Canada is sending the military to help evacuate and support communities hit by “catastrophic” flooding, with the death toll expected to rise after record rainfall on the Pacific coast triggered a state of emergency Wednesday.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says coronavirus deaths in Europe have risen by 5 percent in the last week, making it the only region in the world where fatalities have increased.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson faces a parliamentary grilling yesterday over sleaze allegations, as tensions ran high within his Conservative party due to his proposals to ban MPs from paid political consultancy work.

Germany’s coronavirus situation is dramatic, Chancellor Angela Merkel said yesterday, calling for a push to distribute booster shots faster and appealing to those sceptical of vaccination to change their minds.

Swedish authorities on Tuesday arrested a suspect for “aggravated espionage” in a case that has already led to the detention of a former intelligence official.

Poland yesterday warned that the crisis on the Belarusian border could last for months or even years, a day after Polish forces used tear gas and water cannon to deter stone-throwing migrants.

Britain, on Tuesday, said it had agreed with Athens that a long-running dispute between the two countries over the Parthenon Marbles “in no way affects the strength of the UK-Greece partnership”.

Polish security forces fired water cannon at rock-throwing migrants on the border with Belarus on Tuesday, and NATO reiterated its support for Warsaw in a crisis that has left thousands stranded on the frontier in icy temperatures.

The European Union is considering a joint military force of up to 5,000 troops by 2025 to intervene in a range of crises and without relying on the United States, according to a draft plan.

If the British overhauled their (labour) legislation - they started doing it but haven’t gone far enough - there would be no people in Calais and Dunkerque. Why do they go to Britain? Because the British labour market functions...”

Police in northwest England yesterday said they were treating a deadly blast outside a hospital in Liverpool as a “terrorist incident” involving a homemade bomb that was reportedly foiled by a quick-thinking taxi driver.

When Kamaran Mohammed travelled with his wife and three children to the Belarus capital Minsk last month from their home in northern Iraq, they went as tourists.

The European Union on Monday ratcheted up pressure on Belarus by agreeing to slap new sanctions on President Alexander Lukashenko’s regime and others accused of helping him wage a “hybrid attack” against the bloc using migrants.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said Monday that his country does not want the migrant crisis on its border with Poland to escalate into a “conflict.”

Nearly 200 nations agreed to adopt the Glasgow Climate Pact on Saturday after more than two weeks of intense negotiations, with the UK host of the talks saying the deal would keep alive international hopes of averting the worst impacts of global warming. Here are the biggest achievements of the deal:

An agreement reached on Saturday night as the COP26 climate talks closed pushed concerns about growing “loss and damage” from climate change up the agenda, as it becomes harder for many people to live safely on a hotter planet, analysts said. 

A group of about 50 migrants broke through defences on the border with Belarus and entered Poland near the village of Starzyna, police said on Sunday, as the situation on the frontier becomes increasingly tense.

As Covid-19 cases balloon again in Europe, the World Health Organization has called for more targeted vaccination efforts to ensure the most vulnerable worldwide get the jabs.

World powers on Friday told Libya to stick to a plan for holding presidential elections on December 24, adding that foreign mercenaries should also leave and allow the country to turn a page in its history.

I want everyone to know. We have nothing to do with it.  …We should not forget where these crises associated with migrants came from... Western countries themselves, including European countries.