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Russia votes in local polls as opposition claims mass fraud As Russians voted in local elections set to confirm the ruling party's dominance, the opposition reported mass vote rigging and police stormed the office of independent vote monitors.

14 September 2015

London march urges UK change of heart on refugees Tens of thousands of people marched through London in protest against Britain's refugee policy, with new Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn attending in his first political engagement only hours after being elected.

14 September 2015

Merkel wants 'binding' EU refugee quotas with no ceiling German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged the EU to agree to a proportional distribution of refugees with no limits on actual numbers, going much further than plans unveiled by the European Commission.

14 September 2015

France urges EU members to 'scrupulously' respect Schengen rules France called for the "scrupulous respect by all European Union countries" of rules setting out the bloc's borderless Schengen zone.

14 September 2015

British PM says Labour under Corbyn threat to UK security Prime Minister David Cameron said that veteran socialist Jeremy Corbyn's election to the Labour leadership made the main opposition party a threat to Britain's national security.

14 September 2015

German minister urges change in EU's policy towards Syria Germany's Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said Europe should stop looking on helplessly as "murder" rages on in Syria, as he called on the bloc to review its strategy on the conflict.

14 September 2015

1.4 mn people at Catalan independence demo: city police Some 1.4 million people joined a march demanding independence for the Catalonia region from Spain, Barcelona city police said.

12 September 2015

Hungary PM defends police handling of 'rebel' migrants Prime Minister Viktor Orban defended Hungarian police against accusations of maltreating refugees, saying the migrants had "rebelled" against Hungarian law.

12 September 2015

Poroshenko says Russia threat to 'entire democratic world' Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko accused Russia of challenging the "entire democratic world" by annexing Crimea and allegedly arming separatist rebels in the east of his ex-Soviet state.

11 September 2015

Catalan leader vows vote can steer 'political future' Catalan leader Artur Mas kicked off campaigning for a regional election billed as an indirect poll on independence from Spain by urging voters to determine their "political future".

11 September 2015

Netanyahu seeks UK support against 'militant Islam' Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought Britain's cooperation to "turn back the tide of militant Islam" as he met Prime Minister David Cameron in London.

11 September 2015

Ukraine PM calls second Russia-Germany pipeline 'anti-European' Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk criticised as "anti-Ukrainian and anti-European" a deal between Russia's energy giant Gazprom and several Western firms to build a second gas pipeline under the Baltic Sea.

11 September 2015

'Mama Merkel' cheered by Syrians at refugee centre Chancellor Angela Merkel won a hero's welcome as she visited a Berlin migrant centre, with Syrians cheering and taking selfies as Germany threw open its doors to thousands of refugees.

11 September 2015

450,000 refugees arrived in Germany since January: vice chancellor Around 450,000 refugees have arrived in Germany so far this year, including 37,000 in the first eight days of September, Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel told parliament.

10 September 2015

Catalans to hold mass rally in push for independence from Spain Catalan separatists hold a massive rally in Barcelona in favour of independence that will kick off campaigning for a regional election billed as a de facto referendum on secession from Spain.

10 September 2015

Hollande, Merkel, Putin, Poroshenko to hold October summit on Ukraine The leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine agreed to hold an October summit on ending the conflict in Ukraine.

10 September 2015

Migrants breach Hungary police lines as army prepares for action Hundreds of migrants broke through police lines in Hungary near the Serbian border for a third day running, as the army began mobilising for a possible role in guarding the frontier.

10 September 2015

Elizabeth II marks record reign with little fanfare Britain celebrated Queen Elizabeth II becoming the country's longest-reigning monarch, a milestone the 89-year-old herself downplayed as "not one to which I have ever aspired."

10 September 2015

'Unlawful' vote in rebel-run areas would breach Ukraine peace deal: PM Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk warned that any attempt to hold "unlawful" elections in rebel-run areas in the country's east would constitute a breach of a February peace deal.

10 September 2015

'Tired but happy': refugees arrive in France from Germany A first group of around 50 refugees arrived in France from Germany as Paris tries to ease pressure on its neighbour, which has received the bulk of the migrants streaming into Europe.

10 September 2015

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