2016-10-06

Poland

Polish parliament rejects proposal for near-total ban on abortion

Mass street protests have forced a government rethink. An estimated 100,000 women dressed in black and took to the streets throughout Poland on Monday.

06/10/2016

France

Air France condemns 'sabotage attempts' reports

Air France has condemned media reports that it has suffered a string of sabotage attempts on its planes by radicalised ground staff.

06/10/2016

My Europe Series

Sweden: shorter workdays, happier and more productive staff?

The effectiveness of the traditional eight-hour workday has long been questioned.

06/10/2016

World News

Hundreds of migrants arrive in Sicily

Dry land is a welcome sight after being left adrift in flimsy boats in the open sea. The Italian coastguard says they carried out six separate rescue operations on Wednesday. 11,000 were rescued on Mo

06/10/2016

World News

Portugal's former PM Guterres tipped to be UN secretary general

Portugal’s former prime minister Antonio Guterres, who is widely tipped to become the United Nation’s next secretary-general, has reportedly said he wants to be ‘‘an honest broker and a bridge…

06/10/2016

Haiti

Hurricane Matthew forces Haiti to postpone presidential election

Rescue workers in Haiti say they are struggling to reach parts of the Island, cut off in the wake of Hurricane Matthew.

06/10/2016

Russia

Russia deals another blow to nuclear cooperation with US

Russia has further reduced its cooperation with the United States in nuclear energy by suspending a research agreement and ending one on uranium conversion.

06/10/2016

USA

Six-year-old shooting victim gets superhero funeral

A six year old boy who died from injuries sustained in a shooting in South Carolina has been given a superhero-funeral.

06/10/2016

USA

Replacement Samsung Galaxy Note 7 catches fire on plane

A replacement model of the fire-prone Samsung Note 7 smartphone began smoking inside a US plane on Wednesday.

06/10/2016

Russia

Russian company sells children's 'Buk-bed'

A Russian company is selling a children’s bed shaped like a Buk missile launcher.

06/10/2016

Germany

Police investigate mystery of man who never went out

German police are investigating a couple who reportedly kept their son at home for 30 years.

06/10/2016

World News

New security breach at the NSA as contractor is arrested

A National Security Agency contractor in the US has been arrested and charged with taking top secret information.

06/10/2016

Syria

Air attack destroyed aid convoy says UN as Syrian troops close on Aleppo

Satellite imagery analysts probing the deadly attack on a UN aid convoy in Syria on September 19 claim the carnage was the result of an air strike.

06/10/2016

World News

Donors raise funds to prevent Afghanistan becoming a second Iraq

World powers at a donor conference hosted by the European Union have raised over 13 billion euros for Afghanistan.

06/10/2016

World News

Boat of pro-Palestinian activists blocked by Israeli forces from entering Gaza

A sail boat manned by 13 pro-Palestinian female activists has been intercepted near the coast of Gaza as it attempted to break through a blockade imposed by Israel in…

06/10/2016