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Trains, flights, ferries cancelled as Storm Ciara batters UK 09 Feb 2020 - 01:44 pm
Waves crash over Newhaven Lighthouse on the south coast of England on February 9, 2020, as Storm Ciara swept over the country / AFP / GLYN KIRK
Storm forces Bundesliga game to be called off 09 Feb 2020 - 11:32 am
A park bench is flooded by the river Moselle due to heavy rainfalls in western Europe in Winning near Koblenz, Germany, February 4, 2020. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay
Lufthansa warns of flight cancellations ahead of storm Sabine 08 Feb 2020 - 06:56 pm
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5 Britons with virus hospitalized in France after Alps stay 08 Feb 2020 - 03:23 pm
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Bubbles to campouts: Spaniards fight home evictions as rents skyrocket 07 Feb 2020 - 11:00 pm
Members of Spain's Mortgage Victims' Platform (PAH) blow bubbles at an event in Barcelona, to symbolise Spain's 'property bubble' and fight rising rental prices on November 6, 2019. Handout picture courtesy of: Mortgage Victims' Platform
Amid arms race, Macron offers Europe French nuclear wargames insight 07 Feb 2020 - 04:10 pm
French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech about a EU defence strategy, at the Ecole Militaire, in Paris, France February 7, 2020. Francois Mori/Pool via Reuters
Benetton cuts ties with photographer Toscani over Genoa bridge disaster remarks 06 Feb 2020 - 09:04 pm
In this file photo taken on November 12, 2019 Italian creative director and photographer, Oliviero Toscani speaks the launch of
Britain says citizen infected with coronavirus outside China 06 Feb 2020 - 06:17 pm
A bathroom in temporary housing for Canadians evacuated after the outbreak of novel Coronavirus is seen at the Yukon Lodge in Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Trenton, Ontario, Canada February 2, 2020. MCpl Jennifer Kusche, 8 Wing Imaging Trenton/Canadian Force
Romania's president asks outgoing PM Orban to form government 06 Feb 2020 - 06:17 pm
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Come to Rio, get robbed: Brazil tourism body shares awkward Instagram post 06 Feb 2020 - 12:08 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on April 30, 2009, an aerial view of the Sugar Loaf Montain in Rio de Janeiro. AFP / VANDERLEI ALMEIDA
High speed train derails near Milan in Italy; two dead 06 Feb 2020 - 10:37 am
Police are seen at the scene where a high-speed train travelling from Milan to Bologna derailed, in Lodi, Italy February 6, 2020. Polizia di Stato
Britain urged to lead by example for successful UN climate summit 05 Feb 2020 - 09:15 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson (R) and British broadcaster and conservationist David Attenborough attend an event to launch the United Nations' Climate Change conference, COP26, in central London on February 4, 2020.  AFP / Jeremy Selwyn
UK pursuit of 'unexplained wealth' clears legal hurdle 05 Feb 2020 - 07:20 pm
Three judges in the Court of Appeal quashed Zamira Hajiyeva's complaint and allowed the National Crime Agency (NCA) to continue freezing her property and some assets.
University of Maastricht says it paid hackers 200,000-euro ransom 05 Feb 2020 - 07:20 pm
FILE PHOTO: An IT researcher stands next to a giant screen of a computer infected by a ransomware at the LHS of the INRIA in Rennes on November 3, 2016. AFP / Damien Meyer
Romania's pro-EU government falls after three months 05 Feb 2020 - 07:19 pm
Romanian interim PM Ludovic Orban delivers a speech before a no-confidence vote session in Parliament in Bucharest, Romania February 5, 2020. Inquam Photos/George Calin via Reuters
Far-right backing for regional politician shocks Germany 05 Feb 2020 - 07:19 pm
Protestors hold a rally outside the heahquaters of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) in Berlin on February 5, 2020. AFP / John MacDougall
Italy, Turkey screen all arriving passengers for coronavirus 05 Feb 2020 - 05:41 pm
Italian citizens repatriated from the coronavirus hot-zone of Wuhan are transfered by bus after landing at the Mario De Bernardi military airport in Pratica di Mare, south of Rome, on February 3, 2020 prior to be placed in quarantine at the nearby Cecchig
Mystery of drugged babies deepens after German probe blunder 04 Feb 2020 - 06:37 pm
Medical staff clean a hospital room in the infectiology and isolation unit of the Frankfurt Goethe University hospital in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany on February 2, 2020. AFP / Thomas Lohnes