Last minute campaigning #btw17. Angela Merkel on Rügen. Martin Schultz in Aachen. Christian Lindner in Düsseldorf.

If this is the result on Sunday, and there is a new grand coalition, AfD will be the opposition leader in Germany.

Shared History. Shared Challenges. Shared Future. Yes, that's essence of the European Union.

Yesterday in St Petersburg was launched the world's most powerful icebreaker Arktika. Power by two nuclear reactors.

The economic record of the Merkel years for Germany is certainly impressive. Here those in jobs and those without.

What's wrong with London? Or Edinburgh? Santa Maria Novella in Florence nice, but odd place for UK PM Brexit speech.

Russia fires Iskander cruise missile in Leningrad region. This is the system US sees as violating INF treaty.

France President Macron delivers a passionate defence of multilateralism in his #UNGA speech. A European voice.

Middle of the night in the Gulf. Taking off from Bahrain. Heading home.

I tried to look at @AlJazeera_World website this morning. Banned and blocked in Bahrain. War by many means.

Emir of Qatar publicly visiting US forces at big Al Udeid base at this time more than just a visit. It's a signal.

Good with Nasser Saidi giving a quick guide to the geopolitical landscape of the Middle East. Get it? #IISSBBF17

Taking off from Kiev with Manama in Bahrain as final destination.

Europe is the path to progress and a better future also for Ukraine, says Tony Blair at @yes_ukraine.

The Lavra - the old monasteries and churches in Kiev - were as glorious as ever today.