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A man arrested in Germany on suspicion of murdering a senior local politician known for pro-migrant views was a far-right sympathiser, the Federal Prosecutor's Office said on Monday. Walter Luebcke, a member of Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats, was found lying in a pool of blood on the terrace of his home in the state of Hesse two weeks ago. He had been shot in the head. Police special forces, acting on DNA evidence found at the scene, on Saturday...

Conservative MP Dame Caroline Spelman says she will back Rory Stewart in the next round of votes, crediting him for his “realistic and positive vision for Britain”. Stewart has gained ground today after Paul Masterton, MP for East Renfrewshire, announced he was supporting the International Development Secretary just hours after creative industries minister Margot James backed him. Defence minister Tobias Ellwood also publicly supported Mr Stewart yesterday ahead of his lauded performance on the Channel 4 leadership debate in which...

Teenagers stood inside a metal cage outside U.N. headquarters in Geneva on Monday to punctuate a protest by American and Mexican activists demanding that migrant children in U.S. custody be reunited with parents seeking asylum. U.S. President Donald Trump has made reducing illegal immigration one of his signature policy pledges amid a surge of migrants trying to cross from Mexico into the United States. credit;Reuters Mexico struck a deal with Washington 10 days ago to avert punitive U.S. tariffs over...

The United States recorded 22 new measles cases last week, bringing the year's total number of cases to 1,044 in the worst outbreak of the disease since 1992, federal health officials said on Monday. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the number of cases of the highly contagious and sometimes deadly disease rose 2.2% in the week ended June 13 from the prior week. The 2019 outbreak, which has spread to 28 states, is the worst since...

Boris Johnson has boosted his campaign to replace Theresa May after former rival and EU supporter Matt Hancock backed him saying he was "almost certain to win the contest". Johnson, a former London mayor and foreign secretary, is way out in front in the race to become leader of the Conservative Party and despite so far deciding to steer clear of debates with his rivals, his popularity has yet to be dented. Most of the other five hopefuls concede that...

Israel approved in principle on Sunday a new community named after U.S. President Donald Trump on a contested frontier zone with Syria - but construction looked likely to lag given Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's political stumbles. The "Trump Heights" project is intended to cement ties after Trump broke with other world powers to recognise Israeli sovereignty over the plateau in March. At a special cabinet session in Beruchim, a sparse clutch of homes just 12 km (7.5 miles) from the...

Euro zone wages rose in the first quarter of the year at the highest pace ever recorded since data is collected, data from the European Union's statistics office showed on Monday. The increase is a positive signal for the European Central Bank's plans to drive inflation up but has so far not translated into higher prices in the 19-country euro zone. Eurostat said wages and salaries rose 2.5% in the first three months of the year compared to the same...

Between 2001 to 2015, 160 million hectares of forest were lost in the tropics due to human activities

The UK Government stands to make more than £5million in profit by charging children who have fled from the terror of war-torn Syria for British citizenship applications, new research shows. Around 8,789 youngsters who have escaped the conflict in Syria have arrived in the UK since January 2014 under the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme (VPRS) and the Vulnerable Children Scheme (VCS). Currently, those who have made it to the UK are waiting for the required six-year term, which they must...