UKIP leader Nigel Farage has accepted a challenge from Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg to a public debate on the future relationship between the UK and Europe.
The European Commission is threatening the UK with a £300,000 lawsuit for failing to meet agreed air pollution limits on nitrogen dioxide.
Foreign ministers from the European Union have agreed to impose sanctions on the Ukrainian officials that they believe are “responsible for violence and excessive force” in the ongoing clashes in Kiev.
Despite a brief a truce, police in Ukraine have reportedly shot live rounds at protesters in Kiev, killing 21, as the protesters retook Maidan.
Violence continued overnight in Ukraine as police tried to break up protesters in Kiev’s Independence Square and regain control of the area.