Germany Germany's SPD lose power in home state as CDU surges under Merkel Angela Merkel's CDU has pulled off a stunning state election victory in North Rhine Westphalia, burying the SPD and boosting hopes for September's federal poll. 14/05/2017
Russia Moscow residents try to turn back the bulldozers Redevelopment in Moscow is starting to tear down much-loved homes to build high-rises, and people are starting to protest at being forced out by big money. 14/05/2017
Germany SPD looks set to lose North Rhine Westphalia as CDU support surges say exit polls Exit polls say the German opposition SPD looks likely to lose power in North Rhine Westphalia, the party's stronghold, after a surge in support for Angela Merkel's CDU. 14/05/2017
Sport Lewis Hamilton wins Spanish Grand Prix Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton beat his main rival Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel with action at the outset in Spain's Formula Grand Prix. 14/05/2017
France Macron - the hard work starts now France's 39-year-old president was unknown to the wider public three years ago and remains outside any of the traditional political groupings. 14/05/2017
world news EUROPOL admits stunned by scale of cyberattack Police forces around the world astonished at ambition and execution of global cyberattack. 14/05/2017
France Hollande: "I leave France in a better state than I found it" Having handed the keys of the Elysee to his successor Emmanuel Macron, former president Francois Hollande headed straight for the headquarters of the French Socialist Party. 14/05/2017
Germany SPD face stiff challenge in home state North Rhine-Westphalia Germany's Social Democrats are neck and neck with the CDU in the left's heartland, North Rhine-Westphalia, in the state election, with just four months to go until the country votes. 14/05/2017
France Emmanuel Macron is sworn in as French president Central Paris came to a standstill on Sunday for the inauguration of Emmanuel Macron as president of France. 14/05/2017
no comment Pope Francis cheered in Fatima Tens of thousands of worshippers greeted Pope Francis from the esplanade of the Fatima sanctuary where the Pope made saints of two Portuguese shepherd children who are believed to have seen apparition 14/05/2017
no comment Annual gay pride parade in Albania Gay rights organizations in Albania held their annual pride event in the capital, Tirana, on Saturday (13 May) without any disturbances. 14/05/2017
world news Will WannaCry strike again? Businesses around the world are preparing for a further cyber attack amid fears that a lull in the computer bug that halted production at car factories, operations at hospitals and work at schools and 14/05/2017
Venezuela Venezuela once more in the grip of protests More clashes have broken out in Caracas as daily protests against the president descended into chaos. 14/05/2017
Ukraine Portugal's Eurovision triumph Portugal has won the 2017 Eurovision song contest with 27-year-old, Salvador Sobral's rendition of _Amar Pelos Dois_ or _Love for both_ . 14/05/2017
Iran Iran: presidential campaign breaks boundaries With days to go until Iran's Presidential election, front-runner and incumbent Hassan Rouhani painted his rivals as power-hungry puppets of the security forces. 14/05/2017
North Korea North Korea: latest missile flies 700km North Korea has fired a missile which landed in the Sea of Japan 30 minutes after being launched. 14/05/2017
