Migrant crisis: Hungary train stand-off enters second day
A tense stand-off between police and migrants on a train in Hungary is continuing into a second day. On Thursday, police let the migrants board the train in Budapest but then tried to force them off at a refugee camp to the west of the capital. Hungarian MPs face a key vote later on whether to... read more »
UK PM David Cameron considers help for Syrian refugees
British Prime Minister David Cameron is expected to draw up a plan on Friday as a response to growing pressure to accept Syrian refugees, thousands of them directly from UN camps on the border with Syria. Cameron said he had been “deeply moved” by images of three-year-old Syrian toddler... read more »
Eight dead, including two children, in apartment fire in Paris
A fire broke out in an apartment building in the north of Paris early on Wednesday morning killing eight people, including two children, said police. The fire in the eighteenth arrondissement, the cause of which is unknown, broke out at around 4:30 am (0230 GMT) and took more than 100 firefighters... read more »
Hungary railway station remains closed to migrants
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Thousands of migrants remain stranded at Budapest’s main international railway station as Hungarian authorities are sticking to European Union rules and preventing them from leaving for Germany and other countries west. Around 3,000 migrants were at the Keleti station in the... read more »
