued ‘Red Notices’ – the closest tool that exists to an international arrest warrant – for two former FIFA officials and four

03/06/2015

South Korea

South Korea confirms five more MERS cases

Five more cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS, have been confirmed in South Korea. It takes the total number of people infected to 30

03/06/2015

China

China cruise ship disaster: Video of boat's last moments released, as rescue efforts continue

Hopes are fading of finding any more survivors of a cruise ship disaster in China. More than 400 people, many of them elderly tourists, are still

03/06/2015

Switzerland

Large Hadron Collider opens "new chapter in physics"

03/06/2015

World News

Blatter resigns as FIFA president amid reports FBI is set to investigate his role in scandal

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has unexpectedly stepped down just days after winning his fifth term in office.

03/06/2015

Mexico

Mexico: Protests and calls for boycott ahead of state elections

Protesting teachers in Mexico's Oaxaca state have set fire to electoral offices and material ahead of the June 7 polls.

03/06/2015

Sudan

President of Sudan begins new term in office by calling for dialogue with West

President Omar Hassan al-Bashir of Sudan, wanted on genocide charges, has said he is open to talks with Western nations as his country deals with serious economic difficulties.

03/06/2015

France

Spanish royal couple resume state visit to France

The King and Queen of Spain were back in Paris on Tuesday after cutting short their state visit to France in March due to the Germanwings airplane crash in the Alps.

03/06/2015

Nigeria

Nigeria: Boko Haram blamed for latest attack that kills dozens

Northeastern Nigeria has been rocked by another bomb attack that has left around 50 people dead at a busy market.

03/06/2015