POLITICS
Why NASA still files an old British bomber design
The Canberra bomber was designed way back in the 1940s. So why is Nasa still using three of them today? BBC Future investigates. In 1944, with World War Two entering its final stages, the British Air Ministry set out requirements for a new bomber, one that would be able to fly at high speeds and high altitudes. The ministry...
Myanmar begins presidential selection as Aung San Suu Kyi ruled out
Myanmar's National League for Democracy (NLD) has named two candidates, as the country starts the process of selecting a new president. Correspondents say one of them, Htin Kyaw, is almost certain to be elected president by the NLD-controlled parliament. The nominations confirm that NLD leader Aung San Suu Kyi will not be...
North Korea attempts horror cyber terror attack on the South’s train network
NORTH Korea has tried to attack South Korea’s transport system by hacking into railway workers' emails, spy chiefs say. Bosses at South Korea’s National Intelligence Service issued a statement overnight saying they had managed to stop the brazen attempts. The agency issued the statement after an emergency...
Egyptian student agrees to leave US after Trump comment
A student pilot from Egypt has agreed to leave the US after posting on Facebook that the world would thank him if he killed Donald Trump. Emadeldin Elsayed, 23, was not charged with a crime but the US authorities sought to deport him, his attorney, Hani Bushra, said. Immigration authorities said they would allow him to return...
Two California deputies charged after prison ‘fight club’ uncovered
INMATES who were forced to brawl inside California prisons say the consequences for refusal involved being beaten, handcuffed, tasered and sprayed with mace. Ricardo Palikako Garcia says a pair of sheriff’s deputies overseeing inmates in a San Francisco prison were dealing out justice without having to lay a finger on...
France to hire FERRIES to send Calais migrants to Britain within HOURS of EU Out vote
MIGRANTS living in shanty camps in northern France will be put on ferries and sent to Britain the day after a vote to leave the EU, a French mayor warned last night. Franck Dhersin said the Touquet agreement, which was signed in 2003 and places the UK border at the French ports, will be quickly torn up after an out vote,...
Slovakia election: Anti-migrant PM Fico loses majority
Slovakia's leftist-nationalist Prime Minister Robert Fico has won the general election but lost his parliamentary majority, almost complete results show. Mr Fico will now need to find coalition partners to return for a third term. Gains by small parties, including an extreme right one, may produce a divided parliament with...
US election 2016: Trump and Cruz seek ‘one-on-one’ battle
US Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has called for a "one-on-one" battle with Ted Cruz, urging other rivals to quit the nomination race. Mr Cruz also suggested it was time for other hopefuls, like Marco Rubio and John Kasich, to step aside. Mr Trump and Mr Cruz won two states each in Saturday's...
Syria conflict: Truce ‘boosts peace talks’, leaders agree
The truce broadly holding in Syria will create momentum behind peace talks, major European powers say. The leaders of Russia, Germany, France, Italy and the UK had a telephone conversation on Friday after which they agreed to use the "positive dynamic", said the office of UK PM David Cameron. EU countries asked Russia...
How to watch the Detroit Republican debate
It's finally March, and we're down to the Final Four — on the GOP debate stage, that is. Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio and John Kasich are set to face off in Detroit on Thursday. Ben Carson announced Wednesday that he will not participate this time around and sees no "political path forward"...
Plan B? Angela Merkel to scrap open-door refugee policy and TURN AWAY migrants
ANGELA MERKEL could be forced to TURN AWAY migrants from entering Germany if it continues to struggle to control its record influx of asylum seekers. While the German Chancellor advocates for an open-door policy, leaked papers suggest her Government wants to clampdown on Europe’s escalating migrant crisis. The Interior...
North Korea handed toughest sanctions in 20 years in effort to stop nuke programme
NORTH Korea has been hit with the toughest sanctions in 20 years by the United Nations (UN) in response to making a nuclear test. In a series of new restrictions negotiated by the Chinese and American governments, all cargo going to and from North Korea must be inspected and North Korean trade representatives in Syria, Iran and...