29 December 2015 | Euronews
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World News Chicago police officer pleads not guilty to murdering black teen A white Chicago police officer who gunned down a black teenager last year has pleaded not guilty to murder. Jason Van Dyke faces six counts of first -
Sport Sazonov wins first stage of Africa Eco Race The eighth edition of the Africa Eco Race got underway on Tuesday in Morocco, albeit just the cars and the trucks as the bikes were forced skip the -
Italy Warm Alpine weather brings fires and flowers Wildfires sweeping through a forest in the Venetian Alps have destroyed some 100 hectares of woodland. Firefighters struggled to contain the blaze in -
World News Greek drivers surrender car plates to avoid heavy taxation Greek car drivers queue with their car number plates at tax offices around the country. When they hand over the plates to authorities, they will -
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Russia Chechens charged in Nemtsov murder Russian prosecutors have formally charged four Chechens in connection with the February assassination of Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov. Another man -
Sport Ski jumping: Freund wins Four Hills opener Germany’s Severin Freund won the first leg of the prestigious Four Hills ski jumping tournament on Tuesday much to the delight of the tens of -
Spain Rajoy still hoping for Spanish coalition Spain’s acting prime minister says he’s still hoping to build a broad coalition government – despite being rebuffed by both the Socialist Party and -
World News Saudis brace for 'prolonged period' of low oil prices Saudi’s Arabia’s planned cuts in spending and energy subsidies show the world’s largest crude oil exporter is bracing for a prolonged period of low -
World News Japan: one 'Heck' of a squid One ‘Heck’ of a giant squid has been spotted swimming in a Japanese marina at depths of around 2.5-3 metres. Nicknamed ‘Heck,’ the Architeuthis dux -
World News "Unprecedented" snowfall in eastern Russia While much of Europe is contending with milder-than-usual temperatures for the time of year, one eastern-Russian town has had to clear 20,000 cubic -
Sport Gravity: Theaux claims Santa Caterina downhill After Val Gardena, Alta Badia and Madonna di Campiglio, the World Cup tour of Italy continued with a stage in Santa Caterina. French skiers enjoyed -
China China: 11 rescued from mine collapse, 18 trapped Hundreds of rescuers are working on freeing workers trapped in a collapsed mine in China’s Shandong province. Of the 29 miners working at the time of -
World News Central African Republic polls to proceed despite dangers Central African Republic is braced to hold long-postponed presidential and legislative elections this Wednesday. This is in a country carved up by -
Spain Northern Spain wildfires "under control" but alerts remain in place Wildfires raging for over a week in northern Spain have been brought under control, authorities say. Eight out of a maximum of 49 blazes are still -
World News Britain braces for second battering: Storm Frank expected imminently After a Boxing Day battering, Northern Britain is bracing for more bad weather. Storm Frank is due to strike on Tuesday evening (December 29), with -
World News They said that? 2015 in quotes -
Pakistan Motorbike bomber kills at least 23 people in Mardan, Pakistan A suicide bomber riding a motorbike laden with explosives blew himself up outside a government office in Pakistan killing at least 23 people and -
Guinea Guinea free of Ebola, says WHO Public education and aggressive intervention have paid off and Guinea is now Ebola-free – so says the World Health Organization, two years after the -
World News What were the most pirated TV series and movies this year? Forget the television viewing figures or box office receipts. The latest end-of-year ‘Top Ten’ list is dedicated to illegal downloads of -
World News Switzerland to stop strippers' work permits Switzerland is to end a 20-year programme of giving special visas to non-Europeans coming to work as strippers in the country. In 2015 712 such work -
World News Two arrested over Brussels New Year plot Belgian police have arrested two men suspected of plotting attacks in Brussels on New Year’s Eve. Multiple police raids across the country on Sunday -
Turkey Turkey's Erdogan slams pro-Kurdish Demirtas for "provocation and treason" Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused one of the co-leaders of the pro-Kurdish HDP Party of “provocation and treason.” Selahattin -
No Comment Happy New Year from space Astronauts from the International Space Station, Americans Scott Kelly and Tim Kopra and Briton Tim Peake have wished a Happy New Year to everybody -
No Comment UK: York under water The historic city of York has been hit hard by floods after heavy rainfall in northern England. Dozens of vehicles were left underwater. British -
France UN urged to act after journalist deaths hit 10-year high This year has been the deadliest in a decade for journalists, with reporters increasingly killed away from the battlefield, new data shows. Reporters -
USA USA: White policemen to face no charges over fatal shooting of black boy with toy gun There have been calls for nationwide protests after a US grand jury cleared two white policemen in the fatal shooting of a 12-year-old black boy -
Israel Israel: former PM Ehud Olmert to serve prison time for corruption Ehud Olmert becomes Israel's first former head of state to be sent to prison as the Supreme Court only partially accepts an appeal against a bribery conviction. -
Israel Former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert has bribery conviction partly overturned Israel’s Supreme Court has partly overturned the bribery conviction of former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, reducing his jail sentence from six years -
Belgium Two detained in Belgium on suspicion of plotting New Year's Eve attack Belgian police have arrested two people in different parts of the country, both suspected of plotting an attack in Brussels on New Year’s Eve -
United Kingdom Motorhead frontman Lemmy dies at 70 after short cancer battle Lemmy, the hell-raising frontman of British rock band Motorhead, has died aged 70, just two days after finding out he had cancer. He had struggled -
Mexico Volcano Colima sends new dust clouds into Mexican sky Another double eruption has sent clouds of dust and ash pouring two kilometres into the Mexican sky from the Colima volcano. Mexico has over 3000 -
USA Grand Jury clears Cleveland officers of shooting Tamir Rice Two Cleveland police officers have been cleared of shooting dead a 12-year-old boy who was carrying a toy pistol. In November last year the officers -
United Kingdom Lemmy, killed by death aged 70 One of rock’s most recognisable front men, Ian “Lemmy” Kilmister, has died aged 70. A life of excess lived to the full making ear-bleeding noise for -
United Kingdom Cumbrian floods could cost UK insurers nearly seven billion euros UK insurers are saying the bill for the latest floods in Britain could be north of 6.7 billion euros. Others suggest insurance may soon be impossible -
Iraq Iraqi army retakes Ramadi from retreating ISIL Iraqi government forces are claiming total success with the retaking of the city of Ramadi from ISIL fighters. The city had been in the hands of the -
Italy Record pollution forces Milan to take cars off roads Pollution in Italy’s industrial powerhouse Milan has got so bad the mayor is taking action, along with his counterpart in Rome and some other smaller -
Nigeria Boko Haram keeps up Christmas offensive in Nigeria Details are now coming in of the latest deadly Boko Haram attacks in northern Nigeria which have left at least 80 people dead in Maiduguri, the -
France France makes 200,000 World War II documents public Seventy years after the end of World War II, France has made public 200,000 documents from the so-called Vichy regime which helped Nazi Germany