Russia St Petersburg university building collapses, around 24 trapped St Petersburg university building collapses, around 24 trapped 16/02/2019
Germany 'Synonymes' wins Golden Bear for Best Film at Berlinale Awards The Franco-German-Israeli co-production, "Synonymes" (Synonyms) has won the Golden Bear for Best Film at the Berlinale Awards. The film was made by Nadav Lapid. 16/02/2019
world news Massive Catalan independence rally in Barcelona The police estimated 200,000 took to the streets of Catalonia's capital but organisers put the figure at half a million. 16/02/2019
Germany Watch: Lavrov calls British defence secretary 'minister of war' "If you listen to some people like (the) minister of war — or, sorry, minister of defence of the United Kingdom, then you might get an impression that nobody except NATO has the right to be anywhere," he added. 16/02/2019
USA After Ryan Adams allegations, will #MeToo finally roil music industry? "I don't know why it took so long to get here, but I think more is very likely to come out," said a music journalist. 16/02/2019
USA Vaccine misinformation and Infowars: Researchers wary of Facebook's embrace of 'Groups' Vaccine misinformation and Infowars: Researchers caution Facebook's embrace of 'Groups' 16/02/2019
brussels bureau Top EU official warns supporters of Hungary's Orban that they're being "misled" The vice president of the European Commission visited Budapest on Saturday with the message that supporters of Hungary's far-right government are being misled into xenophobia. 16/02/2019
Argentina Watch again: Emiliano Sala's funeral takes place in Argentina The wake for Emiliano Sala, the Argentine footballer who died in a plane crash over the English Channel, took place on Saturday afternoon in his home town of Progreso. 16/02/2019
Spain Watch again: Catalan separatists hold huge rally in Barcelona Pro-independence supporters took to the streets in Barcelona on Saturday evening to protest the ongoing trial of Catalan leaders, which started on Tuesday. 16/02/2019
Germany Merkel and Pence argue over Iran deal Merkel and Pence argue over Iran deal at the Munich Security Conference 16/02/2019
world news Protesters attack Albanian prime minister's office, demand he resigns According to the opposition Decmoratic Party which organised the protest around 50,000 people were bussed in from across the Balkan state. 16/02/2019
World French schools could replace 'mother and father' with 'parent 1 and 2' A children's guardians could no longer be labelled “mother” and “father” on official French school documents, but “parent 1” and “parent 2”. 16/02/2019
world news 'Gilets worn'? Yellow vest protesters 'tired' but vow to carry on In November around 300,000 people took to the streets across cities in France. Last week there were around 50,000, according to government estimates, but organisers put the figure at more than 100,000. 16/02/2019
USA Gucci to step up diversity hiring after 'blackface' uproar The announcement came after Gucci CEO Marco Bizzarri met with Dapper Dan, a well-known African-American designer, and other community members. 16/02/2019
Switzerland Swiss actor Bruno Ganz dies aged 77 Ganz, 77, is best-known for portraying Adolf Hitler in the Oscar-nominated Downfall; the kindly grandfather in Swiss family movie Heidi; and the angel Damiel in Wim Wenders’ 1987 film Wings of Desire. 16/02/2019
world news 'Die Toten Hosen' music documentary premieres at Berlinale festival German Filmmaker Cordula Kablitz-Post spent ten years filming the 1980s German punk band and the resulting documentary is out at the end of March. 16/02/2019
USA DNC chair Tom Perez faces blowback over convention city pick — no matter where he goes Perez is believed to prefer Milwaukee, but some DNC members say Houston would be a much better logistical choice. 16/02/2019
Switzerland Switzerland's best known actor, Bruno Ganz, dies at the age of 77 Switzerland's best known actor, Bruno Ganz, dies at the age of 77 16/02/2019
world news Catholic Church expels a US Cardinal found guilty of sex crimes Theodore McCarrick is the highest ranking member of the Catholic Church to be expelled in modern times. 16/02/2019
USA Europe's youth walk out of classrooms to demand action on climate change "We feel that actually 2025, 2040, is not a million miles away," said 15-year-old George Bond, a U.K. student who took part in the Fridays For Future school strike. 16/02/2019
Albania Watch again: Protesters in Albania try to smash into government HQ They are protesting over alleged corruption and calling for the prime minister to quit. 16/02/2019
world news Last stand in Syria for fighters of so-called Islamic State The US-backed rebel force in eastern Syria which is leading the assault on so-called Islamic State says its last piece of territory will fall "in a very short time". 16/02/2019
View The week that was: people behind the headlines are the real stories We bring you our weekly round-up of the View opinion articles that have been driving debate across Europe and beyond over the last seven days. 16/02/2019
Italy Police arrest on-the-run 'Tarzan' after staking out forest hideout The 50-year-old used a rope to swing over a ravine and access the woodland lair, hidden in a Sicilian nature reserve. 16/02/2019
USA Fuggedaboutit: NYC's tech scene mourns Amazon but is ready to move on "While we will continue to see this really good and important and incremental growth, I worry we'll see fewer of the big bets," said Julie Samuels, executive director of Tech:NYC. 16/02/2019
world news Nigeria: presidential election postponed for a week The electoral commission made the decision to delay the election vote just 5 hours before the scheduled opening of the polls. 16/02/2019
United Kingdom Family of ISIL runaway teen plea for her and baby's 'urgent' return “The welfare of Shamima’s unborn baby is of paramount concern to our family, and we will do everything within our power to protect that baby who is entirely blameless in these events,” the family of an ISIL runaway said in a statement. 16/02/2019
USA Cardinal Theodore McCarrick dismissed by Vatican in sex abuse scandal Pope Francis had ordered an investigation into claims that McCarrick, the former head of the Archdiocese of Washington, slept with seminarians and young priests. 16/02/2019
USA Judge says Paul Manafort gave false statements to protect a Russian conspirator His attempts to shield a Russian conspirator "gives rise to legitimate questions about where his loyalties lie," the judge said. 16/02/2019
USA Kaepernick deal could end NFL's kneeling controversy A sports agent says the NFL could have paid dearly to "not continue with this issue." 16/02/2019
