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Chris Harris

World News

Ransomware for €100 - how hidden stores are making online crime easier

Buying guns, stolen credit cards or even suicide kits is getting easier as hidden online stores become more sophisticated, it’s been claimed.

Mexico

Have we forgotten about the world's second deadliest conflict?

The media’s crosshairs have been firmly focussed on Syria for years as the country is ripped apart by civil war.

USA

Meet the reporter "arrested for asking a question"

A US reporter has hit out over claims he was arrested for asking a question to Donald Trump’s new health chief.

United Kingdom

Conservative catastrophe? Tories lose tied council seat after random draw

Rival candidates were forced into a drawing of straws to decide the winner of a local council seat in north-east England.

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France

Five charts to explain France's presidential election

France will choose its new president on Sunday, either centrist Emmanuel Macron or far-right candidate Marine Le Pen.

World News

Long goodbyes: how men in Croatia are the EU's oldest to fly the nest

Young men in Croatia stay at home with their parents well into their 30s – the longest in the EU.

World News

Huge new iceberg twice the size of Luxembourg 'could be imminent'

The impending breakaway of what’s expected to be one of the world’s largest icebergs has moved a significant step closer, it’s been claimed.

USA

Trump's popularity hit low point in days after Obamacare failure

Donald Trump’s approval ranking fell to its lowest point after his plans to reform Obamacare failed, analysis of his first 100 days in office reveals.

Turkey

Power grab or stability amid the turmoil? Turkey's presidential referendum explained

This Sunday Turkey votes on whether to grant President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan sweeping new powers.

France

Far-right, fake jobs and all you need to know about France's pivotal election

If the main course is anything like the entrée, then France is set for even more controversy at the ballot box.

World News

Romania and Italy told to take urgent action on measles outbreak

Romania and Italy have been urged to take urgent action to address a spike in measles cases.

Iraq

How landmines and booby traps are piling fresh terror on war-weary Iraqis

Already scarred by the horrors of war and ISIL occupation, villagers returning home in Iraq are facing a fresh terror.

Ukraine

Russia-Ukraine Eurovision row rumbles on after olive branch rejected

A compromise aimed at defusing a row between Russia and Ukraine over this year’s Eurovision contest has been rejected.

Norway

All smiles: Norway tops World Happiness Report 2017

Norway wiped the smile off Denmark’s face on Monday by beating its Nordic neighbour to top spot in a global happiness survey.

Philippines

Duterte uses f-word to slam MEPs over death penalty revival criticism

Warning: This story and video contains strong language Rodrigo Duterte has hit back at the European Parliament after it criticised plans to reintroduce the death penalty in the…

United Kingdom

Girl, 11, set to become Britain's youngest-ever mother

Britain is set to have its youngest-ever mother amid reports an 11-year-old girl is expected to give birth in the new future.

Netherlands

Five takeaways from the Netherlands' election

Dutch reject populism … All the talk before the election was whether the Trump- and Brexit-inspired wave of ‘anti-establishment populism’ would wash into the…

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia launches girls' council, without the girls

Feminists would have likely given full marks for theory, but zero for practice.

Netherlands

All you need to know about the Netherlands' general election

He wants to halt Muslim immigration, close all mosques and ban a Koran that he compares to Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf.

United Kingdom

[In pictures] Creative selfies light up Saatchi Gallery contest

Europeans have captured their creative side by turning their cameras on themselves for a special selfie contest.

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