Helpline staffed by volunteers advising those still hesitant about getting jabbed against coronavirusCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA “vaccination doubt line” set up by doctors in the Netherlands is receiving up to 1,000 ca…
Nobel peace prize 2021: journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov win – live
Nobel committee awards the 2021 peace prize to journalists from Philippines and Russia for ‘efforts to safeguard freedom of expression’Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov win Nobel peace prizeFacebook and fear in Manila: Maria Ressa’s fight for …
Germany election 2021: Social Democrats and Merkel’s CDU neck-and-neck in chancellor race, exit poll says
Latest updates as SPD and CDU battle it out to become largest party in the BundestagGerman election results: exit poll and possible coalitions 6.29pm BST The pollsters are adjusting their exit poll estimates as the evening advances and the first offici…
Slow but steady has seen the EU win out in the vaccine race
Ursula von der Leyen says the union’s vaccination programme is now a success after its stumbling startWe did it,” said Ursula von der Leyen in her annual state of the union address last week. With more than 70% of its adult population now fully vaccina…
Taliban break up Afghan women’s rights march with gunfire
Militia members fire shots into air and demonstrator says they also used teargas and stun gunsTaliban fighters have broken up a women’s rights march in Kabul with gunfire as bitter fighting continued in Afghanistan’s last rebel holdout and the US army’…
Angela Merkel scores higher in approval ratings than any current world leader
Exclusive: of six countries surveyed, poll reveals chancellor is most appreciated for handling of German economy Almost 16 years after she first became Germany’s chancellor, Angela Merkel’s approval ratings in five major European countries and the Unit…
War crimes trial could cast harsh light on Iran’s new president
Case before Swedish court may reveal further details about Ebrahim Raisi’s role in mass executions in 1988The war crimes trial in Sweden of a former Iranian official could reveal further damaging details about the role played in the mass execution of p…