4 March 2016 | Euronews
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World Rights and reforms: Iran's post-election challenges There is as sense of deja vu about our interview here in Geneva, with Dr. Mohammad Javad Larijani, head of Iran’s High Council for Human Rights and -
Zimbabwe Mugabe government to seize Zimbabwe's diamond operations Just days after celebrating his 92nd birthday, Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe says his successor must be chosen democratically and that his wife -
World News Signs of a breakthrough with Turkey on the migrant crisis As migrants continue to gather on the Greece’s border with the Former Yugoslavian republic of Macedonia, EU leaders are hinting as some sort of -
Sport Ski Jumping: Koudelka wins in Wisla Roman Koudelka posted his first victory of the season on Friday after winning a ski jumping event at the Polish resort of Wisla. In the foggy -
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Brazil Corruption investigators question former Brazilian president Lula da Silva Lula da Silva has been freed after being questioned as part of a probe into claims of bribery and money laundering -
Spain Leader of Spanish Socialists fails in second parliamentary vote to form minority coalition The leader of Spain's Socialists Pedro Sanchez has failed in a second vote in parliament -
Sport Investigation into 2006 World Cup bid finds no evidence of vote rigging An international law firm commissioned by the German football federation says it has found no evidence of vote-rigging in the build up to Germany -
Turkey Turkey gags Zaman, one of its last opposition newspapers Turkish authorities have seized control of the opposition newspaper Zaman, one of the country’s last remaining opposition media outlets. Zaman is -
Sport Theodoridis appointed UEFA's acting General Secretary Theodoros Theodoridis was on Friday named acting General Secretary of the Europe’s continental confederation UEFA. The 50-year old Greek -
Syria Building a future for widows and orphans from Syria Mahira Abdayun came to Turkey from Syria after she lost her husband in a bombing attack by the regime forces. “It all began when the regime entered -
Business Series Facebook's UK tax bill could jump from thousands to millions Changes in the way Facebook does business could mean it has to pay millions more in tax in Britain as it no longer shifts some profit offshore. -
World News Syrian pair jailed over death of refugee boy Aylan Kurdi A Turkish court has jailed two Syrians over the drowning of toddler Aylan Kurdi and four others including his mother and brother. Each sentenced to -
World News Asteroid about to make a close shave with earth ... but how close? An asteroid thought to be up to 50 metres in diameter is expected to make a close shave with our planet on Saturday, but scientists are not sure just how close -
United Kingdom Belfast police warn of further attacks after bomb blast injures prison officer Police in Northern Ireland have warned of a severe threat to security forces after a prison officer was hurt by a bomb exploding under his van in -
United Kingdom Rupert Murdoch marries his fourth wife, Jerry Hall, in London The boss of News Corporation Rupert Murdoch has married supermodel Jerry Hall in a low-key civil ceremony in London. The couple got engaged in the -
Serbia Serbia set for early election in April Serbia is set for an early parliamentary election on April 24 after the government said it needed a stronger mandate to push through economic reforms -
France Air France jet narrowly misses drone over Paris An Air France Airbus A320 jet almost hit a drone while preparing to land at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris last month. Accident investigators at -
Business Planet Boost your business and the environment with the European Ecolabel system This week, Business Planet has been to the Czech capital, Prague, to find out more about the European Ecolabel system: how it works and how it businesses can benefit from it. -
Japan Tohoku rises from the tsunami with an agricultural revolution In this first episode of “Focus” Special Japan we discover how the Tsunami-struck region of Tohoku has begun to recover, five years after the -
World MOOCs: vital tools in education of the future - or over-hyped online fad? When Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCS) first emerged around a decade ago – the term ‘MOOC’ itself first started to be used in 2008 – they were -
Target Tokyo: The business district that never sleeps Life never stops in Marunouchi, Tokyo's financial district. -
North Korea North Korea 'nuclear standby' orders spark global concern He is no stranger to bellicose rhetoric. But Kim Jong-un’s latest orders for North Korea to be ready to use its nuclear weapons at any time, putting -
Economy Glut and high inventories drive oil exports from US to Europe More US oil is heading for Europe, amid a world glut and as inventories in the States hit all-time highs. Producers are taking advantage of the lifting of restrictions on the export of US crude and lo -
Business Series Samsonite has Tumi in the bag Samsonite - the world's biggest bag maker - is to pay 1.6 billion euros for Tumi to expand in the luxury luggage market. -
Sport Flying Frenchman Pinturault wins 4th straight Giant Slalom Alexis Pinturault continued his dazzling form of late by winning a World Cup giant slalom race in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia for his fourth consecutive -
New Zealand Fascinating flag facts as New Zealanders decide to keep theirs *What are the most special flags? Which ones have recently been changed? Which one is the oldest? And what are the most popular colours or symbols? Five things about national flags around the world* -
Sport Tokyo 2020 stadium could pose fire hazard after Olympic flame oversight -
Economy US hiring surges in February, bolsters interest rate hike prospects US employers added 242,000 more workers last month. The Federal Reserve could see that job market strength as justification for resuming interest rates hikes this year. -
My Europe Series Europe Weekly: EU on 'cusp' of migrant humanitarian crisis In this edition of Europe Weekly, the migrant crisis once again dominates the headlines. With border restrictions along the Balkan route and a -
World The living nightmare of migrants arriving in Greece In this week’s Perspectives, we follow reports from around Europe on the plight of migrants arriving in Europe. Greece is only a transit point for -
Culture news Manish Arora shows his sweet surrealist side at Paris Fashion week Paris Fashion week took a turn down the road of weird and wonderful with the Hells Bells collection by Indian fashion designer Manish Arora. The New -
Cinema Spirits Homecoming: an homage to South Korea's sex slaves Spirits Homecoming is a South Korean film about comfort women and is based on the horrors experienced by so-called sex slaves in Japanese military -
Europe News EU plan to save Schengen unveiled ahead of crunch summit It is a last-ditch attempt to save Schengen. The European Commission has unveiled a timetable to restore the fraying open border zone by the end of -
World News And also... Lenin becomes Lennon; an Oscar at the airport and more Every Friday journalists from euronews’ various language teams choose a selection of stories from Europe and beyond which may not have reached the -
Greece Flooding adds to misery of migrants stuck on the Greek-Macedonian border Heavy rain has flooded parts of a makeshift camp where up to 12,000 people have sought refuge -
Switzerland Switzerland reveals plans to cut down on immigration amid EU row Switzerland on Friday unveiled tough draft legislation to impose unilateral curbs on immigration should it fail to agree with the European Union by -
Economy Italy's GDP growth remains feeble It has been confirmed Italy's economy grew by just 0.1 percent in the final three months of last year from the previous quarter. -
Business Series London Stock Exchange profit jumps, detailed talks about Deutsche Boerse merger continue The London Stock Exchange Group has reported a 31 percent jump in profit for 2015 and said detailed discussions are continuing with Germany's Deutsche Boerse about a merger. -
Ukraine Jamala: Ukrainian Eurovision song is about remembering past not politics of present -
France Hollande and Merkel stand together on migration ahead of EU-Turkey summit The French and German leaders presented a united front over Europe’s migration crisis on Friday, ahead of an emergency EU summit with Turkey on -
France Air France plane narrowly avoids collision with drone -
Brazil Corruption investigators detain former Brazilian President Lula da Silva for questioning Investigators are looking into claims that Lula benefited from illegal kickbacks at the state oil company Petrobras -
Honduras Honduras: clashes break out after death of activist Berta Cáceres Clashes broke out in the Honduran capital following a student protest over the murder of prominent environmental rights activist Berta Cáceres -
Cinema Anomalisa - a heartrending drama that touches the human within us This week in Cinema Box, a highly unconventional stop-motion animation: ‘Anomalisa’ – directed and produced by Americans Charlie Kaufman and Duke -
Cinema London is smashing in the high-octane action film London Has Fallen When the British Prime Minister dies under mysterious circumstances, his funeral in the capital is a must-attend event for leaders of the Western -
No Comment Gutting the gun store Surveillance video footage shows masked robbers breaking into and pillaging a Houston gun store. -
No Comment Political inspiration Artist Filippo Minelli set off colourful smoke bombs in the courtyard of London’s Somerset House on Wednesday (March 2) as part of a new exhibition -
My Europe Series Victims of domestic violence struggle for justice Far too many women, and it _is_ more often than not women, are subjected to domestic violence. Some wives and mothers are driven to breaking point and kill their tormentors. Can they expect justice? D -
Turkey Turkish police targeted in two separate attacks Turkish police have been the target of two assaults in as many days. Two female assailants were killed following gunfire and grenade attacks in -
Israel Palestinian woman shot dead after car ramming attack - Israeli army Israeli forces say they have shot dead a Palestinian woman who drove a car into an Israeli soldier in the West Bank on Friday. He is not thought to -
Cyprus Immigrant art project wins Saatchi gallery prize -
Hungary Can you be punished for committing a "crime" in a country where it is legal? Gabor Tanacs examines the case of a Hungarian owner of a brothel in Germany to examine the reality of cross-border justice. ‘Elizabeth’ runs a -
USA Detroit: Trump forced onto defensive against anxious Republicans Donald Trump was on the defensive in the Detroit debate. Currently leading in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, he was -
USA Republican debate turns into cock fight – Trump defends size of his man parts -
My Europe Series Know your rights when your company sends you to work in the EU This week’s question on UTalk comes from Isabelle in Toulouse, France: “Why does the EU regulation on seconded workers regularly stir controversy in -
Brazil Brazil's lower house speaker to go on trial for corruption Brazil’s Supreme Court on Thursday voted to allow the Lower House speaker Edward Cunha to go on trial for corruption. He is accused of taking bribes -
France German media claim French 'downplayed' nuclear incident Reports in German media claim a incident at a French nuclear power plant close to the border with Germany was downplayed by the French authorities -
USA Most distant galaxy ever seen - 13.4 billion light years away Scientists at the space agency NASA say the Hubble telescope has detected a galaxy 13.4 billion light years away. It’s the most distant galaxy ever -
Honduras Prominent rights activist shot dead in Honduras A prominent environmental rights activist was shot dead in Honduras on Thursday prompting protests in the capital Tegucigalpa. Berta Caceres was -
France Talks in Paris fail to make progress on implementing a peace deal in eastern Ukraine Talks in Paris aimed at getting the fragile Minsk peace agreement back on track in eastern Ukraine failed to make progress on Thursday ahead of a -
World News Kim Jong-un orders North Korea to ready nuclear weapons for use 'at any time' North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un has ordered his country’s military to be ready to use nuclear weapons at ‘any time’ according the the communist