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Sea-Watch 3 captain calls for EU action on migrants rescues 19 Jul 2019 - 04:02 pm
German captain Carola Rackete leaves the court, accompanied by her lawyer Alessandro Gamberini, after a hearing over accusations she aided illegal immigration in Agrigento, Sicily, Italy July 18, 2019. Reuters/Guglielmo Mangiapane
Politics and finance dog EU climate zero efforts 19 Jul 2019 - 03:30 pm
Ursula von der Leyen put the mid-century target atop her programme to the European Parliament before it confirmed her on Tuesday as the new European Commission president.
New EU chief must piece together diverse top team 19 Jul 2019 - 03:30 pm
Elected European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Parliament President David-Maria Sassoli attend a news conference after the vote on her election at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, July 16, 2019. Reuters/Vincent Kessl
Incoming EU chief von der Leyen says "we don't want a hard Brexit" 18 Jul 2019 - 07:29 pm
In an interview with a consortium of European newspapers, including Germany's Sueddeutsche Zeitung, Ursula von der Leyen said the European Union would first wait for a new British prime minister to be chosen and then seek talks.
Poland's fragmented opposition coalesces into left, centre blocs 18 Jul 2019 - 07:29 pm
Poland's Law and Justice (PiS) leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski and Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki applaud as they attend a Law and Justice (PiS) party convention ahead of the EU election, in Krakow, Poland May 19, 2019. Reuters/Kacper Pempel
Knife crime soars to record in England and Wales but homicides fall 18 Jul 2019 - 05:32 pm
A general view shows the exterior of York Minster in York, northern England on April 18, 2019. AFP/Oli Scarff
'No risk' of lead poisoning from Notre-Dame, assures Paris 18 Jul 2019 - 05:32 pm
A photo shows the Notre-Dame-de Paris Cathedral a day after a fire devastated the cathedral in central Paris on April 16, 2019. AFP/Francois Guillot
No-deal Brexit looms as race for new British PM wraps up 17 Jul 2019 - 01:35 pm
Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage speaks during a debate on the election of designated European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, July 16, 2019. (REUTERS/Vincent Kessler)
Greek farmer confesses to raping, killing US scientist 17 Jul 2019 - 02:39 am
Plain-clothes police officers escort the suspect (C) for the murder of American biologist Suzanne Eaton to the prosecutor in Chania, on the island of Crete, Greece, July 16, 2019. Reuters/Makis Kartsonakis
EU's new leader aims to convince Trump he still needs old allies 17 Jul 2019 - 02:39 am
Former German Defence Minister and newly-appointed EU commission Ursula von der Leyen delivers a speech during her statement for her candidacy for President of the Commission at the European Parliament on July 16, 2019 in Strasbourg, eastern France. AFP /
French minister resigns after lobster dinner scandal 17 Jul 2019 - 02:08 am
 In this file photo taken on September 08, 2015, François de Rugy then founder of the new Ecology party
Von der Leyen pledges EU 'green deal' in first 100 days 16 Jul 2019 - 11:23 am
Former German Defence Minister and newly-appointed EU commission Ursula von der Leyen delivers a speech during her statement for her candidacy for President of the Commission at the European Parliament on July 16, 2019 in Strasbourg, eastern France. AFP /
Climate activists disrupt five British cities with 'summer uprising' 15 Jul 2019 - 11:54 pm
Demonstrators from the
Italy seizes missile from far-right sympathisers 15 Jul 2019 - 11:54 pm
Italian Police handout shows weapons, including an air-to-air missile, that they say they seized in raids on neo-Nazi sympathisers, in Turin, Italy July 15, 2019. Polizia di Stato/ via Reuters
Three children, woman killed in France train-car crash 15 Jul 2019 - 11:19 pm
French gendarmes stand at a level crossing on July 15, 2019, after a car and a TER regional express train crashed at the exit of the train station in Avenay-Val-d'Or, near Reims, northeastern France. AFP / Francois Nascimbeni
Hot chocolate: 17 tons of cocoa burns on German highway 15 Jul 2019 - 06:55 pm
A cocoa tree with cocoa fruits is seen at El Carmen Estate in Jayaque, El Salvador, July 20, 2016. Reuters/Jose Cabezas
France says dual national Fariba Adelkhah arrested in Iran - statement 15 Jul 2019 - 03:26 pm
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Bank of England picks World War Two code-breaker Turing for banknotes 15 Jul 2019 - 03:14 pm
Mark Carney, governor of the Bank of England, poses for a photograph beside the concept design for the new Bank of England fifty pound banknote, featuring mathematician and scientist Alan Turing, during the presentation at the Science and Industry Museum