More than $1m (£650,000) worth of Chopard jewels, to be worn by stars for the Cannes film festival, are stolen from a hotel room in the city.

The US chides Russia for what it calls an "unfortunate decision" to send missiles to the Syrian government, saying it will prolong the suffering.

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At a time of economic doom and gloom across much of Europe - the credit rating for Turkey has been upgraded.

Jose Mourinho and Cristiano Ronaldo are sent off as Real Madrid lose bad-tempered Copa del Rey final 2-1 to Atletico Madrid.

Conservative protesters have broken up a gay rally in the Georgian capital Tbilisi.

The future of the inquest into the death of ex-KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko is in doubt after the coroner rules he cannot consider whether the Russian state was responsible.

Slovenia pushed by markets and voters to mend economy

UK detectives reviewing the 2007 disappearance of Madeleine McCann in Portugal say they have identified "a number of persons of interest".

More than a quarter of gay people surveyed in a major EU poll say they have been subjected to attacks or violent threats in the past five years.

Morrisons, the UK's fourth largest supermarket chain, says it will launch online shopping by January 2014 after agreeing a tie-up with Ocado.

A quarter of gay people surveyed in a major EU poll say they have been subjected to attacks or violent threats in the past five years.

Europe's GDP shrank by 0.2% in the first three months of this year as politicians debate whether to carry on with austerity plans or to change course.

Spain records its first monthly trade surplus in more than 40 years as demand for imports dries up.

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Russia has sent sophisticated anti-ship missiles to Syria which could be used to deter future military intervention, US media reports say.