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" 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
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
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
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
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
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
