2016-04-29

World News

'A new game, a final': UEFA's Platini makes last appeal against six-year ban

Suspended UEFA president Michel Platini arrived early on Friday morning for what was arguably the match of his life, at least off the pitch: an

29/04/2016

France

Unrest and arrests in Paris over labour reforms

A violent day came to a violent end in Paris on Thursday as police clashed with activists occupying a prominent square to protest at labour reforms

29/04/2016

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Aleppo airstrike agony

The aftermath of an airstrike in the Kallasa and Bustan al-Qasr neighbourhoods of Aleppo, Syria. The attack follows the deadly bombing of a hospital

29/04/2016

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Student protest turns ugly

Tens of thousands of young people and union members joined street protests across France against a labour reform bill that parliament will debate

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North Korea

North Korea: US citizen given 10 years of hard labour for spying

North Korea sentenced a naturalised US citizen to 10 years of hard labour on Friday for spying and subversion. China’s Xinhua news agency reported

29/04/2016

World News

British foreign secretary visits Cuba

Britain’s Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond visited Havana on Thursday for talks with his Cuban counterpart in the first such visit since 1959

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Venezuela

Venezuela's second city looted

Security has been stepped up in Venezuela’s second city Maracaibo after looting prompted by shortages of basic goods. There were reports of at least

29/04/2016

Republic of Ecuador

Plane skids off runway in Ecuador

A plane carrying 93 passengers skidded off the runway after landing during heavy rain in southern Ecuador on Thursday. It happened at Cuenca airport

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Belgium

Belgium gives everyone radiation protection pills

Belgium is to supply iodine pills to all its 11 million inhabitants to help protect against radioactivity in the event of a nuclear accident. Iodine

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Syria

Aid lifeline at risk for millions in Syria

NGOs and Aid agencies say up to a quarter of a million people are trapped in Aleppo and that the aid lifeline that delivers supplies to them and

29/04/2016

Syria

Aleppo - six days of air strikes kill an estimated 200 people

The United Nations has described the situation in the Syrian city of Aleppo as ‘catastrophic’. A human rights group estimates that six days of air

29/04/2016

USA

Brother of San Bernardino killer arrested on marriage fraud charges

Syed Raheel Farook could face five years in jail if convicted

29/04/2016

Sport

Europa League: Villarreal snatch last-minute victory against Liverpool

Villarreal’s Adrian Lopez has snatched a stoppage-time winner at home to Liverpool. The first leg of their Europa League last four clash finished

29/04/2016

Namibia

South Caucuses regional tensions result in ceasefire violations

Tensions in the South Caucuses region erupted in to violence on Thursday. Azerbaijan claimed one civilian was killed and six wounded by gunfire in

29/04/2016

Austria

Italy and Austria reach deal to keep Brenner moving

Fears of a migrant surge prompted plans to build a border fence

29/04/2016

France

UK to pay for Calais 'wall' to deter migrants

Migrants in the French port of Calais are resorting to increasingly desperate measures to get to Britain. After the so-called Jungle camp was

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