Section: The United Kingdom
Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Tuesday 28 Apr 2015
EIGHT MILLION HIT BY NEPAL EARTHQUAKE The UN has said that eight million people have been affected by Nepal’s worst earthquake for 80 years. More than 4,000 are confirmed to have died – with 8,000 injured – and 1.4 million will need food aid. An RAF plane has left for Nepal carrying UK aid and troops, including Gurkha engineers and...
Russian bikers try to enter Poland on WWII memorial ride
Members of the Night Wolves biker gang were turned away at the border between Belarus and Poland. Poles are highly critical of Russian actions in Ukraine which the Night Wolves have celebrated. …read more Source: Daily...
EU, Ukraine leaders meet as shelling worsens, one Ukrainian soldier killed
KIEV (Reuters) – Top European Union officials met the Ukrainian leadership on Monday for talks on deepening trade links and efforts to bring peace to Ukraine, but worsening violence in the separatist-minded east clouded the summit. …read more Source:...
Flight MH17: German government ‘failed to communicate change in security situation’ days before plane was shot down over Ukraine
Germany’s government was warned of the risk of flying over eastern Ukraine just days before Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down but did not communicate a change in situation to airlines, reports have said. …read more Source: The...
Turkey’s Erdogan criticises Putin over Armenian “genocide” comments
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday Russia should account for its actions in Ukraine and Crimea before calling the 1915 mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks a “genocide”. …read more Source:...
‘Queen Elizabeth is a punisher granny who drinks blood of rebels’ babies’ – Ukrainian MP
A radical Ukrainian politician has claimed Queen Elizabeth drinks the blood of separatists’ babies in an apparent joke after she was pictured accidentally wearing the colours of the Ukrainain flag. …read more Source: The...
Germany ‘failed to warn’ before M17
The German government was told of the risk of flying over eastern Ukraine shortly before flight MH17 was shot down, but failed to pass on the alert, reports say. …read more Source:...
One more Ukrainian serviceman killed in eastern Ukraine: Kiev military
KIEV (Reuters) – One Ukrainian serviceman was killed and three other were wounded in attacks by pro-Russian separatists in the past 24 hours in the east, the Ukrainian military said on Monday. …read more Source:...
EU-Ukraine summit as shelling worsens
The EU holds talks in Kiev amid concern about the ailing Ukrainian economy, as observers report intense shelling in the country’s east. …read more Source:...
The real threat to Europe lies in Ukraine
A failed state or further annexation by Russia would dwarf fears over Grexit …read more Source: Financial...
