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German chancellor Angela Merkel will  seek re-election next year. Photograph: Tobias Schwarz/AFP/Getty Images Merkel re-election bid prompts resignation in Germany
  • Derek Scally
  • November 21, 2016, 20:08

Chancellor seen as past her peak and lacking ideas but better than the competition

French presidential election centre-right candidates Alain Juppé and François Fillon face a run-off next Sunday. Photograph: Eric Feferberg/AFP/Getty Images Fillon poised to be conservative candidate in French election
  • Lara Marlowe
  • November 21, 2016, 18:45

Former prime minister’s big win in Sunday’s primary seen as return of traditional right

  King Felipe VI of Spain: Would be assassin Santiago Sánchez Ramírez says he could have killed Felipe on six occasions and his father Juan Carlos on 12. Photograph:  Eduardo Parra/Getty ‘Sniper’ who simulated assassination of Spain’s king faces jail
  • Guy Hedgecoe
  • November 21, 2016, 15:30

Gunman also had Real Madrid stars Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale in his sights

A  relative cries at the memorial for those killed during the so-called Euromaidan revolution, at a ceremony in Kiev on Monday to mark its third anniversary. Photograph: Sergei Supinsky/AFP/Getty Images Kiev on edge as thousands mark Euromaidan anniversary
  • Daniel McLaughlin
  • November 21, 2016, 14:38

Ukraine’s president Petro Poroskenko says Kremlin could use protests to destabilise country

François Fillon: heading for a landslide victory. Photograph: Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters Nicolas Sarkozy knocked out of French presidential primary
  • Lara Marlowe
  • November 21, 2016, 07:31

Ex-president says he will back frontrunner François Fillon in Les Républicains runoff

French conservative politician François Fillon, who served as prime minister under Sarkozy, is an admirer of Margaret Thatcher. Photograph: Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters Trump’s election on many French voter’s minds
  • November 20, 2016, 22:02

France faces a wave of populism that has emboldened Marine Le Pen

German Chancellor Angela Merkel: decision to seek fourth term became even more likely given political uncertainties arising from Brexit and US president-elect Donald Trump. Photograph: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg Merkel to seek fourth term as German chancellor
  • Derek Scally
  • November 20, 2016, 20:54

Chancellor says election will be most difficult since unification because of polarised society

Pope Francis closes the Holy Door at Saint Peter’s in Rome on Sunday to mark the end of the Holy Year of Mercy. Photograph: Tiziana Fabi/EPA Pope Francis ends Holy Year with celebration of diversity
  • Paddy Agnew
  • November 20, 2016, 19:30

Irishman Kevin Farrell one of 17 new cardinals created in spectacular Red Hat ceremony

Weapons, explosives and ammunition seized during an police action near the northwestern Serbian town of Apatin. Photograph: /AFP/Getty Images Balkan arms fears grow amid major security alerts
  • Daniel McLaughlin
  • November 20, 2016, 17:32

Prime ministers and Israeli footballers seen as possible targets for attacks

Babette Albrecht: claims her late husband Berthold was a “serious alcoholic” who was not contractually capable when he changed his will in 2010. Photograph: Gisela Schober/Getty Aldi empire threatened by Albrecht family’s legal feud
  • Derek Scally
  • November 20, 2016, 16:33

Berthold Albrecht’s widow and children take legal action in bid for control of Aldi Nord

German chancellor Angela Merkel. Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg Angela Merkel says she wants to run for fourth term
  • November 20, 2016, 14:07

The German chancellor, who has already served 11 years, will hold a conference today

Pope Francis embraces new cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrell of the US during a Consistory ceremony to install 17 new cardinals in Saint Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Saturday. Photograph: Reuters Pope appoints new Cardinals in spectacular ‘Red Hat’ ceremony
  • Paddy Agnew
  • November 19, 2016, 12:49

Irish-born Kevin Farrell one of 17 new appointments made by the pontiff

Chancellor Angela Merkel: her success reflected in a remarkable 52 per cent popularity rating. Photograph: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg Angela Merkel prepares for her last hurrah
  • Derek Scally
  • November 19, 2016, 06:00

The popular German chancellor – ‘leader of the liberal free world’ – looks likely to seek a fourth term

Three of a kind? Nicolas Sarkozy, Alain Juppé and François Fillon eye main chance. Photographs: Getty Images/Reuters French conservative primary becomes three-horse race
  • Lara Marlowe
  • November 19, 2016, 01:00

Nicolas Sarkozy, Alain Juppé and François Fillon vie for chance to counter rise of Le Pen

Turkey’s prime minister Binali Yildirim addresses members of parliament from his ruling AK Party: he has come under fire over proposed Bill. Photograph: Umit Bektas/Reuters Turkish Bill could pardon men accused of statutory rape
  • November 18, 2016, 18:35

Men accused of abusing girls could avoid punishment if they marry victim, critics say

US president Barack Obama and German chancellor  Angela Merkel at a mini-summit with  EU leaders in Berlin. Photograph: Kay Nietfeld/EPA Obama urges EU unity with Trump to halt Islamic State
  • Derek Scally
  • November 18, 2016, 17:52

EU leaders underline importance of Nato in resolving conflicts in Syria and Ukraine

Image from the French Air Force (L’armée de l’air) shows an eagle trained in intercepting drones grasping a drone in its claws during an exercise last month  at an unnamed airbase in France.  File photograph: Armée de l’Air/Caporal-chef Suhas David/AFP/Getty Images Eagles vs drones: French army trains birds of prey for combat
  • November 18, 2016, 16:05

Ancient art of falconry reduces risk to public posed by use of firearms in crowded areas

Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko: recording contains nothing to embarrass him at home. Photograph: Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images Ukraine suspects Kremlin behind prank call to president
  • Daniel McLaughlin
  • November 18, 2016, 14:54

Kyrgyzstan says one person detained over embarrassing hoax by well-known Russian duo

European Commission president Jean- Claude Juncker: told a closed-door meeting that if Mr Schulz was forced out, “then I cannot guarantee my future as commission president”, according to Der Spiegel. Photograph:   Olivier Hoslet/EPA Juncker ‘threatens to quit’ over future of Martin Schulz
  • Derek Scally
  • November 18, 2016, 13:00

Commission president resisting moves to force out head of parliament, says report

Mikheil Saakashvili, former governor of the Odessa region,  describes Ukraine’s political elite as “corrupt filth”. Photograph: Roman Pilipey/EPA Angry reformers depart as Ukraine braces for protests
  • Daniel McLaughlin
  • November 18, 2016, 01:00

While the faces in power have changed frustration grows over continued corruption

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