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Will Michel Platini be back in charge for Euro 2016?

The suspended UEFA president must wait to see if a second appeal against his six-year FIFA ban has been successful

Portugal

Lisbon is a no-go, taxis on a go-slow

Unions representing an estimated 13,000 Portuguese taxi drivers are pressuring the government to crack down on the Uber paying passenger service.

United Kingdom

Brexit campaign is told to focus on immigration

Immigration is an ongoing issue and one that is featuring prominently ahead of the country's referendum on EU membership.

USA

Brother of San Bernardino killer arrested on marriage fraud charges

Syed Raheel Farook could face five years in jail if convicted

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Austria

Italy and Austria reach deal to keep Brenner moving

Fears of a migrant surge prompted plans to build a border fence

Italy

Costa Concordia captain appeal begins

Francesco Schettino wants his conviction overturned

World News

Drones detect illegal drink in Lithuania

The country is the largest consumer of alcohol in the EU

United Kingdom

Former London Mayor suspended from party

Ken Livingstone embroiled in UK anti-semitism row

Georgia

Georgia foils plot to sell radioactive uranium

Experts say more work is needed on the nuclear security agenda

Russia

Sister of jailed pilot now back in Ukraine

Vira Savchenko was detained by Russian border officials

Belgium

Belgian monarch visits Maelbeek

King Philippe of the Belgians travels on the metro one month after the Brussels attacks

World News

Savchenko extradition is underway - lawyers

The Ukrainian pilot is serving 22 years in connection with the deaths of two Russian journalists

USA

'America First' - Trump outlines his foreign policy plan

The US would go it alone under a President Trump

World News

Austria passes tough new aslyum laws

Will the Brenner Pass become the Brenner Gate?

World News

Will Turkey remain a secular republic?

Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu promises the new constitution will guarantee it

Portugal

Portugal marks 42nd anniversary of "Carnation" revolution

Flower became a symbol of peaceful resistance

Italy

Italy commemorates its 71st Liberation Day

President Mattarella lays a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier in Rome

USA

Holocaust survivor Martin Gray dies at 93

Franco-American author found in the swimming pool at his home in Belgium.

Ukraine

Chernobyl: thirty years on, health issues remain

Thirty years after one of the world's worst nuclear disasters, fears over radiation contamination at Chernobyl have not gone away.

USA

Soul singer Billy Paul dies at 80

Famous for his 1972 hit "Me and Mrs Jones"

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