2015-08-14

China

Chinese investigators start Tianjin blast tests

Some 200 Chinese investigators have started tests at the site of the chemical warehouse explosion in Tianjin. The team from the Chinese military are

14/08/2015

Turkey

Turkish soldiers killed in clashes between army and PKK fighters

14/08/2015

Greece

Eurozone finance ministers back third Greek bailout

The finance ministers from the 19 countries that use the single European currency have approved a third bailout for Greece. The informal body, known

14/08/2015

Greece

EU faces worst refugee crisis since Second World War - Migration Commissioner

The EU is set to release aid to Greece to help manage the increasing number of migrants arriving on its shores.

14/08/2015

Russia

Russia urges Syrian opposition groups to unite against terrorism

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has called on all Syrian opposition groups to unite in the fight against terrorism in the local region. The

14/08/2015

United Kingdom

British Lord appears in court over historical child sex abuse charges

Lord Janner has appeared in court for the first time over historical child sex abuse charges. The British peer faces 22 charges spanning the

14/08/2015

United Kingdom

Palace issues warning over paparazzi harassment of Prince George

Kensington Palace has issued a warning to the media over paparazzi harassment of Prince George. The palace said photographers were using increasingly

14/08/2015

Greece

Kos: Greece sends cruise ship to help manage migrant numbers

A cruise ship arrives to take the pressure of Kos as the Greek island struggle with the increasing number of migrant arrivals.

14/08/2015

Sport

Steve Smith appointed Australia's next test cricket captain

Steve Smith has been named Australia’s new Test captain after the Ashes. The announcement comes following Michael Clarke’s decision to retire at the

14/08/2015

Cuba

Road of estrangement is not the right one, Kerry at US embassy reopening in Cuba

The stars and stripes adorn the US embassy in Cuba for the first time in 54 years. The flag raising ceremony in Havana marked another symbolic step

14/08/2015

Republic of North Macedonia

Balkan route now 'busiest irregular passage to EU' for migrants

Migrants in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) have been seen surging onto a railway line in the southern town of Gevgelia, desperate

14/08/2015

World

Europe struggles to find answers to the massive migrant influx

In this week’s ‘Perspectives’ four European broadcasters look at the growing migrant crisis in Europe. Two look at the situation on the Greek island

14/08/2015

World News

And also...gold in a lake in Germany, the world's longest non-stop flight and why are people asking if the Pope really is a Catholic?

Every Friday journalists from euronews’ different language teams choose a selection of stories from Europe and beyond which did not reach the

14/08/2015

France

Road deaths in France hit three-year high in July

14/08/2015

Republic of Ecuador

Indigenous communities lead anti-government protests in Ecuador

Demonstrators have taken to the streets of Ecuador to protest the President’s moves to seek a fourth term. Indigenous demonstrators blocked roads in

14/08/2015

Japan

Japan's Abe gives no fresh apology on WWII anniversary

"Profound grief" expressed but no fresh apology from Japan on the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II.

14/08/2015

Turkey

Turkish fisherman claims Greek officials intentionally sank migrant boat

A video has emerged in which a Turkish fisherman claims he is watching the Greek Coast Guard intentionally sink a dinghy carrying 50 Syrian migrants.

14/08/2015

China

Tianjin blasts: Relatives anxiously await news of dozens still missing

A camera pans over the devastation caused by two huge blasts in the eastern Chinese city of Tianjin. Burned-out buildings, rows of ruined cars and

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Desperate migrants queue for right to stay in Greece

14/08/2015

Economy

Greece: bailout approved but Syriza is divided

The Greek parliament has approved the details of the country’s third multi-billion euro bailout by foreign creditors in five years. It followed hours

14/08/2015

Cuba

Cuba: US flag to fly over embassy for the first time since 1961

Last-minute preparations are underway for the historic re-opening ceremony of the US embassy in Cuba. Three marines who lowered the flag for the last

14/08/2015

Mexico

Scientists find sinkhole cave under Mexico's Kukulkan Castle Pyramid

A group of scientists from the Autonomous University of Mexico has discovered a sacred sinkhole cave, known as a cenote, under Chichen Itza’s grand

14/08/2015

Syria

ISIL fighters may have used chemical weapons in Iraq, says US

The United States believes fighters from the group calling itself Islamic State (ISIL) may have used mustard agent in a recent attack on Kurdish

14/08/2015

China

Nuclear and biochemical experts arrive at scene of Tianjin explosion

More than 200 military specialists have arrived in the Chinese port city of Tianjin where thick smoke lingers after huge explosions at a chemicals

14/08/2015

Greece

Anti-austerity protests in Athens ahead of crunch bailout vote

Thousands of protesters have been out on the streets of Athens, ahead of a crunch parliament vote on a controversial bailout deal which will bring

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