Montpellier steht unter Wasser. Am Mittwoch liess heftiger Regen den Fluss Lez über die Ufer treten. Strassen wurden überflutet und der Bahnverkehr eingestellt. Der Fluss erreichte einen Höchststand von 4,50 Metern. Ganze vier Meter über dem Normalstand.
Der FC Bayern soll einen Winter-Transfer-Coup planen: Jules Koundé vom FC Barcelona könnte die Abwehr verstärken. Doch Barça verlangt 75 Millionen Euro.
20 years on from her assassination, Human Rights and EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation committee MEPs will pay tribute to Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya in Strasbourg. Subcommittee on Human Rights
20 years on from her assassination, Human Rights and EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation committee MEPs will pay tribute to Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya in Strasbourg. Subcommittee on Human Rights
La pénurie de poubelles au Japon est due à une combinaison de facteurs allant d'une attaque meurtrière survenue en 1995 à des normes de coexistence profondément ancrées.
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has announced far-reaching reforms in areas such as social care, pensions, energy and housing at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool. He also announced plans to seek closer cooperation between the UK and the EU. The UK had been on the wrong track for too long and its course must be corrected, he explained. Commentators see this as a turning point but their interpretations vary.
The eviction of an 87-year-old tenant in Madrid has sparked massive protests across Spain. The government has now passed two decrees providing stronger protection for tenants, including a ban on evictions of particularly vulnerable people until 2030. The Spanish press debates whether the measures will be enough to alleviate the housing crisis.
Serbia's President Aleksandar Vučić announced his early resignation on Sunday, as he had already indicated back in June. He will now stand as the lead candidate for the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) in the snap parliamentary election on 25 October. If he wins the election he could continue to pull the strings in Belgrade as prime minister. The media speculate on whether his strategy will pay off.