One of the frontrunners to succeed Angela Merkel as leader of her political party has called for Germany to deport migrants to Syria. Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer said asylum-seekers whose claims are rejected or who commit crimes could be returned to the war-torn country. “Certain regions of Syria could be secure enough in the foreseeable future,” she…
Pokémon Go will celebrate the Kanto region – home to the original Pokémon Red, Blue and Yellow games – in its latest event. Kanto is home to the original generation of 151 Pokémon, which will spawn in much greater numbers within Pokémon Go for a week starting today, from 9pm UK time, until the same…
US network CNN has filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump and his aides after its reporter had his press pass revoked by the administration. Jim Acosta, the broadcaster’s chief White House correspondent, found his entry to the White House barred after a heated exchange with Mr Trump during a press conference last week. The…
The Saudi-backed Yemeni government and the rebel Houthis agreed to a mass prisoner swap on Monday, in a boost to United Nations peace talks which are expected to begin on Wednesday. Between 1,500 and 2,000 members of pro-government forces and between 1,000 and 1,500 rebels would be released after the talks in Stockholm, in the…
A 101-year-old French pensioner has mistaken Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, for the wife of Emmanuel Macron, the French President, in a touching mix-up during First World War commemorations. The Franco-German "couple" may not be firing on all cylinders politically but one old French woman applied the term quite literally to the leaders of the European Union’s two…
Russia reopened the Kerch Strait near Crimea to shipping in the early hours of Monday morning, a day after its coast guard vessels opened fire and seized three Ukrainian navy vessels as they sailed through disputed waters around Crimea, raising fears of a new regional crisis. Nato and the European Union issued demands for restraint after…
The rise of far-Right party Vox in Sunday’s Andalusian election points to increasing volatility in Spanish politics with a general election potentially just around the corner in early 2019. While most polling before Sunday’s vote had suggested that a protest vote of around five per cent might allow the ultra-conservative, anti-immigration Vox to sneak a…
Several senior Republican senators have broken with Donald Trump over the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, declaring that a "smoking saw" in the case pointed to Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman being responsible. Their verdict came after a private briefing on the evidence from Gina Haspel, the CIA director, and increased the prospect of…
"Winnie the Pooh" was banished from central Madrid ahead of a visit by Xi Jinping, the Chinese President, this week, sparing Spain from an embarrassing faux pas. A street performer who makes his daily living by posing for photographs in Sol Square dressed in a furry Pooh costume has told Spanish media that police officers asked…
Friedrich Merz, one of the frontrunners in the race to succeed Angela Merkel as leader of her party, has admitted he earns "around one million euros" a year, days after claiming to be middle class. In an interview published on Sunday, Mr Merz told Bild am Sonntag newspaper he earns around €1 million (£900,000) per annum…