2015-09-29

Spain

Catalan president Artur Mas charged with organising illegal independence referendum

29/09/2015

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Impressive plane moves in the Air race world championship

29/09/2015

USA

Putin seeks international cooperation to resolve conflict in Syria

The Kremlin is evaluating whether to join the US, Britain and France in the air campaign against ISIL in Syria. President Vladimir Putin said Russia

29/09/2015

Cinema

Behind the scenes: The Bigger Picture

Life-sized sets, two metre high painted characters using 3D arms. Award-winning director Daisy Jacobs takes us behind the scenes of her most ambitious project 'The Bigger Picture'.

29/09/2015

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Tensions in Jerusalem during Jewish holiday

29/09/2015

USA

Climate change: Hollande warns world leaders that a deal can be delayed no longer

French President Francois Hollande has urged world leaders at the UN to speed up their commitments to tackling climate change, so that an historic

29/09/2015

Business Series

Uncertainty over QE perturbs global markets

Global markets endured turbulent times last week amid uncertainty about monetary easing policies in the eurozone and Japan. ECB chief Mario Draghi

29/09/2015

Afghanistan

Afghan and US forces launch offensive to retake Kunduz from Taliban

Afghan forces backed by US aircraft have launched a counter-offensive to retake the city of Kunduz. The provincial capital was overrun by Taliban

29/09/2015

Iraq

Islamic State militants says it planted deadly Baghdad car bomb

The Islamic State militant group claims it was responsible for a car bomb that killed four people and injured eleven others in central Baghdad on

29/09/2015

USA

Castro calls for end to US trade embargo

Cuban leader Raul Castro has used his address at the UN to call for the US trade embargo, in place for more than five decades, to be lifted. He also

29/09/2015

USA

Putin says 'differences can be resolved' after meeting with Obama

The first face-to-face meeting in almost a year has taken place between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Barack Obama. It happened

29/09/2015

World News

Rosetta: duck comet is double bill

The rubber duck-shaped comet being tracked by Europe’s Rosetta probe is in fact a double bill. Scientists say data from the probe shows the comet

29/09/2015

Central African Republic

CAR: calls for army to be redeployed

Two days of violent clashes in Central African Republic have led to calls for the army to be redeployed. At least 21 people have died and 100 have

29/09/2015

Yemen

Saudi-led coalition consolidates control in Yemen

Saudi Special Forces are openly training near the southern Yemen city of Aden as the Gulf coalition ground troops push into Houthi strongholds in the

29/09/2015

Bangladesh

Bangladesh: Italian aid worker shot dead

An Italian aid worker has been shot dead in Bangladesh. 50-year-old Cesare Tavella worked for a Netherlands-based NGO. He was gunned down in Dhaka’s

29/09/2015

Germany

VW: former boss faces criminal probe

The former boss of under-fire motor manufacturer Volkswagen is facing a criminal investigation by the German authorities. Martin Winterkorn quit last

29/09/2015

Hungary

Migrants face growing numbers of challenges

“Anti-migration sentiment in Europe is unnecessarily endangering the lives of migrants,” William Lacy Swing, Director General of the International

29/09/2015