2019-10-13

Hungary

Opposition candidate claims victory in Budapest mayoral race

Hungary local elections: Opposition candidate Karácsony unseats Fidesz-backed incumbent in Budapest

13/10/2019

USA

Elizabeth Warren ramps up battle with Facebook

"We need to do a lot more to hold Facebook accountable," Warren tweeted Sunday.

13/10/2019

Syria

Kurds strike deal with Syrian regime as US prepares to withdraw troops

Kurdish authorities in Syria said on Sunday nearly 800 close relatives of fighters from the so-called Islamic State (IS) fled the Ain Issa camp in the north of the country, according to AFP.

13/10/2019

Living

Environmental Photographer of the Year shows impact of climate change

These photographers are showing stories of places and people changed by the impact of human actions.

13/10/2019

Spain

Protesters in Barcelona demand release of jailed Catalan leaders

Barcelona is getting ready for the verdict from Spain's Supreme Court in the trial of the Catalan separatist leaders, nine of whom have been in pre-trial detention for close to two years.

13/10/2019

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World's biggest solar car race gets underway in Australia

More than 40 teams from two dozen countries took part in a race that saw the world's fastest solar-powered cars face-off

13/10/2019

Vatican

Cardinal Newman declared a saint by Pope Francis

Pope Francis on Sunday declared five people saints, including Cardinal John Henry Newman, a leading 19th century Anglican who converted to Catholicism and became one of the most influential Christian figures of modern times.

13/10/2019

Japan

Typhoon leaves as many as 33 dead as Japan continues rescue efforts

Helicopters, boats and thousands of troops were deployed across Japan to rescue people stranded in flooded homes Sunday.

13/10/2019

USA

Ted Cruz: 'Of course' Trump was wrong to ask China to probe Bidens

"It's not the business of foreign countries, any foreign countries, to be interfering in our elections," Cruz said.

13/10/2019

Cinema

Frances McDormand kicks off Lumière film festival in Lyon

The Lumière film festival opened in Lyon today. Film director, Francis Ford Coppola has won the main award.

13/10/2019

USA

Sanders draws line between himself and Warren: A 'capitalist to her bones'

"I am, I believe, the only candidate who's gonna say to the ruling class of this country ... enough with your greed, " Sanders said.

13/10/2019

USA

Kenyan Kosgei beats Radcliffe's marathon world record by 71 seconds

Kenyan Brigid Kosgei sets new women's marathon world record, beating Paula Radcliffe's 2003 time

13/10/2019

USA

Hunter Biden to step down from Chinese-backed firm, will forgo foreign business if dad is elected

Biden's attorney wrote that Hunter "never anticipated the barrage of false charges against both him and his father by the president of the United States."

13/10/2019

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Battle of Hastings re-enacted after nearly 1000 years

Nearly a thousand years after the original battle took place, people dressed up qs English and French troops "fought" against each other on Saturday in a re-enactment of the Battle of Hastings.

13/10/2019

USA

Voters supporting impeachment but not removal

There are a few numbers inside the latest NBC News/WSJ poll that reveal how important the next few weeks of news could be in the impeachment story.

13/10/2019

USA

U.S. troops to withdraw from northern Syria as ISIS supporters escape amid alleged Turkish atrocities

Turkey's invasion of northeastern Syria began Wednesday after President Donald Trump ordered U.S. troops to pull back from the area to clear the way for Turkish forces.

13/10/2019

Hungary

Hungarians vote in local elections

Hungarians are voting in local elections which may challenge the dominance of Prime Minister Viktor Orban's dominant right-wing Fidesz party.

13/10/2019

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Indigenous groups in Chile stage rights march

Hundreds of marchers took to the streets of Chile's capital on Saturday to demand greater rights for indigneous people and protest against the government.

13/10/2019

USA

This House Dem opposes impeachment. He'll tell you he's on the 'right side of history.'

Trump carried New Jersey's 2nd congressional district over Hillary Clinton in 2016.

13/10/2019

Republic of Ecuador

Ecuador's president sends soldiers onto the streets as protests worsen

Ecuadorean indigenous group Conaie said late on Saturday that it would continue anti-austerity protests after President Lenin Moreno imposed a military-enforced curfew in the capital Quito

13/10/2019

Tunisia

Tunisians pick new president in final round of voting

Kais Saied and Nabil Karoui are starkly different candidates who beat 24 rivals including many top politicians in the first round of voting last month, as Tunisians rejected a political establishment that has failed to address chronic economic ills.

13/10/2019

Poland

Poland election: Ruling PiS win narrow majority - final results

Final results from Poland's parliamentary election on Sunday showed the ultra-conservative Law and Justice (PiS) had won a narrow majority in parliament.

13/10/2019

United Kingdom

It's a 1,000 days since Northern Ireland last had a government

The Northern Ireland Executive collapsed on January 16th, 2017.

13/10/2019

Syria

IS fighters escaping detention, Kurds warn, adding more will follow

"We are still securing jails hosting IS fighters but if this war continues we will be obliged to gather all forces to protect our land and families from this terror," a Kurdish official told Euronews.

13/10/2019

United Kingdom

Northern Ireland's violent past looms over last-ditch Brexit talks

Analysis: These are distressing times for those of us who were children when "the Troubles" began, who lived through its daily carnage.

13/10/2019

France

Several EU countries halt arms export to Turkey over Syrian incursion

London, Berlin, Paris join fellow European countries Norway, Denmark and Finland in their blockade, with the latter stating that the arms export ban concerned not only Turkey but also any other country involved in the fighting.

13/10/2019

Syria

Families of IS fighters in Syria hope Turkish offensive offers way out

There’s no doubt that Turkey’s military incursion into Syria has shifted the pieces in the complex puzzle that is the 8-year conflict. The families of IS fighters detained in camps in the country hope it could provide a way out for them.

13/10/2019

USA

Seven killed, 15 missing as fierce typhoon pounds Tokyo

The most powerful typhoon to hit Japan in decades paralyzed the city, flooding rivers and leaving almost half a million homes without power.

13/10/2019

USA

Representatives of diplomat's wife, family of teen killed in U.K. crash to meet

They plan to meet in the U.S. "at the earliest opportunity," said the spokesman for Harry Dunn's family.

13/10/2019

United Kingdom

US crash suspect does not have diplomatic immunity: UK Foreign Office

The Foreign Office said that, having gone home, Anne Sacoolas no longer has immunity.

13/10/2019