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Sat, 18 Jun 2022 10:26:30 +0200
Dom Phillips: bodies of UK journalist and Brazilian expert identified
British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira were last seen in the Amazon 5 June.

Sat, 18 Jun 2022 10:00:35 +0200
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This week, European leaders meet with Zelenskyy in the Kyiv, people strip off to go to the beach near Gaza or fight for their rights on bikes in London, and what if coping with climate change means turning to snack insects? No agenda, no slant. Get ...

Sat, 18 Jun 2022 07:00:56 +0200
Simba the lion: Abandoned cub victim of Russian wildlife trade begins new life in Italy
Rescued in distress from a Moscow suburb, the lion cub was nursed back to health and nearly two years later has now arrived at a wildlife sanctuary in Tuscany.

Sat, 18 Jun 2022 07:00:07 +0200
Latest news bulletin | June 18th – Morning
Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.

Fri, 17 Jun 2022 22:14:15 +0200
Record temperatures expected as heatwave sweeps across southern Europe
Temperatures are predicted to exceed 40°C in certain parts of Europe, with experts warning that June heatwaves may be a glimpse of the future as a result of climate change.

Fri, 17 Jun 2022 20:54:58 +0200
Good news: The miracle drug eradicating rectal cancer and universal charger for electronics
Dancing is good for memory loss, a miracle drug eradicated cancer in trial patients and four other feel-good stories. Here is your weekly dose of #GoodNews.

Fri, 17 Jun 2022 20:42:25 +0200
WTO ministers reach deals on fisheries, food, COVID vaccines
The World Trade Organization agreed on deals to protect stocks of ocean fish, broaden production of Covid-19 vaccines and improve food security.

Fri, 17 Jun 2022 19:55:47 +0200
Parts of Europe sizzle in heat wave
A blanket of hot air stretching from the Mediterranean to the North Sea was bringing much of Western Europe its first heat wave of the summer, with temperatures exceeding 30 degrees Celsius on Friday from London to Paris, Madrid and Rome.

Fri, 17 Jun 2022 19:35:19 +0200
Archaeologists discover 1,300-year-old shipwreck in southwest France
The incredibly rare ship carcass dating back to the Middle Ages was unearthed near the city of Bordeaux.

Fri, 17 Jun 2022 18:58:58 +0200
German contemporary art festival 'Documenta 15' opens its doors
Documenta, one of the world's biggest art fairs, opens this week under a cloud of controversy. The exhibition, which turns the sleepy German city of Kassel into the centre of the art world once every five year.

Fri, 17 Jun 2022 18:51:10 +0200
French parliamentary election: Five factors at play as Macron struggles for overall majority
Sunday's second round of voting for the French National Assembly could see the re-elected President Macron lose much of his power if his alliance fails to gain an absolute majority.

Fri, 17 Jun 2022 18:46:22 +0200
Ukraine war: Boris Johnson returns to Kyiv with pledge of new military training programme
The British prime minister's surprise trip to Ukraine comes a day after the high-profile visit of leaders from EU countries France, Germany, Italy and Romania.

Fri, 17 Jun 2022 18:36:58 +0200
Putin attacks 'reckless and insane' Western sanctions and denies Russia stoking inflation
The Russian president says his country is 'not responsible for global inflation', and the war in Ukraine gives the West an excuse to blame all its problems on Russia.

Fri, 17 Jun 2022 18:32:55 +0200
Dizzying new upside down house draws crowds
Spiderman would feel right at home. A park in Romania is offering visitors tours through an upside down house. It has a 7 degree incline, and everything from chess boards to the kitchen sink are hanging from the ceiling.

Fri, 17 Jun 2022 18:18:58 +0200
'Venezuelan dancing devils': personifying the evil to defeat it
Frightening 'devils' walk the streets of Naiguata, a coastal city in Venezuela, wearing colourful masks and costumes with belts laden with bunches of bells, for the famous Dancing Devils festival.

Fri, 17 Jun 2022 18:00:09 +0200
Latest news bulletin | June 17th – Evening
Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.

Fri, 17 Jun 2022 17:30:53 +0200
EU 'not seeking political victory' in Northern Ireland Brexit dispute, says top negotiator Sefcovic
Brussels says a prosperous relationship with the UK and opportunities for Northern Ireland are its goals.

Fri, 17 Jun 2022 17:00:51 +0200
Queues return to Greek soup kitchens as inflation takes its toll
First, the financial crisis played havoc with Greece. Then the pandemic showed up. And now: inflation. will Greeks manage to weather the storm again?

Fri, 17 Jun 2022 15:35:02 +0200
Russian shelling leaves massive craters, mines and unexploded rockets
Shelling in Ukraine on Thursday damaged several buildings and civilian infrastructure at a town on the outskirts of Kharkiv. A five-meter-deep shell crater was left at the site. Mine and unexploded rocket clearance is being carried out meticulously.

Fri, 17 Jun 2022 15:30:06 +0200
British child gymnasts abused and denied food and water, report finds
A new report into allegations of abuse at British Gymnastics finds a catalogue of abusive behaviour towards young athletes during training.

Fri, 17 Jun 2022 14:02:21 +0200
Polish women 'risk being spied on, controlled and possibly punished' over 'pregnancy register'
"Nobody knows who will have the access to this very intimate, confidential data,' Polish gynaecologist Agnieszka Kurczuk told Euronews.

Fri, 17 Jun 2022 13:56:36 +0200
Protesters set trains on fire in India after new army recruitment plan unveiled
An angry mob set at least four trains on fire and damaged a railway station in India's southern city of Secunderabad on Friday.

Fri, 17 Jun 2022 13:08:49 +0200
Moroccans living in Europe head home for first time in three years
With more than 3.3 million travellers in the summer of 2019, the crossing is one of the world's largest flows of people between continents in such a short period.

Fri, 17 Jun 2022 12:26:38 +0200
Ukrainian navy claims to have struck Russian vessel in Black Sea
On Friday, the Ukrainian navy said that it had struck a Russian boat carrying air defence systems to a strategic island in the Black Sea.

Fri, 17 Jun 2022 12:22:39 +0200
VivaTech 2022: Zelenskyy hologram urges Big Tech to help Ukraine defeat 'the Empire'
The Ukrainian president made a virtual appearance at VivaTech in Paris asking tech firms to help his country bounce back from the war with a "digital revolution".

Fri, 17 Jun 2022 12:00:07 +0200
Latest news bulletin | June 17th – Midday
Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.

Fri, 17 Jun 2022 11:56:11 +0200
Julian Assange: UK government orders extradition of WikiLeaks' founder to US
Assange has been fighting a years-long battle to avoid facing trial in the US.

Fri, 17 Jun 2022 11:47:03 +0200
Tourists flock to 240-metre glass bridge across canyon
A 240-metre glass bridge spanning the Dashbash Canyon has opened in Georgia. A diamond shaped cafe hangs in the middle of the construction, 200 metres above the ground, and it's already drawing visitors.

Fri, 17 Jun 2022 11:43:36 +0200
Germany steps up calls to save energy as Russia reduces gas supplies
German is stepping up its appeal to residents to look for ways of saving energy, after Russia's Gazprom announced significant cuts in natural gas deliveries to the country through a key pipeline.

Fri, 17 Jun 2022 10:59:02 +0200
Crops and drinking water threatened in Italy's Po Valley amid worst drought in 70 years
Drinking water is already being rationed.

Fri, 17 Jun 2022 09:21:10 +0200
Brazil Indigenous protest in front of EU buildings over missing men
Brazilian Indigenous leaders demonstrate in front of EU buildings in Brussels against the disappearance -- and suspected murders -- in the Amazon of British journalist Dom Phillips and land rights activist Bruno Pereira.

Fri, 17 Jun 2022 08:46:07 +0200
Trump’s closest advisers viewed efforts to halt certification of election 'nuts' and 'crazy'
A committee investigating the 6 January US Capitol insurrection on Thursday revealed the extraordinary efforts President Donald Trump and his team pursued in an attempt to overturn his 2020 election defeat to Joe Biden.

Fri, 17 Jun 2022 07:00:06 +0200
Latest news bulletin | June 17th – Morning
Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 22:26:36 +0200
NATO to boost military forces and equipment on its eastern flank
NATO defence ministers on Thursday discussed ways to bolster forces and deterrence along the military alliance's eastern borders.

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 22:18:29 +0200
Sievierodonetsk: 'Complete, durable ceasefire' needed for humanitarian corridor, says refugee chief
Thousands of civilians remain trapped in Ukraine's devastated eastern city of Sievierodonetsk, with supplies of food and clean water running low.

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 21:07:15 +0200
Ukraine war: Misleading document claims majority of Mariupol population is pro-Russia
A "top secret" document supposedly written by the Azov Battalion states that over 70% of Mariupol's population is loyal to Moscow.

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 20:59:31 +0200
Russian secret agent unmasked trying to inflitrate war crimes court, Netherlands says
Dutch authorities say Sergey Vladimirovich Cherkasov had planned an elaborate cover story to hide his identity and penetrate the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 18:29:02 +0200
Turkey detains 16 Kurdish journalists over alleged 'terrorist' links
The media workers are all accused of working for a mouthpiece of the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 18:03:19 +0200
US-led military coalition captures senior IS leader in northern Syria
Media reports have identified the suspect as Syrian national Ahmad Hani al-Kurdi.

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 18:00:06 +0200
Latest news bulletin | June 16th – Evening
Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 17:29:03 +0200
Austria’s benefit cuts scheme for migrants was illegal, rules EU court
The country's government had withheld social benefits from migrants if their children still lived in their home country.

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 17:17:08 +0200
Paolo Macchiarini: Italian surgeon convicted over windpipe transplants
"There is nothing to suggest that he was unaware that the operation would cause severe bodily harm and long and severe suffering," the court said in a statement.

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 17:10:20 +0200
Wildfires rage in Catalonia amid soaring heatwave temperatures
Spanish authorities say forest fires have destroyed around 1,100 hectares in the region.

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 17:02:38 +0200
More bother for Boris as ethics advisor quits over 'odious' orders
Christopher Geidt stepped down saying the government had put him in an “impossible and odious position”.

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 16:16:54 +0200
Young entrepreneur sets up vending machines offering edible insects
A vending machine selling edible insects has been set up at a camping facility in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan. Its menu consists of 18 types of deep-fried insects, including crickets and grasshoppers. Fancy a snack?

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 15:37:14 +0200
Back on track: Ukraine uses sleeper trains to rehouse war-hit locals
Dubbed the "Iron City", the former sleeper train is composed of five wagons, which can accommodate up to 25 families

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 12:00:06 +0200
Latest news bulletin | June 16th – Midday
Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 11:45:50 +0200
Saudi embassy street named after slain reporter
One month ahead of President Joe Biden's trip to Saudi Arabia, the District of Columbia is renaming the street in front of the Saudi embassy Jamal Khashoggi Way, trolling Riyadh for its role in the killing of the dissident Saudi activist and journali...

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 10:33:06 +0200
Slovenia will take down its border fence with Croatia
It was put up in 2015 during the migrant crisis. But Slovenia's new prime minister says it's not working.

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 08:23:38 +0200
Ukraine war: Macron, Scholz and Draghi back EU candidate status for Ukraine
The move is "a strong, quick, expected gesture of hope and clarity that we want to send to Ukraine and its people," the French president said as the three leaders visited Kyiv.



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