@MayorofLondon: “I’m in close contact with @MetPoliceUK Commissioner about the incident at Parliament Square. Thank you to the first responders who were on the scene so quickly. Enquiries are continuing. Westminster station is closed.”
US President Donald Trump has arrived in the UK, having said he is “fine” about any protests held during his visit, saying Britons “like me a lot”. Speaking earlier at the Nato summit, Mr Trump – who arrived in the UK shortly before 14:00 BST – referred to Britain as a “pretty hot spot right…
Theresa May’s efforts to put Monday’s double Brexit resignations behind her were dealt a blow yesterday as two Tory vice-chairs quit over the Chequers Brexit plan. The day had begun well for Mrs May as senior ministers rallied around the prime minister at the first meeting of her new cabinet. As she gathered her team…
The shooting is not terror-related and police have said there is no cause for alarm after sealing off the scene of the crime. Three people have died and three are injured in a shooting in the Swedish city of Malmo. Two of the men, aged 18 and 29, died overnight after being shot as they…
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigerian lawmakers on Tuesday issued a list of demands to the president, largely related to security, in the latest sign of strained relations between the executive and legislature months before the country goes to the polls. President Muhammadu Buhari won election in 2015 mostly on his vow to improve security and fight…
President Vladimir Putin has insisted Russia is not trying to split the European Union. His remarks come ahead of a visit to Austria, his first trip to a Western European country in almost a year. He told Austrian ORF television he wanted a “united and prosperous” EU, calling it Russia’s most important commercial and economic…
A Protestant pastor who was baptising followers near a lake in northern Ethiopia has been killed by a crocodile, police and residents have told BBC Amharic. About 80 people were being baptised when Pastor Docho Eshete lost his life on Sunday morning, at the lake in Arba Minch town’s Merkeb Tabya district. “He baptized the…
A man has shot dead two female police officers and a civilian in the eastern Belgian city of Liège. The gunman also took a female cleaner hostage at a school before being killed by police. Two other police officers were also injured. The man’s motive is not yet clear but the incident is being treated…
