The conflict between Russia and Ukraine has escalated further as Russia has announced that it will prosecute the imprisoned Ukrainian seamen. Within the European Union, more and more voices are rising to tighten the sanctions already against the Russians since the Crimea's capture by Moscow. Meanwhile, it remains deafening from the White House where President Trump barely talks about the matter.
Attempts to retrieve the body of the evangelist John Allen Chau murdered by the natives from the remote island of North Sentinel have been halted for the time being. Authorities do not know what they can do to get the body of the American from the island without bloodshed.
A team that wanted to secure the body of the evangelist John Allen Chau (26) murdered by natives, returned to safer soil during a reconnaissance mission.
'A planned provocation of Ukraine, in cooperation with the United States and the European Union.' This is how Russia describes the blown-up conflict between the two countries, whereby Russia prevents the passage of Ukrainian ships to the Sea of Azov.
The three ships of the Ukrainian navy seized by the Russian army were towed to the port of Kerch in Crimea. Witnesses told the Reuters news agency that the ships are not badly damaged on the eye and that people in navy uniforms stopped at the vessels.
The Andaman Islands authorities have begun preparations to remove the body of John Allen Chau from North Sentinel Island. The 26-year-old missionary from the US was killed there last week by members of a tribe that lives isolated from the 'civilization' on the island.
The European Commission calls on the Member States to speed up the completion of the Digital Single Market, the Capital Market Union and the Banking Union.
An American who had been smuggled to a remote Indian island was probably killed there by the indigenous population. The hunter-gatherers on the isolated North Sentinel Island have already attacked visitors before.
The six Greenpeace activists who were stuck on a ship in Spain are free. The environmentalists have been released by the Spanish authorities in the port of Algeciras near Gibraltar. This happened after they were detained for 33 hours on board a ship carrying palm oil to the Netherlands.
A captain has secured six Greenpeace activists on a ship at the Spanish port of Cádiz. The cargo ship of palm oil trader Wilmar transports palm oil products from Indonesia to Rotterdam. The six climbed aboard the ship with Spain.
Like a lover who feels betrayed. For example, many Italians experience the current crisis with Brussels. That quarrel is striking because if one country has always been pro-EU, it is Italy, one of the founders of the Union. But the chilly communication from Brussels that the fairy-tale budget of 'de Laars' can not get under way is hard to come by.
There will be a transition period from 21 months to the end of December 2020, when the United Kingdom leaves the EU on 29 March next year. At that time, an agreement on the future relationship should be concluded between the Union and the UK, but this period may be extended if necessary.
The EU and the United Kingdom have agreed on the conditions for the departure of the British from the EU. The European Commission has released the text of the 585-page agreement in principle, immediately after Prime Minister Theresa May in London announced that her cabinet is supporting the preliminary agreement and a declaration on the future relationship.
If the Brexit deal continues, the British will remain- at least temporarily- part of the European customs union. What does that actually mean? 'Entrepreneurs still have to keep in mind that it can be a problem.'
For months, the British have been able to stumble over their favorite Brexit model, but now they have to show the back of their tongue. After all, the negotiators are out. An agreement of around 500 pages has been concluded in Brussels describing an orderly departure from the United Kingdom from the European Union.
The separatist rebel strongholds in eastern Ukraine have new leaders. It is in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic for Denis Poesjilin, who had already been appointed acting director earlier this year. That happened after the death of his predecessor Aleksandr Zachartsjenko, who was killed by a bomb attack.
The demolition of the remains of the collapsed bridge in Genoa must begin on 15 December. If everything goes according to plan, the western part will be the first to be demolished, according to the mayor of the Italian port city, Marco Bucci, in a TV interview.
The German Minister of the Interior Horst Seehofer wants to end his political career. To the members of his Bavarian conservative party Seehofer announced that he wants to resign as party chairman. He also wants to give up his ministry, reported several German media Sunday.
The British vice-minister Jo Johnson van Transport, like his brother Boris, is giving in to dissatisfaction with the Brexit negotiations. He announced on Friday that he is stepping down because he can not support the agreement that Prime Minister Theresa May wants to conclude with the European Union.
If there is no agreement on the brexit, the European Union wants to set a customs border in the Irish Sea, between Northern Ireland and the rest of the United Kingdom. For example, Northern Ireland can remain part of the internal market and customs union and the land border with EU member Ireland can remain open. The Times reports this on the basis of a letter from the British Prime Minister Theresa May who has seen the newspaper.
Moscow has a square named after former British double-spy Kim Philby. The latter passed to the Soviet Union in 1963 and died in 1988. The mayor of Moscow, Sergei Sobjanin, has, according to the media, by decree ordered the name change of a crossroads in the southwest of the Russian capital, where the headquarters is also from the foreign intelligence service.
A runaway freight train has driven about 92 kilometers without a driver in the Australian Pilbara region. My company BHP Billiton Ltd. The train, which consisted of four locomotives and 268 wagons, eventually deliberately derailed.
Britain and the EU would have reached a secret agreement stating that Britain remains part of the Customs Union after the Brexit. This would keep the border between Northern Ireland and Ireland open and one of the biggest obstacles in the Brexit negotiations would be removed.
The Irish Prime Minister, Leo Varadkar, has warned Saturday that the relations between Ireland and the United Kingdom are likely to 'fall apart' as a result of UK withdrawal from the European Union. In this way, Varadkar is reinvigorating the pressure now that the British-European negotiations on the Irish border seem to continue to stall.
There must be tough action against Iran, which is trying to liquidate dissidents everywhere in Europe. That is the use of an enraged Denmark when the Iranian plot is discussed on Tuesday in the European Union to kill three Arab separatists on Danish territory.
In Poland, the polling stations open Sunday for local and regional elections. The elections are an important indicator of the popularity of the government of the conservative party Justice and Justice (PiS), which regularly conflicts with the European Union.
In the center of London, tens of thousands of people took part in an anti-brexit demonstration on Saturday. The demonstrators want a new referendum about the brexit. According to the British media, the organizers say that as many as 500,000 people took part in the demonstration. Beforehand, they had announced that they expected 100,000 people.
The hassle around the Italian budget brings the country into major problems. Credit rating agency Moody's has lowered the rating for Italy to Baa3. One more step down, and the country has a 'mess status'.
On Friday evening, the Macedonian parliament approved an amendment to the constitution that makes the name change of the Balkan country possible. That will then be when the Republic of Northern Macedonia go through life, as agreed with the Greeks.
The organizers of an anti-brexit demonstration on Saturday in London expect more than 100,000 worried Britons to respond to their call. The 'People's Vote' campaign demands a second referendum on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union. Citizens must also be given the right to vote on the final agreement, if it comes.
