Police deployed tear gas on the streets of Bogota as protesters continued to decry police brutality in the country for the fifth day in a row. Hundreds of protesters were chanting and confronting police officers in the...
Navalny saga | OPCW is sent samples but Russia made to wait for access
According to Berlin, Alexey Navalny was poisoned with a chemical nerve agent from the Novichok group, and that assessment has been confirmed by French and Swedish labs. Russia’s request to access that evidence...
‘Rule of six’ | Parties in UK before new COVID restrictions come in force
From Monday, social gatherings in UK will be limited to no more than six people as the country tightens restrictions amid a sharp increase in COVID infections. The so-called ‘rule of six’ bans larger...
Embattled Belarusian president to meet Putin as unrest enters sixth week
Embattled Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko was on Monday set to meet Russian counterpart and ally Vladimir Putin in Sochi. The meeting comes a day after more than 100,000 protestors took to the streets of...
Splashing the cash: A historic €750 billion EU Covid-19 recovery plan
In this part of the programme, we’re picking through the unprecedented €750 billion economic recovery plan that European leaders agreed on back in July. Members of the European Parliament get to have their say...
Politics of water: Difficult talks continue on Africa’s largest dam
As Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam nears completion, there are fears that Ethiopia will control too much of north-east Africa’s water. Around 90 percent of water flowing into the River Nile passes through...