The Bank of England has held its base rate at 4.75% – as many analysts had predicted. The Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee voted to keep the rate the same by a majority of 6-3. Deputy governor Dave Ramsden...
Pelicot trial: ‘Rape has been banalised by our society’ • FRANCE 24 English
A court in France on Thursday sentenced the ex-husband of Gisèle Pelicot to 20 years in prison for drugging and raping her and allowing other men to rape her while she was unconscious, in abuse that lasted nearly a...
US faces possible government shutdown after Trump rejects stopgap bill • FRANCE 24 English
US President-elect Donald Trump has upended bipartisan efforts to avert a government shutdown, after he rejected a stopgap bill and pressed Republican lawmakers to either renegotiate it or risk their political careers...
Does Germany’s constitutional court need protection from the far-right AfD? | DW News
Authoritarian governments often try to undermine the independence of supreme courts. As far-right populists gain ground in Germany, the Bundestag has now voted to protect Germany’s Constitutional Court. For more...
UK reveals plans for clean energy by 2030
The UK government has outlined plans to create a clean electricity system by 2030 to help make Britain a green energy superpower. Tulay Kalyon Haznedaroglu explains how. Subscribe: Livestream: Facebook: Twitter:...
Former Sednaya prisoners recount horrors of detention
“They kept beating me — 400 to 500 hits with the wheel” Former detainees of Syria’s notorious Sednaya prison recall the harrowing torture they endured at the facility. Subscribe: Livestream: Facebook: X (Twitter):...
Amnesty: Serbia illegally spying on activists, journalists
An Amnesty International report says the Serbian government has been using spy software to surveil political activists, and even journalists. And all this illegal activity has become a topic of debate at the European...