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French MPs launch debate of controversial pensions overhaul 17 Feb 2020 - 05:46 pm
French lawyers attend a demonstration to protest against pension reforms in Paris, France, September 16, 2019. Reuters / Charles Platiau
UK issues severe flood warnings; storm injures 9 in Germany 17 Feb 2020 - 04:25 pm
People look at flood water in Market Street in Tenbury Wells, after the River Teme burst its banks in western England, on February 16, 2020. AFP / Oli SCARFF
German far right arrests reveal 'shocking' mosque attack plot 17 Feb 2020 - 03:42 pm
Picture shows police officers bringing a man believed to be one of the twelve men arrested a day earlier in a nationwide probe into an extreme-right at the Federal Supreme Court (Bundesgerichtshof) in Karlsruhe, southern Germany on February 15, 2020. Germ
Storm Dennis wreaks havoc across UK, parts of France 17 Feb 2020 - 11:47 am
Flood water surrounds abandoned cars left in a flooded street in Tenbury Wells, after the River Teme burst its banks in western England, on February 16, 2020, after Storm Dennis caused flooding across large swathes of Britain. AFP / Oli SCARFF
Quarantine ends for Germans; Italy to fly citizens from ship 16 Feb 2020 - 05:15 pm
A van of Germany's Red Cross leaves the
Red flood warning issued for Wales as storm rips across UK 16 Feb 2020 - 05:03 pm
Members of the emergency services evacuate residents and their dogs from flooded houses by rescue boat after the River Taff burst its banks in Nantgarw, south of Ponypridd in south Wales on February 16, 2020, after Storm Dennis caused flooding across larg
Merkel succession contender calls her out over slow EU revamp 16 Feb 2020 - 01:39 pm
State Premier of Germany's North-Rhine Westphalia Armin Laschet listens during a panel discussion at the annual Munich Security Conference in Germany February 16, 2020. REUTERS/Andreas Gebert
UK faces another fierce storm; 2 found dead in rough seas 16 Feb 2020 - 10:28 am
People stand on the beach as strong waves break against a jetty on the Belgian coast in Ostend on February 10, 2020, after storm Ciara swept over the country.  / AFP / BELGA / KURT DESPLENTER
Skeptical Macron sees progress on EU enlargement talks 15 Feb 2020 - 02:30 pm
France's President Emmanuel Macron addresses the audience on the podium during the 56th Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich, southern Germany, on February 15, 2020.  AFP / Christof STACHE
France confirms first coronavirus death outside Asia 15 Feb 2020 - 02:13 pm
FILE PHOTO: A medical worker calls his colleague inside an isolated ward at Jinyintan Hospital in Wuhan, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus outbreak, in Hubei province, China February 13, 2020.
Meet Rishi Sunak, Britain's fast-track finance minister 13 Feb 2020 - 04:24 pm
Britain's newly appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak arrives at the Treasury in central London on February 13, 2020 after recieving his new appointment. Britain's prime minister revamped his top team on February 13 in his first cabinet reshuf
UK finance minister Sajid Javid has resigned - Sun political editor 13 Feb 2020 - 01:49 pm
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UK PM sacks N. Ireland minister in cabinet reshuffle 13 Feb 2020 - 01:27 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives at Downing Street in London, Britain February 13, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville
Britain faces tough diplomatic test in leading global climate action 12 Feb 2020 - 09:17 pm
Boris Johnson and David Attenborough attend an event to launch the United Nations Climate Change conference, COP26, in central London on February 4, 2020. AFP / Jeremy Selwyn
Europe, United States criticise Georgia over opposition leader's jailing 12 Feb 2020 - 07:22 pm
Gigi Ugulava marches with supporters of the opposition United National Movement along a street in Tbilisi on December 28, 2013, shortly after being suspended as mayor of the Georgian capital. Reuters/David Mdzinarishvili
Putin squeezes Belarus strongman in bid to skirt term limits 12 Feb 2020 - 07:22 pm
Alexander Lukashenko. (AFP / Hoang Dinh Nam)
Coronavirus pushes top mobile event to brink of cancellation 12 Feb 2020 - 06:09 pm
Workers install a banner with hygiene recommendations outside the Mobile World Congress MWC venue on February 12, 2020 at the Fira Barcelona Montjuic centre in Barcelona.  AFP / LLUIS GENE
Letter bombs explode in ABN Amro, Ricoh offices in Netherlands 12 Feb 2020 - 04:07 pm
FILE PHOTO: ABN AMRO logo is seen at the headquarters in Amsterdam, Netherlands May 14, 2019. Reuters/Piroschka van de Wouw/File Photo