2019-07-12

USA

Trump Labor Secretary Acosta resigns after criticism over Epstein plea deal in sex case

The wealthy financier was arrested over the weekend and charged in the Southern District of New York with sex trafficking dozens of girls.

12/07/2019

Spain

FC Barcelona sign French star Antoine Griezmann for €120 million

Spanish giants FC Barcelona say they have paid €120 million to secure the signing of French striker Antoine Griezmann.

12/07/2019

Russia

Why all is not what it seems at Siberia's answer to the Maldives

Paradise or peril?

12/07/2019

Germany

Concern or circus? Should we speculate on Merkel's health?

Three shaking bouts in under a month have sparked concerns for the health and well-being of German Chancellor Angela Merkel. But has the subsequent media coverage really been necessary?

12/07/2019

USA

Watch: Sotheby's to hold first sneaker auction

"What we've been seeing is the evolution of culture, that it's all starting to evolve and intertwine together. We see fashion. We see art. We see luxury all playing in the same field."

12/07/2019

USA

Two different contests are defining the Democratic presidential race

First Read is your briefing from "Meet the Press" and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.

12/07/2019

Sudan

Woman highlight the alleged cost of being part of Sudan's uprising

"The regime always uses women as a tool to take revenge and to force its enemies to surrender."

12/07/2019

France

Arrests as Algeria football fans toast team's Africa Cup progress

Arrests marred celebrations in Paris after Algeria's footballers defeated the Ivory Coast on penalties to qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals.

12/07/2019

Europe News

Far right boycott in European Parliament

Mainstream politicians have blocked far right and Brexit party MEPS from gaining any powerful positions on European Parliament Committees.

12/07/2019

USA

Trump rips Paul Ryan as 'lame duck failure' with 'poor leadership'

"He quit Congress because he didn't know how to Win," Trump wrote of the former House Speaker in a late-night tweetstorm.

12/07/2019

World

New Greek Prime Minister faces uphill battle to fulfill promises

Kyrikos Mitsotakis was sworn in as Greece's new Prime Minister on Monday, and his Cabinet will follow on Tuesday. But it won't be easy to deliver on his promises to the Greek people.

12/07/2019

World

The summer holidays are here, but are you more climate councious?

The summer is in full swing across Europe, but are people changing their travel plans to be more climate-conscious in the midst of the Green Wave? We spoke to a traveller who is going from Holland to the South of France by train because of his concerns about the environment.

12/07/2019

USA

Turkey begins to take delivery of Russian missile system, raising tensions with U.S.

Washington says S-400 could compromise its Lockheed Martin F-35 stealth fighter jets, an aircraft Turkey is helping to build and planning to buy.

12/07/2019

USA

U.S. tech on guard against China as scrutiny increases on security, human rights

Experts say that the cooling trade tensions with China mask a deeper change in how tech companies now approach doing business with companies like Huawei.

12/07/2019

Cyprus

EU warns Turkey of sanctions if drilling off Cyprus continues

Turkey has denied it is doing anything illegal on the divided island - where a huge discovery of reserves has set off a race to tap into the resources.

12/07/2019

USA

Tragic bridge collapse spurs creation of new space-based inspection method

New technique uses satellite photos to spot worrisome shifts in a bridge's structure — as tiny as the thickness of a dime.

12/07/2019

Italy

Trafficking kingpin or mistaken identity? Verdict expected in Rome

An Eritrean national was arrested and extradited from Sudan in 2016 by Italian authorities after he was suspected of being a notorious kingpin in the human trafficking world. Watch the full explanation of this complicated story by clicking on the player.

12/07/2019

Norway

Radiation leak from sunken Russian nuclear submarine poses ‘no threat’

Robot-recovered samples from the Soviet-era submarine which sank in the Norwegian Sea reveal high levels of radiation, but scientists say there's no danger to fish or humans.

12/07/2019

Living

An ancient family estate is putting the English into English tea

How is the changing climate affecting the home of the first English Tea Grown in England?

12/07/2019

France

Macron unveils France's nuclear-powered 'Barracuda' submarine

French President Emmanuel Macron unveiled France's latest nuclear-powered 'Barracuda' class submarine on Friday, a €9 billion stealth vessel programme Paris says is key to maintaining its naval presence for decades to come.

12/07/2019

Sport

Migrant stowaways hitch ride with Ferrari to British Grand Prix

Two migrants have been handed over to police after climbing aboard a Ferrari truck en route to the British Grand Prix from Calais.

12/07/2019

Russia

Putin holds first telephone call with Ukrainian counterpart

Russian President Vladimir Putin has discussed how to end the conflict in eastern Ukraine in a telephone call with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky.

12/07/2019

Business

Easyjet check-in staff to go on strike for two weeks this month

Some Easyjet check-in staff at Stansted Airport are set to go on strike for two weeks later this month.

12/07/2019

Germany

Germany ordered to repatriate IS fighter's family from Syria

A German court has ordered the repatriation of the wife and children of a suspected fighter for the Islamic State in Syria.

12/07/2019

Business

Irish parliament calls on government to thwart EU-Mercosur deal

Irish parliament calls on government to thwart EU-Mercosur deal

12/07/2019

Portugal

Portugal charges 89 Hells Angels members over Lisbon attack

Dozens of members of the Hells Angels motorcycle club have been charged over a violent attack in Lisbon last year.

12/07/2019

Business

Boris Johnson vows to support farmers in event of no-deal Brexit

Boris Johnson, the lead candidate to take on the UK's top job, has pledged to support British farmers in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

12/07/2019

USA

Trump folds on adding citizenship question to census

Analysis: Democratic-leaning constituencies celebrated Trump's capitulation on the citizenship question as a big political loss for the president who'd pushed so hard for its inclusion.

12/07/2019

USA

Democrats claim victory as Trump retreats on census citizenship question

The reaction came quickly after President Donald Trump announced that he was backing down on his demands to include a citizenship question on the 2020 census.

12/07/2019

USA

Money, time, bad results: Citizenship question would have been a gov't nightmare

Former Census Bureau directors and federal experts said the president would have faced major hurdles

12/07/2019