In his final speach to the European Union Parliament Nigel farage marks the end of the EU's dream of a complete and unified European Nation under the direction and control of an unelected bureaucracy.

Chancellor Merkel also tells Christian Democrats she will not seek re-election as party chairwoman in December.

Spanish police said Thursday they had seized over six tonnes of cocaine hidden in a shipment of bananas and arrested 16 suspects, some of them wanted in the Netherlands.

Health authorities say a Bavarian man contracted the virus from a colleague visiting from China. It is believed to be the first case of human-to-human transmission in Europe.