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Migrant Crisis Live: Calais news conference by French ministers and senior EU officials

Migrant Crisis Live: Calais news conference by French Prime Minister Manuel Valls, French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve and senior EU officials.

World News

Hungary summons French ambassador over border fence row

Hungary’s foreign minister has summoned the French ambassador after the French foreign minister’s criticism of Hungary’s so-called anti-migrant

Venezuela

1000 Colombians deported as Venezuelan President Maduro keeps border closed

A week into the border closure between Venezuela and Colombia and around a thousand Colombians have been deported as of Wednesday. Venezuelan

Venezuela

Venezuela-Colombia row drives out poor border residents

Imposing martial law at its border, Venezuela continues to lash out at neighbour Colombia, after a shootout left three soldiers wounded. Venezuela

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Korea

Korea military tension: Pyongyang and Seoul exchange fire

South Korea fired towards North Korea after Pyongyang allegedly launched shells to protest against giant propaganda loudspeakers pumping out Seoul’s

Greece

Migrant crisis pushing Greek island of Kos to the limit

The migrant crisis on the Greek island of Kos is pushing people to their limits. Fights broke out during a registration procedure as more than 1,000

France

French farmers block border routes in row over 'cheap' imports

French farmers fighting what they call unfair competition have mounted blockades at the country’s borders – targeting lorries bringing in foreign

Hungary

Hungary: Protesters condemn 'absurd' anti-migrant border fence with Serbia

Hundreds of people have demonstrated in Budapest against the project to build a fence along Hungary’s border with Serbia to stop migrants from coming

My Europe Series

Europe's open border dilemma; is Schengen a success?

Europe’s Schengen zone celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. It allows citizens of 26 European Union countries to travel and go through

Ukraine

Persistent fighting in eastern Ukraine draws multi-ethnic recruits

Unofficial fighting in eastern Ukraine continues to draw in volunteers from other parts of the country. Since pro-Russian separatists forced

My Europe Series

Concerns over Ukraine in Estonia's Russian speaking community

Since the events in Ukraine, the Estonian government has pushed for an increased NATO presence in the north east of the country. This small Baltic

Syria

Revised reports suggest ISIL has abducted over 200 Assyrian Christians in Syria

In Syria, fresh reports revise the number of Assyrian Christians believed to have been abducted by ISIL from 90 to over 200.

Liberia

Ebola border closures end between Liberia, Sierra Leone, normal life returning

A six-month anti-Ebola clampdown has finally been lifted and the Liberian border with Sierra Leone re-opened. The inhabitants came out of quarantine

Hungary

Kosovo emptying out, hopes for independent future exhausted

Migrants from Kosovo walk into the dawn. Hungary has intercepted more than 10,000 of them since the beginning of this year, according to data given

Kosovo

Serbia, Hungary demand help from EU to stem migrant 'exodus' from Kosovo

Serbia and Hungary are demanding the European Union does more to stop what they described as an “exodus of migrants” from Kosovo. More than 30,000

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African migrants scale barrier to reach Spanish soil

India

Thousands of Indians flee rising violence in Kashmir

Thousands of Indians have fled their homes as fighting between India and Pakistan intensified in Kashmir. The violence has spread along a two hundred

My Europe Series

Syrian refugees flee through forest then face tough conditions in poorest EU member state

Mexico

Footage of the latest 'massive' exodus to the US from Mexico

Culture news

Helping music break borders in Europe