2020-08-20

Belgium

Belgian police chief steps aside after custody death video emerges

The video shows officers forcefully restricted Jozef Chovanec's movements in a cell at Charleroi airport, with one officer sitting on him for a long time. Another officer made an apparent Nazi salute during the incident.

20/08/2020

USA

EU rejects US motion to restore UN sanctions against Iran

The EU argues that as the US withdrew from the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, it cannot demand a snapback of sanctions.

20/08/2020

Mali

Mali's military coup: What it means and why it matters

Events in Mali could have a ripple effect across West Africa, and heighten issues such as poverty and terrorism.

20/08/2020

World News

Coronavirus: UK takes Portugal off travel restrictions list

UK tourists can now visit Portugal without needing to self-isolate once they return.

20/08/2020

Romania

Romania: 8,500 tonnes of Beirut blast chemical seized in police raids

Romanian authorities launched a crackdown on the illegal and unsafe storage of the chemical after the devastating explosion in the Lebanese capital.

20/08/2020

Nature

Scientists harvest eggs in last bid to save northern white rhinos

With only two females left, the subspecies is in critical danger.

20/08/2020

United Kingdom

UK's second city could be heading towards a local lockdown

Non-essential travel to care homes has been banned in the city after cases of coronavirus rose sharply over the past week.

20/08/2020

United Kingdom

Scotland records highest number of new COVID-19 cases in 3 months

Scotland will remain in phase three of lockdown easing after the number of confirmed coronavirus cases crept it to their highest number in three months.

20/08/2020

World News

Airbnb bans house parties around the world in response to COVID-19

"Instituting a global ban on parties and events is in the best interest of public health," the company said.

20/08/2020

USA

Steve Bannon: Trump's former advisor pleads not guilty to fraud charge

Bannon and three other leaders of the "We Built the Wall" online fundraising campaign were charged with defrauding hundreds of thousands of donors.

20/08/2020

United Kingdom

Manchester bomber's brother sentenced to 55 years in prison

"Although Salman Abedi was directly responsible, it was clear the defendant took an integral part in the planning," Hashem Abedi, 23, was found guilty of murder, attempted murder, and conspiring to cause explosions.

20/08/2020

Green News

COP26 may refuse sponsorship from big polluters

The UK government has asked for sponsors who 'are making real contributions to the fight against climate change'.

20/08/2020

Belarus

Belarus: Tsikhanouskaya urges factory workers to continue strikes

On Friday, Lukashenko told a support rally at a state farm that "the US is planning and directing everything, and the Europeans are playing up to it."

20/08/2020

China

Hong Kong slams US decision to suspend extradition and tax treaties

Hong Kong has faced mounting international pressure following Beijing's implementation of a national security law which has been viewed as an attack on the “one country, two systems” framework under which the city has been governed since its return to China in 1997.

20/08/2020

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Massive blaze tears through California forcing thousands to flee

Firefighters have warned that the blaze is 'zero per cent contained'

20/08/2020

United Kingdom

BTEC exam board 'working around the clock' in latest blow for students

As months of uncertainty are brought to an end on GCSE results day, BTEC students have been told they're going to have to wait whilst their marks are reviewed.

20/08/2020

World

Navalny is 'a catalyst for Russians' own discontent' says analyst

For almost 20 years, Navalny has been striking at the Kremlin's Achilles heel of corruption. He may have missed that the thin line has moved, says Mark Galeotti.

20/08/2020

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Celebrations for the traditional Shoton Festival begin in Lhasa

A traditional "sunning of the Buddha" ceremony marked the start of the festival Wednesday in the capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, with a huge Thangka painting bearing the image of the Buddha being displayed on hillsides near the Drepung Monastery.

20/08/2020

Germany

Watch: Greta Thunberg calls for climate leaders after Merkel meeting

Ahead of the meeting in Berlin, Thunberg and three other youth climate activists warned that "the world is still in a state of climate crisis denial".

20/08/2020

Liechtenstein

Liechtenstein demands Prague stop recognising its citizens as German

Prague recognition of Liechtenstein citizens as German allows it to retain property seized after the Second World War.

20/08/2020

Germany

Coronavirus: Germany adds areas of Croatia to quarantine list

1,707 new COVID cases have been recorded in Germany over the previous 24 hours.

20/08/2020

Russia

Navalny 'stable' upon arrival in Germany for medical treatment

He landed in Berlin on Saturday morning after Russian doctors said he was 'stable' enough to travel.

20/08/2020