Queen's 90th birthday: Beacons lit amid UK celebrations

• 4 hours ago
 
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Media captionHow the Queen spent her 90th birthday

The Queen has lit the first of more than 900 beacons lighting up across the UK and overseas as part of her 90th birthday celebrations.

Prince Philip, the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall then joined the monarch at a private dinner in Windsor Castle.

Earlier, cheering crowds lined the streets in Windsor as the Queen took part in a walkabout.

On Twitter, the Queen thanked senders of "#HappyBirthdayYourMajesty" tweets.

In another tweet, the Queen said: "I send my best wishes to those who are celebrating their 90th birthday... on this shared occasion, I send my warm congratulations to you."

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Ukraine bans Russian films in media war

• 21 April 2016
 
• From the sectionEurope

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Image captionKiev: Nationalist feelings have surged amid tension with ethnic Russians in Ukraine

Ukraine has banned Russian films, including TV dramas and documentaries, made since 1 January 2014 in what Kiev regards as "an aggressor state".

The ban follows other restrictive measures imposed by Russia and Ukraine on each other since Russia's annexation of Crimea in March 2014.

They have barred each other's main TV channels on their territory.

Ukraine has blacklisted 83 cultural figures, most of them Russian, whom it considers a national security threat.

Those on the list - barred from visiting Ukraine - mostly support Russia's annexation of Crimea and the pro-Russian insurgency in eastern Ukraine.

Turkish hotline for Erdogan insults angers Dutch

• 2 hours ago
 
• From the sectionEurope

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Image captionAlmost 2,000 legal cases have been launched in Turkey for insulting the president

The Turkish consulate in Rotterdam has infuriated Dutch MPs by calling on Turkish groups in the Netherlands to inform it of insults against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Several MPs complained of the "long arm of the Turkish state" while the Dutch PM said it was a "strange" move.

Last week, Germany allowed the prosecution of a top satirist for insulting Mr Erdogan to proceed.

Jan Boehmermann had read a crude poem on TV, aimed at testing German law.

Both Germany and the Netherlands have old lese majeste laws against insulting the head of a friendly head of state.

Brussels bombing: Anger over Jambon's 'Muslim dancing' comment

• 21 April 2016
 
• From the sectionEurope

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Image captionTwo bombs tore through Brussels airport on 22 March

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Belgian Interior Minister Jan Jambon has come under fire for saying that a "significant part of the Muslim community danced" in response to the Brussels bomb attacks.

He was repeatedly asked by MPs for evidence of his claim and a Muslim group has made an official complaint.

The 22 March bomb attacks at Brussels airport and Maelbeek metro station left 32 dead and hundreds more wounded.