2018-08-22

Italy

Italy lets in all child migrants from coastguard ship

Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has allowed all child migrants on a coastguard ship that docked in the port of Catania on Monday into Italy.

22/08/2018

Italy

Police hunt 'offensive' tourists who frolicked in underpants in Rome

Photos posted on social media of two male tourists frolicking and flashing their crotch near a war memorial in Rome has sparked a man hunt by Italian police seeking their arrest.

22/08/2018

Switzerland

Birds 'starve' in Europe's extreme summer heat

The extreme temperatures and lack of rain is taking its toll on birds in Europe.

22/08/2018

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Watch: Rescuers in Italy search for survivors of flash flood

Watch: The waters of the flash flood reached a height of 2.5 metres and filled the Raganello gorge in Pollino National Park, sweeping tourists along the rush of water.

22/08/2018

Russia

Glamping with a difference in Moscow

Glamping has become hugely popular in Russia in recent years but it's not exactly glamping as the rest of Europe knows it.

22/08/2018

USA

Trump strikes back after two of his associates convicted

Trump said his former campaign manager Paul Manafort and his former lawyer Michael Cohen were charged with matters totally unrelated to his presidential campaign.

22/08/2018

France

Supercar lost in France is found in Poland by social media

An Emirati millionaire has recovered his rare Lamborghini with the help of social media after it was stolen in France by a fake car company.

22/08/2018

Russia

Russia is 'looking for a nuclear-powered missile that went missing'

Russia is launching an operation to recover a nuclear-armed cruise missile that came down in the Barents Sea in 2017, according to CNBC intelligence sources.

22/08/2018

Germany

€340 million to help German farmers after poor crop harvests

Germany’s grains harvest this year is likely to fall by about 22 percent affecting 10,000 farms. The government will step in to help struggling farmers with an aid programme

22/08/2018

Venezuela

Venezuelans poke fun at country's 'bad luck' through earthquake memes

As a 7.3-magnitude rattled their country on Tuesday, Venezuelans poke fun at their 'bad luck' with memes.

22/08/2018

Russia

Passenger films moment plane’s engine catches fire after takeoff

Footage of passengers reacting as a plane’s engine bursts into flames, forcing it to make a U-turn back to the airport, has emerged on social media.

22/08/2018

France

French village cut from water supply for two years due to pesticides

At first glance, the small town of Etais-La-Sauvin, some 200 kms south of Paris, is your typical French village — except that soil pollution has deprived its inhabitants of drinkable running water for more than two years.

22/08/2018

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Watch: Surfers catch waves under moonlight

Watch: More than 25,000 people flocked to see the World Surfing League (WSL) event at Chambre d’Amour.

22/08/2018

Bangladesh

In pictures: How Rohingya are celebrating Eid in refugees camps

Rohingya refugees in the sprawling refugee camp of Cox’s Bazar this celebrated the four-day Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha.

22/08/2018

France

French locals, migrants pose for artist's 'hope story'

Rencontres d'Arles is one of the biggest photography events in Europe, taking place in Arles in the south of France. Our editor talked to these renowned photographers, who showed us around their exhibitions. In focus today is Patrick Willocq's work.

22/08/2018

Hungary

Hungary 'denying food to asylum seekers'

Hungarian authorities have stopped distributing food to rejected asylum seekers held in transit zones, according to Human Rights Watch.

22/08/2018

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Watch: Kalashnikov unveils new walking army robot

Watch: The reveal of the new technology occurred at the international "Army-2018" military exposition in Moscow, Russia.

22/08/2018

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Watch: World Hot Air Balloon tournament in Austria

Around 150 teams from 38 countries are taking part, where landings and takeoffs of the balloons require skill and leave spectators engrossed.

22/08/2018

World News

Trump rips Cohen after guilty plea: 'Don't retain' his services

"If anyone is looking for a good lawyer, I would strongly suggest that you don't retain the services of Michael Cohen!" Trump wrote.

22/08/2018

United Kingdom

Sale of puppies and kittens by pet shops set to be banned in England

The sale of puppies and kittens by pet shops could soon become illegal in England.

22/08/2018

Europe News

Brexit: What would a 'no deal' mean?

"I think there will be a deal simply because the consequences of no deal are too big"

22/08/2018

Spain

This 88-year-old grandmother makes masterpieces with Microsoft Paint

Spanish artists Concha García Zaera, an 88-year-old grandmother from Valencia has become an Instagram sensation.

22/08/2018

France

Paris: Smoking banned in some public parks

It's a trial which started in July, to reduce the effects of passive smoking and provide cleaner air and less cigarette butts on the ground. Six parks are participating in the scheme until Autumn

22/08/2018

North Korea

Watch: Koreans bid family members farewell after brief reunion

Watch: Many of the elderly family members were in wheelchairs and struggled to remember their next of kin that they had not seen in over six decades.

22/08/2018

World News

Saudi Arabia seeks 'unprecedented' death penalty for woman activist

The accusations against a group Israa al-Ghomgham is part of include chanting slogans hostile to the regime and attempting to inflame public opinion.

22/08/2018

Italy

Rome: Baths of Caracalla open to public

The demand for guided tours at the 1,800 historic site, has been so great that the site is once again open for night tours

22/08/2018

USA

The president’s men are guilty. How bad is this for Trump?

Two key former aides of Donald Trump face jail following dramatic events in court, although the US president says nothing proves collusion over the 2016 election.

22/08/2018

Spain

Migrants entering Spain douse police officers in corrosive substance

Seven Spanish policemen suffered burns caused by a corrosive substance thrown by migrants after more than 100 forced their way past the fortified border.

22/08/2018

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Watch: Muslims in Pakistan celebrate Eid al-Adha

The holiday celebrates the story of the prophet Ibrahim.

22/08/2018

Germany

German police arrest man suspected of plotting bomb attack

The 31-year-old Russian man was arrested in Berlin.

22/08/2018