Bulgarian soccer chief turns down PM’s call to resign
Bulgarian Football Union’s (BFU) president Borislav Mihaylov has turned down the prime minister’s call to resign following racist abuse and monkey chants from Bulgaria fans towards black England players during their Euro 2020 qualifier.
Finnish PM says Britain is seriously trying to avoid hard Brexit
Finland’s prime minister, Antti Rinne, said on Tuesday that for the first time, it looked like Britain was trying to reach an agreement to avoid a hard Brexit at the end of October.
Hundreds fled abusive Nigerian ‘school’ before police raid
Hundreds of captives who were beaten, abused and held in squalid conditions at a purported Islamic school in northern Nigeria escaped prior to a raid this week, police said on Tuesday.
France: President Macron spoke to UK PM Johnson as Brexit deadline looms
French President Emmanuel Macron has spoken to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, an official in Macron’s office said on Tuesday, as a deadline looms to reach a Brexit deal.
London must move further to get Brexit deal: German official
Some progress has been made in talks over Britain’s departure from the European Union, a senior German government official said on Tuesday, but warned that London still had further to move in the EU’s direction to secure a deal.
Ukrainian captain expected to face charges over Danube boat disaster
Hungarian prosecutors are expected to charge the captain of a cruise ship that struck and sank a small tourist vessel on the River Danube, killing 28 mostly Korean tourists, after police finished their investigation, officials said on Tuesday.
Vietnam urges restraint amid maritime tensions with China
Vietnamese President and Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong has called for restraint in the disputed South China Sea amid a tense months-long standoff between Chinese and Vietnamese ships, state media reported on Tuesday.
Syrian rebel force: it was mostly Kurdish militants who entered Manbij
Turkey-backed Syrian rebels said forces that entered the city of Manbij in northern Syria on Tuesday were said to be from the Syrian government but were mostly Kurdish militants.
Forty-five flights canceled in Barcelona, airport suffers little damage: spokesman
Barcelona’s El Prat airport suffered little damage from Monday’s clashes between pro-independence protesters and police, a spokesman said, adding the airport was now calm but 45 flights were canceled on Tuesday as a consequence of Monday’s problems.
UK says it is leading on climate and protests should not disrupt lives
After climate-change protests in London, Britain said on Tuesday that it was already leading the world on addressing climate damage and that while activists had a right to peaceful protest, they should not disrupt people’s day-to-day lives.
