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Alastair Jamieson

Germany

Eleven men, mostly migrants, on trial in over rape of woman, 18

Eleven men, mostly from Syria, have gone on trial in Freiburg, Germany over the gang rape of an 18-year-old woman outside a nightclub last October.

United Kingdom

Theresa May faces heat over Saudi arms sales at PMQs

Jeremy Corbyn challenged the prime minister about the sale of weapons to Saudi Arabia, which is engaged in the war in Yemen.

Iran

Iran sanctions: Who do they target and will they work?

The US hopes ever-increasing pressure will force Iran to give up its ambition for nuclear weapons, but Tehran says the latest measures are “useless”.

United Kingdom

Britain's top jobs dominated by private school elite — report

Britain’s most influential people are five times more likely to have been to a fee-paying school, according to research.

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United Kingdom

Life sentence for man who pushed passenger, 90, onto London tube track

London tube 'pusher' who shoved ex-Eurotunnel chief onto track gets life sentence

Italy

Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo to host 2026 Olympic Winter Games

Four other potential hosts earlier dropped out of the race with concerns over the size and cost of the event.

Europe News

Poland law reforms 'break EU law' says European Court

Poland’s government pushed through reforms that rights groups said gave it more control over courts.

Iran

Timeline: Iran's relations with Trump's America

The dispute between the US and Iran has expanded from Twitter into a standoff in the Middle East.

France

Cows with 'portholes' into stomach filmed by animal rights group

An undercover video released by a French animal rights group showed live cows whose sides have been perforated with a "porthole" into their stomach to study their digestion.

World News

Greenpeace 'climate emergency' protest targets EU summit

Activists staged a protest in Brussels ahead of Thursday's European summit, projecting a picture of the planet as a bomb to highlight the 'climate emergency'.

Europe News

The five key takeaways from the EU summits

More than one month after the European Parliamentary elections, there seems little sign of agreement between parliamentary groups or between member states' leaders on who should replace Jean-Claude Juncker as the president of the European Commission.

USA

San Francisco moves closer to ban on e-cigarettes

San Francisco has outlawed the sale of e-cigarettes until the United States Food and Drug Administration completes a review of the health effects.

United Kingdom

Teenagers sent to prison for online Prince Harry 'race traitor' threat

A neo-Nazi teenager who posted an image calling Prince Harry a “race traitor” has been sentenced to 4 years in a British young offenders' institution.

United Kingdom

Deadly knife crime: How does London compare to New York?

Deadly knife crime: How does London compare to New York?

China

Watch again: Hong Kong chief 'sincerely' sorry — but won't resign

Watch again: Hong Kong chief 'sincerely' sorry — but won't resign

World News

Iran: US sends more troops but Trump calls tanker attacks 'minor'

Donald Trump described attacks on oil tankers as "very minor" even as White House officials announced an extra 1,000 troops to the Middle East.

Egypt

Outcry as Egypt's ousted president Morsi dies in court

The Muslim Brotherhood accused Egypt of "assassinating" Morsi through years of poor prison conditions and called for worldwide protests.

China

'Hello freedom': Activist leaves jail to join Hong Kong protests

Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong walked free from prison early Monday and called for the removal of “evil” leader Carrie Lam amid mass protests.

United Kingdom

Trump: Farage should negotiate Brexit and 'walk away' without a deal

On the eve of his state visit to the UK, Donald Trump said Britain should send Nigel Farage to negotiate Brexit and “walk away” if it doesn't offer a deal.

USA

Watch: Man storms stage, interrupts US 2020 hopeful Kamala Harris

The U.S. Senator was answering a question about the pay gap for minority women when the man interrupted, saying he had a "much bigger idea.”

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