October 2017

Image copyright AFP The Dutch defence minister has resigned over the deaths of two soldiers during a training exercise in Mali in 2016.Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert stepped down after a report denounced "serious shortcomings" by her ministry. The soldiers died when a

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionCarles Puigdemont spoke to the BBC on Tuesday evening Pro-independence Catalan leaders are pressing ahead despite an emphatic warning from King Felipe VI.Catalan President Carles Puigdemont told the BBC he would declare

Image copyright Alamy The European Union has launched a fresh crackdown against tech giants Amazon and Apple over tax avoidance.Amazon has been ordered to repay €250m (£221m; $293m) in back taxes after the European Commission said it had been given

Image copyright Alamy Amazon is facing a bill for hundreds of millions of euros in back taxes linked to an alleged "sweetheart" tax deal with Luxembourg.The European Union's (EU) competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager is expected to announce a recovery order

Image copyright Rainbow Youth Image caption A dropped pie can be many things, but it's not gay An advert is calling out New Zealanders over the negative use of the word "gay" through the medium of a dropped pie.LGBT rights

Image copyright Nottingham Business School Image caption Nottingham Business School - part of Nottingham Trent University - has seen international student applicants increase by 25% Mention Nottingham in a conversation and for many people the first thing that comes to

Image caption Sheikha Hind represents a young, modern face for the blockaded Qatari ruling family If the personal is political, then Sheikha Hind, a senior member of Qatar's ruling royal family, gives a very direct answer to her views on

Image copyright Getty Images Will they or won't they? The Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont has told the BBC the region will declare independence from Spain in a matter of days, following a controversial, illegal independence poll which Spanish police tried

Image copyright AFP/Getty Images Image caption Summers in Sydney and Melbourne will get hotter, researchers say Australia's two biggest cities could swelter through 50C days within a few decades, a study has found.Sydney and Melbourne are likely to endure such