Beleaguered chancellor gives first speech to parliament since meeting with interior minister Angela Merkel has sought to defend her government’s migration policy in her first speech to parliament since a showdown with the interior minister, Horst Seehofer, over the policing of Germany’s borders. The German chancellor spoke up for the ... Read More »
Intelligence committee finds ‘further support’ to conclusion that Vladimir Putin and his government aimed to boost Trump A Republican-controlled Senate panel has said that further evidence has been found to support a US intelligence assessment that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election to help elect Donald Trump. The Senate ... Read More »
Baghdad declared victory over the militants last year, but fighters continue to launch attacks deep inside supposedly secure areas of the country Iraq is building a new security fence along its long desert border with Syria, the latest attempt to stop Isis fighters entering the country. Construction of the first ... Read More »
Syrian rebels in Daraa have rejected surrender conditions proposed by Russian negotiators to end days of violence in the country’s south, a rebel spokesman said on Saturday. “The talks collapsed because the Russians insisted on their conditions that want us to surrender,” rebel spokesman Ibrahim Jabawi said “The [rebels’] negotiating ... Read More »
Critics dismiss project as PR campaign designed to support country’s contested policies The British government is paying M&C Saatchi to run a media campaign for the Tunisian government in an attempt to win voters over reforms that have sparked some of the largest protests in the north African state since ... Read More »
‘Seabird capital of the world’ is home to dozens of endemic species, which are particularly vulnerable to plastics Seabirds are more at risk of dying due to plastic in New Zealand than anywhere else in the world, new research presented to parliament has shown. New Zealand is considered “the seabird ... Read More »
Left-wing candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador is heading for a clear victory in Mexico’s presidential election. Electoral officials said a quick count after Sunday’s poll indicated the former mayor of Mexico City had won with about 53% of the vote – more than double that of his nearest challenger. Exit ... Read More »
But links to Trump-Kim denuclearisation agreement not clear, claim analysts North Korea has made improvements to a nuclear research facility “at a rapid pace”, analysts have claimed after reviewing satellite images on the site. The development of infrastructure at the Yongbyon site included modifications to the cooling system of its ... Read More »
They spoke for nearly an hour in the official papal library in the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace, about twice as long as Francis usually spends with heads of state or government. A Vatican statement said the two discussed “protection of the environment, migration, and multilateral commitment to conflict prevention and resolution, ... Read More »
Madrid’s foreign minister says there will be no deal for goods access without free movement Theresa May’s plan to protect British industry by keeping the UK in a single market for goods without respecting the free movement of people after Brexit will be rejected by an “angry” France and Germany, ... Read More »
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