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Teenage terrorist who plotted Anzac Day attack released from prison
The boy became the youngest Briton ever convicted of terrorism after he encouraged Australian jihadist Sevdet Besim to attack police.
- by Bevan Shields
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Norway finds no direct link between elderly deaths and vaccine
Health authorities in Norway say there's no evidence of a direct link between the recent string of deaths among elderly people inoculated against COVID-19, and the vaccine they received.
- by Lars Erik Taraldsen
Navalny held in pre-trial detention as Moscow tells West to butt out
A Russian judge has remanded Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny in pre-trial detention for 30 days for violating the terms of a suspended jail sentence.
- by Anton Zverev and Andrew Osborn
German states plan to lock up quarantine breakers
Under tough new rules permitted by emergency powers, Germans who repeatedly refuse to quarantine after being exposed to the coronavirus will be locked up in detention centres.
- by Joerg Luyken
Kremlin critic Navalny detained after returning to Russia
Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny has been detained after returning to Russia for the first time since he was poisoned.
- by Polina Ivanova and Andrew Osborn
Sicilian town offers fresh chance to snap up house for €1
The town was overwhelmed with international interest when the first phase of the project was announced.
- by Nick Squires
Changing of the guard: Armin Laschet elected leader of Angela Merkel's party
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s centre-right party has elected Armin Laschet, the pragmatic governor of Germany’s most populous state, as its new leader
- by Geir Moulson
'The buck stops here': Dutch PM, cabinet resign over welfare debt scandal
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte cycled to the King's palace to resign after a report exposed a welfare debt collection scandal: "We all must take responsibility".
- by Mike Corder
'Devastation doesn't begin to describe it': Emirates suspends vital Australian routes after cap cut
The national cabinet's decision to slash international arrival caps has forced Emirates to axe all flights to Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.
- by Bevan Shields
The messy race to replace Germany's 'remarkable' Angela Merkel
After nearly 16 years in office, the most powerful woman in the world is about to bow out of politics.
- by Bevan Shields
France declares national curfew from 6pm to 6am to curb COVID spread
The measure is the toughest anywhere in the European Union's 27 nations.