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Brexit may give rise to ‘Euro English’ language

-- 2017-09-24 12:00:00

Researchers indicate that with the British gone, nobody will be there to defend UK English for competition, not only from American English but also from other languages, reports PTI. The exit...

Merkel wins fourth term

-- 2017-09-24 11:16:55

Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives beat their rivals on Sunday to win her a fourth term in an election that will also bring a far-right party into Germany's parliament for the first time in more...

Six injured in London 'acid attack'

BBC 2017-09-24 10:46:27

Six people have been injured in Stratford, east London, in a reported acid attack. Police were called to Stratford Centre, opposite Westfield, just before 20:00 BST, following an "altercation...

Four migrants die after boat sinks off Turkey

-- 2017-09-22 03:40:00

At least four migrants were killed and 20 others missing after a fishing boat sank off Turkey's coast in the Black Sea early Friday, the Turkish coast guard said. At least 38 migrants have be...

Police make sixth arrest in parsons green inquiry

BBC 2017-09-21 10:55:12

Police have arrested a 17-year-old boy in south London in connection with last Friday's terror attack on a Tube train. The teenager was detained after officers executed a warrant in Thornton...

Third arrest over London Tube attack

-- 2017-09-20 12:00:00

A third man has been arrested over Friday's Tube attack in Parsons Green. The 25-year-old was arrested in Newport, south Wales, on Tuesday evening, Scotland Yard said. An address in Newport i...

Fierce storm hits Romania, killing eight

Agencies 2017-09-18 12:00:00

A strong storm killed eight people and injured at least 67 in western Romania on Sunday as winds of up to 100 kph (over 60 mph) also brought destruction to parts of Serbia and Croatia, officials said....

Second man arrested over London Underground bombing

-- 2017-09-17 12:00:00

A second man has been arrested in connection with Friday's attack on a London Tube train, police said. The 21-year-old man was arrested in Hounslow, west London, on Saturday night on suspicio...

Teenager arrested over London Underground explosion

-- 2017-09-16 12:00:00

An 18-year-old man has been arrested in Dover in connection with attack on a London Underground train in Parsons Green, reports independent.co.uk. The suspect was arrested by Kent Police in t...

HMRC needs '5,000 more customs officials

-- 2017-09-15 12:45:02

The head of the UK tax agency, Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC), has said Britain could need up to 5,000 extra staff to handle customs and border checks after Brexit. The HMRC boss Jo...

Blast reported on London train

Reuters 2017-09-15 12:00:00

Heavily armed police rushed to an incident at a London underground station on Friday with local media reporting there had been an explosion on a train. A Reuters witness could see six ambulan...

London manhunt underway following Underground explosion

-- 2017-09-15 12:00:00

A manhunt is underway in London after an explosion of a bucket bomb on a subway train during rush hour Friday morning sent up a fireball and led to at least 22 people getting taken to hospitals. Autho...

British PM to deliver Brexit speech in Italy

Reuters 2017-09-14 04:04:51

UK Prime Minister Theresa May will make a speech on Britain’s future relationship with the European Union on Sept. 22 in the Italian city of Florence, her spokesman said. The speech wil...

€3m EU aid for Rohingyas

-- 2017-09-13 12:00:00

EU Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management, Christos Stylianides, has announced additional aid as more and more refugees arrive in Bangladesh from Myanmar. The European Commis...

Spain's Constitutional Court suspends Catalan referendum law

-- 2017-09-12 06:36:25

The Spanish Constitutional Court has suspended a Catalan law outlining a legal framework for an independent state, a court source said on Tuesday, an expected move after it suspended a law approving a...

Heavy rain and flooding kill six in Italy

-- 2017-09-11 11:46:15

At least six people were killed and two others missing as torrential rain in Italy triggered flooding in the Tuscan port of Leghorn on Sunday. Strong winds toppled trees and parked cars were...

Tony Blair calls for tougher UK immigration rules

-- 2017-09-10 12:00:00

Tony Blair has called on the government to introduce a new immigration policy which "reasserts control". When he was prime minister, Mr Blair's government - unlike most EU countries - did not...

Airstrike kills four IS leaders in Syria

-- 2017-09-08 01:43:58

Russia's Ministry of Defence says it has killed four Islamic State group leaders in an airstrike outside the eastern Syria city of Deir el-Zour. Russia has been providing an air cover for Sy...

BBC reviewing staff pay to quell anger over gender gap

-- 2017-09-06 06:39:26

The BBC is reviewing employee pay after it was forced to reveal that male stars were paid far more than their female counterparts, damaging the British public broadcaster’s image and angering wo...

EU court rejects migrant-quota challenge

FE Online Desk 2017-09-06 02:15:38

The EU's top court has rejected a challenge by eastern European countries to a migrant relocation deal at the peak of the 2015 crisis. The European Court of Justice overruled Hungary and Slov...

12 Britons accused of smuggling drugs into Majorca

-- 1970-01-01 12:00:00

Police in Spain have arrested 12 Britons - mainly from Manchester and Liverpool - and seized three kilos of cocaine worth around £150,000 after a series of dawn raids in Magaluf. ...