World News

UK regulator approves third COVID-19 vaccine in form of Moderna jab

Moderna's shot is easier to handle than the Pfizer vaccine because it doesn't need to be stored at ultra-frozen temperatures.

8 January 2021

USA

Remove Donald Trump from office, leading Democrat Nancy Pelosi says

House of Representatives speaker says Congress may be 'compelled' to impeach the US president if the 25th amendment is not invoked to remove him

7 January 2021

World News

UK hospital admissions climb sharply as PM unveils vaccine rollout

Government figures recorded 1,162 COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours, the highest since the first coronavirus wave in April

7 January 2021

World News

Trump has accounts on Facebook and Instagram blocked 'indefinitely'

BREAKING: Donald Trump has accounts on Facebook and Instagram blocked 'indefinitely' after failing to condemn Washington DC violence

7 January 2021

Iran

Iran says it has started enriching uranium up to 20%

It comes amid escalating tensions with the US and marks the Middle Eastern country's largest breach of the 2015 nuclear deal it struck with several other countries.

4 January 2021

France

France brings forward nightly COVID curfew from 20h to 18h

BREAKING: France brings forward nightly COVID curfew from 20h to 18h in more than a dozen regions.

1 January 2021

United Kingdom

Spain and UK reach deal on placing Gibraltar in EU's borderless zone

Immigration checks at the land frontier between Spain and Gibraltar will end, while Spanish border officials will be stationed at Gibraltar's airport

31 December 2020

United Kingdom

Storm Bella: Flooding and disruption in Wales and southeast England

Gusts of over 150km per hour were recorded in some parts. Residents in some of the worst affected areas have put up flood defences and sandbags in attempts to keep rising river waters at bay.

27 December 2020

Italy

'Strong' 4.6-magnitude earthquake strikes southern Sicily

Tremor on Tuesday evening was felt in major towns in the south of the island

22 December 2020

World News

Barnier says EU-UK trade talks could continue in January — EU sources

EU chief negotiator tells European ambassadors he remains ready to negotiate even beyond the New Year, when Britain leaves the single market

22 December 2020

United Kingdom

US charges Libyan man over Lockerbie bombing 32 years on

The Justice Department revealed charges accusing a Libyan bomb expert in the 1988 explosion of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, an attack that killed 259 people in the air and an additional 11 on the ground.

21 December 2020

United Kingdom

Two men convicted of killing 39 migrants found dead in truck container

Two men convicted in UK of killing 39 migrants found dead in truck container last year

21 December 2020

Germany

Perpetrator of anti-semitic attack in Germany gets life in prison

The verdict is in: the perpetrator of the anti-semitic attack in Halle, Germany gets life in prison

21 December 2020

France

Macron in 'stable condition' after COVID-19 diagnosis, doctor says

The French president has developed a number of COVID-19 symptoms following his positive diagnosis, officials have said.

18 December 2020

Ireland

Ireland's data regulator fines Twitter €450,000 over GDPR breaches

Ireland's data regulator fines Twitter €450,000 in first sanction against US firm under GDPR

15 December 2020

World News

Gerard Houllier, ex-manager of Liverpool, Lyon, PSG and France, dies

Gerard Houllier, former manager of Liverpool, Lyon, PSG and France, has died aged 73

14 December 2020

United Kingdom

John le Carré, author of 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy', dies aged 89

John le Carre, who worked for Britain's intelligence service before turning his experience into fiction, has died aged 89.

13 December 2020

Netherlands

Cyberattack on EU medicines agency 'accessed data on COVID-19 vaccine'

It said Wednesday's cyberattack accessed documents relating to the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, which the regulator is in the process of vetting

9 December 2020

Romania

Romania PM Ludovic Orban resigns after narrow election defeat

Romania PM Ludovic Orban resigns after narrow election defeat to left-leaning populists

7 December 2020

World News

Brexit talks in 'final few days' but 'fundamental divergences' remain

The UK's head negotiator Lord Frost headed to Brussels for more Brexit talks on Sunday, but as the deadline looms, both sides have said divergences remain.

5 December 2020