Two women were killed in southern France on Sunday by an assailant armed with a knife, in an attack that forced the evacuation of a major train station, the authorities said.

The Human Rights Watch (HRW) reports that Cameroonian Military are torturing and sexually abusing Nigerian refugees and asylum seekers and denying them access to the United Nations refugee agency in the country. NAN reports that Cameroon has so far deported 100, 000 Nigerian refugees under the guise of stemming the activities of Boko Haram in the country.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been re-elected for a fourth term in office on 24 September. Polling data from public broadcaster ARD / infratest-dimap said Merkel's centre right CDU / CSU alliance won 32.5% of the vote, ahead of the centre-left Social Democratic Party on 20% and the AfD.

The Spanish government has pledged to stop a poll that was declared illegal by the country's constitutional court.

British Airways has sacked the hostess behind the racist video where the airhostess was seen ranting and insulting Nigerian passengers, MailOnline has reported.

Over 60 million eligible voters in Germany will today cast their votes in the country's national election to elect a new leader, with Angela Merkel gunning for reelection. Merkel is currently seeking a fourth term in office and to keep her conservative CDU/CSU alliance's status as the largest presence in Germany's parliament.