United Kingdom UK minister resigns as plan to cut overseas aid sparks outcry The UK is to cut its overseas aid budget, despite warnings from charities and politicians that the move will cost tens of thousands of lives. 25/11/2020
Czech Republic The Deer Hunter? Czech police search for missing rifle stolen by deer Czech police have appealed for help to find a missing weapon after a deer stole a hunter's rifle and fled on Friday. 25/11/2020
Spain At least seven people die after boat hits rocks near Lanzarote Spanish rescue services said at least seven people died after the migrant boat crashed near Lanzarote, on a night when more than 300 people were rescued in other boats. 25/11/2020
World EU vows to put gender equality at heart of its foreign aid To mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on Wednesday, Brussels pledged that 85% of its aid projects will be about empowering women by 2025. 25/11/2020
United Kingdom UK economy suffers 'largest fall in output for 300 years', says Sunak The UK finance minister has told parliament that the economic emergency is only just beginning, as he outlines the government's spending plans. 25/11/2020
Sweden 'Serious deficiencies': Sweden's nursing homes slammed over COVID care Coronavirus deaths in elderly care homes make up around half of Sweden's 6,400 fatalities from the disease. 25/11/2020
Germany Is anti-Semitism on the rise in Germany among COVID-denial movements? Groups that would normally have nothing to do with each other are uniting in Covid-denying movements: right-wing groups, left-wing extremists, Islamist groups. And 'anti-Semitism is acting as a binder.' 25/11/2020
Germany Car with anti-globalisation message crashes into Merkel's office gates The estate car had the words “Stop Globalisation Politics” written in white on its right side and “You damn killers of children and old people” on the other. 25/11/2020
World Brexit: 'I can't say if there'll be a deal,' Von der Leyen tells MEPs The European Commission President says the EU is ready to be 'creative' during 'these decisive days' in talks with the UK, but will not jeopardise the integrity of the Single Market. 25/11/2020
USA Meghan Markle reveals she lost a child to miscarriage In an article in the New York Times, the duchess wrote: “In being invited to share our pain, together we take the first steps toward healing.” 25/11/2020
Poland Poland abortion protests reflect a deep schism in country's society Protests have raged in Poland following a court ruling that imposed a near-total ban on abortion. 25/11/2020
Good Morning Europe COVID cleanup: Duo walk from Marseille to Paris picking up old masks One is called the 'English snail' and the other the 'Marseille boar.' Together, Edmund Platt and Frédéric Munsch are walking from Marseille to Paris, collecting thousands of discarded facemasks along the way. 25/11/2020
Good Morning Europe UK equalities watchdog says windrush report finds 'serious injustices' The report states that thousands of children were adversely affected by immigration rules introduced in 2012 25/11/2020
Good Morning Europe French shops to open; Spain's rule of six and Germany's mini-amnesty President Emmanuel Macron has said France will start to ease its strict national lockdown with the reopening of shops. In Spain government is to propose a somewhat different Christmas and New Year celebrations. According to draft proposals authorties plan to limit gatherings to six people in total. 25/11/2020
USA US: Hundreds of millions paid to criminals in coronavirus aid fraud Prisoners in California, including serial killers on death row, have received hundreds of millions of dollars in aid related to the coronavirus pandemic. 25/11/2020
USA 'America is back': Biden pushes past Trump era with nominees “Together, these public servants will restore America globally, its global leadership and its moral leadership,” US President-elect Biden said. 25/11/2020
USA Helicopter counting sheep discovers mysterious monolith in Utah desert A helicopter crew who were on a mission counting sheep have spotted a mysterious monolith in the middle of the desert in Utah. 24/11/2020
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