2015-06-07

Sport

Grumier strikes gold at the European Fencing Championships

France’s Gauthier Grumier kept his composure to edge out local hope Max Heinzer in the individual epée final at the European Fencing Championships in

07/06/2015

Sport

Wawrinka stuns Djokovic to clinch maiden French Open title

Switzerland’s Stan Wawrinka produced a superb display to stun World number One Novak Djokovic in four sets in the final of the French Open on Sunday

07/06/2015

Italy

European ships rescue 4,000 migrants, Italy feels overstretched

British, Swedish, Spanish and Italian ships were en route to help about 10 migrant boats that called for help on Sunday. Some 4,000 migrants were rescued in the Mediterranean this weekend alone.

07/06/2015

Germany

Deutsche Bank co-chiefs to step down

The co-chiefs of of Deutsche Bank are to step down. Anshu Jain and Juergen Fitschen had been under pressure from investors to do so after a series of

07/06/2015

Romania

Romanian PM refuses to step down despite criminal probe

Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta has refused to step down despite the launch of a criminal investigation against him. Hundreds protested in the

07/06/2015

United Kingdom

Royal Babies: Prince George poses with newborn sister Charlotte

The first official photographs of Prince George with his new baby sister have been released. The four pictures show Princess Charlotte at just a few

07/06/2015

Sport

Barcelona seal fourth Champions League title in 10 years after defeating Juventus

A triumphant Barcelona team departed from their Berlin hotel on Sunday after a spectacular victory over Juventus in the Champions League final on

07/06/2015

Germany

Protesters block road to G7 summit

About 200 people rallied in the Bavarian mountain town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen on Sunday and tried to march towards the Elmau Castle where a G7

07/06/2015

Germany

World leaders set out agenda for G7

The leaders of the world’s top industrialised nations are gathered in Bavaria for the G7 summit where the Ukraine conflict has been high on the

07/06/2015

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Obama and Merkel cheers

07/06/2015

Turkey

Turkey votes in parliamentary election that could mean new powers for Erdogan

The Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erogan was among the 54 million voters going to the polls on Sunday in what is expected to be the closest

07/06/2015

United Kingdom

Farah pulls out from Birmingham Diamond League

07/06/2015

Germany

Ukraine tops G7 agenda as leaders arrive

The ongoing conflict in Ukraine has topped the agenda as the leaders of the world’s richest countries gathered for the annual G7 summit. The German

07/06/2015

Turkey

Voting begins in Turkey's parliamentary election

Polling booths in Turkey opened at 8 o’clock Sunday morning, local time, in what is expected to be the closest parliamentary election for more than a

07/06/2015

Mexico

Violent clashes ahead of Mexico's mid-term elections

A day ahead of midterm elections in Mexico anti-Government protesters have violently clashed with police. The government has moved some 40,000

07/06/2015

Russia

Absent from G7, Putin says Russia 'no threat' to West

07/06/2015

Venezuela

Venezuela's Maduro cancels Pope meeting due to 'flu' amid human rights criticism

07/06/2015

World News

European navy ships 'rescue 3,500 migrants' in the Mediterranean

Naval vessels from across Europe have joined together to save around 3,500 migrants in trouble off the Libyan coast in the Mediterranean – one of the

07/06/2015

China

Volunteers help identify victims of Chinese cruise ship disaster

Local people have joined the authorities in China as they deal with the aftermath of the accident on the Yangtze River, when the Eastern Star cruise ship capsized in a storm with the loss of nearly 40

07/06/2015

Greece

Tsipras to meet Hollande and Merkel in Brussels on Wednesday

The Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is to hold talks with the German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande on the

07/06/2015

Sport

Barcelona down Juventus to clinch their fifth Champions League title

Spanish giants Barcelona produced a superb display to beat Juventus 3-1 in the final of the Champions League at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin on

07/06/2015

Turkey

Parliamentary elections in Turkey a test for President Erdogan

Turkey goes to the polls on Sunday in parliamentary elections that could decide whether broad changes are made to the country’s political system and

07/06/2015