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French and German leaders to mark Verdun battle centenary 29 May 2016 From the section Europe Image copyright Getty Images Image caption French troops faced sustained bombardment during the 10-month battle French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are to mark the 100th anniversary of the battle of Verdun, the longest battle during…

EU referendum: Gove and Johnson challenge PM on immigration 29 May 2016 From the section EU Referendum Image copyright PA Image caption Boris Johnson and Michael Gove have written an open letter to David Cameron Two of the PM's most senior colleagues have told David Cameron to accept the failure of the government's manifesto pledge to reduce migration into th…

Islamic State: Iraqi army makes gains in Falluja offensive 29 May 2016 From the section Middle East Image copyright Reuters Image caption Large numbers of Iraq's elite combat troops have been deployed near Falluja Iraqi government forces have made gains in their offensive to drive Islamic State militants from Falluja - one the country's two major cities in IS…

European migrant crisis: Weekly boat rescues reach 13,000 28 May 2016 From the section Europe Image copyright Reuters Image caption Every day patrol boats take hundreds of migrants to Italy after plucking them from the sea The rescue of more than 600 migrants off Libya on Saturday by a flotilla of EU ships took the weekly total to at least 13,000, Italian au…

Brexit could add two years to austerity, IFS says 25 May 2016 From the section EU Referendum Image copyright Getty Images The UK could face an extra two years of austerity measures if it votes to leave the EU, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has said. The consensus of economists was that the UK economy would shrink after a Brexit, the think tank said. It warned ministers could react to a post-Brexit GDP fall with either deep…

Lightning injures several in France and Germany 28 May 2016 From the section Europe Image copyright AP Image caption Firefighters were called to Parc Monceau on Saturday afternoon More than 40 people, most of them children, have been injured by lightning strikes, at a park in Paris and a football match in Germany. Lightning struck a birthday party in Parc Mo…

Zika crisis: WHO seeks to allay fears over Rio Olympics 28 May 2016 From the section Latin America & Caribbean Image copyright AFP Image caption The Rio Olympics take place in August this year The World Health Organization (WHO) says it has moved to tackle the Zika virus, amid calls for the Rio Olympics to be postponed over the outbreak. The WHO's Bruce …

Blair: Corbyn in power would be a 'dangerous experiment' 28 May 2016 From the section UK Politics Media captionTony Blair spoke to This Week's World presenter Emily Maitlis about radicalisation and the legacy of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, express "humility"It would be a "very dangerous experiment" for the UK to give Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn power, Tony Blair has told the BBC's This Week's World. The former Labour prime minister said the centre ground needed to work out how to recover and get "its mojo bac…

Donald Trump: San Diego sees supporters and opponents clash 28 May 2016 From the section US Election 2016 Image copyright AFP Image caption Police were deployed to keep the rival camps apart in San Diego Supporters and opponents of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump have clashed in the city of San Diego, California. Some protesters threw stones an…

EU referendum: Miliband 'call to arms' for young voters 28 May 2016 From the section EU Referendum Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Ed Miliband will say young people can decide the UK's EU referendum Former Labour leader Ed Miliband is to issue a "call to arms", urging young people to register to vote in next month's EU referendum. The absence of m…

Operation Condor: Former Argentine junta leader jailed 27 May 2016 From the section Latin America & Caribbean Image copyright AFP Image caption The trial in the Operation Condor case lasted three years Former Argentine junta leader Reynaldo Bignone has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for crimes committed under Operation Condor - a conspiracy between …

Zika crisis: Rio Olympics 'should be moved or postponed' 27 May 2016 From the section Latin America & Caribbean Image copyright AFP Image caption The Rio Olympics take place in August this year More than 100 leading scientists say the Rio Olympics should be moved or cancelled over the Zika outbreak. The group says new findings about the virus make it "un…

EU referendum campaigns 'misleading voters' 27 May 2016 From the section EU Referendum The two sides in the EU referendum campaign have been accused of peddling "misleading" figures and "implausible assumptions" by a committee of MPs. The Treasury Select Committee calls Vote Leave's claim that Brexit would save £350m a week "deeply problematic". And it says Remain's claims families would be worse off by £4,300 a year if Britain quit the EU were "mistaken" and had "probab…

Migrant crisis: UK set to send Royal Navy warship to Libya 27 May 2016 From the section UK Image copyright AP Image caption David Cameron said Britain was ready to take an "active role" in helping Libya The UK is set to send a Royal Navy warship to the Mediterranean to help tackle arms smuggling in Libya, Prime Minister David Cameron has announced. He told t…

Obama to make historic Hiroshima visit 27 May 2016 From the section Asia Image copyright Reuters Image caption Hiroshima residents say they want President Obama to understand the suffering of victims US President Barack Obama is to visit Hiroshima on Friday, where the US dropped the world's first nuclear bomb. The visit, after the G7 summit, will be the firs…