7 May 2015 | Euronews
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Russia Castro meets Putin in Moscow Gearing up for Saturday's Victory Day Parade Cuban President Raul Castro met with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Thursday. -
United Kingdom [As it happened] Tories' election win triggers rivals' resignations David Cameron’s Conservatives won an unexpectedly big victory in the UK’s general election, after nationalists took hold in Scotland. It was -
United Kingdom Boris Johnson evades media scrum at polling station Boris Johnson may have hoped to amble quietly to the polling station to cast his ballot in his Islington consitituency in north London, but it turned -
United Kingdom A nail-biting finish in the UK election race, with a hung parliament expected The incumbent British Prime Minister David Cameron put on a brave face as he turned out to vote in the UK’s most unpredictable election in decades -
United Arab Emirates UAE, the first Arab country without visa in the Schengen area -
Yemen Saudi Arabia proposes five-day truce in Yemen Saudi Arabia has proposed a five-day truce in Yemen following appeals from US Secretary of State John Kerry for a pause in the fighting to allow humanitarian aid into the war-torn country. -
Burundi More deaths as Burundi's President Nkurunziza fails to calm protests Violence has escalated in Burundi amid more protests at the president’s decision to run for a third term office. In the capital Bujumbara several -
World Curry's brilliance rewarded, Ma Long triumphs in China. Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry has been named the NBA’s Most Valuable Player. The 27-year-old, who set a single-season record for -
France Setback for Sarkozy presidential bid after phonetaps ruled legal The former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has suffered a potential setback to his mission to seek election again in 2017. His team are to appeal -
Greece Golden Dawn trial adjourned a second time Organisational concerns were cited as the reason for the suspension of proceedings until the 12th of May, but the defendants also refused to appear before judges at the Athens prison once again. -
Ukraine Two wars that left a 96-year-old hero to mourn for his grandson -
No Comment Pope Francis made honorary Globetrotter -
United Kingdom Humble, homely 10 Downing St - a modest mansion for a world leader There can’t be many buildings known the world over by a simple number. ‘Number 10’ is synonymous with the seat of power of the UK government, the -
Italy Flights resume at Rome's Fuimicino airport after fire forces shutdown Rome’s main Fiumicino airport has re-opened after being closed for 12 hours by a fire that badly damaged the main international terminal. Despite -
Israel Israel's knife-edge new coalition promises suspense for itself, opposition and Palestinians The coalition put together in extremis by Benjamin Netanyahu has made bold headlines in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv but it is fragile and already under -
Culture news Finnish punk rockers with Down's, Autism and Attitude enter Eurovision Kari, Pertti, Sami and Toni will be representing Finland at the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna. The quartet, whose members suffer from -
World Last Red Army cameraman stuck his neck out all the way to Berlin Boris Sokolov never fired a shot in WWII, he used a different kind of ammunition. He was a cameraman in the Red Army. He did participate in the heat -
United Kingdom Scotland vote could prove key to Downing Street's next occupant With just 8% of the British population the Scottish vote is proving key in an election that is too close to call. -
Cinema Vincent Cassel stars as cult leader in 'Partisan' Australian director Ariel Kleiman’s debut feature ‘Partisan’ starring Vincent Cassel is set in a claustrophobic micro-society in an unidentified -
United Kingdom Record turnout on the cards for UK election People are reporting larger queues than they have ever seen before at some of the 50,000 polling stations now open across the UK. That is on top of -
Spain Podemos support plunges in poll amid party infighting Support for Spain’s upstart leftist party Podemos (“We can”) has fallen sharply, a poll showed on Thursday, just as the anti-austerity movement -
United Kingdom UK election system bodes complex outcome UK elections used to be simple. On the whole people would vote for one of the two main parties, and newspapers would grandly state which one they -
Cuba Despite Obama: Americans still face obstacles when traveling to Cuba -
World News And also... Pope Francis spins a basketball, cocaine lands in a supermarket Stories from around the world you may have missed -
Ukraine Ukraine adopts May 8 and poppy to remember WWII victims Ukraine is changing the way it commemorates World War II, as euronews correspondent Maria Korenyuk reports from Kyiv. “For the first time in -
Cinema Hunger Games Elizabeth Banks directs 'Pitch Perfect 2' ‘The Hunger Games’ actress Elizabeth Banks is making her directorial feature film debut with musical comedy ‘Pitch Perfect 2’. A surprise hit back in -
United Kingdom Candidates go to vote in closest British election in a generation The weeks of campaigning have ended and it’s now time to decide. Millions of UK voters go to ballot boxes today to decide who will lead the country -
World Missing Soviet soldiers and the quest to lay WWII to rest Russians who fought to rid Europe of Hitler are still rotting in the earth, somewhere on their way to Berlin. The ‘Obelisk’ search team is digging in -
No Comment Hairy homage to Neymar -
No Comment US: mystery lake drains in Oregon -
Culture news Zimbabwe festival of arts draws crowds despite economic crisis The curtain has come down on the 15th edition of the Harare International Festival of the Arts, considered one of Africa’s premier cultural events -
United Kingdom UK election 2015: what you need to know -
USA Oklahoma hit by tornadoes A series of storms including a major twister have hit the southern United States close to Oklahoma City. At least 13 people were reported injured and -
Chile Chilean President Bachelet sacks cabinet The Chilean President Michelle Bachelet has announced a surprise cabinet reshuffle amid a collapse in her popularity. Speaking to a local TV station -
Israel Israeli PM clinches last minute deal to form coalition Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has clinched an 11th hour deal with a far-right party to form a new coalition government. After hours of -
France Germanwings pilot's 'preparations' for fatal crash went unnoticed . Questions are being asked as to how co-pilot Andreas Lubitz could have been prevented from crashing a Germanwings Airbus into the Alps in March. -
World News Rogue Russian spacecraft falling back to earth faster than expected Progress is falling back to earth faster than expected. The unmanned Russian spacecraft, which failed to reach the International Space Station with