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Planes, trains and perfume: how CCTV tracked Novichok to the Skripal's door
Britain is one of the most heavily surveilled nations on Earth. And then there are the 'super recognisers'. This is how they found their men.
- by Ellen Barry
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Isabel Hudson
France school mobile phone ban takes effect
French children are saying "bonjour" to the new academic year -- and "au revoir" to their mobile phones during school hours.
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Russia
Russian intelligence officers charged over Novichok poisoning in Britain
A fake designer perfume bottle was used to smuggle the poison into Britain, police said.
- by Latika Bourke
France
Scallop Wars: French navy put on alert for more clashes
French naval ships will "step in" if there are further clashes between scallop fishermen in the channel, a French minister has announced.
- by Kate McCann
UK
'Two steps forward one step back' in Labour's anti-Semitism row
Corbyn's Labour party has finally agreed that criticising Israel can be anti-Semitic. But it did so with a caveat.
- by Nick Miller
Brexit
May Day looms as Europe and Tory rebels round on PM's Brexit plan
The EU doesn't like it, many in her own party hate it and time is running out for the British Prime Minister to sell her Brexit plan.
- by Shaun Connolly
Pope Francis
Vatican begins push-back against ex-ambassador over Davis
The Vatican is starting to push back against Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, author of the bombshell accusation of sex abuse cover-up against Pope Francis.
- by Nicole Winfield
Racism
Two German policemen suspended over Nazi salute
Police in Germany's southern state of Bavaria are investigating two officers suspected of performing the illegal Hitler salute.
Crime
Hidey-high where police and dealers play cat and mouse
Christiania Freetown in Copenhagen is a decades-long experiment in tolerance but the rampant drug trade is beginning to stretch the friendship.
- by Ellen Barry
Nationalism
Weekend fizzer shows Germany's far-right has a long march ahead
If the number of people who attended is any gauge, Germany's far-right movement is in the earliest of embryonic stages.
- by Adam Pemble
Food
Battle Royale with Cheese looms to save Marseille McDonald's
Forget past cries of gastronomic imperialism - the French city of Marseille is fighting to keep a McDonald's outlet open.
- by David Chazan