Italy Venice Film Festival - launch pad for award season There is much excitement in the air ahead of this year’s Venice Film Festival which is once again being seen as the launch pad for the industry’s award season. 30/08/2016
focus Kazakhstan: striving for nuclear disarmament 1.5 million people in Kazakhstan bear scars and deformities from years of nuclear testing but now something is being done about it 30/08/2016
Gabon Gabon on edge ahead of official election result Gabon remains on edge ahead of official presidential election results in which both sides have declared victory and traded accusations of cheating. 30/08/2016
world news Almost 10,000 migrants rescued in Strait of Sicily in two days Around 3,000 migrants were rescued in the Strait of Sicily on Tuesday, in 30 separate missions. 30/08/2016
world news ISIL spokesperson killed in Syria, group announces One of ISIL’s most prominent leaders has been killed in Syria, according to the group’s Aamaq news agency. 30/08/2016
world news Mourners gather in Amatrice for funerals of quake victims Under grey skies and rain, and surrounded by rubble, hundreds have gathered to remember the victims of Italy’s devastating earthquake. 30/08/2016
Sport England keeper Hart moves to Torino on loan Manchester City and England goalkeeper Joe Hart has joined Italian side Torino on loan for one season. 30/08/2016
USA Trump can’t beat Clinton – do the math! In a little more than two months, voters in the United States will elect their next president. 30/08/2016
France UK and France hold Calais talks Amid pressure to scrap UK border checks in France, British home secretary Amber Rudd has held talks with her French counterpart Bernard Cazeneuve in Paris. 30/08/2016
Sport Channeling frustration through judo in war-torn Yemen Yemen’s war between Houthi rebels and political allies of ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh continues to rage on. 30/08/2016
brussels bureau The Brief from Brussels: Why the EC is taking a bite out of Apple This is the Brief from Brussels, a daily round up of the top stories from across Europe. 30/08/2016
economy Price gouging row: how much should those drugs cost? The debate over high prices for medical treatments heats up in the United States with two companies - Valeant Pharmaceuticals and Mylan - in the frame. 30/08/2016
Spain Spain's Rajoy pleas for support to avoid third election Spain’s caretaker prime minister Mariano Rajoy has called for a “stable,” “long-term” government, as he addressed parliament ahead of a confidence vote for a second term in… 30/08/2016
France French burkini ban ''stupid reaction'', UN human rights office says The ban on burkinis in France is not only ‘‘a grave and illegal breach of fundamental freedoms’‘ but a ‘‘stupid reaction’‘ to recent terror attacks, the UN human rights office has… 30/08/2016
Italy Drone video of Italian town damaged by earthquake Italian firefighters have released a video, filmed by a drone, showing the town of Accumoli, severely devastated by the earthquake of August the 24th. 30/08/2016
France Emmanuel Macron resigns as French Economy Minister France’s Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron has resigned from government. 30/08/2016
world news Dr. Alison Thompson on life as a full time humanitarian volunteer An interview with Dr. Alison Thompson, a full-time humanitarian working inside the refugee camps in Greece. When the planes flew into the twin 30/08/2016
Spain Spain's Rajoy pleas for 'stable' government ahead of confidence vote Spain’s caretaker prime minister Mariano Rajoy has told parliament that it’s “urgent” for the country to get a “long-term,” “stable” government – to end an eight-month political… 30/08/2016
Sport Video: Disallowed goal of the year from High School striker As goals go, they don’t get much better than this. 30/08/2016
corporate Banks pull the plug on South Korea's Hanjin Shipping One of the world's biggest container shipping firms, South Korea's Hanjin Shipping, is headed for bankruptcy after the lenders it has borrowed money from pulled the plug. 30/08/2016
Syria Rebel groups 'capture strategic Syrian town of Halfaya' Syrian rebels are said to have captured a strategic town in northern Hama province. 30/08/2016
economy Brexit vote unnerves eurozone and UK businesses Economic sentiment in the eurozone fell in August and optimism among Britain's services firms has also fallen sharply. Economists linked that to Britain's vote to leave the European Union. 30/08/2016
brussels bureau 'No company can have selective benefits' - Brussels takes bite out of Apple The European Commission (EC) has ordered US tech giant to pay a record tax penalty of 13 billion euros to the Irish government. 30/08/2016
France For Britain migrants begin, and stay, in Calais, but France's patience wears thin Calais’s squalid migrant centre is at the heart of talks between the French and British Interior Ministers, but the problem goes way beyond the camp and has now lasted for nearly 20… 30/08/2016
SriLanka Teenager hacked president's website to delay exams How many of us have despaired as exams approach, wishing we could press an imaginary ‘pause button’ to freeze time and delay the inevitable? 30/08/2016
Ireland EU vs Apple: A fair whack or a made up number? The European Commission’s demand that Ireland collect €13 billion in back taxes from Ireland has polarised opinion. 30/08/2016
France French president criticises Turkey's 'contradictory' intervention in Syria France’s president has criticised Turkey’s military push into northern Syria, saying that it risks escalating the conflict. 30/08/2016
economy Barroso Goldman Sachs pension protest petition grows Close to 80,000 people have signed an online petition calling for former European Commission president José Manuel Barroso to lose his EU pension for taking a job with Goldman Sachs. 30/08/2016
USA Police officer saves man from train tracks in dramatic near-miss A police officer from New Jersey in the United States is being hailed a hero after saving a man from train tracks with seconds to spare. 30/08/2016
Somalia Somalia: at least 22 dead in car bomb explosion near presidential palace A car bomb has exploded near the presidential palace in Mogadishu, Somalia, killing at least 22 soldiers and civilians, officials say. 30/08/2016
