Japan Today at the Olympics: Italy's Marcell Jacobs wins 100m All the news and results from the 2020 summer Olympics in Tokyo. 01/08/2021
Japan French boxer refuses to leave the ring in disqualification protest “Everyone knows I won!”, Mourad Aliev screamed to the empty arena. 01/08/2021
Germany German chancellor candidate Armin Laschet speaks of 'shame' over WW2 Laschet has told a Polish newspaper that Germany "must always be aware of its historical responsibility for Poland's freedom and independence.” 31/07/2021
United Kingdom Boris Johnson and wife, Carrie, are expecting another child Carrie Johnson made the announcement on Instagram. 31/07/2021
France French police brace for clashes during anti-vaccine pass protests France will require the vaccine pass from August 9 in most places. Critics say that the measures are 'absurd' and an attack on liberty. 31/07/2021
Japan Today at the Olympics: France in shock win over in Japan in judo All the action from Tokyo on Saturday 31 July. 31/07/2021
World UN agencies say millions at risk of famine without massive aid influx Aid agencies have isolated global 23 hotspots where food shortages are the most acute. 31/07/2021
Serbia Stuck on Serbia's EU border, migrants try and try again to cross Living in abandoned houses on Serbia's border with Romania and Hungary, many have tried to cross dozens of times. They claim they are caught and pushed back by police. 31/07/2021
Russia US mission in Russia 'forced' to let go of over 200 staff Moscow banned the US from hiring or contracting any non-American staff at its diplomatic facilities in the country. 30/07/2021
Czech Republic Czech workers given extra holiday for having COVID jab Fully vaccinated Czech state workers will be able to claim an additional two days in paid holiday before the end of the year, the Prime Minister has announced. 30/07/2021
France Armed robbers steal jewellery and €400k from Paris boutique Two men have stolen an estimated €2 million from a Dinh Van boutique in central Paris. 30/07/2021
Germany Several injured after Belgrade to Stockholm bus crashes near Berlin Nineteen people have been injured, nine of them seriously, after a bus en route from Belgrade to Stockholm crashed in Germany. 30/07/2021
Russia One worker dead and six injured after chemical factory fire in Russia One worker has died and six others are injured after a fire at the Kamenski chemical factory in Russia's Rostov region. 30/07/2021
Germany Merkel successor hopeful Armin Laschet apologises for book plagiarism CDU leadership candidate Armin Laschet admitted that he had failed to credit a source in a 2009 book he wrote about immigration. 30/07/2021
Japan Condom used to repair canoe at Tokyo Olympics Australian canoeist Jessica Fox found a perfectly stretchy, waterproof material for a boat repair at the Tokyo Olympics: a condom. 30/07/2021
Bulgaria Bulgaria's President pushes for government talks to avoid 3rd election Bulgaria's President Ruman Radev had urged parties to hold coalition talks to avoid a third parliamentary election. 30/07/2021
Senegal EU funds for African IDs: migration regulation tool or data risk? More people in Africa cannot prove their identity than anywhere else in the world. EU funding is changing that to fight illegal migration — but data protection is a worry 30/07/2021
Libya A hotbed of squalor and torture, Libya's detention centres are closing The country's provisional government says it wants to end lawlessness in the camps, but migrants still dream of a life in Europe 30/07/2021
France 'Devastating beyond words': Remains of missing hiker found in France Bones found in the French Pyrenees last week belong to missing UK hiker Esther Dingley, her family has confirmed. 30/07/2021
Health Coming soon: The quick test that can detect cancer cells in urine A nanoparticle diagnostic tool developed by MIT can detect cancer in urine. It could also be used in scans to detect the disease anywhere in the body. 30/07/2021
