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28 August 2026
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El Nino to be ‘biggest for over a century’
22 August 2026
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Italian scientists bet on octopus to fight crab invasion
21 August 2026
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UK PM urges ‘reflection’ after death of Cambridge professor
16 August 2026
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UK homes burnt, residents evacuated in fires
15 August 2026
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Explosion rocks ammunition factory near Rome
15 August 2026
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Europe Heatwave: More than 135m in Europe face 35°C plus
13 August 2026
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Western Europe logs hottest June–July on record
11 August 2026
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Ukrainian drone hits Belgorod
10 August 2026
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Kremlin critic Nadezhdin flees Russia for France
4 August 2026
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Europe
Brexit: A long, complicated divorce
A British exit from the European Union would plunge the two parties into a messy divorce and force them build a
22 June 2016
Final push for votes in EU referendum
Politicians are making their final pitch for votes on the last day of campaigning before the EU referendum.
22 June 2016
Man detained by central Brussels mall, possibly with explosives
Belgian police detain a man possibly carrying explosives near a central Brussels shopping centre, triggering a meeting of the prime minister and the national crisis response centre.
21 June 2016
Erdogan condemns attack on rock fans
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday condemned Islamists who attacked rock fans at a music store in Istanbul, but
20 June 2016
Warsi quits Brexit camp
A senior British politician yesterday accused those campaigning for Britain to leave the European Union of spreading lies, hate
20 June 2016
British PM urges unity 'against hatred'
Prime Minister David Cameron yesterday urged people to unite against hatred as Britain's parliament held a tearful special session to honour murdered lawmaker Jo Cox.
20 June 2016
Rome set to elect first female mayor
Voters in the Italian capital headed to the polls yesterday with all signs indicating that they will elect Virginia Raggi as the first female
19 June 2016
Turkish police fire rubber bullets, tear gas at LGBT parade
Turkish police fire tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse demonstrators who gathered Sunday for a gay pride rally in Istanbul despite a government ban.
19 June 2016
Russia Lake Syamozero: Children die after storm catches boating group
At least 11 children and an adult die when a storm caught a boating party on Lake Syamozero in northern Russia's Karelia region.
19 June 2016
'Death to traitors'
British lawmaker Jo Cox's alleged killer ranted against "traitors" in court yesterday, as EU referendum campaigning
18 June 2016
'The Floating Piers': Artist lets you walk on water
Ever fancied walking on water? Well now you can, thanks to Bulgarian-born artist Christo's latest art installation
17 June 2016
Ex-Auschwitz guard Reinhold Hanning convicted
A 94-year-old former Auschwitz guard is convicted of being an accessory to the murder of 170,000 people, according to the judge presiding over what could be one of Germany's last Holocaust trials.
17 June 2016
British MP dead after shooting attack
A British lawmaker has died after she was shot and stabbed during an attack in her constituency, police say.
16 June 2016
London’s mayor bans body-shaming ads on public transport
Advertising that promotes an unhealthy body image will be banned on London's subway network, in a move that signals a backlash against suggestive marketing in public places.
14 June 2016
150 Russians 'behind' Euro 2016 violence
Some 150 Russians were behind much of the violence in Marseille ahead of the Euro 2016 match between England and Russia, French prosecutors say.
13 June 2016
11 German MPs threatened in 'genocide' row
Eleven German MPs of Turkish origin have been put under police protection after receiving death threats for supporting a move to describe the 1915 massacre of Armenians by Ottoman Turks as genocide.
12 June 2016
Poll indicates rising chance of Brexit
Betting odds on a British vote to exit the European Union narrowed yesterday after an opinion poll gave the "Leave" camp a double-digit
11 June 2016
UK's unity at stake
Sir John Major and Tony Blair yesterday warned that a vote to leave the EU would "jeopardise the unity" of the UK as they campaigned together in Northern Ireland.
9 June 2016
PKK claims attack on police in Turkey
Outlawed Kurdish rebels yesterday claimed a deadly attack on a police station in southeastern Turkey that killed six people
9 June 2016
Germany hit back at Erdogan's 'tainted blood' comment
German politicians yesterday hit back at Turkey's president for accusing lawmakers of Turkish origin of having "tainted blood"
9 June 2016