Sport England and Scotland victorious in the Six Nations Record breaking win for England in the Six Nations 04/02/2017
Sport Austria's Stefan Kraft a high-flyer in Oberstdorf Austria's Stefan Kraft seals Oberstdorf victory 04/02/2017
France France: Emmanuel Macron ramps up his presidential bid in Lyon The tables are turning in the French presidential race, if the latest opinion polls are to be believed. 04/02/2017
Sport Brady, beer and chicken wings it's Super Bowl time Super Bowl Patriots V Hawks in Houston 04/02/2017
USA 'Make America Think Again': anti-Trump rallies take place worldwide Around the world, thousands take part in protests against US President Donald Trump's controversial travel ban. 04/02/2017
Sport Marcel Kittel does the double in Dubai Kittel punches the peloton with victory in Dubai 04/02/2017
Myanmar Myanmar promises to investigate reports of atrocities against Rohingya The UN's top human rights official says the leader of Myanmar has promised to investigate allegations of atrocities against the country's Rohingya Muslims. 04/02/2017
no comment Bolivia opens the "Evo Museum" Bolivia on Thursday opened a $7 million museum dedicated to President Evo Morales and indigenous peoples in Morales’s birthplace of Orinoca high up in the deserts of the Bolivian… 04/02/2017
no comment Trump gets his wall A tourist attraction in Hamburg, Germany that features miniature models of various parts of the world has put up a wall around the United States, in a dig at President Donald Trump’s plan to build a f 04/02/2017
World The week in pictures Stories and photos to remember from the last week of January and first of February 2017. 04/02/2017
USA Tough talk as military exercises get underway in Iran The US Defence Secretary says he is not planning to boost troop levels in the Middle East, despite rising tension with Iran. Jim Mattis has warned, however, that the world will no longer ignore Tehran 04/02/2017
world news Cancer: many suffering and dying prematurely due to slow diagnosis says WHO The World Health Organisation has launched a report to coincide with World Cancer Day on February 4. It is calling for efforts to be stepped up worldwide to catch the disease earlier. 04/02/2017
world news Beached whale had 30 plastic bags in its stomach Zoologists in Norway say a beached whale found off the country’s western coast earlier this week had more than 30 plastic bags inside its stomach. 04/02/2017
Germany Germany's biggest ever cocaine haul seized Customs officials in Germany have put on display the country’s biggest ever cocaine haul. 04/02/2017
Austria Austria: protesters in Vienna rally against fight-right ball Around 3000 people demonstrated in Vienna on Friday night against a traditional right-wing ball. 04/02/2017
Brazil Brazil's former first lady Marisa Leticia dies Marisa Leticia Lula da Silva, wife of Brazil’s ex-president Lula da Silva, has died at the age of 66. 04/02/2017
France Police raids across Paris after ''terror'' suspect is shot by a soldier at the Louvre museum Several police raids have taken place across Paris after a man wielding machetes tried to enter the Louvre Museum. 04/02/2017
