13 April 2016 | Euronews
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World News Lawsuit filed against US flight school over Germanwings crash The flight training school in Arizona is a unit of the Germanwings parent company Lufthansa -
Sport Barcelona crash out of Champions League to Atletico Madrid Benfica gave Bayern Munich a fright on Wednesday night by going into an early lead in their Champion’s League final four decider. But then the -
France Spanish police arrest suspected Paris supermarket gunman 'arms supplier' Spanish police have arrested a French man suspected of supplying weapons used by an Islamist militant in an attack on a Paris supermarket . Two other -
France Bataclan in Paris announces renovation work and reopening lineup The Bataclan says it plans to reopen the venue in the autumn but no exact date has yet been set -
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Sport Paolini gets 18 month cycling ban Italian cyclist Luca Paolini has been banned for 18 months by the ICU for a “non-intentional” anti-doping rule violation. The 39-year-old rider -
Jordan Jordan closes Muslim Brotherhood headquarters in Amman The offices were sealed on the orders of the city's governor, though no reason was given for the closure. -
Ukraine Ukraine's parliamentary speaker gets key backing for job as PM A coalition of the country's two main parties says it has agreed to back parliamentary speaker Volodymyr Groysman for the post -
Romania Romanian miners march to Bucharest The workers from state-controlled energy company started the 300km walk from Targu Jiu to the capital on Monday to protest against a proposed layoff. -
France France to send extra police to deal with Mayotte unrest It comes on the back of two weeks of social unrest on the French island. -
USA Lost grandmother found after nine days in Arizona wilderness Saying she took a wrong turn and ran out of fuel, Ann Rodgers survived on pond water before being rescued. -
Italy Egypt's Sisi says blame for death of Italian student Giulio Regeni based on rumours Egypt’s president has hit out at reports that murdered Italian student Giulio Regeni was killed by the country’s security service. Abdel Fattah -
Europe News MEPs scrutinise EU-Turkey migration deal The EU’s deal to send migrants back from Greece to Turkey For every Syrian migrant sent back, one already in Turkey will be resettled inside the -
Brazil Brazil: impeachment step-by-step The President of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff is on a political knife edge. There is the very real threat she could be voted out of office. But she is in -
Sport Benzema dropped from France's Euro 2016 squad Real Madrid and France striker Karim Benzema will not be going to the Euro 2016 tournament. The player tweeted he would be missing out ahead of the -
Sport WADA admits cannot say if meldonium users broke doping ban Maria Sharapova and a host of other top ranking sports stars may be breathing sighs of relief with news from WADA, the world sports anti-doping -
Czech Republic Czech Republic wants to adopt new name of Czechia The Czech Republic should introduce an official shortening of the name to use in English and other foreign languages, the country’s foreign minister -
Europe News MEPs to vote on passenger data plan MEPs will vote later on whether to force airlines to share passenger data. The draft bill has been held up for years owing to data protection -
Belgium Belgian PM slams Brussels airport disruption as "irresponsible" Stranded passengers have voiced anger over protest action by air traffic controllers -
France Spain: police arrest French 'arms supplier' to Paris supermarket gunman Spanish police have arrested a French man suspected of supplying weapons to the Islamist militant who attacked a Paris supermarket. The siege in -
Business Line The consequences of the Panama Papers Panama Papers leak has dominated the news headlines over the past week with new names and details emerging every day. I'm off to film -
Sport Ronaldo fills boots and dazes Wolfsburg while City rejoice as PSG weep The football world was abuzz on Wednesday with the news that Christiano Ronaldo had scored another champions league hat-trick, his fifth, equalling -
Republic of North Macedonia More tear gas as migrants vent frustration at Idomeni Migrants trapped on the Greek side of the border with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia again vented their frustration at being unable to -
World News Who will be the next boss of the UN? The race is now officially underway to find a successor to Secretary General Ban Ki-moon -
Syria Syrian elections take place to backdrop of fighting in Aleppo and peace talks in Geneva The Syrian elections – “theatre through which the regime is trying to give itself a little legitimacy”. That’s one view from the main oppostion body -
World News Robots ‘must not be given license to kill’ Autonomous robots should never be used for combat missions because they would undermine the fundamental rules of war, a report has warned. -
Economy Sweden forced to double its spending on immigration The sheer number of asylum seekers arriving in Sweden has forced the government to more than double its spending on immigration. -
Europe News MEPs call for restrictions on weed-killing substance MEPs have voted to renew the licence for glyphosate – a chemical widely used in popular weed-killing products – but only for an additional seven -
World News Inky the Octopus: The Great Escape ‘Enterprising’ and ‘unusually intelligent’ are not words you would typically associate with an octopus. But Inky, the squishy escape artist, is no -
Syria Syrians go to the polls in contested elections In the shadow of war, Syria's embattled president goes ahead with elections in defiance of opponents who seek to oust him. With voting held in only government-controlled areas the vote is set to retur -
Business Series Facebook goes 'chatbots' to reach into customer services and business transactions Facebook has opened up its Messenger app to create “chatbots,” as the compny looks to expand its reach into customer services and business -
Cinema Captain America stars reunite for red carpet premiere Captain America is back in action – The American superhero film featuring the Marvel Comics character. The film follows on from both ‘Avengers: Age -
Business Series It's a Tesco turnaround as supermarket returns to profit after record losses It is a Tesco turnaround as Britain's biggest retailer returns to profit for the first time in three years. -
Economy Chinese exports rocket with positive growth data due by the end of the week China's exports have rocketed some 18.7 percent compared to the same period last year. -
Germany Germans divided amid frenzy over comic Böhmermann's satirical Erdogan poem Jan Böhmermann's satire of Turkey's president has been condemned as vulgar abuse. But Germany has been accused of pandering to a bullying leader. -
World News Stability is more important than democracy: Arab youth survey -
USA U.S. women's soccer team threatens Rio Olympic boycott over wage inequality -
No Comment Water festival spurts into life despite drought A water festival kicked off in Thailand on Wednesday – despite the country facing its worst drought in decades. The extravaganza, called Songkran -
Turkey Syria conflict will be central to major Islamic summit It calls itself the collective voice of the Muslim world. And ahead of a leaders summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, foreign ministers -
Turkey Turkey shells ISIL targets in Syria after rockets hit Kilis Turkey says it has retaliated against the so-called Islamic State after three days of rockets fired from across the border in Syria caused panic and -
No Comment British Royals meet Indian street children Britain’s Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have visited a charity for street children during their tour of India. Their week-long tour will take the -
Culture news Russian cartoon Masha and the Bear goes viral Russian cartoon TV series “Masha and the Bear” has become a world wide hit and is broadcast in over 120 countries. The show was launched in 2009 and -
Cinema The Tribeca film festival gets underway in New York The Tribeca film festival got underway in New York on Wednesday with an array of feature films, documentaries and TV shows. “Vaxxed”, a documentary -
Republic of North Macedonia Opposition fury in FYR Macedonia as Ivanov halts phonetap inquiry Protesters in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia surrounded the headquarters of the ruling party in Skopje, furious at the decision to drop -
France How you can help save Paris' Peace Wall Designed as a monument to the victims of war and a beacon of hope for the ending of conflicts, Paris’ Peace Wall has instead attracted vandalism and -
World News Handing MPs cash lump sums for expenses 'opens door to cheating' Exclusive: MPs across Europe are riding an “unaccountable” system of perks that entitles them to claim tens of thousands of euros a year, Euronews -
Syria Syria: Polls and peace talks as fighting escalates State-controlled areas of Syria are voting on Wednesday in parliamentary elections boycotted by the opposition. The polls are seen as a sham by the -
Panama Panama Papers: Police raid HQ of law firm Mossack Fonseca Police have raided the offices of Mossack Fonseca – the law firm at the centre of the ‘Panama Papers’ leaks scandal – to search for any evidence of -
Korea Voting begins in South Korea Voters in South Korea are electing a new National Assembly with the governing Saenuri party is hoping to strengthen its position in parliament -
Chile Chile's largest medicinal marijuana farm produces first crop Latin America’s largest medicinal marijuana farm has begun producing its first crops just months after its January inauguration. The 6,400-stalk -
Brazil Brazilian corruption probe claims another political scalp Brazilian police arrested former senator Gim Argello as part of a two-year corruption investigation. The so-called “Operation CarWash” probe is -
USA $25,000 reward for stolen Warhol paintings The FBI is seeking help in finding several stolen art works by Andy Warhol. They went missing from a Missouri art museum last week. The investigation -
Russia Stephen Hawking helps unveil interstellar travel project A Russian billionaire has enlisted physicist Stephen Hawking to help him launch a futuristic plan for seeking life in outer space. Called the -
Belgium Belgian police make progress in terror investigations Police in Brussels have arrested three more suspects linked to November’s Paris attacks. They were picked up following a house search in the -
Brazil Brazilian president accuses top political figures of leading coup against her Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff who is facing impeachment has denounced what she describes as a conspiracy to overthrow her suggesting that her