Protesters withdraw from US embassy in Iraq

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionProtests outside the US embassy in Baghdad continued on WednesdayProtesters who have been demonstrating outside the US embassy in Iraq for a second day have withdrawn from…

EU love letter says UK always welcome back

Image copyright AFP Image caption "I love you. For who you are and what you gave me. I'm like an old lover" A leading EU official has penned a love letter to Britain, expressing his…

Tributes paid to family who drowned at resort

Image copyright Facebook Image caption Gabriel Diya and his daughter Comfort died at a resort on the Costa del Sol Tributes have been paid to a British man and his two children who drowned in…

Canada broadcaster defends cutting Trump from film

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Donald Trump makes a brief appearance in the film, in which Macaulay Culkin (centre) starred Canada's national broadcaster CBC has defended deleting a scene featuring Donald Trump from the…

Netanyahu hails huge win in leadership challenge

Image copyright AFP/EPA Image caption Mr Netanyahu faced a challenge from Gideon Saar (right), a former government minister Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed a "huge win" in a vote that challenged his leadership…

Dig uncovers large Mayan palace in Mexico

Image copyright Reuters Image caption There are fears the site is too exposed to sun and wind Archaeologists in Mexico have uncovered the ruins of a large palace they believe dates back to the height…

Fears Australia heatwave will escalate bushfires

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Firefighters tackle a fire outside Sydney on 19 December A heatwave forecast to sweep across Australia in coming days could escalate conditions for the nation's bushfires, authorities fear. Temperatures…