Ice cream giant Ben & Jerry’s is under fire from an animal welfare group for buying eggs from a company the Humane Society of the US says mistreats chickens.

Germany has agreed to help clear the way for the opening of Nazi records on some 17 million Jews and slave labourers persecuted during the Holocaust.

Germany agreed today to help clear the way for the opening of Nazi records on some 17 million Jews and slave labourers who were persecuted during the Holocaust.