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United Kingdom

Dutch, UK police find 31 people in lorries in two separate operations

Wiltshire police recovered 15 people in a lorry in Wednesday while their Dutch counterparts found 16 people in a truck about to board a ferry.

Europe News

Europe has built new barriers six times as long as the Berlin Wall

Since the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, Europe has built barriers six times as long.

United Kingdom

UK terror threat level downgraded to 'substantial'

"Despite the change in the threat level, terrorism remains one of the most direct and immediate risks to our National Security," Home Secretary Priti Patel said in a statement.

Bulgaria

30 years after 1989, central Europeans say democracy is again at risk

"It appears that some of the freedoms won in the 1989 revolutions are now under pressure," the report from the Open Society Foundation found.

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United Kingdom

Corbyn accuses Trump of interfering in UK elections

The US President told Nigel Farage in a radio interview that Corbyn would be "so bad" and take the UK "into such bad places".

United Kingdom

Watch: Last orders as UK parliament speaker John Bercow bows out

John Bercow, the well-known speaker of the UK parliament, cried "orderrrr!" at MPs for the final time on Thursday.

United Kingdom

Watch: Labour's Jeremy Corbyn makes first major election pitch

Britain's main opposition Labour party officially kicked off its election campaign on Thursday.

Greece

Syrian boy dies after migrant dinghy collides with coastguard boat

The incident took place in the night of Tuesday and Wednesday near Kos, a Greek island off the coast of Turkey.

Europe News

'An historic error': North Macedonia & Albania bids to join EU blocked

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama told Euronews on Friday that his country is "collateral damage" in an intra-EU power struggle.

United Kingdom

Brexit deal: Here's how EU leaders and UK politicians reacted

European leaders on Thursday welcomed the announcement that a Brexit deal has been reached but reactions from across the Channel suggest the fight to get it passed by parliamentarians will be tough.

Syria

Turkey's Syria incursion: Can Ankara force NATO to provide assistance?

Western countries have widely condemned Ankara for its military operation in northeast Syria, but Luxembourg's top diplomat said they could be dragged into the conflict should Turkey, a NATO member state, trigger the body's defensive clause.

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.

Ethiopia

Watch again: Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed wins 2019 Nobel Peace Prize

The Norwegian Nobel Committee said Ahmed was given the prize "for his efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation, and in particular for his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighbouring Eritrea".

United Kingdom

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's daughter reunited with father in UK

"Late last night, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s daughter, Gabriella, came home after more than 1300 days in Iran," Labour MP Tulip Siddiq revealed on Twitter.

United Kingdom

EU citizens without UK settled status to be deported, says minister

More than 1.3 million of the estimated 3.6 million EU citizens residing in Britain have applied to the Settlement Scheme, British government figures show.

Poland

Poland taken to ECJ over alleged political control of judiciary

Poland's justice minister, Zbigniew Ziobro, says it was an attempt to interfere in the country's parliamentary elections this weekend.

Ireland

Watch again: Ireland unveils €1.2 billion no-deal Brexit fund

Ireland is stepping up preparations for a no-deal Brexit by putting aside €1.2 billion for the UK crashing out of the European Union.

United Kingdom

UK parliament to sit on a Saturday for first time in 37 years

Britain's government plans an emergency session of parliament on October 19 — its first Saturday sitting in 37 years — despite pessimism at finding a Brexit deal.

United Kingdom

Hundreds arrested in Extinction Rebellion disruptive action across Eur

The environmental activist group has begun two weeks of protests across Europe and in cities worldwide.

Germany

What is 'secondary migration' and how do Germany plan to control it?

German police are to intensify border checks to stop non-EU migrants from illegally crossing into the country, Interior Minister Horst Seehofer announced on Sunday.

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