Europe
UK’s one hour rapid test gives highly accurate COVID-19 results: Lancet study
The ability to correctly identify positive cases is at 94.4% and a specificity – correctly identifying those without the disease – at 100%
Seventeen OSCE nations appoint team to investigate Belarus election
Minsk prevented the deployment of OSCE election observers by not inviting them and has ignored repeated offers by the OSCE chairman to visit
Navalny aides say Novichok found on water bottle in hotel room
The aides said they believed Navalny was poisoned 'before he left his room to reach the airport'
Russia to supply 100 million doses of virus vaccine to Hyderabad-based drug company
Dr Reddy’s, one of India’s top pharmaceutical companies, will carry out Phase III clinical trials of Sputnik V in India, RDIF said
Satellite data shows smoke from US fires has reached as far as Europe
Estimates show that the blazes have spewed out more than 30 million tonnes of carbon dioxide since mid-August this year
Another migrant camp on fire in Greece, thirteen detained for questioning
The Lesbos fire at Moria camp on September 8 had left over 12,000 asylum seekers homeless
'Poisoned' Putin critic Navalny shares hospital photo of himself
Navalny’s spokeswoman said that once he has recovered, the opposition activist plans to return to Russia
UK's Johnson faces rebellion within party over plan to break Brexit treaty
The EU has ramped up preparations for a no-deal Brexit, which would be chaotic for business, markets and nearly $1 trillion in annual trade
French, Swedish labs also confirm Navalny’s Novichok poisoning: Germany
The poisoning has brought tensions between Russia and Germany to new heights, fuelling calls for the Nord Stream 2 pipeline to be scrapped
Two Navalny allies win vote in Russian city where he was poisoned
Navalny had been in Tomsk to promote his 'smart voting' campaign when he was poisoned with what Germany says was a Novichok nerve agent