Image copyright Google Image caption The vicar met the teenager during a mentoring programme at his church A Church of England vicar who “spiritually abused” a boy has been banned from ministry for two years. The Reverend Timothy Davis is understood to be the first priest to have been convicted of such abuse by the...
Image copyright Google Image caption The vicar met the teenager during a mentoring programme at his church A Church of England vicar who “spiritually abused” a boy has been banned from ministry for two years. The Reverend Timothy Davis is understood to be the first priest to have been convicted of such abuse by the...
Image copyright AFP Image caption The vote is being viewed as a test ahead of presidential elections in May Polls have closed in Colombia’s congressional elections that saw former members of the Farc guerilla group take part for the first time. The ex-rebels, now known as the Revolutionary Alternative Common Force (also Farc), were given...
Image copyright @broseph_stalin Image caption A large crowd gathered outside the entrance to King’s Cross Pro-Kurdish demonstrators have caused delays and disruption at major railway stations in London and Manchester. Police were forced to close Manchester Piccadilly after people stormed the station and climbed on to the tracks. Within hours, King’s Cross was shut down...
Tory MPs have labelled as “wrong” and “unwise” comments made by Sir Vince Cable, that older Brexit voters were “driven by nostalgia”. The Lib Dem leader said too many older people who voted Leave longed for a world where “faces were white”. “(Sir Vince) should be trying to bring country together, not seeking to tear...
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Mr Putin is expected to win re-election later this month Russia’s President Putin ordered the shooting down of a passenger plane that was reportedly carrying a bomb and targeting the opening of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, he says in a new film. In the two-hour film, posted online, Mr...
Image caption Police said they were appealing for witnesses to come forward A video which appears to show a dog being hanged in Belfast has appeared on Facebook. The distressed animal can be heard struggling in the footage as a voice calls to those responsible to stop what they are doing. Police said they were...
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Martin Selmayr is the subject of cronyism allegations at the European Commission The European Commission has denied allegations of cronyism after a protégé of its president, Jean-Claude Juncker, was given one of the most powerful jobs in the EU civil service. Martin Selmayr has been appointed Secretary-General of the...
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Elon Musk said he initially didn’t think his companies were likely to succeed Elon Musk says his companies SpaceX and Tesla are both still alive only “by the skin of their teeth”. The entrepreneur told an audience at the South by South West (SXSW) conference that both companies almost...
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionKim Jong-un and Donald Trump: From enemies to frenemies? CIA director Mike Pompeo has defended Donald Trump’s decision to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, saying the president understands the risks. Mr Trump “isn’t doing this for theatre, he is going there to solve a problem,” the...