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Europe
EU migrant crisis: Italy presents overhaul plan at mini-summit
Merkel and Macron losing support at home also fail to win support from 14 fellow European leaders for agreement.
- by James Crisp
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Germany
Apartment building destroyed and 25 injured in explosion in Germany
Roof beams stood black and eerie in the smoke as police scoured accessible parts of the building for anyone who might be trapped.
Immigration
Macron wants asylum centres to hold migrants
The French President is calling for 'closed centres' for migrants so their eligibility for asylum can be assessed quickly.
Brexit
Thousands march demanding second Brexit vote
Pro-European Union organisers claim 100,000 people marched in London demanding Britain hold another vote on the decision to leave.
- by William Booth
Immigration
Italy says Malta not taking in migrant ship is 'inhumane'
Calling the decision "inhumane", comes 10 days after Italy shut its own ports to a migrant vessel.
- by Philip Pullella and Steve Scherer
Sexual assault
Release of 'Wolf Pack' behind Spanish sex assault sparks protests
Five men convicted of sexually assaulting a young woman at the Pamplona bull running festival in 2016 were released on bail on Friday.
- by Isla Binnie
France
Marine Le Pen's niece opens finishing school for far-right leaders
Marion Marechal withdrew from party politics after her aunt's bruising defeat in last year's presidential election.
- by Catherine Lagrange
Same-sex marriage
Czech Republic government moves to allow same-sex marriage
The Czech government has given its backing to a bill that would make the country the first in the old Eastern Europe bloc to allow same-sex marriage.
Immigration
Australia's hard line on asylum seekers echoes around the world
Donald Trump separating children from parents; Europe's "offshore processing" in Africa. Is Australia somehow the inspiration for all this?
- by Nick Miller
Russia
Skripal nerve attack 'taught jihadists power of poison plots'
The poisoning of a retired Russian agent acted as "big neon advertisement" to jihadists for the power of chemical attacks, an al-Qaeda informant said.
- by Ben Farmer
Immigration
Scientific study finds asylum seekers boosting European economies
Asylum seekers raise their adopted nations' economic output, lower unemployment and don't place a burden on public finances, scientists say.
- by Sebastien Malo