Greece looks set to start sending migrants back to Turkey from the beginning of next week after a proposed "one in, one out" scheme apparently won the approval of EU leaders in Brussels.

European Union and Turkish leaders are closing in on an agreement to send thousands of migrants back to Turkey.

EU leaders agreed the outline of an agreement they hope to put to Turkey this morning to ease the migrant crisis.

EU leaders struggled to fit together the jigsaw pieces of an agreement with Turkey on the migrant crisis as President Michael D Higgins warned that failure to respond would be “catastrophic”.

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has vowed to bring terrorism "to its knees" following the suicide car bomb attack in the capital that killed at least 34 people and injured 125 others.

The EU plan to deal with migrants is a masterpiece that seeks to bridge the largely domestic fears of intransigent politicians in the EU and Turkey, writes Ann Cahill Europe Correspondent

No agreement was reached on resolving the migrant crisis last night following an emergency summit after Turkey doubled its price for holding refugees to prevent them from reaching EU shores.

German government officials have expressed concern about the state of press freedom in Turkey.

Turkey’s president has condemned a car bomb attack in the capital which killed at least 28 people, saying it exceeds all “moral and humane boundaries”.

Latest: At least five people have been killed and ten others injured in an explosion that rocked the Turkish capital, the governor of Ankara has said.

Britain and France criticised Russia’s role in Syria’s war and said Moscow must stop the conflict rather than fuelling it, after missile strikes killed dozens of civilians on Monday.

Donor nations have pledged to give billions of dollars in aid to Syrians as world leaders gathered for a conference to tackle the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, with Turkey reporting a new exodus of tens of thousands fleeing air strikes.

Tens of thousands of Muslim women unable to speak English are to be given the chance to learn the language in a new British Government drive to build community integration and counter extremism.

Turkish tanks and artillery have attacked Islamic State positions in Iraq and Syria in retaliation for the suicide bombing in Istanbul which killed 10 tourists, Turkey’s Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said.

Turkish police have arrested five people suspected of direct links to the suicide bombing that killed 10 Germans in Istanbul's main tourist area.

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US President Barack Obama has urged Turkey to reduce tensions with Russia, which are hampering efforts to fight Islamic State militants in Syria.

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Turkey’s prime minister dismissed any suggestion Ankara should apologise for downing a Russian warplane in its airspace last week, after winning strong NATO support for the right to defend itself.

European Union leaders eager for Turkey’s help in the refugee crisis cautioned against promising too much to their often reluctant partner at a summit in Brussels yesterday, even as Turkey’s prime minister declared the beginning of a new era for relations between the two sides.

Turkey has taken delivery of the body of a Russian pilot who was killed after Turkish F-16s shot down a Russian war plane, the country’s prime minister says.

Russian president Vladimir Putin has called for sanctions against Turkey, following the downing this week of a Russian warplane.

Russian president Vladimir Putin has described as a “stab in the back” the downing of a Russian fighter plane by Turkey.

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has hailed a big victory for his ruling party in parliamentary elections and demanded the world respect the result.

Kurdish opponents of president blame him for fatal attack on rally

Turkish jets hit Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq and the government said strikes would continue until the rebels lay down their arms, despite calls earlier by the pro-Kurdish opposition for an immediate end to the violence and the resumption of peace efforts.

NATO gave Turkey its full political support in fighting militants in Syria and Iraq at an emergency meeting but several nations urged Ankara not to undermine the Kurdish peace process by using excessive military force.

The US and Turkey are finalising plans for a military campaign to push IS out of a strip of Syrian territory along the Turkish border.

Prime minister Ahmet Davutoglu has rejected accusations that Turkey previously tacitly supported Islamic State (IS) militants operating from Syria and unwittingly opened the door to a suicide bombing that killed at least 32 people.

Turkish prime minister Ahmet Davutoglu resigned yesterday in a procedural move after a parliamentary election but will remain in his post until a new government is formed, president Tayyip Erdogan’s office said in a statement.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s office says he has accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu’s government.

Turkey’s ruling Islamic-rooted party is facing turbulence as it is likely to need a coalition partner to form the next government after suffering surprisingly strong losses in a national vote. Other parties vowed to resist any such pact.