2017-09-03

World News

Washington warns Pyongyang of a "massive military response"

Following North Korea's latest nuclear test Washington warns rogue nation of a military response if it threatens the US or its allies.

03/09/2017

Sport

Japan crowned judo world champions in Budapest

Japan were awarded an eighth gold medal after winning the mixed team event at the 2017 World Judo Championships in the Hungarian capital Budapest

03/09/2017

North Korea

US Defense Secretary warns North Korea of "massive military response" if it threatens US or its allies

03/09/2017

North Korea

Earthquakes shake North Korea after nuclear test

Japan says the two shallow earthquakes which shook North Korea on Sunday were a nuclear explosion, following the sixth atomic test by Pyongyang since 2006.

03/09/2017

Germany

Merkel and Schulz go head-to-head on TV

Merkel and Schulz clash over migrant crisis in election TV debate

03/09/2017

Hungary

Europe's best axe and knife throwers gather in Hungary

03/09/2017

Germany

British world war two bomb safely defused in Frankfurt

Some 60,000 people had to be evacuated from the area in the biggest operation of its kind since the war

03/09/2017

USA

Obama's letter to Trump revealed

As he quit the Oval Office, President Barack Obama left a letter to President Donald Trump with some advice.

03/09/2017

Germany

Thousands evacuated in Frankfurt ahead of WWII bomb disposal

In Germany's biggest evacuation since the second World War, thousands of residents in Frankfurt were forced to leave their homes this weekend as the authorities prepare to dispose of a World War II-era bomb.

03/09/2017

China

BRICS get down to brass tacks at Business Forum

At the BRICS Business Forum, a side event of the five-nation summit, China's Xi Jinping hailed the group's economic progress.

03/09/2017

Korea

Koreans react to sixth nuclear test

The mood in South Korea after North Korea launched its sixth and largest nuclear test was unsurprisingly more tense than usual.

03/09/2017

USA

Trump threats to cut ties with North Korea's business allies

The US president says all options remain on the table over Pyongyang while EU leaders call for tough new sanctions

03/09/2017

World

Britain's Lewis Hamilton wins Italian Grand Prix and takes lead in F1 championship

The Mercedes drivers now has a three point lead over his closest rival, Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel

03/09/2017

Switzerland

Non-stop rain over 72 hours floods eastern Switzerland

Eastern Switzerland is suffering flooding after 72 hours of non-stop rain.

03/09/2017

United Kingdom

Britain bickers with Brussels over Brexit

Britain's Brexit minister David Davis dismisses his EU counterpart Michel Barnier's comments that little progress has been made in Brexit talks as "silly".

03/09/2017

Spain

Britons arrested in Spain on suspicion of drug dealing

Twleve Britons are among group arrested in Magaluf along with drugs and cash, accused of dealing in holiday spot's clubs.

03/09/2017

Kazakhstan

Record-breaking Peggy Whitson returns from the ISS

With several space records in her pocket, American astronaut Peggy Whitson returns from the ISS.

03/09/2017

India

South Asia struggles after deadly monsoon flooding

Fears are rising for hundreds of villages stranded by monsoon flood waters in large areas of Nepal, Bangladesh and India.

03/09/2017

Colombia

Colombia's ELN rebels admit hostage killed in April

Colombia's ELN rebel group has admitted a Russian-Armenian citizen it held hostage for six months was killed in April.

03/09/2017

North Korea

North Korea claims new bomb has 'great destructive power'

03/09/2017

USA

Moscow complains about US search of consulate

US searches of Russian diplomatic buildings have provoked the anger of Moscow.

03/09/2017