24 July 2015 | Euronews
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Italy Several killed in Italy fireworks factory blasts A series of explosions at a fireworks factory in southern Italy has killed seven people. Reports say a van blew up at the Bruscella plant at Modugno -
Austria Austria bans 'Nazi coded' car number plates Austria has banned new car number plates which have hidden codes symbolising support for neo-Nazi or other extremist causes. More than 30 number and -
Germany Duisburg marks five years since Love Parade tragedy The German town of Duisburg has held a memorial service to mark five years since a deadly stampede at the Love Parade techno festival. Twenty-one -
Kenya President Obama arrives in Kenya with Nairobi in security lockdown US President Barack Obama has arrived in Kenya. Landing in the country where his father was born he was met by his half-sister Auma and Kenyan -
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Burundi Burundi: electoral commission confirms third term for Nkurunziza Burundi’s electoral commission has confirmed the country’s incumbent president has won a third term in office. Pierre Nkurunziza clinched his -
Sport Springboks aim to bounce back against All Blacks South Africa will look to bounce back from their opening defeat to Australia in the Rugby championship on Saturday when the springboks face three -
Turkey Turkey: a change of heart about IS? The fighter jets continue to take off. It is clear Turkey plans to pursue its campaign against the self-titled group Islamic State. As well as -
Greece The future on the menu as Greek leaders attend presidential lunch Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras joined leaders from other mainstream political parties at a lunch hosted by the President of the Hellenic -
Sport Nibali solos to stage 19 success, Froome closes in on second Tour de France title Vincenzo Nibali won a short but brutal mountainous stage 19 of the Tour de France on Friday making up for a disappointing first week in the saddle -
France Unidentified remains of Germanwings crash victims buried in French Alps The ceremony comes amid controversy over how Lufthansa, the parent company of Germanwings, has dealt with the crash -
Sport Bach arrives in Kuala Lumpur for IOC session International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach arrived in Malayia’s capital Kuala Lumpur on Friday ready for IOC’s 128th executive board -
Sport Tokyo unveil 2020 Olympics emblems The official emblems for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics were unveiled in Japan’s capital exactly five years before the Games begin. The emblems represent -
Ukraine Crimea: French deputies defy sanctions for visit A group of French lawmakers pay their respects to soldiers from their country buried at a military cemetery dating back to the 19th century Crimean -
Europe News Belgian dairy farmers call for emergency milk quotas Following days of protests by farmers across the border in France, Belgian dairy producers launched their own demonstration on Thursday (July 24) at -
Syria Westerners volunteer with Kurdish militia against ISIL Westerners are also committed combatants against the Islamic State jihadist movement in Syria. They have been fighting at the side of the Kurdish -
USA Louisiana killer planned escape before police closed in Police have identified the gunman who killed two women and left nine others injured before shooting himself in a cinema in Lafayette, Louisiana -
Sport US request extradition for disgraced former Fifa exec Leoz Nicolas Leoz has become the latest disgraced former fifa official on the US department’s extradition hit list. Paraguay has officially received an -
Sport Football's glamour man Pirlo presented in new York New York City FC officially presented their new signing on Thursday – football’s glamour man Andrea Pirlo. The 36-year-old Italian midfielder joined -
Turkey Why has Turkey only now joined the fight against ISIL? -
World Pump up the volume: essence of Botero's sculptures revealed in Spoleto exhibition He is one of Latin America’s most celebrated artists. Colombian painter and sculptor Fernando Botero’s voluptuous figures are considered a -
Italy Alitalia strike disrupts the holiday plans of hundreds The 24-hour stoppage has forced the company to cancel many flights -
Ukraine Ukraine: Communist parties banned from local elections Ukraine’s Justice Ministry has banned three Communist groups from running in the upcoming local elections and filed a lawsuit banning them from -
Bulgaria Bulgarian farmers clog access to petrol stations due to fuel row Earlier this week it was the French, now farmers in Bulgaria are protesting. Producers are taking their heavy agricultural machinery for a “mass -
Italy Pompeii: closed for union meeting ahead of holiday Tourists were surprised to find the ancient archaeological site of Pompeii closed on Friday morning ahead of the holiday period. The gates were -
World News Anger over 'slaughter of 250 pilot whales' in the Faroe Islands Sickening new footage has emerged claiming to show pilot whales being killed in the Faroe Islands. Campaigners say around 250 were slaughtered on -
United Kingdom EU must act over shock study on diesel fume deaths - campaigners -
World News And also...alien embassies in Portugal, Spanish cop as Adrien Brody and Iran's TV star goes from shame to glory Every Friday journalists from euronews’ various language teams choose a selection of stories from Europe and beyond which did not reach the -
Cinema John Turturro picks up Lifetime Award at Jerusalem Film Festival The 32nd edition of the Jerusalem Film Festival kicked off with Hollywood glamour, as John Turturro attended the opening. The US actor, writer and -
Romania Romania: former prison commandant given 20 years for crimes against humanity The former commandant of one of the harshest prisons of Romania’s communist era has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for crimes against humanity -
World Migrants collect at Europe's gates, solidarity on hold Seeing migrants wash up on Italy’s coasts has become extremely regular on news screens, but we don’t necessarily see where they end up — which is all -
Turkey Turkish airstrikes in Syria could signal new role in fight against ISIL Ankara has also dropped its earlier refusal to allow US warplanes to launch strikes from a Turkish base -
My Europe Series Europe Weekly: Greece passes more reforms as banks reopen In this edition of Europe Weekly, Greek lawmakers pass a second round of reforms, as banks finally reopen across the country. Meanwhile in Brussels -
Focus Capitalising on Africa's mobile revolution With more than 700 million mobile phone subscribers – a figure far greater than those of the US and Europe – Africa is going through a digitial -
World News Green light for world's first malaria vaccine The European Medicines Agency is recommending the drug be licensed for use in babies in Africa -
Business Planet High flyers: how to succeed in the satellite navigation sector The burgeoning world of navigation and satellite applications offers a wide and lucrative range of opportunities for SMEs. To help European -
Cinema 'Microbe and Gasoline', optimism and poetry by Michel Gondry ‘Microbe and Gasoline’ is a typical Michel Gondry movie: optimistic and poetic. Microbe and Gasoline are two teenage boys. Their nicknames bear -
Culture news The Script, Kings of Leon, Sting wow crowds Paleo Festival Irish pop rock band The Script wowed the crowd at the 40th Paleo Festival in the Swiss city of Nyon. The gig was part of the band’s ‘No Sound -
USA Obama travels to father's homeland of Kenya Barack Obama has left for a visit to Kenya, his first trip to his father’s homeland as US President. Obama previously travelled to the country as a -
USA Sandra Bland death ruled 'suicide by hanging' The preliminary results support the medical examiner's initial ruling of suicide in the case of Sandra Bland who died three days after being arrested in a traffic stop. -
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Turkey Turkey fighter jets strike ISIL targets in Syria Turkey steps up its fight against ISIL, fighter jets strike IS targets in Syria while police launch anti-terror raids in Istanbul. -
USA Three dead in US cinema shooting in Lafayette, Louisiana A man has opened fire in a cinema in the US state of Louisiana. Three people are reported to have died during the attack in the city of Lafayette -
Libya Dozens of African migrants feared drowned off Libya Up to 40 African migrants are feared drowned off the coast of Libya. Survivors who came ashore in Sicily after being rescued by a German navy ship -
USA Alternative Iran deal 'a fantasy', Kerry tells Congress The US Secretary of State John Kerry has vociferously defended the nuclear deal struck with Iran, as he testified before Congress. He arrived to -
France French farmers union slams product dumping across EU As many as 15,000 farmers came together to protest in Lyon and they were joined by Xavier Beulin the president of the FNSEA, the main agricultural