2018-07-20

World News

Disney boots director Gunn from 'Guardians of the Galaxy 3' for tasteless tweets

The move comes ahead scheduled appearance by Gunn at San Diego Comic-Con.

20/07/2018

Israel

Hamas and Israel agree on ceasefire after strikes

Hamas and Israel agree on ceasefire after strikes

20/07/2018

USA

US tourist boat capsizes in storm, killing 17

Divers on Friday pulled the last bodies from the wreckage of a “duck boat” that sank a day earlier during a storm in a lake near a popular Missouri destination, killing 17 people in one of the deadliest US tourist incidents for years.

20/07/2018

World News

Israel strikes Gaza after its soldiers come under fire

Israel carried out "wide-scale" airstrikes and deployed tanks against Hamas military targets along the Gaza Strip on Friday, killing at least three Palestinians, officials said.

20/07/2018

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Fighting illegal immigration and terrorism: New surveillance drone targets EU buyers

In partnership with Airbus-sponsored

An Israeli military tech manufacturer believes they have found a solution which could help governments fight domestic terrorism, tackle illegal immigration, and rescue migrants from capsized vessels at sea.

20/07/2018

United Kingdom

Novichok victim released from UK hospital

Charlie Rowley, one of two Britons poisoned with the nerve agent Novichok last month, has been released from hospital

20/07/2018

Gaza

Four Palestinians killed by Israeli forces at Gaza border

Earlier on Friday, Hamas had defied Israeli calls to stop launching incendiary balloons, as Israel's defence minister threatened to order a military offensive to stop them/

20/07/2018

Russia

2018 Silk Way Rally gets underway

The Silk Way Rally is back. Astrakhan plays host to an intense week of cross country action on the way to Red Square in Moscow. Competitors from around the world have been preparing their teams and vehicles for 3,500kms of what is commonly considered one of the toughest tests in the world.

20/07/2018

Sweden

Data shows Sweden’s wildfire problem is unusual

These figures reflect how Sweden’s current outbreak of wildfires is unusual.

20/07/2018

Russia

Russia proposes plan to US to begin return of refugees to Syria

The Russian Federation has sent a proposal package to the US on organising the return of an estimated 1.7 million Syrian refugees to pre-war areas of Syria, TASS reports.

20/07/2018

World News

How well do you know Europe? Test your knowledge and win a luxury hotel stay

Do you think you know a lot about Europe? Are you a trivia nerd? Put your knowledge to the test!

20/07/2018

Sport

Peter Sagan keeps the green jersey

A late but perfectly timed sprint finish helped Peter Sagan to his third stage victory of this year's Tour de France at Stage 13

20/07/2018

Brazil

Plastic surgeon arrested over death of patient

Brazilian police have arrested plastic surgeon Denis Cesar Barros Furtado after he was on the run since a patient died on Saturday. Lilian Calixto had injections to enlarge her buttocks at his home in Rio de Janeiro

20/07/2018

France

Eight views on the race debate raging over France's World Cup winners

No sooner had France’s hangover from its World Cup-winning celebrations cleared than another headache reared its head.

20/07/2018

World

Backstage at one of the world’s largest indoor theme parks

Batman and Superman are about to move into their first official home in the Middle East.

20/07/2018

World News

Euroviews. It is time for small states to start thinking big | View

Though, many of Trump’s policies seem to be aimed at large states, it is small states that perhaps have the most to lose from Trump’s policies.

20/07/2018

World News

Full transcript: Russian duo prank call EU leaders

The full transcripts of two prank calls carried out by Russian pranksters on EU leaders Juncker and Mogherini.

20/07/2018

Business

Trump accuses China and EU of currency manipulation

The comments, plus Trump's criticism of Federal Reserve interest rate hikes, sent the dollar tumbling

20/07/2018

World News

Several people hurt after knife attack on German bus, man arrested

Several people hurt after knife attack on German bus, man arrested

20/07/2018

Living

Greece's last bell makers keep dying trade alive

The Galanopoulos family has started the business in the 1800s.

20/07/2018

Cult

Tunisian protest singer on world tour

Tunisian protest singer on world tour

20/07/2018

Russia

Russian ministry continues using Telegram despite ban

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Telegram channel continues to be active despite a court ruling that blocked country-wide access to the messenger service back in April.

20/07/2018

United Kingdom

May's Brexit plans for Northern Ireland: What you need to know

Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May dismissed as “unworkable” the EU’s plans on the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland and urged the bloc to “evolve” their position and back her government’s proposals.

20/07/2018

Israel

Hungarian Prime Minister Orban wraps up Israel visit

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban ended his two-day trip to Israel with a visit to the Western Wall in Jerusalem

20/07/2018

Albania

If you were betrayed by a friend, would you want to know who?

Albanians are finding out dark secrets of their past in secret police files.

20/07/2018

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#AskSpace: What's the latest on rocket re-usability and are there alternatives to combustion?

In partnership with ESA - The European Space Agency

#AskSpace: Is Europe introducing the concept of re-usability in its space rockets? What alternatives are there to combustion? We get the answers from ESA expert Giorgio Tumino.

20/07/2018

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Girl rescues shark stranded off Rhode Island coast

A girl picked up a stranded shark with her bare hands and released it back into the ocean at Block Island, off the coast of Rhode Island.

20/07/2018

Brazil

Watch: Fresh footage of uncontacted indigenous man in Amazon emerges

Fresh footage of an uncontacted indigenous man living alone in the Amazon for the past 22 years has emerged.

20/07/2018

Latvia

Children go native as Latvian schools say 'Nē' to Russian

A war of linguistics erupts in Riga as government plans to move schools to teach only in Latvian meet with disdain from Russian speaking parents

20/07/2018

Business

Trumps imported car tariffs are under fire

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is considering tariffs of up to 25% on imported cars and parts. A report by the Peterson Institute for International Economics estimates tariffs would kill around 200,000 U.S. jobs over a one-to-three-year period

20/07/2018