The Netherlands

The heads of state of 15 Caribbean nations are gathering in St Vincent to unveil a 10-point plan that demands reparations from European nations which benefited from the slave trade.

The 75-year-old monarch, who has been on the throne for 33 years, hands over to her eldest son, Willem-Alexander, who becomes the first king of the Netherlands in over 120 years.

An ex-student at the British School in the Netherlands has been arrested in connection with a threat made against a school in Leiden, say police.

Dutch authorities recall 50,000 tonnes of meat which was sold as beef across Europe, but may contain horsemeat.

The Dutch call them “loverboys” – men who groom women into relationships, then force them into prostitution. Jackie Long met Tom, British father of one such girl, as he tried to rescue his daughter.

Police and prosecutors are investigating how rioting erupted after thousands of revellers descended on a small Dutch town for a party that was inadvertently advertised on Facebook.

A judge in the Netherlands upholds a ban forbidding foreigners from entering cannabis cafes.

Ratko Mladic begins his trial at The Hague accused of 11 crimes, including genocide. Channel 4 News Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson is in court to witness the start of the trial.

Ratko Mladic will be formally charged with genocide when he faces a war crimes tribunal for the first time at The Hague. His lawyer says he’s been treated in a prison hospital.

Ratko Mladic’s outbursts at the start of his trial give some clues as to his future line of defence. Channel 4 News compares his case to those of Slobodan Milosevic and Radovan Karadzic.

Appearing at The Hague for the first time, General Mladic dismisses the war crimes charges against him as “obnoxious” and claims “I just defended my people and my country”.

A British born octopus is to retire after achieving a hundred per cent success rate to correctly predict the results of all seven of Germany’s World Cup matches, and that Spain would win.