2016-04-13

World News

Lawsuit filed against US flight school over Germanwings crash

The flight training school in Arizona is a unit of the Germanwings parent company Lufthansa

13/04/2016

Sport

Barcelona crash out of Champions League to Atletico Madrid

Benfica gave Bayern Munich a fright on Wednesday night by going into an early lead in their Champion’s League final four decider. But then the

13/04/2016

France

Spanish police arrest suspected Paris supermarket gunman 'arms supplier'

Spanish police have arrested a French man suspected of supplying weapons used by an Islamist militant in an attack on a Paris supermarket . Two other

13/04/2016

France

Bataclan in Paris announces renovation work and reopening lineup

The Bataclan says it plans to reopen the venue in the autumn but no exact date has yet been set

13/04/2016

Sport

Paolini gets 18 month cycling ban

Italian cyclist Luca Paolini has been banned for 18 months by the ICU for a “non-intentional” anti-doping rule violation. The 39-year-old rider

13/04/2016

Jordan

Jordan closes Muslim Brotherhood headquarters in Amman

The offices were sealed on the orders of the city's governor, though no reason was given for the closure.

13/04/2016

Ukraine

Ukraine's parliamentary speaker gets key backing for job as PM

A coalition of the country's two main parties says it has agreed to back parliamentary speaker Volodymyr Groysman for the post

13/04/2016

Romania

Romanian miners march to Bucharest

The workers from state-controlled energy company started the 300km walk from Targu Jiu to the capital on Monday to protest against a proposed layoff.

13/04/2016

France

France to send extra police to deal with Mayotte unrest

It comes on the back of two weeks of social unrest on the French island.

13/04/2016

USA

Lost grandmother found after nine days in Arizona wilderness

Saying she took a wrong turn and ran out of fuel, Ann Rodgers survived on pond water before being rescued.

13/04/2016

Italy

Egypt's Sisi says blame for death of Italian student Giulio Regeni based on rumours

Egypt’s president has hit out at reports that murdered Italian student Giulio Regeni was killed by the country’s security service. Abdel Fattah

13/04/2016

Europe News

MEPs scrutinise EU-Turkey migration deal

The EU’s deal to send migrants back from Greece to Turkey For every Syrian migrant sent back, one already in Turkey will be resettled inside the

13/04/2016

Brazil

Brazil: impeachment step-by-step

The President of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff is on a political knife edge. There is the very real threat she could be voted out of office. But she is in

13/04/2016

Sport

Benzema dropped from France's Euro 2016 squad

Real Madrid and France striker Karim Benzema will not be going to the Euro 2016 tournament. The player tweeted he would be missing out ahead of the

13/04/2016

Sport

WADA admits cannot say if meldonium users broke doping ban

Maria Sharapova and a host of other top ranking sports stars may be breathing sighs of relief with news from WADA, the world sports anti-doping

13/04/2016

Czech Republic

Czech Republic wants to adopt new name of Czechia

The Czech Republic should introduce an official shortening of the name to use in English and other foreign languages, the country’s foreign minister

13/04/2016

Europe News

MEPs to vote on passenger data plan

MEPs will vote later on whether to force airlines to share passenger data. The draft bill has been held up for years owing to data protection

13/04/2016

Belgium

Belgian PM slams Brussels airport disruption as "irresponsible"

Stranded passengers have voiced anger over protest action by air traffic controllers

13/04/2016

France

Spain: police arrest French 'arms supplier' to Paris supermarket gunman

Spanish police have arrested a French man suspected of supplying weapons to the Islamist militant who attacked a Paris supermarket. The siege in

13/04/2016

Business Line

The consequences of the Panama Papers

Panama Papers leak has dominated the news headlines over the past week with new names and details emerging every day. I'm off to film

13/04/2016

Sport

Ronaldo fills boots and dazes Wolfsburg while City rejoice as PSG weep

The football world was abuzz on Wednesday with the news that Christiano Ronaldo had scored another champions league hat-trick, his fifth, equalling

13/04/2016

Republic of North Macedonia

More tear gas as migrants vent frustration at Idomeni

Migrants trapped on the Greek side of the border with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia again vented their frustration at being unable to

13/04/2016

World News

Who will be the next boss of the UN?

The race is now officially underway to find a successor to Secretary General Ban Ki-moon

13/04/2016

Syria

Syrian elections take place to backdrop of fighting in Aleppo and peace talks in Geneva

The Syrian elections – “theatre through which the regime is trying to give itself a little legitimacy”. That’s one view from the main oppostion body

13/04/2016

World News

Robots ‘must not be given license to kill’

Autonomous robots should never be used for combat missions because they would undermine the fundamental rules of war, a report has warned.

13/04/2016

Economy

Sweden forced to double its spending on immigration

The sheer number of asylum seekers arriving in Sweden has forced the government to more than double its spending on immigration.

13/04/2016

Europe News

MEPs call for restrictions on weed-killing substance

MEPs have voted to renew the licence for glyphosate – a chemical widely used in popular weed-killing products – but only for an additional seven

13/04/2016

World News

Inky the Octopus: The Great Escape

‘Enterprising’ and ‘unusually intelligent’ are not words you would typically associate with an octopus. But Inky, the squishy escape artist, is no

13/04/2016

Syria

Syrians go to the polls in contested elections

In the shadow of war, Syria's embattled president goes ahead with elections in defiance of opponents who seek to oust him. With voting held in only government-controlled areas the vote is set to retur

13/04/2016

Business Series

Facebook goes 'chatbots' to reach into customer services and business transactions

Facebook has opened up its Messenger app to create “chatbots,” as the compny looks to expand its reach into customer services and business

13/04/2016