2015-06-24

France

Foreign ministers meet as security situation in eastern Ukraine deteriorates

The foreign ministers of France, Germany, Ukraine and Russia have held crisis talks in Paris as the situation in eastern Ukraine continues to

24/06/2015

Azerbaijan

Baku European Games: Day 11 Highlights

24/06/2015

USA

Protests spread across the US over rebel flag

Protests are spreading across the US for the withdrawal of the Confederate battle Flag. In South Carolina many want it removed from the state house

24/06/2015

Greece

Greek PM holds more talks with lenders to shore up his debt plans

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is in for more talks with his country’s main lenders today in order to smooth over reported divisions regarding

24/06/2015

France

NSA "spied" on three French presidents - WikiLeaks

France media is awash with revelations that the United States’s National Security Agency (NSA) spied on three French presidents for a period of six

24/06/2015

Gaza

Knesset to punish Arab Knesset politician over Gaza flotilla

A flotilla of boats being prepared by activists to try and break Israel’s blockade of Gaza is about to set sail as soon as weather conditions

24/06/2015

France

Eurostar: services remain suspended overnight

Hundreds of passengers have been left stranded after the tunnel linking France and England closed due to a strike in Calais. Rail company Eurostar

24/06/2015

Armenia

Armenian energy protests turn ugly with dozens of arrests

Armenians accuse police of beating demonstrators as they protest against a crippling rise in electricity prices.

24/06/2015

India

Heavy rain hits central India

There may be a heatwave in Southern Pakistan, but in Central India heavy rain at the start of the monsoon season has caused severe flooding. More

24/06/2015

Germany

Queen Elizabeth II on state visit to Germany

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II has begun a three-day state visit to Germany. The monarch is scheduled to meet German President  Joachim Gauck and

24/06/2015

Pakistan

Hundreds die in Pakistan heatwave

More than 400 people have died so far in a heatwave in Southern Pakistan. Temperatures have soared above 45 degrees Celsius or 113 Fahrenheit. Power

24/06/2015

Sport

European Games: Great Britain enjoy golden start to swimming events

It was a golden start for Great Britain on the first day of action in the swimming pool at the European Games in Baku. 16-year-old Abbie Wood won the

24/06/2015

Italy

Coastguards rescue 3,700 Mediterranean migrants in two days

More than 3,700 migrants were rescued on Monday and Tuesday in the Mediterranean as part of the EU’s coastguard operation. On Monday 2,741 were

24/06/2015