A long-awaited offensive to seize back the Iraqi city of Mosul after two years of Isis control has begun, the country’s prime minister has announced. In an address on state television, Iraq’s Haider al-Abadi said: “We have been battling Isis for more than two years. We started fighting...

(theguardian)- Irish leaders have warned of an economic “disaster” on both sides of the border without decisive action to confront the effects of Britain’s impending departure from the EU. Amid warnings of “incalculable consequences” for the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland as...

(theguardian)- A group of around 10 unaccompanied refugee children are expected to leave France for the the UK on Monday as part of the Home Office’s attempt to relocate children from the refugee camp in Calais before it is demolished. The 10 children follow an advance party of five –...

Montenegro said it had foiled a plot by a group of Serbs who were planning to seize the prime minister and parliament and proclaim victory for the opposition after Sunday's tinderbox election. News of the arrest of 20 Serbs ratcheted up tensions in the small ex-Yugoslav state which were...