Coronavirus pandemic Bars, shops and cultural spaces across France have reopened their doors as the country starts lifting restrictions aimed at preventing the spread of coronavirus. From Wednesday, groups of up to six people are allowed to eat together at outdoor restaurant terraces. France’s nationwide curfew is also being pushed back from 19:00 to 21:00. […]
Coronavirus pandemic Special Belgian police units are searching for a heavily armed soldier with far-right views who they believe poses a serious threat. The suspect has been named as Jurgen Conings, a shooting instructor who took weapons from a barracks. He is said to have made threats in the past against virologist Marc Van Ranst, […]
At least 6,000 migrants have reached Spain’s Ceuta enclave from neighbouring Morocco, a record number over a single day, Spanish officials say. They say the migrants – who include about 1,500 minors – either swam around the border fences that jut out into the sea or walked across at low tide. They are said to […]
Chile protests Independent and opposition candidates have a won a key two thirds of seats in the body that will write a new constitution in Chile. A new constitution to replace the one dating back to Gen Pinochet’s military rule was a crucial demand of protests which swept through Chile in 2019. Government-backed candidates have […]
By Niall Glynn BBC News NI A giant bird that has been part of Irish folklore and was often kept as a pet in medieval times could be returning to the island after an absence of more than 300 years. A pair of cranes are nesting on a rewetted peat bog in the Republic of […]
The Dukes of Cambridge and Sussex have paid tribute to their grandfather, the Duke of Edinburgh. In separate statements, Prince William described him as an “extraordinary man”, while Prince Harry said he was “a man of service, honour and great humour” and the “legend of banter”. “I will miss my Grandpa, but I know he […]
The health of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny is deteriorating and he is beginning to lose sensation in his legs and hands, his lawyer says. Vadim Kobzev said Navalny, who has been sent to a penal colony for two and a half years, had been diagnosed with two spinal hernias. Last week, Navalny started a […]
Greenland ice loss Greenland heads to the polls on Tuesday in snap elections which could have major consequences for international interests in the Arctic. The vast territory, which belongs to Denmark but is autonomous, lies between North America and Europe and has a population of just 56,000. Greenland’s economy relies on fishing and Danish subsidies, […]
Coronavirus pandemic People should get their Covid-19 jab when invited, the PM has said, amid concerns about potential side effects of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. Boris Johnson said getting vaccinated was “the key thing” and the regulator’s advice was to keep giving the jab. It comes after a European Medicines Agency official, speaking in a personal […]
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis urged countries in his Easter message on Sunday to quicken distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, particularly to the world’s poor, and called armed conflict and military spending during a pandemic “scandalous”. Coronavirus has meant this has been the second year in a row that Easter papal services […]
