Donald Trump's bruising assessment of Europe as "weak" and "decaying" is a bitter blow to nations already reeling from the release of his national security strategy.
A "cheap ceasefire" between Ukraine and Russia - with Kyiv forced to surrender land - would create an "expensive peace" for the whole of Europe, Norway's foreign minister has warned.
A public inquiry into the murder of a woman is now formally under way and will examine what went wrong in the police investigation that allowed a serial rapist to evade justice for almost 20 years.
A new report into the activities of the top British spy inside the IRA during The Troubles has said that he "committed crimes of the worst possible kindβ, including torture and murder, and should be publicly named by the UK government.Β