2017-01-31

France

France's Le Pen defies demand for "misspent" funds

France’s National Front leader Marine Le Pen has defied a deadline set by the EU authorities for her to repay funds they claim she has misspent.

31/01/2017

France

"I am the victim of a smear campaign" - Fillon

The French centre-right candidate for the presidential election says he is unruffled by the scandal threatening to engulf his campaign.

31/01/2017

Sport

Shiffrin, Strasser take Stockholm World Cup parallel slaloms

Mikaela Shiffrin continued her dominant season winning the Stockholm Parallel Slalom, but there was also a first title for Linus Strasser.

31/01/2017

USA

Calexit? California paves way for independence vote

Grassroots organisers have received the green light to start campaigning for California to secede from the United States

31/01/2017

Italy

Italian police arrest three people for arms smuggling to Libya, Iran

Three Italians have been arrested on suspicion of running an arms trafficking ring.

31/01/2017

USA

US Democrats boycott votes, delaying confirmation of Trump's nominees

US Democrats have stepped up their opposition to Donald Trump, by boycotting a planned committee hearing to confirm his Cabinet picks.

31/01/2017

Sport

Kittel wins first stage of UCI Dubai Tour

Europe's cyclists are back in action for the UCI Dubai Tour

31/01/2017

Europe News

The Brief from Brussels: EU's Tusk sounds warning shot over Europe's future

This is the Brief from Brussels, a roundup of the top stories from Europe’s de facto political capital.

31/01/2017

Iraq

East Mosul: Free from ISIL but desperate for food

They are free from ISIL’s clutches now but men, women and children in eastern Mosul are desperate for food.

31/01/2017

Italy

Former Italian rail bosses convicted over 2009 disaster

Mauro Moretti and Michele Mario Elia were convicted over the derailment and explosion of a freight train carrying liquid petroleum gas through the Tuscan town of Viareggio in 2009.

31/01/2017

United Kingdom

Debating Brexit: process moves to UK parliament

MPs in the UK have begun debating the bill to trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty. Two days have been set aside for the second reading debate of the EU (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill.

31/01/2017

Economy

EU competition commissioner: working out how much Apple owes Ireland is 'tricky'

Competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager says Irish tax authorities are still doing their own calculations as to how much Apple could owe.

31/01/2017

World News

Banned from the US

With the stroke of a pen, thousands of lives are now in administrative limbo since Donald Trump imposed a US immigration and travel order.

31/01/2017

USA

Watch live: White House press briefing

Press Secretary expected to talk about sacking of acting Attorney General, immigration ban and President's daily schedule

31/01/2017

World News

Tusk identifies Trump as threat to EU

“Current challenges to the EU are more dangerous than ever before.

31/01/2017

Sport

Wardian destroys World Marathon Challenge records in epic win

Seven marathons on seven continents in seven days. Sounds mad just to attempt, but America's Michael Wardian has taken the prize by winning every single race.

31/01/2017

Europe News

Post-Brexit Brits seek Belgian nationality

Brexit left many British expats in Brussels wondering what the future held.

31/01/2017

United Kingdom

Everything you need to know about the UK Brexit Bill

MPs in the UK have begun debating the bill to trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty. Ministers were forced to table legislation after the Supreme Court upheld an earlier ruling that the Government m

31/01/2017

Sci-Tech

Classroom robots prepare pupils for high-tech industry

Dancing to a robot in the classroom with robots.

31/01/2017

Sport

Olympic bobsleigh champion Trunenkov banned for four years

Dimitriy Trunenkov, a member of Russia's four-man Bobsleigh gold medal winners at the Sochi Olympics, has been banned for unspecified doping offences for four years.

31/01/2017

Canada

Quebec mosque attack: Who is gunman Alexandre Bissonnette?

The man charged with shooting six worshippers dead in a Quebec City mosque has been named as Alexandre Bissonnette. Who is Bissonnette?

31/01/2017

USA

Why Donald Trump is being compared to Richard Nixon

The US president has fired his acting attorney general for "defying executive orders", an action leading him to be compared to former US leader Richard Nixon.

31/01/2017

USA

This is what Trump has done so far

This article was updated on Wednesday February 1.

31/01/2017

Ukraine

Civilians left without power, water amid renewed hostilities in east Ukraine

Ukrainian officials are preparing for a possible evacuation of Avdiivka

31/01/2017

World News

World Marathon Challenge: 7 Marathons on 7 continents in 7 days

A look at this years 'ultra marathon' and the incredible achievements of its participants

31/01/2017

Syria

Syria: Anti-ISIL forces close in on Raqqa

The US-backed campaign against ISIL is closing in on Raqqa, the Syrian capital of the group’s self-proclaimed caliphate.

31/01/2017

Economy

Eurozone economy accelerates, inflation up, unemployment falls

Eurozone economic growth is accelerating faster than in the US, unemployment is at a more than seven-year low and inflation has risen.

31/01/2017

World News

Article 50 and how to trigger Brexit

When British PM Theresa May announced she intended to trigger Article 50, she had hoped to do so without too much red tape.

31/01/2017

USA

Meet Steve Bannon, Trump’s front man to fight all wars

Furor and global protests over an executive order curbing immigration?

31/01/2017

World News

Euroviews. Are you 'web' or 'wall'? How politics has split society

Between web and wall: what would the disruption of politics look like?

31/01/2017