A global group of leaders wants to end what it says is a failed policy and instead focus on legalising use and putting people’s health first, writes Europe Correspondent Ann Cahill

MURPHY’s law seems to prevail in the EU as in many other spheres. Just when the union needs to concentrate very closely on getting its act together on the global economic crisis, a sideshow threatens to take over.

The architect behind some of Britain’s foremost modern buildings has died in his native Prague, it was announced today.

Prague braced for flooding today and 10,000 people were evacuated from their homes in a south-eastern town as rivers, swollen by rain and melting snow, rose to dangerous levels.

The city of Prague paid tribute to its most renowned literary son today, unveiling a monument to Franz Kafka.