2016-07-09

Sport

The final countdown as hosts France prepare to meet Portugal in the Euro climax

Cinzia Rizzi is our guide to all things Euro 2016: "Welcome back to Euro 2016 and its the final countdown to the last match of European championships. On Sunday in the Stade de France hosts France t

09/07/2016

Spain

Spain's socialists refuse to back Rajoy government

The leader of Spain’s Socialist party has refused to back Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s second attempt to form a coalition government in six months.

09/07/2016

United Kingdom

British PM hopeful's motherhood remarks spark row

The outsider to become UK’s next Prime Minister, Andrea Leadsom, has furiously denied she has an edge over her rival, because she has children.

09/07/2016

World News

Pledges of continued support for Ukraine at NATO summit

NATO has reiterated its support for Ukraine at a summit of the alliance in Warsaw.

09/07/2016

Sport

Demon on the descent Froome the zoom in yellow

Stage 8 of the Tour de France saw holder, Sky's Chris Froome, flex his muscles in the 2016 race.

09/07/2016

USA

Dallas police defend use of robot to kill gunman

Authorities in Dallas have defended their decision to use an explosive-laden robot to kill a man who shot dead five white police officers in the city.

09/07/2016

World News

Russia-US row ends in tit-for-tat expulsions of diplomats

In a tit for tat expulsion of diplomats reminiscent of the Cold War, Russia said on Saturday it had expelled two U.

09/07/2016

World News

Serena Williams beats Angelique Kerber to claim seventh Wimbledon singles title

09/07/2016

World News

Britain to hold vote on Trident nuclear deterrent

David Cameron has said he will hold a parliamentary vote later this month over whether to renew Britain’s nuclear deterrent.

09/07/2016

World News

One man gored to death in Spanish bull running festival

A Spaniard died and two other men, including a Japanese, were gored in bull-runs in Spain on Saturday, as the San Fermin festival in the northern town of Pamplona entered its third…

09/07/2016

Poland

NATO commits to fund Afghan forces to 2020

NATO countries meeting at a key summit in Warsaw have agreed to maintain a stable military presence in Afghanistan.

09/07/2016

South Sudan

Gunbattles erupt in South Sudan's capital

Gunbattles erupted in South Sudan on its fifth independence anniversary and as peace talks were underway in the capital Juba.

09/07/2016

World News

Goldman Sachs hires former EU chief Barroso

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09/07/2016

World News

Dallas gunman had fought in Afghanistan

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Prince George steals the show

Britain’s Prince George was the star attraction on Friday at the Royal International Air Tattoo, billed by UK media as the world’s largest military air show.

09/07/2016

Uruguay

Uruguay defeats tobacco giant in court dispute

The World Bank’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) has ruled in favour of Uruguay after cigarette giant Philip Morris International tried to seek compensation from the

09/07/2016

Korea

North Korea fires ballistic missile

North Korea fired a ballistic missile from a submarine on Saturday but it appears to have failed soon after launch, South Korea’s military said.

09/07/2016

World News

Soyuz craft docks at International Space Station

Russia’s Soyuz spacecraft has successfully docked with the International Space Station where its 48th mission is underway.

09/07/2016

USA

Protests continue across America against fatal police shootings

It comes a day after five police officers were killed during a similar rally in Dallas.

09/07/2016

USA

Clinton and Trump react to Dallas police sniper attack

The presumptive presidential nominees for the major parties postponed campaign events on Friday, but did not remain silent on the Dallas police officer deaths.

09/07/2016

World News

Experts weigh in on the Nato summit in Warsaw

Competitor, adversary, peer or partner – that’s how the head of Nato’s military committee said the alliance should consider Russia, and the decisions being taken at the summit in Warsaw are of particu

09/07/2016

Iraq

Iraqi PM sacks top Baghdad security officials after bombing

Iraq’s prime minister has fired three officials in charge of Baghdad’s security after a spate of deadly bombings.

09/07/2016