INTERNATIONAL

The Austrian chancellor has said his country and Germany have agreed to let migrants cross their borders from Hungary. Werner Faymann’s announcement came after Hungary began bussing migrants to the Austrian border. They include hundreds who defied attempts to register them in Budapest and began walking to the border. European Union states are struggling to agree on how to deal ...

Hundreds of migrants stuck at a Budapest railway station for days have set off on foot, saying they intend to walk to Austria. Hungarian authorities are trying to contain thousands of people desperate to reach western Europe. Meanwhile European Union states are struggling to agree a common strategy to deal with the crisis. The head of the UN refugee agency ...

A tense stand-off between police and migrants on a train in Hungary is continuing into a second day. On Thursday, police let the migrants board the train in Budapest but then tried to force them off at a refugee camp to the west of the capital. Hungarian MPs face a key vote later on whether to tighten border controls as ...

David Cameron is expected to announce plans later to increase the number of refugees being allowed into the UK. The extra refugees are expected to come from UN camps bordering Syria, and not from among people already in Europe. No specific figure has been agreed, but Mr Cameron has previously said the UK would continue to take in “thousands”. The ...

Scuffles have broken out west of the Hungarian capital, Budapest, after police tried to force migrants off a train at a refugee camp. Amid chaotic scenes, police ordered journalists from the scene at Bicske, declaring it an “operation zone”. The train had left Budapest hours after police let migrants into the railway station following a two-day stand-off. Meanwhile, there have ...

Hungary’s leader is due in Brussels for talks on the migrant crisis, with thousands still stranded at a Budapest railway station. Since Tuesday, migrants have been prevented from boarding trains there amid disagreement over EU policy. Many in Budapest have tickets and want to travel north, but Hungary, led by anti-immigrant Prime Minister Viktor Orban, says it is enforcing EU ...

China has held a lavish parade in Beijing to mark the defeat of Japan in World War Two, showcasing its military might on an unprecedented scale. President Xi Jinping in his opening speech paid tribute to “the Chinese people who unwaveringly fought hard and defeated aggression” from Japan. He also said the People’s Liberation Army would be reduced by 300,000 ...

Hundreds of migrants have protested for a second day at Hungary’s decision to prevent them from travelling on towards Germany and other EU countries. They are among 2,000 people camped at Budapest’s Keleti train station, having bought tickets for onward journeys. Meanwhile, more than 4,000 migrants arrived in mainland Greece from the island of Lesbos overnight. The EU is struggling ...

Asian markets continued to fall on Wednesday, with Shanghai opening down more than 4% amid continuing worries about China’s growth. On Tuesday, data suggesting China’s manufacturing sector was shrinking at its fastest pace in three years ignited a global market sell-off, resulting in US stocks closing down nearly 3%. The Shanghai Composite recovered some ground to trade down 3.6% to ...

Thousands of migrants are arriving in mainland Greece as the government prepares for talks on tackling the huge number of people reaching its shores. Two ships carrying more than 4,200 people travelled to Piraeus port at night after leaving Lesbos island. The whole EU is struggling to deal with an unprecedented influx of migrants. Hundreds of people, mostly from the ...