Tokunbo Salako

United Kingdom

British MPs and peers set for massive House move

The 'mother of all parliaments' is set for the mother of all renovations

01/02/2018

Syria

Hundreds killed in Turkey's military campaign in Syria says Russia

Moscow claims civilians have been victims of Ankrara's targeting of Kurdish militia fighters

01/02/2018

France

Paris on high alert amid major risk of flooding

Authorities in the French capital are preparing for the worst as record rainfall could force the Seine River to burst its banks

28/01/2018

Syria

Turkey wants international support for its 'olive branch' offensive

Turkey is waging a military campaign with rebel allies against a US-backed Kurdish militia in Syria's Afrin region.

22/01/2018

Japan

Japan seeks European support over "unprecedented threat" from North Ko

Tokyo wants to strengthen an international alliance against Pyongyang as tensions rise over its nuclear weapons programme

21/01/2018

World News

UN urged to take criminal action against widespread sexual abuse

The author of a report into sexual abuse within the United Nations says there is a culture of impunity

19/01/2018

Russia

Putin takes traditional Epiphany dip in icy lake

Russia's president stripped off to his swimming trunks to observe an Orthodox Christian ritual

19/01/2018

United Kingdom

Macron says he will not allow Britain access to the single market post

The British prime minister greeted the French president at Britain's army officer training academy ahead of talks on defence cooperation.

18/01/2018

USA

Is Trump's language on migrants changing our political discourse?

Widely condemned by many for "dehumanising" migrants, the US president is walking along a well-trodded path, says sociologist Ulrike Vieten.

17/01/2018

Sport

Man overboard! Volvo Ocean race sailor rescued unharmed

Alex Gough was pulled from the Pacific after falling off race leader Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag

14/01/2018

World News

Mario Testino and Bruce Weber deny sexual harassment claims

The celebrity photographers have been accused of sexual misconduct by several male models and assistants

14/01/2018

Lebanon

Hezbollah blames Israel for car bomb attack on Hamas official

A member of the Palestinian group Hamas has been hurt in a bomb blast in the Lebanese city of Sidon

14/01/2018

United Kingdom

Record rise in flu cases sparks UK health alert

A number of fatalities across the country has raised concerns that the highly virulent "Aussie" flu has arrived in Britain

12/01/2018

Bulgaria

Bulgaria renews calls for euro as it takes on EU presidency

Eleven years after the joining the bloc Bulgaria has its first taste of holding the rotating presidency

11/01/2018

Cinema

Blues, drugs and booze - Eric Clapton's life explored on film

The legendary British musician bares his soul in a new documentary about his life and times.

11/01/2018

Italy

Italy and France urge Europe to increase efforts to ease migrant crisi

French President Emmanuel Macron and Italy's Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni have called on European states to do more to help resolve the migrant crisis

11/01/2018

Australia

Kyrgios wins first ATP title on home soil

World number 21 Nick Kyrgios beat American Ryan Harrison in the final of the Brisbane International

07/01/2018

Libya

Italy's coast guard rescues scores of migrants off Libyan coast

The Italian coast guard saved nearly 100 migrants whose vessel got into trouble off Libyan waters but eight died during the operation

07/01/2018

Sport

Switzerland seal third Hopman Cup title

Roger Federer and Belinda Bencic won the country's third Hopman Cup title with victory over Germany's Alexander Zverev and Angelique Kerber

06/01/2018

Australia

Australia raises alarm as bushfires rage out of control

Firefighters in Australia are battling dozens of blazes near Melbourne in extreme conditions as heatwave temperatures exceed 40C

06/01/2018