Switzerland

Swiss voters narrowly back proposals to reintroduce immigration quotas with the European Union – the vote echoes the debate in the UK over the impact of free movement.

A Swiss company has released footage of14 cannulated cows – cows that have a hole in their sides that allow farmers to look into their stomach and ensure more balanced feeding for the animals.

The UN says that both sides will negotiate face to face in Geneva for the first time on Saturday, just hours after the regime threatened to walk out, writes Sakhr Al-Makhadhi from Geneva.

After a day of separate meetings with the Syrian government and opposition delegations, UN mediator Lakhdar Brahimi says both sides have agreed to meet in the same room on Saturday.

Can the elites in Davos help create lasting prosperity, or are most people here stuck with the prospect of falling living standards?

Jackie Long talks to locals in Biddulph about their economic troubles, and whether the leaders at the Davos world economic forum can really help out.

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem tells UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon that “Syria always keeps its promise,” when asked to wrap up his opening speech at the Geneva II peace conference.

MPs criticise the spending of hundreds of millions of pounds to stockpile Tamiflu, saying doubts about the drug’s effectiveness suggest it may not be money well spent.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denounces the agreement between six world powers and Iran to curb its nuclear weapons programme as a “bad deal” to which Israel will not be bound.

Statesmen and diplomats are meeting in Geneva over Iran’s long-running and controversial nuclear weapons programme. As a deal nears, the French have warned of stumbling blocks over a possible pact.

Fifa President Sepp Blatter tells a Zurich press conference “We have plenty of time concerning Qatar” and confirms the 2022 World Cup will take place there.

Mark Sutton, who parachuted into the Olympic Stadium dressed as James Bond during the London 2012 opening ceremony, dies in an apparent wingsuit accident in the Swiss Alps.

Two trains collide in Switzerland injuring 44 people, four of them seriously, in the west of the country, according to local news reports.

In a victory for health campaigners against big pharmaceuticals, India’s supreme court rules that pharmaceutical giant Novartis cannot patent an updated version of a cancer drug.