2018-09-28

USA

Flake confronted by sexual assault survivors after backing Kavanaugh

Arizona Senator Jeff Flake was confronted by a group of sexual assault survivors on September 28 after he said he would support Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

28/09/2018

Russia

Russian enthusiast showcases Soviet car collection

A former race-car mechanic has amassed hundreds of rust-bucket Soviet cars, symbols of a vibrant automobile industry that crashed with the fall of the Soviet Union.

28/09/2018

Germany

Students at Catholic school in Germany fight for gay teacher's rights

One topic is at the forefront of everyone's minds at a Catholic school in Borken, on Germany's border with the Netherlands: the decision of the school's management to backtrack on offering a trainee teacher a permanent position.

28/09/2018

Netherlands

Holland: 7 arrested after planned Terror Attack

Seven men have been arrested on suspicion of planning a major terror attack in the Netherlands. This comes after a months-long investigation into a terror network. Officers arrested seven suspects, aged between 21 and 34, on Thursday.

28/09/2018

USA

Tesla's Elon Musk sued over 'misleading' tweets

Tesla’s chief executive, Elon Musk, is being sued for fraud. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is accusing him of putting out "false and misleading" tweets about potentially taking the electric car company private.

28/09/2018

Slovakia

3 charged after murder of Slovak journalist and his girlfriend

Three people in Slovakia have been charged with the murder of an investigative journalist and his fiancée.

28/09/2018

United Kingdom

More chaos for Ryanair travellers

Cabin crews in Germany, Belgium, Portugal, the Netherlands, Spain and Italy, as well as pilots in Germany, staged a 24-hour walkout on Friday

28/09/2018

Israel

Netanyahu: Claims Iran has a secret nuclear warehouse

Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu made the accusation at the United Nations's General Assembly, as he sought to rally support for US sanctions against the Islamic Republic

28/09/2018

USA

Trump orders FBI supplemental investigation on Judge Kavanaugh's file

“I’ve ordered the FBI to conduct a supplemental investigation to update Judge Kavanaugh’s file," Trump wrote in a Tweet.

28/09/2018

World News

Facebook say 50 million accounts affected after major security breach

Facebook say 50 million accounts affected after major security breach and 90 million accounts may have to take action

28/09/2018

My Europe Series

"Insiders" talks to all sides on the great German coal divide

Despite its Green credentials Germany is a heavy user of coal, especially lignite, which comes from Europe's biggest opencast strip-mine. Now it wants to expand, but first it has to expel protesters from what remains of Hambach forest, which is due to disappear.

28/09/2018

Turkey

Watch: Protester ushered out of Erdogan-Merkel press conference

The man was wearing a t-shirt demanding freedom for imprisoned journalists in Turkey

28/09/2018

Living

Organic beauty brands to watch

Discover five game-changers of the cosmetic industry.

28/09/2018

Israel

What Trump’s decision on Jerusalem means for those living in the city

US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital in December deepened divides between Israelis and the Palestinian people. NBC Left Field went there to find out what people thought of the move.

28/09/2018

My Europe Series

"Insiders" gets an expert's case against coal

Germany, a heavy user of dirty coal, has a high profile as an environmental leader, but that paradox has to change and the arguments for phasing out this fossil fuel are, says one expert, incontrovertible.

28/09/2018

My Europe Series

German energy giant clears climate protesters from Hambach forest

Central Europe's last primordial forest in Germany is about to be obliterated to dig up dirty and inefficient lignite coal, despite Berlin's trumpeted green credentials. Insiders talks to all sides of the story, but RWE refuses to comment.

28/09/2018

United Kingdom

Coroner blasts Pret A Manger's allergen labelling after girl dies

Natasha Ednan-Laperouse, 15, died from a allergic reaction after eating a baguette bought in Pret A Manger.

28/09/2018

World

Meet Adeeb and Dana Alblooshi, two super smart UAE siblings

Emirati brother and sister Adeeb and Dana Alblooshi are two of the UAE’s child prodigies. At just fourteen-years-old, Adeeb, who was named this year as one of world’s smartest teenagers, has already applied for seven scientific patents.

28/09/2018

World

The UAE launches its first NASA space camp for young scientists

The UAE is aiming to become a world leader in space technology by 2021 and the country is investing heavily in its young scientists.

28/09/2018

World News

Tsunami strikes Indonesia after local authorities lift warning

Video footage showed a six foot wall of water smashing into the Indonesian city of Palu.

28/09/2018

Republic of North Macedonia

FYROM: Can a group without a leader change minds & keep the name?

#Bojkotiram — can a group without a leader change minds and keep the name 'Macedonia'?

28/09/2018

Business

Italy in clash with European Commission over 2019 budget

Italy's new government proposed a 2019 budget with a deficit three times larger than the previous administration's target, setting up a clash with the European Commission and sparking a sell-off of state bonds

28/09/2018

No Comment

Modern art fair draws collectors to Berlin art scene

Berlin's international art fair is in full swing, drawing collectors and art enthusiasts to one of the world's most creative cities.

28/09/2018

Micronesia

Plane misses runway and crashes into lagoon in Micronesia

Air Niugini goes misses runway and crashes into the sea off Weno, the main island of Chuuk state in Micronesia

28/09/2018

No Comment

Surfers from around the world gather to ride tidal bores of the Qiantang River

Surfers from around the world have gathered to ride the tidal bores of the Qiantang River in east China's Zhejiang Province recently.

28/09/2018

No Comment

Few sales after hundreds queue for new iPhones in Moscow

Hundreds of Russians braved the cold and rain to queue for days outside a Moscow phone store ahead of the release of the new Apple iPhones on Friday, but when the doors opened none stepped in to buy.

28/09/2018

No Comment

Passengers and crew evacuated from plane after crash landing on Micronesia lagoon

Four people were badly injured when an Air Niugini plane crashed into a lagoon after it missed the runway at Chuuk International Airport on the island of Weno in Chuuk State, Micronesia, on Friday, September 28.

28/09/2018

USA

Kavanaugh's nomination hangs in the balance

Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to a lifetime seat on the U.S. Supreme Court hung in the balance on Friday. Democratic senators call on the President to "immediately withdraw" the nomination but in a tweet, Trump says, Kavanaugh's testimony was powerful, honest and riveting"

28/09/2018

Switzerland

Over 100 cartoons of Macron exhibited in Switzerland

The drawings, from 77 press cartoonists, are exhibited at the Maison du Dessin de Presse in Morges, Switzerland.

28/09/2018

United Kingdom

Euroviews. Orbán's actions not a proxy for Brexit debate | View

It is frankly shameful that the Conservatives were the only ruling party in Western Europe that voted to support Orbán and at a time when my nation needs friends more than ever before, this is hardly a successful strategy to make friends and influence people.

28/09/2018