Day: December 2, 2017

    Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has received the full backing of his European counterparts as he warned he was prepared to stand firm on the Brexit Irish border issue. European Council president Donald Tusk said if the UK’s offer was unacceptable to Ireland then it would also be unacceptable for the rest of the EU states. Only a few days remain before a deal can be agreed between the EU and UK to allow talks to go on to post-Brexit trade issues and the future of the open Irish border remains a key concern. Donald Tusk, right, has warned that the UK's Brexit offer must be acceptable to Ireland, with the country's president Leo Varadkar, left, warning he is prepared to stand firm. Tusk said: The key to the UK’s future lies in some ways in Dublin, at least as long as Brexit nego...

    Evacuated Christmas market in the German city of Potsdam Experts on Friday defused an explosive device found near an outdoor Christmas market in the German city of Potsdam near Berlin, local police said on Twitter. Germany is on high alert for potential militant attacks nearly a year after a Tunisian Islamist hijacked a truck, killed its driver, and then rammed the vehicle into a Christmas market in central Berlin, killing 11 people there. Evacuated Christmas market in the German city of Potsdam In Potsdam, police cordoned off the area including the market after being alerted about a suspicious object that had been delivered to a pharmacy. The suspicion of an (improvised explosive device) has been confirmed, police said on Twitter. No additional details were immediately av...