Bangladesh has declared two days of national mourning for those killed when Islamic militants stormed a cafe in the capital, Dhaka. Twenty hostages, most of them foreign, were killed in the attack. Two police officers also died and 30 were injured. Bangladeshi commandos rescued 13 people after a 12-hour siege, killing six gunmen and arresting another. Nine Italians, seven Japanese, ...
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Thousands at ‘March for Europe’ Brexit protest
Thousands of people are marching through London to protest against the referendum decision to leave the EU. Demonstrators at the “March for Europe” rally, which was organised on social media, are holding placards saying “Bremain” and “We Love EU”. More than 46.5 million people voted in the referendum on 23 June, which resulted in the UK voting by 51.9% to ...
Read More »Australia votes in federal election
Australians have begun voting in the country’s federal election, where the conservative coalition government is widely expected to hold power. The prime minister and opposition leader delivered their final pitches to voters on Friday after a marathon eight-week campaign. The UK’s decision to leave the EU appears to have benefitted Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. But Labor Party leader Bill Shorten ...
Read More »Holey Artisan Bakery: Bangladesh forces rescue hostages in Dhaka cafe
Bangladeshi troops have cleared a cafe in the capital Dhaka where gunmen took at least 20 hostages, including foreigners. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said 13 hostages were freed and six attackers shot dead. One of the gunmen was arrested, she said. Some of those who were held at the Holey Artisan Bakery cafe were believed to be Italian and Japanese. ...
Read More »Austria presidential poll result overturned
Austria’s highest court has annulled the result of the presidential election narrowly lost by the candidate of the far-right Freedom Party. The party had challenged the result, saying that postal votes had been illegally and improperly handled. The Freedom Party candidate, Norbert Hofer, lost the election to the former leader of the Greens, Alexander Van der Bellen, by just 30,863 ...
Read More »More support for May’s Tory leader bid
Michael Fallon and Patrick McLoughlin now say they back the home secretary. She has received pledges of support from many more MPs than the other four candidates, with at least three more cabinet members among her backers. Meanwhile, fellow contender Michael Gove is to make the first speech of his campaign to become Tory leader, after announcing his candidacy on ...
Read More »Taliban attack on Afghanistan police cadets near Kabul kills dozens
Taliban bombers have attacked an Afghan police convoy outside the capital Kabul, killing at least 30 people and wounding 50 others, officials say. Two bombs hit a convoy of buses carrying graduates from a ceremony on the city’s western outskirts. Paghman District Governor Musa Khan told the BBC that all but two of the dead were police cadets. The bombing ...
Read More »Michael Gove and Theresa May head five-way Conservative race
Justice Secretary Michael Gove and Home Secretary Theresa May lead a five-way race to be the next Conservative Party leader and UK prime minister. Mr Gove was a surprise addition to the race, having been expected to back Boris Johnson, who shocked the political world by ruling himself out. Minister Andrea Leadsom, MP Liam Fox and Work and Pensions Secretary ...
Read More »Obama warns on growth after Brexit vote
US President Barack Obama has said the UK vote to leave the EU raises “longer-term concerns about global growth”. He said Brexit would “freeze the possibilities of investment in Great Britain or in Europe as a whole”. He appealed to the UK prime minister and other EU leaders to ensure an orderly process for the British exit. Earlier EU leaders ...
Read More »Istanbul Ataturk airport attack: Deaths rise to 41, with 239 hurt
The death toll in a gun and suicide bomb attack on Istanbul’s Ataturk airport has risen to 41, 13 of them foreign nationals, with 239 injured, the Turkish city’s governor says. Three attackers arrived in a taxi and began firing at the terminal entrance late on Tuesday. They blew themselves up after police fired back. PM Binali Yildirim said early ...
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