Media playback is unsupported on your device Jeffrey Epstein’s death in a New York prison cell this month has seen attention turn to some of the US financier’s high-profile connections, including Prince Andrew. The relationship between the 59-year-old member of the Royal Family and Epstein, who killed himself while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges,

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s rail operator shut down four stations ahead of a planned protest on Saturday as the Chinese-ruled city braced for further unrest and as China released an employee of the British consulate in Hong Kong whose detention had fueled tension. Anti-extradition bill protesters hold hands to form a human chain

Boris Johnson has spoken to US President Donald Trump ahead of meeting him for the first time since becoming prime minister on Sunday. The leaders, who will meet at the G7 summit in France, discussed “foreign policy issues and global trade”. No 10 said they “looked forward to speaking further” at the summit. Mr Trump

FILE PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a joint news conference with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto in the Presidental Palace in Helsinki, Finland, August 21, 2019. Markku Ulander/Lehtikuva/via REUTERS MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday told the Defence Ministry and other government agencies to analyze the threat posed by a new U.S.

A serial killer who preyed on gay men along the US east coast has been executed in Florida. Gary Ray Bowles was executed by lethal injection after the Supreme Court rejected a last-ditch appeal. Bowles admitted to killing six men in 1994 from Florida to Maryland but was only convicted of three deaths. Sometimes dubbed

GAROWE, Somalia (Reuters) – The president of Jubbaland, a Somali region critical to East Africa’s fight against the Islamist militants of al Shabaab, won a new term on Thursday, highlighting a growing rift between the federal government and its semi-autonomous states. Ahmed Mohamed Madobe, the president of the breakaway Jubbaland region, addresses lawmakers after winning

Migration experts say the UK cannot end freedom of movement from the EU on Brexit day because it has no system to work out who is legally in the country. The Home Office said on 19 August that EU freedom of movement would end immediately in a no-deal Brexit. But Oxford University’s Migration Observatory said

Residents hold US and North Korean flags while they wait for motorcade of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un en route to the Metropole Hotel for the second US- North Korea summit in Hanoi, Vietnam February 28, 2019. REUTERS/Kham SEOUL (Reuters) – The United States and North Korea are expected to reopen denuclearization talks soon

Eddie Nketiah scored on his Championship debut to earn Leeds United a late but deserved win at home to Brentford. The 20-year-old, on loan from Arsenal, tapped in from Helder Costa’s square ball within four minutes of coming on as a substitute. The hosts had the better of the game and victory gave them 10

LAMPEDUSA (Reuters) – Nearly one hundred migrants who had been stranded on the Open Arms rescue ship off the coast of Lampedusa disembarked on the Italian island on Tuesday night, ending a prolonged stand-off between the Spanish charity operating the boat and the government in Rome. The migrants, mainly from Africa, were removed from the

The Sun believes the EU’s immediate rejection of Boris Johnson’s alternative border arrangements for Northern Ireland was as inevitable as it was depressing. The Guardian thinks the co-ordinated response appears to close the door on meaningful Brexit negotiations re-starting. The Financial Times reports that the stand-off fuelled expectations Britain would exit the EU on the

LAMPEDUSA (Reuters) – An Italian prosecutor ordered on Tuesday the seizure of the Open Arms migrant ship and the evacuation of the migrants on board, ending a prolonged stand-off between the Spanish charity and the government in Rome. The ship is expected to dock at the commercial pier of Lampedusa’s harbor at 22.30 CET. Migrants

An animal charity is hoping a one-eyed French bulldog’s “odd looks” and toilet troubles will not put off prospective new owners. Eight-year-old Ugly Betty arrived at an RSPCA branch in Essex last month. The dog, which staff said has a habit of collecting socks and flipflops, has a number of medical issues including the need

HONG KONG (Reuters) – After spending time with his 84-year-old mother in a senior care home in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, David Lee walked up to the supervisor and asked to reserve a place there for his own retirement. A view of a bedroom in Yee Hong Heights, a senior care home managed

A man has been charged with murdering 28-year-old PC Andrew Harper, who was killed while investigating a burglary. The Thames Valley Police officer died on Thursday in Berkshire, after being dragged along the road by a vehicle. PC Harper’s wife Lissie, who he married four weeks ago, paid tribute to the “kindest, loveliest, most selfless

GDANSK, Poland (Reuters) – A monument to a battle fought in the opening days of World War Two has become a new frontline in the fight between Poland’s ruling nationalists and the liberal opposition in the countdown to a parliamentary election on Oct. 13. The granite column that towers over the Baltic port of Gdansk

Police in the US state of Ohio have arrested a man they believe threatened to carry out a shooting at a Jewish community centre. James Reardon, 20, posted a video online of a man firing a gun with a caption identifying the centre in Youngstown, north of Pittsburgh. A search of his home revealed several

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Greenland is not for sale and the idea of selling it to the United States is absurd, Denmark’s prime minister said on Sunday after an economic adviser to President Donald Trump confirmed the U.S. interest in buying the world’s largest island. FILE PHOTO: Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen speaks during a news

Rescue teams have resumed the search for a six-year-old boy who fell into a river in Kent while fishing. Lucas Dobson disappeared in the River Stour in Sandwich, close to Richborough Road, at about 13:30 BST on Saturday. An initial search was called off at 22:00 due to poor light. Rescuers, including specialist police divers,

KABUL (Reuters) – A bomb exploded at a wedding reception in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday night, wounding at least 20 people, officials and emergency services said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast, which went off in the men’s reception area of a west Kabul wedding hall. A Kabul emergency