Joanna Gill

Germany

Snowden, Assange and Manning statues unveiled in Berlin

Taking a stand in Berlin’s Alexanderplatz are whistleblowers Chelsea Manning, Julian Assange and Edward Snowden. The life-size bronze statues were

01/05/2015

United Kingdom

UK voters left guessing about coalition partners ahead of elections

Party leaders are on edge as the UK election campaign heads into its final days. The polls show no change with Conservatives and Labour neck-and-neck on 34%.

01/05/2015

Ukraine

Ukraine blaze 'under control' near Chernobyl

Ukrainian fire fighters have now managed to contain a huge forest fire which was headed for the abandoned Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

29/04/2015

Nepal

Nepal earthquake: aid offers pour in as death toll climbs by the minute

As the death toll climbs, offers of assistance pour in after devastating earthquake in Nepal

26/04/2015

Egypt

Relics return home: Egypt receives smuggled antiquities from US

History returns home as 2.3million euros worth of smuggled antiquities arrived in back in Egypt. Some 123 artifacts were seized by US customs as part

25/04/2015

Portugal

Portuguese media uproar over 'censorship' law proposal

Portuguese media are up in arms over a proposed law that would force them to submit their election coverage plans for approval by a committee or face

25/04/2015

Armenia

Armenia remembers the victims of 1915 massacre

Armenians have marked the centenary of the mass killing of their people at the hands of Ottoman Turkish forces in 1915. Coming from all over the

24/04/2015

Chile

Chile: Experts warn volcano Calbuco could erupt again

Precautions are being taken in Chile as vulcanologists warn Calbuco remains unstable and could erupt again.

24/04/2015

Libya

Italy: 220 migrants rescued off Libyan coast

As EU leaders met in Brussels to discuss migrant deaths in the Mediterranean, more than 200 migrants were rescued by the Italian Coast Guard on Thursday.

23/04/2015

United Kingdom

In the Red Corner, Ed Miliband

The leader of the Labour Party since 2010, his time in opposition against the coalition government has proven rocky but his is beginning to win hearts ahead of the 2015 UK elections.

20/04/2015

World News

Diplomatic row over Falkland Islands heats up

Argentina has threatened legal action against British energy companies operating near the Falkland Islands in a growing diplomatic dispute over the territory in the South Atlantic.

10/04/2015

France

The genesis of a family feud at the top of France's National Front

The father and daughter duo at the head of France’s far-right National Front party may well truly be a thing of the past. The Le Pen family drama has

08/04/2015

USA

US police and racial bias under the spotlight

Marches, vigils and die-ins became a familiar sight on the streets of US cities in 2014. A string of high-profile shootings involving white police

08/04/2015

United Kingdom

UK Election debate: 7 things we learned

Thursday night saw the leaders of the seven leading UK political parties going head-to-head in a TV debate, a sign that two party politics is over in Britain.

02/04/2015

Tunisia

Tunisia marks independence day in defiance of attacks

Thousands of Tunisians have turned out to mark Independence day showing their defiance against the militants who attacked the Bardo museum earlier this week.

20/03/2015

Yemen

Yemen mosque suicide bombings death toll passes 100

At least 126 people have been killed and more than 100 others wounded in triple suicide bombings targeting mosques in Sana'a, Yemen.

20/03/2015

Japan

Japan remembers the deadly metro sarin attack 20 years on

Twenty years ago the normally bustling Tokyo metro was brought to a standstill when a deadly sarin attack struck the city's underground system.

20/03/2015

Denmark

Fending off polar bears and freezing temperatures eclipse hunters flock North

Eclipse watchers are heading to the Faroe Islands and Svalbard, Norway which will be the only places to see the rare total solar eclipse, if the weather holds out.

20/03/2015

Iran

ISIL suspected of genocide against Yazidis in Iraq, says UN report

The so-called Islamic State are suspected of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity during attacks on ethnic and religious groups in Iraq.

19/03/2015

Tunisia

Protests erupt in Tunisia to denounce the museum attacks

In the wake of the deadly museum siege in the Tunisian capital, many residents turned out in support of the police and against the attackers.

18/03/2015