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VW to recall 8.5 mn vehicles in Europe as Italian police raid offices Volkswagen said it will recall a total of 8.5 million diesel vehicles Europe-wide as police raided the carmaker's office in Italy and those of its sports car unit Lamborghini over a global pollution-cheating scandal.

16 October 2015 16:26

Montenegro PM optimistic over bid to join NATO this year Montenegro's premier expressed optimism that the tiny Balkan country would join NATO by the year's end, after the chief of the military alliance visited Podgorica and commended its reforms.

16 October 2015 15:17

Scottish nationalist leader wants new referendum only if enough support The leader of the separatist Scottish National Party played down the chance of a new independence referendum anytime soon as her party gathered to build momentum for vital elections in May.

16 October 2015 11:24

Ban Ki-moon 'reasonably optimistic' on Paris climate talks UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is "reasonably optimistic" about a world climate conference due to open in Paris at the end of next month.

15 October 2015 16:06

'Glimmer of hope' for political solution in Ukraine: Merkel German Chancellor Angela Merkel said there was a "glimmer of hope" that Ukraine could finally head towards a political solution to ending the separatist war in the country's east.

15 October 2015 16:04

Spielberg flick brings Soviet spy story to life The true story of the unassuming Brooklyn insurance lawyer who secured the release of a captured American pilot from the Soviet Union marks Steven Spielberg's latest bid for Oscar glory.

15 October 2015 15:47

Pope issues 'extraordinary' apology over scandals Pope Francis offered a surprise public apology from the Catholic Church for a series of scandals which have shaken the city of Rome and the Vatican, from gay sex to drug use.

15 October 2015 15:20

Meryl Streep to head jury at 2016 Berlin film festival Oscar-winning Hollywood star Meryl Streep will head the jury of next year's Berlin Film Festival.

15 October 2015 14:12

Platini on tenterhooks ahead of UEFA crisis meeting Michel Platini will get a strong indication of the level of support from the organisation he heads when UEFA holds its crisis meeting in Nyon.

15 October 2015 10:59

Catalan separatists in court over independence vote Spanish judges started questioning Catalan officials charged with breaking the law by holding a vote last year on their contested drive for independence from Spain.

14 October 2015 15:38

Coco Chanel would have hated my work says Lagerfeld Chanel's artistic director Karl Lagerfeld reckons founder Coco Chanel would have hated his work as an exhibition dedicated to the luxury fashion brand opened in London.

14 October 2015 15:07

Putin asks IMF to help Ukraine pay off $3 billion debt to Russia President Vladimir Putin called on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to lend an additional $3 billion to Ukraine to help the ex-Soviet country pay off its debt to Russia.

14 October 2015 13:34

Vincenzo Nibali wins Tour of Lombardy after tremendous descent Vincenzo Nibali of Kazakhstan's Astana Pro Team has won the 109th edition of the Tour of Lombardy (Il Lombaria) after an intense climb.

13 October 2015 21:25

Ukraine PM blames MH17 downing on Russian security service Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk blamed Russia's security service for last year's downing of the MH17 airliner over pro-Kremlin separatist territory in the east of the ex-Soviet state.

13 October 2015 18:12

France signs deals worth $10 bn with Saudi: French PM France announced a series of deals worth 10 billion euros ($11.4 billion) with Saudi Arabia, during a visit by Prime Minister Manuel Valls.

13 October 2015 17:56

Italian Senate to vote on own demise in coup for PM Renzi Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi was poised for a historic victory as the Senate votes to relinquish most of its power in a revolutionary move to end decades of political instability.

13 October 2015 15:45

Couples get silent treatment in London's new dating game Candles and languid electro-jazz set the scene for a romantic rendezvous at a north London bar, but the couple sitting face-to-face can use only their eyes to beguile.

13 October 2015 15:35

EU to suspend Belarus sanctions: France European Union nations have agreed to suspend sanctions against Belarus after elections won by authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko passed off without incident.

13 October 2015 13:14

France agrees to extradite Kazakh tycoon to Russia The French government has given the green light for the extradition of Kazakh tycoon and opposition figure Mukhtar Ablyazov to Russia, where he is accused of embezzling billions of dollars.

13 October 2015 11:13

Ukraine's Poroshenko says vote needed in pro-Russia strongholds Ukranian President Petro Poroshenko stressed the need for legitimate elections in the country's separatist regions in order to eventually re-integrate the pro-Moscow strongholds.

12 October 2015 14:58

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