Britain today insisted the European Union must work with a wide range of countries to combat climate change, but said a flexible approach to win partners would not weaken the bloc’s determination to tackle the problem.

A WORLD plan to fight global warming went into force yesterday, feted by its backers as a lifeline for the planet amid sniping at the US for staying out.

GYPSIES from across Europe met at the former Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp in Poland yesterday to remember hundreds of thousands of their ancestors killed by the Nazis and call for wider recognition of the Gypsy Holocaust.

Gypsies from across Europe met at the former Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp in Poland today to remember hundreds of thousands of their ancestors killed by the Nazis and call for wider recognition of the Gypsy Holocaust.

THE swollen Elbe River peaked early yesterday in the eastern German city of Magdeburg, which was spared a major evacuation effort as dykes held back the floods that have left a trail of devastation upstream.

The swollen Elbe River peaked early today in the eastern German city of Magdeburg, which was spared a major evacuation effort as dikes held back the floods that have left a trail of devastation upstream.