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The French town of Calais has been no stranger to public disorder in recent years, with recurrent battles between police and migrants or striking ferry workers making headlines across the world. But now the port town is facing a bizarre new threat, according to its council: an alliance of hunters and farmers seeking to take […]

After EA tackled an “exploit” that involved using terrible players to beat the AI on the hardest difficulty in FIFA Ultimate Team, FIFA 18’s next big issue has come to the fore: a kick-off “glitch”. The kick-off glitch isn’t really much of a glitch. Rather, it’s a tactic players are using to score goals that […]

Russia will next month hold its biggest war games since the fall of the Soviet Union, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday, a massive military exercise that will also involve the Chinese and Mongolian armies. The exercise, called Vostok-2018 (East-2018), will take place in central and eastern Russian military districts and involve almost 300,000 troops, more […]

Islamic state leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, in his first purported speech in nearly a year, has called on followers to persevere, according to a statement posted on the group’s media outlet. "For the Mujahideen (holy warriors) the scale of victory or defeat is not dependant on a city or town being stolen or subject to […]

Click:balloon twisting Outside a McDonald’s in Latina, Italy, the city’s teens are clutching cigarettes and milkshakes while engrossed in a passionate debate about identity. The discussion taking place under the golden arches that are perhaps the most recognisable symbol of globalisation is about whether or not a local park named after Mussolini should no longer bear […]

Donald Trump is to spend at least 40 days campaigning across America for the mid-term elections – more than either Barack Obama or George W Bush did while in office.  The US president has tasked his aides with getting him out of Washington DC and in front of voters as much as possible in the […]

UPDATE: Konami has announced the PC version of Metal Gear Survive launches alongside the console versions on 22nd February 2018. All versions cost £34.99. ORIGINAL STORY: Metal Gear Survive comes out on 22nd February 2018 in Europe and 20th February in the US, Konami has announced. This release date appears to relate to the PlayStation […]

The French are up in arms again over fast food, but instead of tearing down a McDonald’s, this time they are fighting to save one from closing. The land of haute cuisine is no stranger to protests against malbouffe, or “junk food”. But Marseille residents are now waging a legal and political battle to keep […]

An explosive account from a senior official of Donald Trump’s administration  has claimed the cabinet were so worried by the president’s erratic, impulsive behaviour they discussed using the 25th amendment to remove him from power.  Published in the New York Times, the anonymous op-ed reveals that senior figures considered deploying the extreme measure to oust the president. The […]

Belgian police have charged one of the country’s leading football TV presenters with armed robbery after a major police probe into burglaries and drug dealing. Stephane Pauwels hosts French-speaking Belgian coverage of the Champions League, as well as a show on the country’s leading private broadcaster RTL-TVI called “Storms of Life”. He is suspected of […]