Pascale Davies

United Kingdom

BA, EasyJet and Ryanair take legal action over UK quarantine rules

BA, EasyJet and Ryanair said the UK's 14-day quarantine was "flawed" and will have a "devastating effect on British tourism and the wider economy".

12/06/2020

France

Police in France protest chokehold ban and racism accusations

"The police is not racist... it saves lives whatever the colour of the individual's skin," a police union told reporters.

12/06/2020

Germany

Volkswagen blames lack of 'intercultural sensitivity' for racist ad

The advert showed a black man being pushed around by a large white hand.

11/06/2020

Portugal

Unruly passengers 'could exempt airlines from paying compensation'

"The unruly behaviour of an air passenger may constitute an ‘extraordinary circumstance’ capable of exempting the carrier from its obligation to pay compensation for the cancellation or long delay of the flight concerned," the court said.

11/06/2020

France

Paris prosecutor to investigate France's handling of COVID-19 crisis

The investigation follows dozen of complaints over failures to implement COVID-19 safety measures.

09/06/2020

France

Work begins to dismantle Notre Dame's charred scaffolding

Two teams of five workers each will take turns descending on ropes into the heat-warped web of scaffolding.

08/06/2020

World News

COVID-19: UK records 118 deaths, plans to reopen schools from June 1

UK records 118 additional deaths, Wuhan lab denies link to COVID-19, Muslims celebrate Eid-al-Fitr, these are the latest updates on the coronavirus pandemic.

24/05/2020

United Kingdom

UK PM advisor made second lockdown trip, say new reports

Downing Street said Johnson aide Dominic Cummings "believes he behaved reasonably and legally" when he travelled 400 kilometres during lockdown to visit family.

23/05/2020

World News

Five stories you may have missed due to coronavirus

A stolen masterpiece, Hungarian democracy being questioned -- and not forgetting Brexit, here are the stories you may have missed this week.

03/04/2020

United Kingdom

Watch again: UK vows to ramp up coronavirus testing after criticism

Britain's health minister Matt Hancock returned from quarantine after contracting COVID-19 to deliver a five-point plan to increase testing.

02/04/2020

France

France warns of serious side effects of coronavirus ‘miracle cures’

The French medicine body has warned against using anti-malaria drugs to treat coronavirus, warning of possible fatalities.

02/04/2020

Belgium

Putin says liberalism obsolete, Tusk says authoritarianism obsolete

The Russian president and EU Council president have entered into a battle of ideologies.

28/06/2019

USA

Trump gives Putin light-hearted warning: 'don't meddle in election'

The US President joked with his Russian counterpart on the sidelines of the G20 by warning him not to meddle in the 2020 presidential election.

28/06/2019

Italy

Watch: Italy's Genoa bridge destroyed in controlled explosion

Two pylons of the bridge were wiped out in a controlled explosion to make way for a new structure to be built after it collapsed last August, killing 43 people.

28/06/2019

Belgium

Watch again: NATO Secretary General says EU is delivering on spending

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg gave a news conference after a defence meeting on Thursday and addressed issues such as Iran, Russia, and EU contributions to NATO.

27/06/2019

World News

Nearly 9% more young men in work or education than women in EU: report

According to recent data from Eurostat, nearly 9% more young men have jobs or are in education than women on the continent.

27/06/2019

World News

Donald Trump blasts Europe ahead of G20 summit

The US president said "Europe treats us worse than China" in an interview with Fox news on Wednesday.

27/06/2019

USA

Photo of drowned migrants shows desperation facing many at US border

A photo showing a father and his daughter drowned in the Rio Grande has highlighted the dangers facing migrants trying to cross into the US.

26/06/2019

United Kingdom

Boris Johnson reiterates no-deal Brexit threat

The frontrunner to become the UK's next prime minister said he was seriously prepared to take the country out of the EU in October even if no deal was agreed.

25/06/2019

Turkey

Turkish opposition leader attacked at soldier's funeral

The leader of Turkey’s main opposition party was attacked at a soldier’s funeral in Ankara but was led away to safety by security guards.

21/04/2019