2016-04-26

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Sochi festival shows how the body can be a canvas

Body artists and tattoo enthusiasts show off their work at Russia’s Black Sea resort of Sochi.

26/04/2016

Iraq

Supporters of cleric Al Sadr protest in Iraqi capital Baghdad

This is central Baghdad. Supporters of influential Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr gathered in central Baghdad to protest against what they say is rampant

26/04/2016

Business Series

BP considers more spending cuts after 80 percent profit drop

BP has said it could reduce its capital spending further after reporting an 80 percent drop in profits in the first three months of the year.

26/04/2016

United Kingdom

Hillsborough 96 were unlawfully killed, jury decides

A inquest jury has concluded that 96 football fans who died at the 1989 FA Cup semi-final were unlawfully killed due to gross negligence

26/04/2016

Ukraine

Chernobyl: an insider's view of the atomic accident

80-year-old Alexander Davidovich Hellerman started work at Chernobyl in 1976. when the first reactor began operating. He was a senior manager at the

26/04/2016

Japan

Scandal engulfing Mitsubishi widens with new revelation about testing methods

Managers have now admitted they have been using an improper fuel-efficiency testing method since 1991.

26/04/2016

France

Australia chooses France for lucrative submarines contract

Australia has chosen France to build a new fleet of submarines, rejecting Japanese and German bids

26/04/2016

Canada

Canada PM condemns "cold-blooded" murder of Philippines hostage

A Canadian man believed to have been killed by Abu Sayyaf militants in the Philippines has been identified as John Ridsdel. The 68-year-old former

26/04/2016

Ukraine

Candle-lit vigils to mark 30th anniversary of Chernobyl nuclear disaster

It was in the early hours of the morning on April the 26th 1986 that a test went horribly wrong at the nuclear plant in then Soviet Ukraine

26/04/2016

World News

"Rigged and broken" - Trump slams Republican primary system

Trump slams rivals over pact to stop him Republican nomination system ‘rigged’ Cruz-Kasich deal ‘too late’ Donald Trump has described called the

26/04/2016

Kenya

Kenyan opposition calls for electoral commission to quit

Kenya’s opposition has called for the country’s electoral commission to disband before next year’s presidential vote. On Monday (April 25) some 500

26/04/2016

World News

Chernobyl nuclear disaster remembered

Thirty years ago, on April 26 a catastrophic nuclear accident occurred at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in northern Ukraine. An explosion and

26/04/2016

World News

ESA successfully launches "environment data" satellite

A Russian Soyuz rocket has blasted off from Kourou in French Guiana carrying a satellite aimed at increasing our understanding of the environment

26/04/2016

Europe News

The Brief from Brussels: Lux Leaks whistleblower faces trial

This is the Brief from Brussels: euronews’ daily round-up of the biggest news stories that are making headlines in Europe’s capital and beyond. In

26/04/2016

World News

Trudeau condemns killing of Canadian hostage in Philippines

Islamist militants in the Philippines have killed Canadian hostage John Ridsdel in what Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has condemned as an

26/04/2016

Luxembourg

Trial begins of 'LuxLeaks' whistleblowers

Two former employees of the accountancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) go on trial today in Luxembourg along with a French journalist. Antoine

26/04/2016

Egypt

Tear gas used to disperse protests in Cairo

Tear gas used to disperse protests in Cairo Thousands call for president to go al-Sissi calls for stability What is happening? Egyptian security

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