2015-10-06

France

France tries to repair its image abroad after violent Air France confrontation

The French President says scenes of Air France workers attacking managers at Charles de Gaulle airport are unacceptable. Francois Hollande fears the

06/10/2015

World News

EU top court rules in favour of privacy activist

The EU’s highest court has ruled in favour of an Austrian law student who claims that a trans-Atlantic data protection agreement doesn’t protect

06/10/2015

Israel

Clashes in West Bank city of Nablus

Euronews correspondent Mohammed Shaikibrahim reports from Nablus in the West Bank where Israeli security forces entered overnight. It comes after

06/10/2015

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Migrants continue to arrive in Serbia

06/10/2015

Syria

Turkey steps up criticism of Russia after second airspace violation

A second violation of Turkish airspace by a Russian warplane in two days has prompted Ankara to summon Moscow’s ambassador once again. The US and

06/10/2015

Business Series

A painful Q3: global markets grim after worst quarter in years

In four years the financial markets have not hit seen such lows as they have done in third quarter of 2015. Successive declines hit global stocks

06/10/2015

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Angry employees of Air France attack directors of the company

06/10/2015

Germany

PEGIDA rallies against refugees in Dresden

Several thousand people have gathered in Dresden to protest against Chancellor Angela Merkel’s plans to take in refugees. The anti-migrant group

06/10/2015

Brazil

Brazilian Christ turns pink

Rio de Janeiro’s Christ the Redeemer statue is being lit in bright pink throughout October to raise awareness for breast cancer. The event is the

06/10/2015

USA

California legalises assisted suicide

Physician-assisted suicide will become legal in California under a bill signed into law on Monday by Democrat Governor Jerry Brown. The law allows

06/10/2015

Israel

Israeli right-wingers call for government crackdown on Palestinian violence

Thousands of Israeli right wingers, settlers and their supporters used the celebration at the end of the Sukkot holiday to urge the government to crackdown on rising violence in East Jerusalem.

06/10/2015

USA

Hillary Clinton promises gun control measures if elected president

The latest mass shooting in the US has had an impact on the 2016 presidential race with Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton vowing to tighten gun

06/10/2015

France

Nuclear energy on agenda during French PM's trip to Japan

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls rounded off a three-day visit to Japan with bilateral talks on the nuclear sector. It follows an announcement in

06/10/2015

USA

BP finally agrees record breaking Deepwater Horizon settlement

US Attorney General Loretta Lynch has announced BP is to pay over $20 billion arising from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of

06/10/2015

Mexico

Mexico's Colima volcano erupts

Mexico’s Colima volcano has erupted spewing smoke up to 2,500 metres into the air. Sometimes called the “Fire Volcano” it lies in the south west of

06/10/2015

Poland

Polish miners stage strike over fears of pit closures

Polish coal miners have gone on strike over fears the owners of the EU’s largest mining company are running out of cash. Kompania Weglowa has 40,000

06/10/2015

Afghanistan

Calm in Kunduz following air strike, but MSF demands answers

Kunduz has seen a return to calmer times after an air strike on a hospital in the northern Afghan city killed at least 22 people. Reports suggest the

06/10/2015