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Robert Hackwill

Russia

Putin promises justice for St Petersburg victims

Russian President Vladimir Putin promises the truth will out following a deadly explosion in a St Petersburg subway.

Economy

European manufacturing feels the benefit of global economic wind

Manufacturing may be regaining its lost lustre in Europe as orders pour in for EU goods and factories report output up in Germany, France and Italy.

Economy

EU unemployment improves again to eight-year low

EU unemployment fell to 8% in February but the good overall performance hides Greece's calamity, where near one in four and every other youth is out of work.

Economy

France's fragile economy is Hollande's unwanted legacy

Outgoing French President Francois Hollande promised to fix the economy five years ago. But despite stablising the public accounts he has failed to get the French back to work as promised.

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Economy

Eurozone economic confidence up as pressure for rate rise builds

ECB in the spotlight as good economic news strengthens the ECB's argument for a rates rise.

Economy

Russian central bank confounds forecasts with interest rate cut

Russian interest rates have fallen to 9.5% on the back of better inflation data.

Business Series

HSBC to hire 1000 new staff in China

Despite slowing Chinese growth HSBC still sees it as a solid bet and will hire a further 1000 staff this year.

Economy

Airlines and airports worldwide adapt to US electronic device ban in planes

Faced with the new US ban on electronic devices being taken into plane cabins airports and airlines are scrambling for ways to reassure passengers and prop up revenues.

Business Series

Apple avoided tax in New Zealand for more than a decade

More light is shed on Apple's labyrinthine tax affairs.

Business Series

Google continues to bleed advertisers as Johnson & Johnson walk

America's biggest healthcare retailer joins the list of companies stopping You Tube advertising as the row over lack of scrutiny of controversial content continues.

Turkey

Erdogan's rhetoric threatens Turkey's future relations with EU

With attacks on the EU now almost daily and getting more violent, has Turkey's President Erdogan given up on EU membership?

United Kingdom

Sturgeon claims London left her no choice but to go for independence

Sturgeon's referendum dash before Brexit spooks May and steers UK towards possible constitutional crisis.

France

Macron and Melenchon offer French voters radically different visions of their presidencies

Two outsiders stole the show in Monday's big French presidential election TV debate, but should either of them win will they be able to assemble a government without major party backing?

Iraq

As life returns to eastern Mosul, people flee raging battle in west

With nearly 400,000 displaced people from the battle of Mosul refugee camps are overwhelmed with the latest exodus from the east of the city.

France

Melanie provides Downs Syndrome sufferers with a heroine

Have you ever heard of Melanie Segard? Well if you suffer from Downs Syndrome, this young French girl has just made history by presenting the weather programme on French TV.

Sport

Kraft takes world record on Vikersund hill

Ski jumping has a new world record holder with a 253.5 metre leap from Austria's Stefan Kraft.

Sport

Vihova spoils Shiffrin's party at Aspen slalom

Petra Vlhova wins the last ladies' slalom of the year in Aspen as Shiffrin gets the Crystal Globe.

Sport

Irish deny England Grand Slam as Jones's men lose at last

The Six Nations tournament has ended in defeat for champions England as Ireland end their winning run of 18 games.

Sport

Hirscher hold-up in Aspen as he skins Neureuther to win

Marcel Hirscher wasn't happy with just the Crystal Globe, he wanted the final Giant Slalom of the year in Aspen, too. And he got it.

Sport

Sweden win team trophy at Aspen

Sweden's male and female skiers have taken the team prize at the season-ending combined race in Aspen.

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