http://www.rte.ie/news/world/ Latest Irish and international news supplied by RTE.ie en-ie Copyright © RTÉ Publishing, see http://www.rte.ie/extra/rss.html for terms and conditions of reuse News Fri, 24 May 2013 14:44:25 +0100 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:44:25 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/images/logo_rss_goog.gif http://www.rte.ie/news/world// http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0524/452286-london-woolwich/ British security services face an inquiry by MPs after it emerged that the two suspects in the killing of soldier Drummer Lee Rigby were known to them. Fri, 24 May 2013 14:44:25 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0524/452286-london-woolwich/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0524/452277-bridge-collapses-in-washington-state/ Part of a four-lane bridge over a river in rural Washington state in the United States has collapsed, sending vehicles and drivers tumbling into the water. Fri, 24 May 2013 14:35:28 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0524/452277-bridge-collapses-in-washington-state/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0524/452363-sally-bercow-robert-mcalpine-twitter/ A tweet by British House of Commons Speaker's wife Sally Bercow about Tory peer Robert McAlpine was libellous, Britain's High Court has ruled. Fri, 24 May 2013 11:50:43 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0524/452363-sally-bercow-robert-mcalpine-twitter/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0524/452340-heathrow-emergency-landing/ A British Airways plane had to return to Heathrow Airport today with smoke billowing from the aircraft. Fri, 24 May 2013 12:23:39 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0524/452340-heathrow-emergency-landing/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0524/452400-uk-airspace-incident/ Early indications suggest that a plane diverted from Manchester to Stansted Airport was not the subject of a terror attack, a British security source has said. Fri, 24 May 2013 15:07:14 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0524/452400-uk-airspace-incident/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0524/452308-syria/ Russia has said that the Syrian government has agreed in principle to attend an international peace conference. Fri, 24 May 2013 11:26:23 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0524/452308-syria/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0524/452336-sweden-stockholm/ Police in the Swedish capital are to seek reinforcements after youths set cars ablaze and threw stones at police for a fifth night running. Fri, 24 May 2013 12:13:27 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0524/452336-sweden-stockholm/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0524/452349-lagarde/ International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde has returned to a special Paris court over her role in the €400m pay-off to a controversial businessman that happened when she was France's finance minister. Fri, 24 May 2013 11:55:22 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0524/452349-lagarde/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0524/452357-bbc-digital-archive/ The BBC has scrapped a multimillion-pound attempt to create an internal digital archive. Fri, 24 May 2013 12:01:29 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0524/452357-bbc-digital-archive/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0523/452236-obama-drones/ US President Barack Obama outlined plans to limit the use of US drone strikes against extremists abroad. Thu, 23 May 2013 22:55:06 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0523/452236-obama-drones/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0523/452038-london-woolwich/ A total of four people, including the two men shot by police, have now been arrested in connection with the murder of a soldier in Woolwich. Thu, 23 May 2013 22:56:52 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0523/452038-london-woolwich/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0523/452273-boy-scouts/ The Boy Scouts of America's National Council has voted to ease a long-standing ban and allow openly gay boys to be accepted as Scouts. Fri, 24 May 2013 11:43:06 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0523/452273-boy-scouts/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0523/452064-twitter-login-security/ Twitter has enhanced security for its users, following a spate of attacks on accounts of prominent media outlets including the Associated Press and the Financial Times. Thu, 23 May 2013 10:34:14 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0523/452064-twitter-login-security/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0523/452080-everest-record/ An 80-year-old Japanese mountain climber who has had four heart operations has become the oldest person to conquer Mount Everest. Thu, 23 May 2013 14:55:05 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0523/452080-everest-record/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0523/452160-christine-lagarde/ IMF chief Christine Lagarde was questioned in court by a French magistrate over her role in a €285m arbitration payment made to a supporter of former president Nicolas Sarkozy. Thu, 23 May 2013 22:29:40 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0523/452160-christine-lagarde/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0523/452062-britain-eu/ Former British foreign secretary David Miliband has said he could not envisage Britain pulling out of the European Union. Thu, 23 May 2013 10:27:33 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0523/452062-britain-eu/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0523/452042-amnesty-international/ Amnesty International says that tough economic conditions and austerity in the EU are stoking hostility towards immigrants fleeing wars and poverty. Thu, 23 May 2013 12:01:18 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0523/452042-amnesty-international/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0523/452115-sweden/ Hundreds of youth have torched cars and attacked police in four nights of riots in suburbs of Sweden's capital, Stockholm. Thu, 23 May 2013 22:27:40 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0523/452115-sweden/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0523/452127-pakistani-taliban/ The Pakistani Taliban has admitted responsibility for a bomb that killed 11 security personnel and two civilians. Thu, 23 May 2013 16:12:15 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0523/452127-pakistani-taliban/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0523/452153-ec-olive-oil/ The European Commission has decided to tear up new rules on how restaurants should serve olive oil less than a week after unveiling them. Thu, 23 May 2013 22:29:00 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0523/452153-ec-olive-oil/