INTERNATIONAL

Tanzanian public broadcaster TBC has suspended nine staff after it aired a hoax story saying that US President Donald Trump had praised President John Magufuli’s performance. The article appeared on a website called Fox Channel. The story, which was broadcast last week, said Mr Trump called Mr Magufuli an “African hero” compared to other leaders who are “doing nothing”. A ...

Voters are going to the polls in the Netherlands in the first of three crucial eurozone elections this year. The race is dominated by Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s centre-right party and that of Geert Wilders, running on an anti-immigration platform. Mr Rutte has said the election is an opportunity for voters to “beat the wrong sort of populism”. Mr Wilders ...

Voters are due to go to the polls across the Netherlands in a closely watched general election. The race, dominated by PM Mark Rutte’s centre-right party and that of anti-immigrant politician Geert Wilders, is seen as a test of nationalist feeling. Mr Rutte has said the election is an opportunity for voters to “beat the wrong sort of populism”. Mr ...

US President Donald Trump paid $38m (£31m) in tax on more than $150m (£123m) income in 2005, a leaked partial tax return shows. Two pages of the tax return were revealed by US TV network MSNBC but they gave no details on income sources or of charitable giving. The White House said publishing the tax return was against the law. ...

Parliament’s backing for the government’s Brexit bill will be a “defining moment for our whole country”, Theresa May has told MPs. The prime minister said her timetable of triggering formal negotiations by the end of March remained on track. And she told the SNP – which has called for a second independence referendum – not to “play politics or create ...

Turkey’s war of words with the Netherlands has worsened after the Turkish president accused the Dutch of contributing to a massacre of Muslim men at Srebrenica, Bosnia, in 1995. Dutch UN peacekeepers failed to protect the men from Bosnian Serb forces, who were prosecuted over the massacre. Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the failure, still a raw nerve in the Netherlands, ...

Turkey has announced a series of measures in retaliation for a Dutch decision to block its ministers from campaigning for a referendum. Deputy PM Numan Kurtulmus said the Dutch ambassador would be barred from returning to Ankara, and high-level political discussions suspended. Turkish attempts to hold rallies in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Netherlands have been blocked. President Recep Tayyip ...

Parliament has passed the Brexit bill, paving the way for the government to trigger Article 50 so the UK can leave the European Union. Peers backed down over the issues of EU residency rights and a meaningful vote on the final Brexit deal after their objections were overturned by MPs. The bill is expected to receive Royal Assent and become ...

Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed she will ask for permission to hold a second referendum on Scottish independence. Ms Sturgeon said she wanted a vote to be held between the autumn of 2018 and the spring of the following year. The Scottish first minister said the move was needed to protect Scottish interests in the wake of the UK voting to ...

The Netherlands has warned its citizens over travel to Turkey as a row between the countries shows no sign of abating. Germany, Austria and the Netherlands blocked Turkish attempts to hold rallies in those countries. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed retaliation, accusing them of “Nazism”. On Monday, the Dutch foreign ministry issued a new travel warning, urging its citizens ...