2019-09-19

United Kingdom

Watch: Stormtrooper helmet and Holy Hand Grenade up for auction

An auction of film props set to make £6 million is showing its lots to the public in London until the end of the month.

19/09/2019

Belgium

Brussels backs Romania's Laura Kovesi as EU's first public prosecutor

Kovesi led a massive crackdown on graft in her native Romania.

19/09/2019

United Kingdom

Euroviews. The UK government is on course to rewrite the Belfast Agreement ǀ View

The British government has stated that the people of Northern Ireland remain British citizens even if they identify as Irish, and are using this policy as a way to restrict and remove the EU rights and entitlements of Northern Ireland-born Irish citizens.

19/09/2019

USA

The Democratic Party is still Barack Obama's party

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.

19/09/2019

Green News

Oceans at threat: First humans deep dive into endangered Amazon Reef

On board the Greenpeace ship, six divers took the plunge to raise awareness about the irreversible risks to our ocean reefs.

19/09/2019

Israel

Benny Gantz rejects Benjamin Netanyahu’s offer of a unity government

Blue and White and Likud are currently tied on seats after the country's second election in a year.

19/09/2019

USA

MSNBC to moderate candidate gun safety forum in Las Vegas

The October event will feature the 10 leading Democrats who took part in the September primary debate.

19/09/2019

No Comment

Protesters set fire to local government building after teacher deaths

Angry demonstrators set fire to a local government building in the southern Argentine city of Rawson on Wednesday (September 18), following the deaths of two teachers who had been protesting for salary increases.

19/09/2019

USA

Belgian F-16 fighter jet crashes in France, pilot hits power line

Emergency workers extracted the pilot safely after cutting off power in the area, and he was been taken to a nearby hospital for evaluation.

19/09/2019

Germany

German generosity to migrants highlighted in report

Among some of the world's richest countries, Germany is one of the most generous when it comes to granting permanent residency to migrants.

19/09/2019

USA

Trump communication reportedly at center of whistleblower complaint

The complaint the administration is withholding from Congress was filed by an intelligence officer after a phone call the president had, according to a former official.

19/09/2019

Hungary

Hungarian arena apologises after blasting Rammstein song at night

You shook me all night long: People residing near the soon-to-be-completed Puskas Arena in Bupadest's 14th district reported that Rammstein's recently-released 'Deutschland' song could be heard through the facility's sound system on repeat for hours in the night from Monday to Tuesday.

19/09/2019

World

Military strike on Iran will provoke 'all out war', says Zarif

Speaking to CNN, Iran's foreign minister made the threat over claims in Washington that Iran was responsible for an attack on Saudi oil facilities last week.

19/09/2019

World

Green initiatives 'good for the economy', climate expert tells leaders

A climate change expert has said world governments must realise that green climate initiatives are actually good for the economy. Bob Ward, from the London School of Ecoomics’ Grantham Institute on Climate Change said the two aims need each other.

19/09/2019

World News

Paris Saint-Germain thrash Real Madrid in Champions League opener

It was a victorious night for Paris Saint-Germain who beat Real Madrid 3-0 in their Champions League opener, as the group stage fixtures get underway.

19/09/2019

Living

London Fashion Week: Can we buy ourselves out of this crisis?

#LFW was all about sustainability this season. Is going green just a fashion fad or is it here to stay?

19/09/2019

USA

Barr praised 2017 book that claims colleges unfairly penalized male students accused of sexual assault

Before he was nominated attorney general, Barr also accused the Obama administration of "fanning the false narrative of a 'rape culture.'"

19/09/2019

Finland

UK must submit Brexit proposals by Sept 30 or it's 'over': Finnish PM

That would give Boris Johnson, the embattled British Prime Minister, just 12 days to lay out his alternative proposals to the backstop arrangement — the insurance policy worked into the Withdrawal Agreement to prevent the erection of a physical border in Northern Ireland.

19/09/2019

United Kingdom

'No rational reason' for parliament suspension, UK Supreme Court hears

A verdict over whether the UK government decision to prorogue — or suspend — parliament for five weeks was lawful is expected early next week.

19/09/2019

USA

New 'blackest black' material absorbs 99.995 percent of light

"It was unexpected — like a proper scientific discovery."

19/09/2019

World News

Interpol maritime operation detects over 12 foreign terror suspects

A maritime border operation coordinated by Interpol has detected more than a dozen suspected "foreign terrorist fighters" (FTFs) travelling across the Mediterranean.

19/09/2019

USA

Hope for Iceland's melting glaciers as scientists bury carbon

One Icelandic glacier is receding annually by the length of an Olympic swimming pool. This is what scientists are doing about it.

19/09/2019

USA

Taliban car bomb kills at least 20 in southern Afghanistan

A local official said 20 bodies and 95 wounded had been evacuated from the blast site.

19/09/2019

Canada

Canadian PM does not know how many times he wore 'blackface'

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he was "wary of being definitive" about the number of times he wore "blackface" since he did not remember the "recent pictures that came out".

19/09/2019

USA

John Bolton criticizes Trump foreign policy in closed-door speech

Trump brushed off the criticism, saying that "John was not able to work with anybody."

19/09/2019

USA

What Trump got right and wrong about his new border barrier

After two and a half years, the U.S. border wall hasn't grown. It's just been fixed up.

19/09/2019

Saudi Arabia

Euroviews. Trump finally deserves credit for something: Making the Middle East worse ǀ View

The dangerous downward spiral in the Middle East stems from the U.S. scrapping the Iran nuclear deal without a strategy in place.

19/09/2019