11 February 2016 | Euronews
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World News Slovenian researchers find brain link for Zika virus New medical research has provided the strongest evidence yet of a direct link between the feared mosquito-spread Zika virus and infant microcephaly -
Sport Johnson sacked by Sunderland after admitting to child sex charge English Premier League footballer Adam Johnson has been sacked by his club Sunderland a day after pleading guilty to sexual activity with a minor -
Sport FIFA political disloyalty leads to reprisals - Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein FIFA presidential candidate Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein on Tuesday claimed there is a climate of fear and reprisals within the football’s world -
USA Democratic nomination: Clinton crushes Sanders – thanks to “superdelegates” -
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South Africa South Africa: Zuma speech disrupted amid home upgrade scandal It was always going to be a difficult day for South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma. But protests ahead of his state of the nation speech on Thursday -
Cyprus Cypriot president says peace talks make progress but work needed Nothing is agreed, until everything is agreed -
Turkey Turkey threatens to unleash refugees on Europe As Syrians continue to pour out of the battered city of Aleppo aid agencies are delivering much needed supplies to those fleeing the carnage. Tens -
My Europe Series Would a Brexit create a weaker, more divided EU? At an upcoming EU summit, leaders are hoping a deal with David Cameron to avoid a UK exit from the European Union could also help to tackle multiple -
Business Series Top European Uber executives on trial in France for running an illegal taxi operation Two of the top European executives for ride-booking company Uber have gone on trial in court in France facing criminal charges for which they could be jailed. -
Germany Pessimism plagues Syria peace talks as Lavrov and Kerry meet US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov are in Munich to discuss Syria. Kerry and Lavrov meet in Munich to discuss -
Sport Cavendish regains overall Tour of Qatar lead ahead of final stage Britain’s Mark Cavendish of the Dimension Data team took control of the Tour of Qatar on Thursday after overnight leader Edvald Boasson Hagen -
Mexico Dozens dead in Mexico prison violence At least fifty two people have died in a riot and fire at a prison in Mexico. A dispute between rival drug gangs is said to have triggered the -
Sport Rally Sweden shortened due to clement weather Unseasonal temperatures have caused havoc with Rally Sweden – the second stop of the new season. Warm weather has left the event with very little ice -
Business Series Budapest gets bitcoin taxis Hungary's capital Budapest has become the latest city where you can use the virtual currency bitcoin to pay your cab driver. -
Syria Russian aircraft strike 'extremist' targets in Syria's Aleppo province Russian aircraft continue to launch air strikes against targets around the Syrian province of Aleppo. -
World News France and the debate over statelessness In a speech on November 16 French President Francois Hollande said: “The removal of a person’s nationality does not have to result in them being made -
Sport Liverpool back down on planned ticket price hike after supporter uproar The power of supporters prevailed at Liverpool this week after the club’s owners bowed to the pressure and decreased ticket prices significantly for -
Sport NBA: Atlanta pile on the misery for struggling Chicago Bulls The Chicago Bulls continued their struggles in the NBA regular season after losing to the Atlanta Hawks for the team’s fourth straight defeat and -
Italy Einstein was right! Scientists confirm that gravitational waves exist In a landmark discovery for studying the cosmos, researchers have for the first time detected gravitational waves, ripples in space and time which -
Cuba Stage is set ahead of historic pope-patriarch meeting The stage is set, now all that remains is for the lead actors to arrive. A historic reunion of East and West is scheduled for Friday (February 12) -
France France's Hollande reshuffles government with an eye on 2017 poll France’s former prime minister Jean-Marc Ayrault is now back at Francois Hollande’s side in a new role. Ayrault replaces Laurent Fabius as Foreign -
World News Gravitational waves detected for the first time Scientists have been trying to detect gravitational waves, or ripples in the fabric of space-time, ever since Albert Einstein published his theory -
Business Series Total bucks trend with better-than-expected profit numbers Record upstream production and high refining margins in Europe helped Total report better-than-expected fourth-quarter net profit. -
Business Series Rio Tinto goes back on dividend promise after net loss for 2015 Rio Tinto has scraped its boom time dividend payout policy as its 2015 profit plunged -
Business Series Twitter's stalled user growth pulls shares down further Twitter's share price fell again after it announced there was no growth in the number of people using its service during the past quarter. -
Europe News NATO mission to help target people traffickers in Aegean Sea NATO ships are making their way to the Aegean Sea to help Turkey and Greece crackdown on criminal networks smuggling refugees and migrants into -
Cinema The Survivalist charts ruthlessness of a post-apocalyptic world Debut feature film director Stephen Fingleton has brought his BAFTA-nominated thriller The Survivalist, starring Martin McCann and Mia Goth, to the -
Germany Are Europeans spending more on protecting themselves? Sales of personal self-defence equipment like tasers are said to have increased in some European countries since the end of 2015. -
Germany Ex-Nazi guard, 94, goes on trial over 170,000 killings at Auschwitz He is 94 today, at the centre of what is likely to be one of the last ever Nazi war crimes trials. But Reinhold Hanning was 20 years old in 1942 when -
South Korea Koreas: tension climbs on the divided peninsula The North airs a video of Sunday's rocket launch while the South presents pieces of debris and pulls its workers out of a joint industrial park -
Culture news Vogue celebrates its 100th birthday in style at London's National Portrait Gallery The National Portrait Gallery in London is celebrating the100th anniversary of the British version of iconic fashion magazine Vogue. The show -
Israel Victims of Sara Netanyahu's 'abusive behaviour' win 39,000 euros A man who was insulted and verbally abused by the wife of the Israeli Prime Minister has spoken out about his experience. A labour court in Jerusalem -
Europe News Migrant crisis: EU 'dream' in jeopardy, says Avramopoulos European Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos says he welcomes the involvement of NATO in helping to stem the flow of migrants into Europe -
No Comment Elephant goes on the rampage in India An elephant caused panic in the town of Siliguri in West Bengal state in India. It smashed several houses before being captured by the authorities -
No Comment Marilyn(s) dive in to fight against cancer Hundreds of Marilyn Monroe lookalikes jumped into the water for a good cause. At the initiative of an association for cancer research, they took part -
France France: two deadly crashes involving children in two days France has witnessed two tragic bus crashes involving children in the space of two days. At least six dead in Rochefort At least six teenagers were -
Iran Iran marks 37 years since the Islamic Revolution Relations have thawed since recent signing of a nuclear deal. President Hassan Rouhani has used the occasion to urge Iranians to vote in upcoming elections. -
Africanews Ghana's president threatens to 'commit murder' against child marriage Ghana’s president, John Dramani Mahama, in a bid to support a campaign against child marriage, threatened to commit murder if anyone attempts to -
Syria Humanitarian crisis in Syria 'much greater than previously reported' -
Culture news Leonardo Da Vinci - the imagination and inventions of a genius From winged flying machines and parachutes, to diving suits and giant crossbows, London’s Science Museum is exploring the inner workings of Leonardo -
World News The dangerous and illegal trade in counterfeit medicines Look in your medicine cabinet, reflect on the those pills you may have taken for a recent flu. How do you know they are not fake? Counterfeit -
Cinema Honour killings are premeditated murders, says director of A Girl in the River More than 1000 men and women died in honour killings in Pakistan in 2015 according to the film A Girl in a River: The Price of Forgiveness. Many of -
Nigeria Nigeria: suicide bomber turns herself in after recognising relatives among potential victims Dozens dead and injured after bombers struck at a camp for people displaced by the Boko Haram insurgency in the north-east of the country -
World News North Korea: broadcasts footage said to show latest missile launch It comes as South Korea pulls its workers out of the jointly-run Kaesong Industrial complex due to fears profits are going to the North's missile programme. -
USA Christie and Fiorina pull out of Republican race Two more Republicans fall by the wayside in the presidential race after New Hampshire primary -
World News London's Black Cabs protest against Uber Thousands of London’s traditional Black Taxis blocked roads near parliament in protest on Wednesday against the car-sharing service app Uber, calling -
Spain Jailed Spanish puppeteers freed after "glorifying terrorism" Two puppeteers jailed for glorifying terrorism in Spain have been released Their detention on Saturday caused a public storm of words over speech -
Portugal Portugal overturns presidential veto on gay adoption Portugal’s parliament has overturned a presidential veto on a bill legalising adoption by same-sex couples. The motion was supported by the ruling -
Nigeria Two female suicide bombers kill over 60 in Nigeria More than 60 killed in twin bombing in Nigeria Two female suicide bombers blow themselves up Attack targets displaced people camp More than 60