Alice Tidey

United Kingdom

Coronavirus: Global death toll exceeds 200,000

The UK became the fifth country in the world to record more than 20,000 fatalities on Saturday after the US, Italy, Spain, and France.

25/04/2020

Switzerland

Coronavirus: WHO warns against 'immunity passports'

The World Health Organisation stressed that there is currently "no evidence that people who have recovered from COVID-19 are immune to a second infection.

25/04/2020

World News

Coronavirus could make rising global hunger worse, warns new report

More than 130 million people worldwide suffered from acute food insecurity last year. COVID-19 could push that number higher, a new report has warned.

21/04/2020

France

Coronavirus: Infections in France too low 'to avoid second wave'

The Institut Pasteur estimated that 3.7 million people — 5.7% of the population — will have been infected with COVID-19 by May 11 but that 70% is needed for herd immunity.

21/04/2020

Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso officers killed 31 unarmed detainees, says HRW

The victims, all from the nomadic Muslim Peuhl or Fulani community, were reportedly killed within hours of being arrested in the northern town of Djibo on April 9, HRW said in a statement.

20/04/2020

France

COVID-19 is 'moment of truth' for EU, says Macron

The French President said there was "no choice" but for the bloc to set up a fund that "could issue common debt with a common guarantee"; putting himself in opposition with Berlin.

17/04/2020

United Kingdom

Lyra Mckee: Police appeal for more information one year after murder

Journalist Lyra McKee, 29, was shot dead while observing rioting in the Creggan estate, Londonderry on April 18, 2019.

17/04/2020

Germany

UK food firm charters plane to fly in Romanians to help with harvest

Coronavirus lockdowns mean food producers are struggling to find the staff to harvest fruit and vegetables.

16/04/2020

World News

'Wish you were here': Tourism sector 'hardest hit' by COVID-19

Millions of jobs are at risk as lockdown has all but ground tourism to a halt, says the World Travel & Tourism Council

16/04/2020

France

Anti-malaria drugs should be tested to tackle COVID-19 says Macron

The French leader said the controversial dual therapy championed by Didier Raoult involving anti-malaria drugs should be vigorously tested as soon as possible.

16/04/2020

World News

Coronavirus: Europeans warned to avoid 'temptation' of sunny weather

Parts of Europe are expecting the arrival of some sunny, warm weather this weekend, but state leaders have warned against trying to make the most of it.

03/04/2020

World News

Number of Brits granted EU citizenship has doubled since referendum

In 2018 UK nationals were the seventh biggest recipients of EU citizenships.

31/03/2020

Germany

More French COVID-19 patients flown to Germany and Switzerland

France's Defence Minister, Florence Parly, thanked "Germany for mobilising to take care of French people and for embodying even greater solidarity: Europe watching over Europeans".

28/03/2020

Syria

At least 100,000 could die from COVID-19 in Syria, warn NGOs

Nine years of conflict have decimated the country's healthcare system and forced hundreds of thousands in overcrowded camps making them particularly vulnerable to the novel coronavirus.

28/03/2020

Iraq

French charity workers kidnapped in Iraq are released

French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that four aid workers — three French nationals and an Iraqi — who went missing on January 20 have been freed. No word on where or who held them.

27/03/2020

Europe News

COVID-19: EU leaders fail to agree on common financial response

EU leaders kicked the can down the road and demanded the Eurogroup find solutions within the next two weeks.

27/03/2020

World News

Five stories you may have missed this week because of COVID-19

The news may be saturated by COVID-19 and new areas of society it is affecting, but other news is still out there.

20/03/2020

United Kingdom

Scotland set to be first country in world to make period products free

The new legislation would put a legal obligation on the government to provide free sanitary products to "everyone in Scotland who needs to use period product"

25/02/2020

World News

Europe's biggest companies need to double climate spending: report

Europe's biggest 882 companies invested €124 billion on reducing carbon emissions last year. A new report claims that is nowhere near enough.

25/02/2020

Germany

Hamburg election: Greens make major gains, AfD support falls

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) may be out of the Hamburg state legislature after failing to gather the required 5% of votes.

23/02/2020