Australian police find Nazi machine-gun in traffic stop

Australian police have seized a World War II era machine gun during a traffic stop 100km (60 miles) north of Sydney.

The MP40 submachine gun plus 60 rounds of ammunition was found after police pulled over a Holden Commodore on Oakland Avenue.

According to report, the weapon was developed in Nazi Germany - more than a million were produced during the war.

A 40-year-old man, who was a passenger in the car, was charged with possessing a prohibited firearm.

Police said he was refused bail and would appear at Wyong Local Court on Monday.

Last week, Australia brought in a national gun amnesty because of the growing terrorism threat and an influx of illegal arms in the country.

Those caught with prohibited weapons during that period face fines of up to A$280,000 ($212,730; £166,480) or up to 14 years in prison.

The 10 candidates in the UK elections who are of African heritage

The 10 candidates in the UK elections who are of African heritage.

They were all MPs in the previous parliament and have all won their seats again:

• Helen Grant who has a Nigerian father won Maidstone and the Weald for the Conservative party taking 56.4% of the vote
• Adam Afriyie who has a Ghanain father won Windsor for the Conservative taking 64.4% of the vote
• Mark Hendrick who is British-Somali won Preston for the Labour party taking 68% of the vote
• Chuka Umunna who has a Nigerian father won Streatham for the Labour party taking 68.5% of the vote
• Chi Onwurah who has a Nigerian father won Newcastle Central for the Labour party taking 64.9% of the vote
• Sam Gyimah both of whose parents are Ghanaian won Surrey East for the Conservative party with 59.6% of the vote
• Kwasi Kwarteng both of whose parents are Ghanaian won Spelthorne for the Conservative party with 57.3% of the vote
• Kate Osamor both of whose parents are Nigerian won Edmonton for the Labour party with 71.5% of the vote
• James Cleverly whose mother is Sierra Leonean won Braintree for the Conservative party with 62.8% of the vote
• Priti Patel whose parents are Ugandan Asians won Witham for the Conservative party with 64.3% of the vote

Woman pushed in front of oncoming Berlin U-Bahn train saved by passersby

A woman was rescued by passersby after a man pushed her onto the tracks of an oncoming U-Bahn train in Berlin on Monday.

The U5 train was heading towards the platform at Kaulsdorf-Nord on Monday afternoon when police say a 37-year-old man suddenly jumped up from a bench, approached the woman from behind and pushed her onto the tracks.

The 66-year-old woman injured her knee in the fall, but passersby hurried to help her off of the tracks before the train arrived. People on the platform also managed to restrain the man and alert police.

She was taken to hospital for treatment, while the man was detained by officers before being taken to hospital himself for psychiatric treatment. He reportedly did not say a word about what happened.

German men selling fatherhood to refugee women for cash

German officials say growing numbers of pregnant immigrant women are paying German men to pose as fathers so that they can qualify for residency.

German broadcaster RBB found up to 700 cases in Berlin alone. "There are many unreported cases," said Ole Schröder, a top interior ministry official.

The pregnant immigrant women are reported to have paid fake fathers and solicitors as much as €5,000 to get paternity registered and once that is done, the baby automatically becomes a German citizen and the mother has the right to stay. There has been a rise in asylum requests from pregnant women from Vietnam, Africa and Eastern Europe.

On the other hand, the mainly unemployed men pay nothing to the women for the care of the children, with the state instead being responsible for welfare payments.

“The estimated number of unknown cases is high,” said Ole Schröder, undersecretary in the Interior Ministry.

Martin Steltner, a state prosecutor in Berlin, told ARD television there were signs of widespread abuse involving paternity, for example one man claiming to be the father of 10 children.

But the prosecutors currently have few legal options at their disposal to tackle the deceit, as no law is being broken. Current law states that whoever recognizes fatherhood of a child is the father, regardless of whether this is biologically true or not.

“For this reason, we don’t have the legally means to investigate these cases,” said Steltner.

Paris police attacker shot outside cathedral Notre-Dame

Police have shot a man who attacked an officer with a hammer outside the Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris. The assailant, later found to be also armed with kitchen knives, was brought down as he threatened passersby outside one of the French capital’s busiest tourist attractions on Tuesday afternoon

The man shouted "this is for Syria" during the attack, the interior minister said. Prosecutors have opened a terrorism investigation.
The officer suffered minor injuries. The suspect was wounded in the chest when another policeman opened fire.
Tourists fled for cover as the attack unfolded. Hundreds of people were in the cathedral at the time.

Recent terror attacks in France

• 20 Apr 2017 - A convicted criminal who was investigated for threatening to kill police opens fire at police on the Champs Elysees in Paris, killing one and wounding two. He is shot dead - and the assault is claimed by IS
• 3 Feb 2017 - A machete-wielding Egyptian man shouting "Allahu akbar" attacks French soldiers at Paris's Louvre Museum - he is shot and wounded
• 26 Jul 2016 - Two attackers slits the throat of a priest at his church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, in Normandy. They are shot dead by police
• 14 Jul 2016 - A huge lorry mows down a crowd of people on the Nice beachfront during Bastille Day celebrations, killing 86. IS claims the attack - by a Tunisian-born driver, later shot dead by police
• 13 Jun 2016 -A knife-wielding jihadist kills a police officer and his partner at their home in Magnanville, west of Paris. He declares allegiance to IS, and police later kill him
• 13 Nov 2015 - IS jihadists armed with bombs and assault rifles attack Paris, targeting the national stadium, cafes and Bataclan concert hall. The co-ordinated assault leaves 130 people dead, and more than 350 wounded
• 7-9 Jan 2015 - Two Islamist gunmen storm the Paris offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, killing 17 people. Another Islamist militant kills a policewoman the next day and takes hostages at a Jewish supermarket in Paris. Four hostages are killed before police shoot the gunman dead. The other two gunmen are cornered and killed by police in a siege