Tens of thousands of Black Lives Matter protesters flock to anti-racism rallies across the globe after killing of George Floyd sparks wave of unrest People were pictured protesting the death of George Floyd in Munich, Germany, and Seoul, South Korea Flares were set off at a demonstration in Liege, Belgium, where protesters held signs saying … Read more
Witnesses described seeing a blond man staring at Maddie McCann’s holiday flat four days before she was snatched – as e-fits bear striking resemblance to German suspect Photos of Christian Brueckner have matched description of man seen nearby Person was seen at resort in days leading up to girl’s disappearance in Portugal Witnesses told police … Read more
Wreck of ironclad German warship SMS Grosser Kurfurst that sank in the English Channel after being rammed by a friendly vessel in 1878 added to National Heritage List for England SMS Grosser Kurfurst’s armour plating was ripped off and hole gouged in side Stricken ship disappeared beneath the waves in eight minutes, drowning 284 Memorial … Read more
Police are trying to trace the ex-girlfriend of the prime suspect in the Madeleine McCann abduction probe who fled Portugal shortly after he raped a pensioner. The British man whose Algarve property was occupied by the suspect has revealed he was living with a woman who returned to Germany while he stayed on in Praia … Read more
Simply breathing or talking may be the most common ways the coronavirus spreads, a study suggests. Chinese scientists found Covid-19 patients exhale millions of viral particles per hour, even if they have mild or no symptoms. They say it highlights the need for face masks, which Britons are only advised to wear when on public … Read more
The Covid-19 R rate has risen to 1.95 in Berlin prompting authorities to switch one of their ‘corona traffic light’ warning systems to red. The number of active cases in the German capital rose to more than 300 on Tuesday, with another 35 cases recorded as compared with 23 new cases the day before. Berlin’s … Read more
Costa BLOCKED-a! Spanish tourism minister dashes holiday dreams for thousands of Britons after saying UK government must ‘improve’ its Covid record BEFORE they will be allowed in Spain’s tourism minister Maria Reyes Maroto said UK must improve Covid-19 rate The prospect of Brits returning to Spanish beaches in next two weeks dashed German and Nordic … Read more
Revealed: First pictures of two 2,000-tonne boring machines that will dig giant tunnels 260 feet below the ground for the HS2 railway line The 34-feet-long tunnelling machines are currently being assembled in Germany They will be shipped to Britain and commence drilling operations later this year The public can vote on the machine names — … Read more
Revealed: First pictures of two 2,000-tonne boring machines that will dig giant tunnels 260 feet below the ground for the HS2 railway line The 34-feet-long tunnelling machines are currently being assembled in Germany They will be shipped to Britain and commence drilling operations later this year The public can vote on the machine names — … Read more
Valuable stone axes discovered at a 6,000-year old hilltop burial site in Germany suggest Neolithic societies were not as egalitarian as previously thought The two rare weapons were found at a tumulus site west of Frankfurt in the 1880s Experts have linked them to a burial mound recently found at the neolithic site The presence of … Read more
German authorities are warning against singing and several states have banned it from church services over fears it spreads the coronavirus. The ‘increased production of potentially infectious droplets’ involved in singing mean that choirs are facing a longer shutdown even as shops and restaurants re-open, the government says. Lothar Wieler, the head of Germany‘s RKI … Read more
‘Time for preparation, not celebration’: Senior WHO official warns coronavirus is not defeated and Europe must brace for a deadly second wave this winter WHO Europe director Dr Hans Kluge has warned about a second wave in winter Says that countries should preparing for more virulent disease, ‘not celebrating’ Europe has 1,934,081 confirmed coronavirus cases and … Read more
Britain has the worst death toll for Covid-19 in Europe and the second highest in the world — or does it? The latest figures, read out at the Government press briefing on Monday afternoon, show 36,914 Covid deaths in the UK. Only the United States, which has a population five times the size of the … Read more