The sale of Royal Mail’s parent company to a Czech billionaire has been cleared by the government. The £3.6bn takeover by Daniel Kretinsky’s EP Group has been given the go-ahead…
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Georgia: Twelve dead from carbon monoxide poisoning at ski resort
Twelve people have died from carbon monoxide poisoning at a ski resort in Georgia, police have said. The bodies of 11 foreigners and one Georgian national were found in a…
UK: Airport strike action threatens Christmas flights
Christmas flights from Leeds-Bradford Airport could be under threat after Swissport employees announced plans to strike over pay. Nearly 50 Unite union members, employed as ramp agents at the airport,…
UK: Woman killed and two injured in London shooting
A woman has been killed and two men have been injured in a shooting in north-west London. The Metropolitan Police said officers were called to reports of a shooting at…
Germany: Body found in plane wreckage recovered from the North Sea
A body found in the wreckage of a light aircraft recovered from the North Sea could be that of a German pilot who disappeared over a year ago.The Cessna 172…
UK: Greenpeace and Shell settle over North Sea protest
The environmental group Greenpeace has reached an out-of-court settlement with Shell after protesters twice boarded one of its North Sea installations. The charity has agreed to pay £300,000 to the…
France: Five dead after shootings in northern part of the country
Five people have died in shootings in northern France, including near a migrant camp, and a 22-year-old man has turned himself in to police, according to French media. Four people…
Ukraine: Authorities demands Fifa apology over Crimea map
A map shown during the draw for the 2026 Fifa World Cup has been criticised by Ukraine as an “unacceptable error” after it appeared to exclude Crimea as part of…
Greece: One dead, dozens missing after two boats sink south of Gavdos
Greek authorities have recovered the body of a man and rescued 39 migrants from the sea after their boat capsized off the southern island of Gavdos in the Mediterranean, the coastguard…
France: New PM Francois Bayrou says he knows ‘difficulty’ of France’s situation
France, new Prime Minister Francois Bayrou says he is well aware of the scale of France’s financial and political problems, comparing the country’s budget deficit to the Himalayan mountain range.…