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Russian Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton wins

It's his eighth win of the season. His team mate Bottas is second. The gap between Hamilton and Vettel is 50 points

Greece

Southern Greece is lashed by Storm Zorba

A search and rescue operation has been launched after swirling winds and torrential rain has brought flash floods in Greece

United Kingdom

More chaos for Ryanair travellers

Cabin crews in Germany, Belgium, Portugal, the Netherlands, Spain and Italy, as well as pilots in Germany, staged a 24-hour walkout on Friday

Israel

Netanyahu: Claims Iran has a secret nuclear warehouse

Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu made the accusation at the United Nations's General Assembly, as he sought to rally support for US sanctions against the Islamic Republic

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Business

Italy in clash with European Commission over 2019 budget

Italy's new government proposed a 2019 budget with a deficit three times larger than the previous administration's target, setting up a clash with the European Commission and sparking a sell-off of state bonds

USA

Kavanaugh's nomination hangs in the balance

Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to a lifetime seat on the U.S. Supreme Court hung in the balance on Friday. Democratic senators call on the President to "immediately withdraw" the nomination but in a tweet, Trump says, Kavanaugh's testimony was powerful, honest and riveting"

Germany

Security is stepped up in Berlin for Turkish President's arrival

The visit has been classed with the highest security level with 5000 police officers on the streets of Berlin. Large parts of the capital are blocked off

World News

Immigration: Italy and Tunisia pledge more cooperation

The Italian Interior Minister met his counterpart in Tunisia to discuss the issue of immigration and security with both confirming their friendship between both countries

Business

Italy: internal battle over fiscal policy

Italy's new government struggled to contain a fierce internal battle over fiscal policy on Thursday, hours before it was due to unveil its 2019 budget targets, sparking a sell-off of state bonds

United Kingdom

Ryanair strikes expand to Germany on Friday

It comes as the European Union orders the low cost budget airline to respect European law and meet European rules on local contracts

Greece

Nine thousand aslyum seekers camped at Lesbos

Meanwhile, 2,000 asylum-seekers will be moved from the island to the Greek mainland by the end of the month. That's according to Greek authorities. It's after human rights groups and local authorities criticised Greece for the poor conditions at the camp at Moria

Business

Amazon: merchant data under EU microscope

European Union regulators are checking whether U.S. online retailer Amazon is using merchant's data in a way that stifles competition

Business

Two hundred billion euros flowed through the Estonian branch of Danske bank

A money laundering investigation by regulators and the financial community will scrutinise the report made by the Danske Bank

Greece

Greek camp at Moria: reaching boiling point

NGO's and human rights groups have urged Greece to take action to render its camps fit for human habitation as Moria camp on the island of Lesbos exceeds capacity of 3,200 to over 9,000 asylum seekers

Spain

Barnier talks with Spain about Gibraltar ahead of Brexit

Although the tiny British territory is not part of the EU customs union, businesses thriving there, fear regulation of the border could become more rigid and its economy relies on workers crossing the border with Spain

Business

Brexit: Dire consequences if there's no deal

IMF Managing Director, Christine Lagarde says life will be more difficult for the UK with any deal to leave the EU

Belgium

Man is critically injured after Belgian police shoot at him

It's after officers had asked two men to move on in Brussels but one of them pulled out a knife and had refused to drop it

USA

Brett Kavanaugh's 'sexual misconduct victim' breaks silence

A woman who had anonymously accused President Donald Trump's U.S. Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, of sexual misconduct in the early 1980s went public on Sunday. He denies the allegations

United Kingdom

London Mayor calls for a second referendum on Brexit

Sadiq Khan says the prime minister's handling of Brexit negotiations has become "mired in confusion and deadlock" and was leading the country down a damaging path but the Prime Minister has repeatedly ruled out a second referendum

Belgium

Brussels: Comics attract thousands of fans at Comic Strip Festival

Almost a hundred thousand visitors and more than 250 comic artists attend the ninth annual event

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