EPA People’s New Year’s Eve plans thrown into disarray after Eurostar cancellations. Eurostar passengers are braced for more possible disruption, after a power outage in the Channel Tunnel caused travel chaos for thousands of people on Tuesday. As people scrambled to get to New Year’s Eve celebrations, some travellers said they spent more than six […]
Continue ReadingPaul KirbyEurope digital editor Joe Raedle/Getty Images Unlike Trump, Zelensky says he does not trust Russia’s Putin on peace talks Russia, the US and Ukraine agree that a deal on ending almost four years of full-scale war is edging closer but, in the words of President Donald Trump, “one or two very thorny, very tough […]
Continue ReadingThieves used a large drill to break into a safe at a high street bank branch in western Germany and steal an estimated €30m (£26m; $35m) in cash and valuables, police have said. A police spokesman likened the break-in to the Hollywood heist film Ocean’s Eleven, telling AFP news agency it was “very professionally executed”. […]
Continue ReadingThomas Mackintoshand Nicky Schiller,at St Pancras station Kelly North and Bethany Massey-Chase tell the BBC how they’ve had to re-book their Eurostar service to Paris Eurostar has cancelled all trains out of London towards Paris, Amsterdam and Brussels until further notice after a power outage in the Channel Tunnel caused a Le Shuttle train to […]
Continue ReadingX/Ali Yerlikaya A video shared on social media by Turkey’s interior minister appears to show several people being detained More than 350 suspected Islamic State group (IS) members have been detained as part of nationwide police operations in Turkey. Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said 357 suspects were apprehended across 21 provinces in coordinated raids on […]
Continue ReadingUS President Donald Trump said he is not worried about Beijing’s military drills around Taiwan, choosing to instead highlight his rapport with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. “I have a great relationship with President Xi, and he hasn’t told me anything about [the drills]. I certainly have seen it,” Trump told reporters at a press […]
Continue ReadingWedaeli Chibelushi, Ameyu Etana,BBC Afaan Oromooand Farah Lamane,BBC Somali AFP via Getty Images Residents of Somaliland’s capital city, Hargeisa, have been celebrating Israel’s declaration Israel has taken the controversial decision to recognise the breakaway state of Somaliland as an independent nation, sparking condemnation from many other countries. China is the latest to condemn the decision, […]
Continue ReadingPresident Volodymyr Zelensky has denied allegations by Russia that Ukraine launched a drone attack on one of President Vladimir Putin’s residences, and accused Moscow of trying to derail peace talks. Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov claimed Kyiv had launched an attack overnight using 91 long-range unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) on Putin’s state residence in Russia’s […]
Continue ReadingThe United States has pledged $2 billion (£1.5bn) to fund United Nations (UN) humanitarian programmes, but has warned the UN it must “adapt or die”. The announcement was made in Geneva by Jeremy Lewin, President Trump’s Under Secretary for Foreign Assistance, and the UN’s emergency relief chief, Tom Fletcher. It comes amid huge cuts in […]
Continue ReadingThe annual food fight festival ”Els Enfarinats” has left the Spanish town of Ibi covered in flour and egg shells. Every year participants wear military-style costumes and stage a fake coup using eggs, flour and firecrackers. The eggers go around asking for “taxes” – donations to charity – from local people and if you don’t […]
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