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United Kingdom

Palmyra arch replica goes on show in London

The original arch in Palmyra may have been destroyed on October 5th, but a five metre high replica has gone on show in Trafalgar Square in London

Brazil

Brazil: Rousseff fights but impeachment tide rises

Dilma Rousseff, the embattled Brazilian president facing possible impeachment on corruption charges, has fired back at her critics for staging what

Israel

Jerusalem fears return of dark days of bombings

After a period when Jerusalem commuters were again at ease with public transport that had been targeted in suicide attacks in the past, people went

Syria

Syrian opposition stays away from Geneva peace talks

A bad day for the UN’s man in Geneva, Staffan de Mistura, who faced empty chairs when he sat down with the main Syrian opposition, who decided to

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Israel

Israeli police confirm bomb injures 16 on Jerusalem bus

Police have confirmed a small bomb exploded on a bus in Jerusalem on Monday during the evening rush hour. Eye witnesses has said an empty bus caught

Switzerland

Syrian peace talks resume under cloud of suspicion

The Syrian peace talks have resumed in Geneva after government and opposition delegations returned to report to their superiors on the progress made

Italy

Italian coastguards make big rescue at sea, but many feared dead in sinking

Italian coastguards intervened overnight in the Mediterranean to save the lives of 108 migrants trapped on a semi-submerged rubber boat who were

United Kingdom

Drone hits plane landing at Heathrow

It had to happen, and now it has. After several near-misses and warnings from pilots and plane companies, a drone has hit a passenger jet trying to

World

Raising young peoples' eyes to the stars

Beating off bears or bringing the secrets of the universe into primary schools; just two of the challenges astronomers face when passing on their knowledge to the next generation of stargazers.

Business Series

Shareholders burn Bob's bonus at BP AGM

Shareholders at BP gave the boss’s bonus the thumbs down on Friday, wiping 17.7 million euros from Bob Dudley’s package for 2015. It was a rare

My Europe Series

Italy leads way on prison reform but system in crisis

Italy is showing the world how to reform prisons, and has passed into law an impressive and widely-praised reform package. But the money to implement it is sorely lacking, and in the meantime most of

Culture news

'Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse'

It has been a wildly popular exhibition, but now London’s Royal Academy of Art’s show, Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse is in its final

Cinema

Killer Kevin Costner gets someone else's memories in "Criminal"

Death row inmate Kevin Costner gets a memory implant in “Criminal”, not to remember how to make a hit movie again, but as a sort of hard disc for a

Culture news

Playmobil figures honoured in Bolivian museum exhibition

The popular German toy range of Playmobil characters is being exhibited in Bolivia of all places, at the Costumbrista Museum Juan de Vargas in the

Next Series

A greener road ahead?

Electric vehicles are a reality, and scientists are now looking ahead. They are exploring new frontiers to make them safer, more reliable, more

Cinema

Shamim Sarif brings her novel "Despite the Falling Snow" to the screen

A sign of the times for sure, but after years in hibernation the Cold War thriller is back, and the latest addition to the genre is “Despite the

Cinema

"Lights Out" hopes to scare you to death

What do you do when the lights go out? Well, director David F. Sandberg would like you to scream, and scream often with his latest horror offering

North Korea

Keeping the nuclear genie in the bottle and away from terrorists

Since the end of the Cold War and despite the close attention of the IAEA and governments, nuclear material has gone astray in vast quantities, and the technology to make bombs with it has spread. Has

Culture news

Trainor hopes "No" will prove it's not all about that bass

She’s back and bubblier than ever. Meghan Trainor has a follow-up album to 2015’s smash “Title”. It’s called “Thank you”, and Trainor hopes it will

Cinema

Gyllenhaal and Watts star in "Demolition"

Jake Gyllenhaal and Naomi Watts pair up in “Demolition”, and with Quebecois Jean-Marc Vallée of “Dallas Buyers Club” and “Wild” fame at the helm

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