2017-02-03

Business Series

Snapchat sets out its stall for huge shares sale

Mobile messaging service Snapchat has started a marketing campaign to convince investors to buy its shares when they go on sale in March.

03/02/2017

Myanmar

Rohingya 'very likely' victims of crimes against humanity

Myanmar's security forces have likely committed 'systematic' mass killings, and gang rapes against the Rohingya Muslim population since October according to the UN Human Rights office.

03/02/2017

United Kingdom

The White Paper wish-list: what the UK's Brexit negotiators want

Free trade, customs, immigration, budget payments and security. Find out what the UK has on its wish-list as it prepares for divorce talks with Brussels.

03/02/2017

World News

And also... Sprightly snakes, Schwarzenegger's swap swipe and soccer sexism

Why Trump and Putin are molar opposites, the secret of a winning poker strategy and what it is like having a snake stuck in your ear.

03/02/2017

USA

Bowling Green Massacre: the terror attack that wasn't

Kellyanne Conway, a senior advisor to President Donald Trump, has baffled audiences by blaming Iraqi refugees for a terrorist attack that never happened.

03/02/2017

France

Louvre attack 'clearly terrorist in nature', says French PM

French Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve says a machete attack near the capital’s Louvre Museum was “clearly terrorist in nature.

03/02/2017

World News

Rohingya island plan could trigger a human rights catastrophe - activists

Rights campaigners are warning that the Bangladeshi government's plan to relocate thousands of Rohingya refugees to a remote, low-lying island could trigger a humanitarian catastrophe.

03/02/2017

Cinema

Vinterberg's 'The Commune' collective living and disillusion

Vinterberg's take on collective living 'The Commune'

03/02/2017

No Comment

Plane struggles to land in heavy winds at Bilbao airport

A British Airways plane was filmed struggling to land in windy conditions on Thursday (February 2) as it came in to Bilbao airport in Spain’s Basque Country.

03/02/2017

France

Soldier shoots knife attacker in Paris

A French soldier has shot and wounded a man armed with a knife who was trying to enter the Louvre musuem in central Paris.

03/02/2017

Malta

EU leaders begin one-day summit in Malta

EU leaders are holding a one-day, informal, summit in Malta to discuss migration and the consolidation of Europe once the UK leaves the bloc.

03/02/2017

Cult

Art and Cinema, Dimitrije Popovic and Transmedia in Rendez-vous

Explore European culture in Rendez-vous

03/02/2017

Korea

"The strongest warning to North Korea" - Seoul welcomes US support

The new US Defence Secretary has warned North Korea there will be an "effective and overwhelming" response if it chooses to use a nuclear weapon. Speaking at the start of a two-day visit to South Kore

03/02/2017

Greece

Migrant deaths prompt work at Greek camp

Greek media say three men were poisoned by fumes from stoves lit inside the tents to combat the bitter winter temperatures. However, the authorities would neither confirm nor deny this.

03/02/2017

Korea

North Korea faces ''overwhelming'' response if it uses nuclear weapons, warns US defence chief Mattis

Donald Trump’s defence secretary has warned North Korea that it will face an “effective and overwhelming” response if it choses to use a nuclear weapon.

03/02/2017

Ukraine

US blames Russia for rise in violence in Ukraine

The US has strongly condemned what it calls Russia’s ‘‘agreesive actions’‘ in eastern Ukraine.

03/02/2017

France

French church shows solidarity with refugees

The Basilica d’Ainay in Lyon transformed itself into a giant screen last night to show solidarity with refugees trapped in a foreign land.

03/02/2017

Israel

Israeli settlement expansion ''may not be helpful" to peace, says new US administration

The White House has said the construction of new Israeli settlements “may not be helpful” in achieving peace with the Palestinians.

03/02/2017

Romania

Protesters in Romania promise to be back every day

Tens of thousands of Romanians have taken to the streets of Bucharest for a third night to rally against a decree decriminalising some forms of corruption.

03/02/2017

France

Fillon vows to hold on as presidential contender despite scandal

The French presidential candidate on the right appears before a rally of supporters, but even some in his own party are asking how long he can survive

03/02/2017