Mozambique death toll after cyclone to ‘increase significantly’: Red Cross
The number of people killed in a powerful storm and floods in Mozambique is likely to rise significantly above the current death toll of 84, an aid agency operating in the devastated port city of Beira said on Tuesday.
Stop testing our patience, “exhausted” German minister tells Brexit Britain
Germany’s Europe Minister urged London to come up “at last” with concrete proposals on how it wants to proceed with leaving the European Union after a ruling by the speaker of Britain’s Parliament upturned the government’s Brexit strategy.
French EU minister says London must break Brexit impasse
Britain must come up with a reason for any Brexit delay and a no-deal divorce may well happen, French EU affairs minister Nathalie Loiseau said on Tuesday.
Uganda investigates UN food aid after three die, police say
Uganda is investigating a supply of food from the World Food Program after three people died and 262 others got sick, police said.
Islamic State to be defeated in Syria enclave ‘very soon’: SDF official
The last remaining Islamic State militants holed up in their enclave at Baghouz in Syria will be defeated “very soon”, an official with the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) told Reuters on Tuesday.
EU leaders unlikely to grant Brexit delay this week: ITV political editor
European Union leaders are unlikely this week to grant an extension to Britain’s departure date from the bloc, ITV political editor Robert Peston said on Tuesday.
Clashes still raging in last Islamic State enclave: SDF official
Clashes are still ongoing in the final Islamic State enclave at Baghouz and the jihadists are still holding some families as human shields, a media official with the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said on Tuesday.
Knife attacker injures four staff at Oslo school: police
An attacker armed with a knife injured a teacher and three other staff at a school in Oslo on Tuesday, police said.
U.S.-backed SDF: Islamic State camp under full control
The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have seized full control of a camp where Islamic State militants have been holed up in Baghouz near the Iraqi border though the operation is not yet over, an SDF media official said on Tuesday.
Sweden wants to be constructive on Brexit, awaits news from London
The European Union needs to hear from Britain on what it wants on Brexit before being able to decide its next steps, Swedish European Affairs Minister Hans Dahlgren said on Tuesday.
