2015-12-06

World News

A lament for Mother Earth - indigenous peoples demand say in environment protection

A musical lament calling for the respect for Mother Earth could be heard as a group of indigenous people’s representatives staged their own

06/12/2015

Sport

She's the one! Lindsey Vonn claims three wins at Lake Louise

Why not ski for free with ‘Gravity’ as euronews sports correspondent Vincent Ménard guides us down the mountain. “Hello and welcome to ‘Gravity’ our

06/12/2015

France

France's far-right Front National wins first round of regional elections

The far-right Front National has, according to exit polls, come top in the first round of voting in France’s regional elections. The result

06/12/2015

Sport

Mara Navarria overcomes grief to win fencing Grand Prix in Doha

Italy’s Mara Navarria overcame her grief at the death of her fencing master Oleg Pouzanov, after he died last Thursday to win her first Grand Prix in

06/12/2015

Venezuela

Venezuelans vote as polls predict return of the right after 16 years out of office

Venezuela may be on the verge of turning away from Socialism and electing a majority conservative government for the first time in 16 years. Voting

06/12/2015

Sport

Japan's judoka shine in the Land of the Rising Sun

Japan is synonymous with Judo and the Judoka from the Land of the Rising Sun have absolutely dominated the tatami at the ‘‘Tokyo Grand

06/12/2015

United Kingdom

Defiant Londoners keep living their lives despite Tube stabbing and terror threat

Undaunted London-dwellers were still taking the Tube on Sunday at Leytonstone station, despite the knife attack there a day earlier by a man

06/12/2015

Italy

No respite for aid workers as refugees continue to flood into Europe

An indication of just how desperate some people are to get to Europe is that it is now December, when a sea crossing in an open boat is extremely

06/12/2015

France

Turnout slightly up in early stages on French regional elections

Voter turnout was slightly up on five years ago in early voting in the French regional elections on Sunday. The trend strengthened as the day wore

06/12/2015

Yemen

Yemen: ISIL claims car bomb killing of Aden governor

The governor of Yemen’s southern port city of Aden was killed in a car bomb attack on Sunday. ISIL says it was responsible. Targeted as he headed to

06/12/2015

No Comment

Climate change not a movie, Schwarzenegger tells MPs

Actor and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger poses for pictures with MPs from across the world, gathered in France’s parliament, the

06/12/2015

France

Everything you need to know about France's regional elections

What are the elections taking place on December 6 and 13? The elections are to decide which party runs each region of France. It’s nothing to do with

06/12/2015

United Kingdom

'This is for Syria': Terror probe underway after knife attack on London Underground

In what is being treated as a terrorist incident, a man allegedly shouting ‘This is for Syria’ attacked people with a knife at a London underground

06/12/2015

France

Far-right poised to make gains in French regional polls

It is his first test at the ballot box since the terror attacks in Paris. France is voting on Sunday in the first round of regional elections and

06/12/2015

Syria

Syria: ISIL oil fields pounded by British bombers

Britain’s Typhoon warplanes and Tornado jets – taking off from a base in Cyprus – have now conducted two rounds of air strikes in Syria against

06/12/2015

United Kingdom

Stabbing at London tube station is a possible "terrorist incident" - police

UK police are treating a stabbing at a London underground station as a terrorist incident. Three people were injured one seriously after a man

06/12/2015

Greece

Greek parliament narrowly approves 2016 austerity budget

The Greek parliament has narrowly approved a 2016 budget which includes sharp cuts in spending and some tax increases. The measures were conditions

06/12/2015

United Kingdom

Storm Desmond wreaks havoc as it sweeps across UK

Homes were flooded, bridges collapsed and roads were shut in Scotland and northern England on Saturday as Storm Desmond swept across the United

06/12/2015

Russia

A chocolate Putin is star of St Petersburg festival

A life-size chocolate sculpture of Russian President Vladimir Putin has been unveiled at the Festival of Chocolate fair in St Petersburg. The weight

06/12/2015

United Kingdom

UK police treat stabbing at metro station as a "terrorist incident"

UK police are treating a stabbing at Leytonstone underground station in east London as a terrorist incident. Three people were injured, one of them

06/12/2015

France

Draft deal reached at Paris climate conference

French Foreign minister Laurent Fabius is handed a draft climate agreement which politicians at the Paris COP21 conference will now get to work on

06/12/2015