What was significant about the Brady amendment passed two weeks ago is that it managed to unite the Conservative party behind a Brexit proposition. Only eight Tories voted against. But managing to come up with a Brexit stance acceptable to remainers...
A stunningly preserved fresco depicting the mythological hunter Narcissus enraptured by his own reflection in a pool of water has been discovered by archaeologists working in a richly decorated house in ancient Pompeii. The figure of Narcissus, who...
The chief defendant in the trial of Catalan independence leaders declared himself a political prisoner as he took the stand on Thursday in the Madrid court where he and 11 others face charges over the 2017 bid to break away from Spain. Oriol Junquer...
It is a furious battle over three small letters that Austria’s most famous musical family would surely approve of. A Swiss vet is taking the Austrian state to task over its ban of the use of the aristocratic prefix “von” (meaning “of”), which was ou...
Ryanair has said air traffic control strikes and staff shortages will cause record levels of disruption to holiday flights this summer. Strikes have already forced the airline to cancel several hundred flights this year in its quieter winter schedul...
Sweden is investigating its ambassador to China after she was accused of orchestrating a bizarre series of meetings between the daughter of a Swedish bookseller jailed in China and businessmen who said they could help secure his release. The story i...
It might be the first waste incinerator the neighbours actually want next door. The shop at the foot of the Amager Bakke waste-to-energy project in Copenhagen is packed with families desperate to be among the first to try its unique selling point: t...
During Amsterdam’s chaotic rush hour, nine-year-old Lotta Crok cycles to a very busy junction. “Look,” she says. “There’s traffic coming from everywhere. Four trams from four different directions. For a child on a bike that’s really confusing!” Lott...
10.16am EST10:16 Corbyn has finished. Ken Clarke, the Tory pro-European and former chancellor, goes next. He always gets called in this slot as father of the House (the longest serving MPs). Facebook Twitter 10.14am EST10:14 Corbyn says Labou...
Facebook and its new head of global affairs, Nick Clegg, stand accused by Brussels of taking a “patchy, opaque, and self-selecting” approach to tackling disinformation. The description was said to apply to a number of internet companies by the EU co...
Sicilian authorities have made a series of arrests after a suspected sex trafficking ring was believed to have forced at least 15 Nigerian girls into prostitution in Italy. Among those arrested were two Nigerian women, Rita Ihama, 38, and Monica Ona...
Main image: Rightwing populist parties are now attracting women. Composite: The Guardian Design Team It was a chastening lesson for any woman tempted to join the cut and thrust of rightwing populism. After Corinna Miazga was elected to the German pa...
A Guardian film-maker and his father, who left communist Hungary for Britain in the 70s and now supports the nationalist prime minister, Viktor Orbán, take a road trip through the country in the hope of understanding each other and overcoming their...
Only half of the 100 ‘mushers’ who braved one of Europe’s toughest sled dog races, the Czech long trail, finished the competition, which was hit by severe weather Main image: A competitor rides his dog sled during the Šediváčkuv long race. Photogr...
We’re making initial decisions on issues such as medicine, medical devices and clinical consumables stockpiling, emergency transportation, support for supply chains, diversion of local produce and a host of other issues. All of this activity has bec...