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Labour Party wants to be most radical socialist government in British history by confiscating 10% of big companies’ shares, move to four-day week, nationalise rail, utility and water companies, and delist firms from stock exchange who fail to take adequate steps to deal with climate change
At least 25 illegal migrants found stowed away on cargo ferry bound for Britain shortly after leaving the Netherlands, vessel quickly returned to Dutch port of Vlaardingen
Boris Johnson refuses to name new EU Commissioner as UK don't make nominations for international appointments during election campaign, Brussels launches legal action against Britain with Ursula von der Leyen saying UK is in breach of its EU treaty obligations
Jeremy Corbyn says ISIS terrorist leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi should have been apprehended and not killed, in 2015 he called killing of Usama bin Laden a tragedy and in 2009 described Hamas and Hezbollah as friends, is called terrorist sympathiser by local vicar during Scotland tour
Jeremy Corbyn warns photographers on election campaign trail "under Socialist you will all cooperate", while in Blackpool announcing latest part of Labour's big-spending campaign platform which Tories says would cost GBP 1.2 trillion
Holland plans change name to the actual name of the country, the Netherlands, the name, together with a new logo will be used to promote trade an tourism, the Netherlands will also be the official name used at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, orange will remain as the national colour
Detailed New York Times report alleges EU's Common agriculture policy (CAP) is warped by corruption and self-dealing, claims farm subsidies are used to prop up oligarchs and political patrons in eastern countries, CAP consumes about 40% of bloc's overall budget
Boris Johnson focus on achieving Brexit immediately while taking no-deal off table, election manifesto promises tax cuts, rejects offer of pact with Nigel Farage's Brexit Party supported by Donald Trump
Parliament backs snap elections on December 12, Jeremy Corbyn caves in after having blocked motion last night, Boris Johnson wins bid for first pre-Christmas polls in a century
Boris Johnson ditches Brexit bill and launches bid tonight for snap elections on December 12 after EU agrees extension to January 31, will else tomorrow introduce bill in accordance to SNP's to hold polls on December 9 which only needs simple majority, while Labour fears voter’s verdict
Boris Johnson challenges Jeremy Corbyn to Monday next week back snap election on December 12, would then give MPs until November 6 to pass Brexit deal followed by parliament being dissolved ahead of polls, EU expected to grant UK extension until January 31 tomorrow
39 dead found in lorry container in Essex traveling from Bulgaria, 24-year-old male driver from Northern Ireland arrested as a murder suspect
MPs support Brexit Bill by 329 votes to 299 but rejects Boris Johnson's efforts to rush laws through Commons in 72 hours, Johnson pauses legislation while Brussels decides its response over possible delay
Boris Johnson threatens to pull Brexit Bill and demand snap election if MPs block efforts to rush laws through Commons in just 72 hours in crunch votes tonight
Speaker John Bercow blocks vote on Brexit deal Monday, sparking fury among Tories branding him "poor man's Cromwell", while Boris Johnson with support of 15 Labour MPs believes he can push package through on Tuesday
Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez refuses phone calls from Catalan leader Quim Torra until he denounces violence, Torra says he will always defend Catalonia's right to self-determination, more than 600 injured since protests started last Monday
Tory MP Oliver Letwin tables Brexit amendment denying approval of deal until after implementation law has been passed, "act of sabotage" would force Boris Johnson to ask for an extension, despite him being within touching distance of getting majority for his deal on Saturday
Boris Johnson starts 36 hours of deal-making to get new Brexit deal through Commons vote without DUP on "Super Saturday", he needs backing of all 287 Tory members of parliaments plus 33 others, Jean-Claude Juncker warns if MPs fail to back deal it would result in an extremely complicated situation
President of Catalonia Quim Torra says he will push for new referendum on independence from Spain within two years, as protests continues into a fourth day after arrest of nine separatist leaders, at least 96 people have been hurt across the region
Britain and EU make headway to work out Brexit deal in time for leaders' summit on Thursday, reports say gaps on agreement has narrowed and the two sides are close to agreeing, any deal must be passed by British parliament
EU agrees to enter intense talks with Britain to secure a Brexit deal, EU negotiator Michel Barnier tells member states UK has accepted its proposed replacement of the backstop cannot involve a customs border between Ireland and Northern Ireland
Boris Johnson and Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar say they see pathway to possible Brexit deal, after meeting in English Cheshire with just three weeks before UK is to leave EU
Boris Johnson says EU made Brexit deal impossible after he and Angela Merkel clash in phone call where she demands Northern Ireland to stay in customs union forever, the bloc accuses PM of a "stupid blame game"
BBC Radio 4 presenter Justin Webb suggest as a white man Rory Stewart shouldn't stand for London mayor against black and Muslim candidates, saying it "is not very 2020"
IT specialist from Martinique who recently converted to Islam stabs four people to death at the police headquarters in Paris, may be related to workplace dispute regarding the man's refusal to work with women, used ceramic knife, shot to death
Boris Johnson presents Brexit proposal scraping Irish backstop, Northern Ireland would leave EU customs union but remain in single market for goods, the Northern Ireland Assembly to give its consent every four years, the PM says this is only alternative to no-deal Brexit, threatening to boycott EU summit if Brussels rejects it
Sebastian Kurz's People's Party (ÖVP) heading for clear victory in Austrian general election, projected to win 37% of the vote, up from 31%, former coalition partners Freedom Party (FPÖ) receives under 17% and Social Democrats 22.5%
Jacques Chirac dies at 86, served as president from 1995 to 2007, was a strong supporter of EU and was blighted by corruption scandals in later years, best remembered for his opposition to the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003
Spain's Supreme Court rules former head of state Francisco Franco's remains to be exhumed from Valle de los Caídos, family's wish for him to lie in the family crypt in the Almudena Cathedral denied, decision hailed by socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez
UK Supreme Court rules suspension of Parliament illegal, saying Boris Johnson gave unlawful advise to Queen with effect of frustrating Parliament, a furious PM again demands an election but Jeremy Corbyn to refuse
Amsterdam museum decides to ditch the term Golden Age to describe golden era of city and country, will instead use the inclusive phrase 17th century
Russia's newest passenger jet Irkut MC-21-300 makes first international flight between Moscow and Istanbul, producer United Aircraft Corporation hopes it will become a potential competitor to Boeing's 737 MAX
Scottish judges rule Boris Johnson suspension of Parliament illegal, setting the stage for a showdown at the Supreme Court in London next week, No10 source swipes Remainers chose Scottish courts for a reason
Several people injured in shooting in southern edge of Dutch city of Dordrecht, local media reports of three fatal victims and that shooting was at a home
Tories open up 14 point poll lead over Labour despite Brexit chaos, Boris Johnson says he will refuse to ask EU for Brexit delay at meeting on October 17
25 dogs die from mystery illness in Norway, a total of 40 dogs has fallen ill with vomiting and diarrhoea, salmonella and rat poison ruled out, cases reported in at least 14 towns
Russia and Ukraine complete long-awaited exchange of prisoners, the 35 released Ukranians were reunited with relatives at Kiev's Boryspil airport and include 24 sailors detained off Crimea last year, Russia has not confirmed names of prisoners released and arranged a low-profile arrival at Moscow's Vnukovo airport
Opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn orders his MPs to abstain, blocking Boris Johnson's call for snap election, after Remainers succeed in pushing legislation through Commons that rules out No Deal Brexit at end of October
Boris Johnson lose vote giving rebel alliance control of Commons business with aim of passing law to stop UK leave EU at end of October, 21 Tory MPs who side with opposition axed from the party, Jeremy Corbyn says he won't back general election until after bill delaying Brexit until January is given effect
Remainer Phillip Lee wipes out Boris Johnson's majority by joining Liberal Democrats, PM vows never to ask EU for an extension and will call for a general election on October 14 if Remainer MPs stop a No Deal Brexit, but needs a two-third majority to force a poll and unclear if a Labour which lives and breathes for an election will back the idea
Dutch government coalition party D66 sketching on proposal to expand euthanasia laws to also include elderly people who feel they have lived a full and complete life, is expected to face heavy resistance from other coalition parties that would rather focus on help to live instead of help to die
Former Justice Minister Ivo Opstelten and Public Prosecution Service discussed prosecution of PVV leader Geert Wilders before decision to prosecute, leaked official documents reveal, Ministry also adjusted press releases from Public Prosecutor to make a better political impression, Wilders demand case against him be dropped while politician from several parties calls for clarifications
One dead and nine injured after two knifemen rampage at metro station in Villeurbanne outside Lyon in eastern France, 33-year-old Afghan migrant arrested, reports of a second attacker being hunted unconfirmed, he is said to have given three reasons why he carried out the attack
Paul McCartney says grandson robbed at knifepoint in west London, says it's scary how much knife crime there is in UK, comes amid crime wave in London with 92 murders this year as politicians and police struggle to deal with what has been labelled Wild West Britain
Woman randomly stabs three-year-old boy in Georgia in front of his perplexed mother and father, tries to go after the boy again and his sister but fails, calmly walks away after scaring off the father who confronts her, the boy survives and the woman is arrested on Friday morning
Japanese couple living in the Netherlands face attempted manslaughter charges for starving six of their seven children, who were regularly denied food and locked up in a shed, parents say children were raised on a healthy diet without sugar and blame each other for their children's condition, six of the kids are being cared for by their grandparents in Japan and the youngest by a foster family in the Netherlands
The Queen approves Boris Johnson's plan to suspend Parliament until October 14, House of Commons will be suspended in week beginning September 9, reduces time available to EU-friendly MPs to pass law forcing Johnson to ask EU to delay Brexit if the UK is on course for a No Deal split
Italy's Democratic Party and Five Star Movement agrees to form coalition government, Giuseppe Conte to stay on as prime minister, next scheduled elections in 2023
Boris Johnson asks the queen to suspend pairlament after the summer break, leaves only 17 days for pairlament to stop a hard Brexit, earlier oponion polls shows a slight majority for the action, the pound drops 0.7% against the dollar
Police in western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia will start providing nationalities of all crime suspects, state's Interior Minister Herbert Reul says the change is part of a transparency push
Ferdinand Piëch dies age 82, an icon of the German auto industry, grandson of Ferdinand Porsche and former CEO of Volkswagen AG
British Airways pilots to go on strike for three days in September, causing five consecutive days of flight cancellations, pilots unhappy with pay increase worth 11.5% over three years offered by airline
Angela Merkel suggests alternative to Irish border backstop can be found within 30 days, speaking at a news conference alongside Boris Johnson in Berlin, she says it is up to UK to offer a workable plan, Johnson says he believe there is ample scope for new deal to be reached
Opinion poll shows 17-point Tory surge following Boris Johnson's election as leader, Conservative Party on 42% and numbers suggest a 192-seat majority at snap election, Labour down to 28% and Liberal Democrats stuck on 15% while Brexit Party is on just 5%
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte offers his resignation, following Matteo Salvini's call for a no-confidence vote and fresh elections, President Sergio Mattarella to reject resignation or accept it and pursue an alternative coalition or call snap elections
French couple caught with 40kg of Sardinian sand in their car could face up to six years in jail, the couple says sand was a souvenir and did not realise they had committed an offence
German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer warns Syrian migrants who return to Syria for holidays might lose their refugee status as they can no longer claim to be persecuted, says deportations will be conducted when conditions allow, some 780,000 Syrians have migrated to Germany since 2011
Ex-Remain Cabinet ministers leak Theresa May government documents predicting fuel, food and medicine shortages and Irish border chaos following a No Deal Brexit, former cabinet ministers Iain Duncan Smith and Owen Paterson say "Operation Yellowhammer" was Project Fear dressed up aimed to sow fear in people's minds
Matteo Salvini reluctantly agrees to let 27 alleged minors leave human smuggling ship Open Arms, after two ministers refuse to sign off orders banning ship from docking in Lampedusa and Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte calling him obsessed, Salvini pointed out to the prime minister it was contrary to his policy
German car rental company Nextmove walks away from EUR 5 million order for 85 Tesla Model 3 cars over quality issues, stating vehicles have paint defects, faulty wiring, scratches on dashboard, faulty wheels and condensation in headlights, Tesla says German customers largely satisfied with vehicles
Gibraltar releases Iranian oil tanker detained last month, despite last-minute plea by US authorities, the UK territory received written assurances from Iran ship would not discharge its cargo in Syria
Discriminatory case where Northern Irish Ashers bakery in 2014 declined to bake Support Gay Marriage cake referred to European Court of Human Rights, cake-buying gay activist Gareth Lee says UK Supreme Court "failed to give appropriate weight" to him under European Convention of Human Rights
Denmark considers strengthening controls at Swedish border after two Swedish citizens are charged with bomb attack aimed at Danish Tax Agency office in Copenhagen, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen says she has spoken to Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven
French authorities clamp down on illegal magnet fishing after Second World War mortar bomb is hauled out of River Erdre, forcing police to clear large area in Nantes, 29-year-old man blinded and severely burned on the face after bringing up a First World War shell containing mustard gas in northern France in May, Sécurité Civile bomb disposal squad chief Eric Lombard says it intervenes 2–3 times each week to dispose of unexploded ordnance brought up by magnet fishers
Children of British ISIS terrorists held in camps in northern Syria will not be allowed to return to UK – too dangerous to send officials and it would provide parents with legal argument to return, according to former home secretary, now Chancellor, Sajid Javid
Germany to ban plastic shopping bags, voluntary agreements with retailers reducing plastic bag usage by 64% deemed not good enough by environment minister Svenja Schulze, no timetable given
Members of German crossbow sex cult in Passau took knock-out drops before they were willingly killed in attempt to be reborn in a higher realm, investigators believe, in May three people were found dead from crossbow wounds in a Bavarian guesthouse and two others dead 400 miles north in Wittengen
20-year-old man suspected of injuring one person in Oslo mosque shooting also charges with murder of woman found dead in his home, mosque shooting stopped by 75-year-old man who overpowered and placed the suspect in a chokehold
Security researcher demonstrated how EU:s GDPR can be used to access personal information by asking companies for the data, 40% of enterprises contacted gave out personal data without demanding strong verification
Two Irish 18-year-old men arrested after trying to pay for their drinks in Magaluf bar with Monopoly money found on the bar floor
League party leader Salvini calls for snap election in Italy, citing differences with coalition partners over plans for rail tunnel through the Alps, Five Star leader Luigi Di Maio says his party is ready, League party well ahead in opinion polls but President Sergio Mattarella believed to be reluctant to dissolve parliament
Five teenage French tourists arrested in Benidorm for gang-rape of 20-year-old Norwegian woman, the woman and her friend provided police with data and photographs of suspects on social networks, the men deny sexual assault
Migration still major issue for most EU citizens, according to European Commission's Eurobarometer, Denmark, Sweden and Finland most consumed with climate change, the distant second most important concern
Estonia stops recognising Russian passports issued in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts after 24 April 2019 unless owner was already a Russian citizen, says expedited granting of citizenships in the area undermines Ukraine's independence, same rule applies to passports issued in Crimea and Sevastopol since 18 March 2014
Major explosion blows off Danish Tax Agency front door and shatters windows in Copenhagen at 10 PM on Tuesday, one person injured, Tax Minister Morten Bødskov says it wasn't a prank and that it's completely unacceptable
Only 512 of German air force's 875 pilots met Nato's target of 180 flight hours during 2018 due to aircraft maintenance issues, on average 39 out of 128 Eurofighter jets and 26 out of 93 Tornado fighters available
Michael Gove, responsible for no-deal planning, says EU seem to be refusing to negotiate with UK over new Brexit deal, comes after EU said UK demands to remove Irish backstop from Theresa May's deal are unacceptable and that there is no basis for meaningful discussions
Breed of super-quiet Russian submarines feared to be threatening UK security by tracking Britain’s fleet or by tapping into under-sea internet cables, according to military sources, the low-noise and highly manoeuvrable boats known as Varshavyanka-class, warning comes as new head of Royal Navy Admiral Tony Radakin says he wants less stifling process to transform the fleet
17-year-old man throws 6-year-old boy from 10th floor at Tate Modern gallery in London, boy is found badly injured on fifth-floor roof, nothing to suggest the suspect knows the victim, perpetrator is arrested on suspicion of attempted murder
Burqa ban comes into effect in the Netherlands on August 1, forbidden to wear face-covering clothes in schools, public buildings and on public transport, several hospitals and transportation companies say they will not enforce the new law, while police say they don't intend to chase buses and trams, however general public can make a citizen's arrest
Electrician Ray Taylor from Wolverhampton wires up his van to give tool thieves 1,000-volt shock accompanied by 120 decibel siren, became disgruntled after GBP 5,000 of gear was stolen over a period of two years, is legal if warning sign is put on vehicle, charges GBP 380 to fit similar systems
Italy's Culture ministry bars construction of McDonald's restaurant next to ancient Baths of Caracalla in Rome, Mayor Virginia Raggi says wonders of Rome must be protected, in 1986 opening of the fast food chain's first restaurant in the city was met with protests, it now has more than 40 outlets in the capital
EU Commission president-elect von der Leyen praises Croatia's ambition to join EMU and advocates an even stronger and more united EU
German prosecutors open murder investigation into Eritrean who pushed mother and her 8-year-old child onto train tracks in Frankfurt and attempted to push another woman, suspect is a married 40-year-old father of three who has lived in Switzerland since 2006, motives unclear
Poland scraps income tax for yearly earnings up to USD 22,500 for citizens below 26 years of age to stop dramatic brain drain, 2 million people expected to qualify for the exemption
Eight-year-old boy killed by InterCity Express train after being pushed from platform by man of African descent at Frankfurt's main station, his mother was also pushed but was able to save herself by rolling into the gap between tracks
#IchbinAntifa trending on German Twitter after Donald Trump's threat to label Antifa a terrorist group, leading leftist politicians including Left party's co-chairman Bernd Riexinger and Green's MP and queer policy spokesperson Sven Lehmann voice support for the group while Hamburg police union branch and right-wing politicians such as Jürgen Braun (AfD) criticize the organisation
Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny rushed to hospital from jail with suspected poisoning, symptoms included facial swelling, itching and a rash, hospital doctor says he is suffering an allergic reaction while Navalny’s doctor says it's a case of poisoning and that hospital isn't telling patient the diagnosis and ignores symptoms
Only 1.5% of rape cases in England and Wales lead to charge or summons, significant fall in prosecutions over recent years at a time when victims report more attacks
French philosopher Michel Onfray labels climate kid Greta Thunberg a Swedish cyborg with an expressionless face and body without flesh, describes followers as flock of sheep, worst being adults who enjoy being humiliated by one of their creatures
Staunchly Protestant former Dutch island of Urk is a hotbed of crime, according to government report, smuggling and widespread acceptance of working illegally and hiding money from the taxman examples of identified problems, town culture described as "it takes one to know one"
Boris Johnson overhauls government on first day as prime minister, replacing 17 of old cabinet, with former Brexit secretary Dominic Raab and Priti Patel returning as foreign secretary and home secretary respectively, Johnson says Brexit doomsters and gloomsters are wrong, UK will meet deadline no ifs, no buts, adding "The buck stops with me"
Two Leipzig daycare centers plans to no longer serve pork or gelatin-containing products from consideration for two Muslim children prompts outrage, leading to plans being put on hold, Saxony branch of CDU describes it as ban on pork and says it is unacceptable while Beatrix von Storch (AfD) calls it cultural subjugation