INTERNATIONAL

French religious leaders have called for more security at places of worship following the murder of an elderly priest in Normandy on Tuesday. Representatives of Christian, Muslim, Jewish and Buddhist faiths spoke after meeting President Hollande. Father Jacques Hamel was killed while conducting morning mass in his church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, a suburb of Rouen. The killing came 12 days after ...

Former US President Bill Clinton has set out the case why his wife and “best friend” Hillary should lead the nation. He told the Democratic convention in Philadelphia that she was the “best darn change-maker I’ve ever known”. In a very personal speech, he spoke warmly about how they met and her dedication to public service. Hours earlier, his wife ...

An 84-year-old priest was killed and four other people taken hostage by two armed men who stormed his church in a suburb of Rouen in northern France. The two attackers, who said they were from the so-called Islamic State (IS), slit Fr Jacques Hamel’s throat during a morning Mass, officials say. Police later surrounded the church, in St-Etienne-du-Rouvray, and shot ...

Nineteen residents have been killed in a knife attack at a care centre for people with mental disabilities in the Japanese city of Sagamihara. Such attacks are extremely rare in Japan – the incident is the worst mass killing in decades. Police have arrested a local man, said to be a former employee of the centre, who went to a ...

A video showing the Syrian man who blew himself up in Ansbach, Germany, on Sunday pledging allegiance to the leader of so-called Islamic State has been found on his phone, says Bavaria’s interior minister. Joachim Hermann says two phones, multiple SIM cards and a laptop were found with the body of the 27-year-old asylum seeker or at his accommodation. The ...

Two people have been killed and up to 16 injured in a shooting at a nightclub in the city of Fort Myers in Florida, police say. The attack happened at around 00:30 (04:30 GMT) on Monday at Club Blu, which was reportedly hosting a party for teenagers. Three people have been arrested. The victims of the attack were between 12 ...

A failed Syrian asylum seeker has blown himself up and injured 12 other people with a backpack bomb near a festival in the south German town of Ansbach. The state of Bavaria’s interior minister said the 27-year-old man had detonated the device after being refused entry to the music festival. About 2,500 people were evacuated from the venue after the ...

Afghanistan is observing a day of national mourning after suicide bombers killed 80 people and wounded 230 in an attack on marchers in Kabul. So-called Islamic State (IS), the Sunni Muslim militant group, has said it was behind Saturday’s attack on members of the Shia Muslim Hazara minority. In a televised address, President Ashraf Ghani vowed to take revenge against ...

Turkey’s elite presidential guard is to be disbanded after nearly 300 of its members were detained following last week’s failed coup. Prime Minister Binali Yildirim told a TV channel that there was “no need” for the regiment. Earlier, Turkey detained a nephew of US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen who, it says, was behind the uprising. He strongly denies the claim. A ...

David Cameron made a late appeal to Germany’s Angela Merkel for limits on free movement of people if the UK voted Remain, BBC Newsnight has learned. The then-prime minister called the German leader days before the EU referendum, as opinion polls seemed to show voters moving to the Leave camp. But he later abandoned the idea of getting her and ...