International

• Thursday, September 14th 2017 - 17:36 UTC

  Two thirds of UK young people fearful of post-Brexit prospects

  

  More than two-thirds of young people in the UK have an “international outlook” and many fear for their prospects once the UK leaves the EU, says a report. Ipsos Mori questioned a representative group of almost 2,000 18 to 30-year-olds for a study by cross-party think tank Demos, for the British Council.

• Thursday, September 14th 2017 - 11:13 UTC

  Paris and Los Angeles will host 2014 and 2018 summer Olympics

  

  Paris and Los Angeles celebrated their coronation as host cities for the 2024 and 2028 Olympics here on Wednesday, delivering a jolt of good news for the International Olympic Committee as it battles escalating corruption allegations. In a drama-free conclusion to a three-year bidding race, IOC members voted unanimously to rubber-stamp a deal hashed out in July for Paris to be given 2024 and Los Angeles 2028.

• Thursday, September 14th 2017 - 08:31 UTC

  Juncker: “Britain will regret voting for Brexit”; Farage: “Thank God we are leaving”

  

  Britain will soon regret voting for Brexit, but the European Union will move on, the European Commission president has insisted. In a speech setting out the future direction of the bloc, Jean-Claude Juncker said the UK’s exit would be a “sad and tragic” moment, but it was “not the be all and end all”.

• Thursday, September 14th 2017 - 08:24 UTC

  Catalonia referendum: 700 mayors under investigation by Spain's top prosecutor

  

  Spain’s top prosecutor is investigating more than 700 Catalan mayors for cooperating with a planned referendum on the region’s independence after the nation’s constitutional court ordered the vote put on hold. Catalonia’s regional police force is under orders to arrest the mayors if they refuse to appear for questioning, State Prosecutor Jose Manuel Maza’s office said.

• Thursday, September 14th 2017 - 06:53 UTC

  BP and Bridas Corporation form Argentina's largest private integrated energy company

  

  British Petroleum has agreed with Argentina's Bridas Corporation to form a new integrated energy company by combining their interests in the oil and gas producer Pan American Energy and the refiner and marketer Axion Energy in a cash-free transaction. The new company, Pan American Energy Group, will be the largest privately-owned integrated energy company operating in Argentina.

• Thursday, September 14th 2017 - 06:37 UTC

  Netanyahu, in Colombia: Israel a close ally in war and in the reconstruction process

  

  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos are pledging to strengthen ties in areas like science, security and tourism as Colombia transitions into a post-conflict era. Netanyahu arrived in Bogota on Wednesday for the second-leg of his trip as the first Israeli prime minister to visit Latin America.

• Wednesday, September 13th 2017 - 10:32 UTC

  Israel's Netanyahu praises Macri for his efforts to solve the AMIA bombing

  

  Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday used the first Latin America visit of a sitting Israeli prime minister to praise President Mauricio Macri's effort to solve the bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish center, AMIA, in 1994 that killed 85 people.

• Wednesday, September 13th 2017 - 10:03 UTC

  Fourth round of UK/EU Brexit negotiations postponed until 25th September

  

  The next round of Brexit talks has been postponed by a week to “allow more time for consultation”. The fourth round of UK-EU negotiations, due to begin on 18 September, will start on the 25th instead.

• Wednesday, September 13th 2017 - 07:18 UTC

  Migrants arriving in Europe through Spain have doubled this year

  

  The number of migrants arriving in Europe through Spain has more than doubled this year, according to the head of the European Union’s border agency. Frontex director Fabrice Leggeri said “we have registered almost 14,000 arrivals in Spain, arriving from Morocco, from the western part of the Maghreb”.

• Tuesday, September 12th 2017 - 17:19 UTC

  EU Withdrawal bill passed first Parliamentary test, but real battle is still ahead

  

  The government's bid to extract the UK from EU law in time for Brexit has passed its first Parliamentary test. MPs backed the EU Withdrawal Bill by 326 to 290 in a Monday late-night vote despite critics saying it represented a “power-grab” by ministers.