WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who hides in the London embassy of Ecuador, may have a little more contact with the outside world. Assange has not been able to call and use the internet in recent months, but according to WikiLeaks these restrictions are relaxed.
Turkey never becomes a member of the EU. Accession talks with the country are officially truncated as Manfred Weber, the leader of the Christian Democrats in the European Parliament, will become the new President of the European Commission next year.
The journalistic research network Bellingcat says he has discovered the identity of 'Alexander Yevgenyevich Petrov', one of the two suspects in the Skripal case. It was about Aleksandr Yevgenyhich Mishkin, military doctor of the Russian military intelligence service GROe.
The painting Girl with Balloon by the artist Banksy has destroyed herself during an auction of the work at Sotheby's in London. It is clearly a region of the anonymous artist.
The Open Society Foundations (OSF) of philanthropist and billionaire George Soros has moved to Berlin and started working there. According to German media, it will be eighty employees and their families for the time being, but ultimately 150 people will work for the foundation in the German capital.
Japan has threatened the British prime minister May that his companies will no longer use the United Kingdom as an entrance to the European Union as the Brexit increases costs.
The Kremlin no longer wants to respond to 'discussions in the media' about the identity of two suspects in the Skripal case, the former spy who survived a murder attempt in Salisbury. The suspects declared themselves to be businessmen who have nothing to do with the case, but according to Bellingcat research network they actually work for the Russian military intelligence service GROe.
With the decision of the British government to leave the European Union, London has cost around € 560 million per week since then. This is stated in a study published on Sunday by the Center for European Reform. The center assumes, among other things, that the British economy is now 2.5 percent smaller in size than if a majority of voters voted for EU membership in 2016.
A Mexican governor who had two billion euros disappeared from the treasury of the province of Veracruz receives punishment. A fine of, converted, 2,645 euros and nine years in prison.
The British opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn will meet with EU negotiator Michel Barnier on the planned departure of the United Kingdom from the European Union on Thursday, British media reported.
The Icelandic journalist Kristinn Hrafnsson is the new editor-in-chief of the famous whistleblower website WikiLeaks. The founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange who sought refuge in Ecuador's embassy in London, has had virtually no contact with the outside world for six months. WikiLeaks reported that Assange therefore appointed ex-spokesman Hrafnsson as new chief editor.
Auction house Christie's thinks for a pink diamond from the Oppenheimer collection $ 50 million (€ 42 million) to get. The highest price in years at the auction house.
Municipalities have to make a list of the most risky buildings of Minister Kajsa Ollongren (Interior) in connection with the fire in the Grenfell Tower in London. It must also be investigated whether the façades of these buildings comply with the building regulations.
The British opposition party Labor is in favor of a new referendum on the Brexit, including the possibility to vote in favor of EU membership. This has Labor spokesman Keir Starmer who has the brexit in his portfolio, at the party congress in Liverpool said.
The London police arrested a man at Buckingham Palace on Sunday afternoon carrying a power surge weapon, a so-called taser.
Russian diplomats and people from the circles around Julian Assange discussed last year to what extent it would be possible to 'liberate' the WikiLeaks founder from the embassy of Ecuador in London. The plan was canceled at the last minute because it would be too risky.
A 24-year model was sentenced to life imprisonment after he stabbed his colleague. The victim was not only a rival on the catwalk, but also turned out to be a major competitor in the field of women.
Boris and Lilly Becker were Wednesday at the London court in connection with the right of care for their son. Their son also had to appear before the judge on Wednesday, after which the district court ruled.
Ten thousand British pounds of reward praised animal activists. For three years, Scotland Yard inspectors inspected all blood traces. Now the likely 'killer' of hundreds of house cats is finally known: the fox.
The EU should focus on strengthening the external borders of the union and cooperation with countries outside the EU in order to keep the migration within bounds. That said EU President Donald Tusk after an EU summit in Salzburg. 'The migration debate shows that we do not agree on everything but on the goal: to curb illegal immigration. We have decided to focus on what unites us and has already produced results. '
An allergic reaction to a piece of cheese is a 13-year-old boy from London fatal. His classmate stopped the yellow food in the victim's T-shirt.
Five people were injured when a car driver at a Muslim center in north-west London drove pedestrians with his car. The driver and three other passengers would have issued anti-Islamic cries after they had previously had a fight with a number of bystanders.
EU President Donald Tusk wants a special brexit summit in Brussels in November. He writes this to the EU leaders who are meeting this week in Salzburg, Austria. Tusk warns of a 'disaster' if the United Kingdom leaves the EU next year without agreements about the divorce and the future relationship.
The European Union must do everything in its power to prevent the United Kingdom from leaving the union without agreement on the new relationship. This is what stressed Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz on his visit to Paris with President Emmanuel Macron on Monday. Austria is currently EU President.
London mayor Sadiq Khan has called for a new referendum on British membership of the European Union. In the Sunday newspaper The Observer Khan criticizes the government's negotiations and says that the way of life, the economy and the jobs are too much at risk, without the voters being allowed to speak about it.
Thousands of lovers of comic books, science fiction and fantasy have come to the first African edition of Comic Con. The three-day event in Johannesburg is completely sold out, the organization reports. Visitors come from countries such as Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Nigeria.
The Kremlin would seriously consider a British request to allow the two men suspected of the poison-murder attempt at Salisbury. So far, however, London has not reported.
A woman has to justify herself in court after she faked a pregnancy and accused her ex of rape. The ex-girlfriend bought a silicone belly through Amazon to reinforce her story.
Koh Tao, one of the most popular islands in Thailand, is for many a paradise on earth. But the island is startled by an increasing number of mysterious murders, rapes and disappearances.
The heavily pregnant Brydie Lee-Kennedy was in a very uncomfortable situation last week when a man on the bus refused to move his bag so that she could sit there. The woman then decided to sit on top of the bag and the man's hand.
