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Tens of thousands of people marched through the Belarusian capital Minsk on Sunday, calling for the resignation of president Alexander Lukashenko in the sixth straight weekend of protests. It comes as hackers leaked the personal details of more than 2,000 senior police officers in two batches, pledging that “no one will remain anonymous, even under

Three people have been killed in Greece after a rare “medicane” storm flooded areas in the centre of the country. A man’s body was found under a collapsed roof near Karditsa, said the Athens News Agency, a day after Storm Ianos flooded houses and swamped fields and roads. On Saturday, an elderly woman was also

Police in Belarus have cracked down on a women’s protest march in Minsk demanding the resignation of the country’s president Alexander Lukashenko. More than 200 women demonstrating on the streets of the country’s capital were arrested on Saturday, including an elderly woman who has become a symbol of the protests which have continued for the

Putin critic Alexei Navalny has been pictured walking down stairs in hospital as he continues to recover after being poisoned with novichok. He said in a post on Instagram that he still has difficulties climbing stairs because his legs tremble but his path to recovery is now “clear, although long”. Mr Navalny is being treated

Several countries across Europe have announced new coronavirus restrictions in some of their largest cities after recent surges in infections.  Spain, Greece, Denmark and France imposed further measures in virus hotspots, while health authorities in Italy have warned the average age of coronavirus patients is creeping up – risking more hospital admissions and deaths. Infections

Yemen is in a “desperate situation” as it stands on the brink of famine and hundreds of thousands of people face starvation, the UN secretary general has warned. António Guterres told Sky News he was “extremely worried” by the situation in the war-torn country, and urged nation’s across the world to show international solidarity with

Alexei Navalny was poisoned via a water bottle in his Siberian hotel room, according to the Kremlin critic’s entourage. The claim was made via an Instagram post on the politician’s account on Thursday morning. The politician’s team say they found traces of the novichok nerve agent on a bottle in his room in Tomsk. Image:

US presidential candidate Joe Biden has weighed into the controversy over the UK’s new Brexit bill, warning of its implications for a future UK-US trade deal. The Democrat challenger added to concerns among senior US politicians that changes associated with the Internal Market Bill will undermine the Good Friday Agreement. Mr Biden tweeted: “We can’t

Warning: This report contains distressing images of seriously malnourished children. If there is a hell, it could well be in a small hospital in north Yemen. There is misery and desperation in every corner you look. They thought in Yemen, it couldn’t get any worse after six years of civil war. They were wrong. A

Barbados has announced its intention to remove the Queen as its head of state and become a republic next year. The Caribbean island said it wants “full sovereignty” by the time it celebrates its 55th anniversary of independence from the UK in November 2021. A speech written by Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley quoted its

Ireland’s entire cabinet has to self-isolate and the country’s parliament is closing for a week after the health minister felt unwell and was tested for coronavirus, it has been reported. Stephen Donnelly began to feel unwell this afternoon and contacted his doctor for a coronavirus test, according to broadcaster RTE. The speaker of house told

At the White House today, Donald Trump is trying to get as close as he can to emulating a moment that happened 27 years this week. On 13 September 1993 President Bill Clinton brought together two foes. On the White House lawn, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat, the chairman of the Palestinian

Belarus’ embattled president Alexander Lukashenko has landed in Russia for face-to-face talks with Vladimir Putin. The meeting is the first between the two leaders since protests broke out in the Eastern European country over the controversial re-election of Mr Lukashenko for a sixth term last month. Mr Putin has publicly supported the 66-year-old – dubbed

Two independent laboratories have confirmed German findings that Alexei Navalny was poisoned with novichok. Special labs in Sweden and France found the Soviet nerve agent was used to poison the Russian opposition leader, a spokesperson for the German government said. Mr Navalny, an outspoken critic of Vladimir Putin, is being treated at a Berlin hospital

Israel has become the first country in the world to announce a second national coronavirus lockdown.  Responding to a soaring infection and death rate, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed the decision in a late night TV news conference. The lockdown will last for three weeks and will come into effect at 2pm on Friday –

France confirmed 10,561 new coronavirus cases on Saturday – the highest daily number since the pandemic began. This is the first time that COVID-19 infections have topped 10,000 in a single day. A previous record of 9,843 new infections was reported on Thursday. France has been grappling with a resurgence in coronavirus cases, and on