3 May 2016 | Euronews
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Sport Kosovo and Florence Hardouin enjoy landmark votes at UEFA congress Kosovo has become the newest member of European football’s governing body UEFA. The country which declared independence from Serbia in 2008 was -
Egypt Bahrain's king holidays at Sharm el-Sheikh and tips Egypt for tourism Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa has done his bit to promote tourism – in Egypt. Breaking off after an official visit to the country, he went -
Kenya Kenya: baby pulled alive from rubble of Nairobi building reunited with father The Kenyan Red Cross says a six-month-old baby girl has no visible physical injuries – despite being buried in the rubble of a collapsed building in -
World News France will not accept TTIP 'without rules', says Hollande France has given its strongest indication yet that it’s opposed to the controversial transatlantic trade deal being negotiated between the US and the -
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USA Rock meets sand in the desert It’s being billed as a once in a lifetime opportunity…. To see some of rock music’s biggest icons all in one place taking part in a three day -
Sport Atletico Madrid reach Champions League final again Atletico Madrid have reached the final of the Champions League for a second time in three season despite losing 2-1 to Bayern Munich in their -
Syria Ceasefire in Aleppo in "the next few hours" US Secretary of State John Kerry warned that, without a cessation of hostilities, the violence in the city "is in danger of spiraling out of control." -
Germany Germany's first Syria war crimes trial opens in Frankfurt A 21-year-old man has gone on trial in Germany for alleged war crimes in Syria. The case in Frankfurt is the first of its kind in Germany related to -
Spain King of Spain dissolves parliament The monarch has called an election for June 26. It is the first time the country has re-run a national vote. -
Sport Champions League: Real Madrid v Man City preview In the May 28th Champions League final Atletico Madrid – who beat Bayern Munich on the away goals rule – will meet either ten-time winners and La -
Germany Women 'tortured and murdered' in German 'House of Horrors' In Germany it’s described as the “house of horrors”, and what’s said to have happened there is harrowing. A man and a woman in their forties have -
France French parliament debates controversial labour laws as street protests grow The French parliament has begun a potentially divisive debate over controversial changes to the country's labour laws. -
Europe News The Brief from Brussels: EU releases new economic forecasts The Brief from Brussels brings all the latest news and headlines from Europe’s capital. In this edition: Turkey faces questions over a planned visa -
Sport Rio Olympic Torch relay begins in Brasilia The Olympic torch relay for the Rio Games began on Tuesday in the country’s capital Brasilia. President, Dilma Rousseff, who may face impeachment -
Sport Freediver descends 124 metres for new world record It’s a world record that will quite literally take your breath away. William Trubridge from New Zealand set a brand new freediving world record by -
Economy EU executive cuts growth forecast for eurozone The European Commission has cut its growth forecast for the eurozone. The EU executive now predicts 1.6 percent growth this year, down from from a -
Economy Where's the money? UN tax haven report details billions moving around the world Companies put the equivalent of 191 billion euros into low tax countries - mostly Luxembourg and the Netherlands - last year according to a new United Nations report. -
USA Presidential hopefuls Trump and Clinton shape up as they head for the November 8 showdown With each vote it becomes more clear – the battle for the US presidency looks like being between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. Both the -
Culture news Rufus Wainwright puts Shakespeare sonnets to music It’s a high-risk labour of love that pays off according to some critics. ‘Take All My Loves: 9 Shakespeare Sonnets’ is the latest studio album by -
Syria Aleppo - hopes a truce is only "hours away" Russia's Foreign Minister tells reporters it is hoped a unilateral truce declared by the Syrian military could be extended to Aleppo within a matter of hours. -
World In the eye of the storm – Martin Schulz on mission to save the EU -
Cinema Hemingway biopic is first Hollywood film shot in Cuba ‘Papa: Hemingway in Cuba’ holds the distinction of being the first Hollywood production to shoot on the island since the 1959 revolution. The film is -
Business Series Uber partners with Alipay for Chinese travellers worldwide Ride-hailing service Uber has expanded its alliance with Chinese online payment platform Alipay so Chinese travelers can use its app to call for cars and pay for rides in over 400 cities worldwide. -
France TTIP: French president Hollande says France will say no to EU-US trade deal “at this stage” Our journalists are working on this story and will update it as soon as more information becomes available. -
Economy IMF sub-Saharan Africa 2016 outlook sees weaker growth The IMF says 2016 will be another difficult year for sub-Saharan Africa because of factors including the steep decline in commodity prices, the Ebola outbreak and drought. -
Business Series No buyers for Philips lighting division means it gets spun off Medical equipment and technology firm Philips says it will sell a stake of at least 25 percent of its lighting division in an initial public offering of shares. -
Business Series Liberty house bids for Tata Steel UK The British metals group Liberty House says it's submitting a bid for the UK assets of Tata Steel, sparking new hope for Britain's endangered steel industry. -
Spain Spain arrests four men allegedly behind on-line Islamist Radicalisation plot Spanish police have arrested four people on the outskirts of Madrid on accusations of promoting Islamist militancy via social media, according to the Interior Ministry. -
Hungary EU migrant quotas: Hungary's referendum gets the go-ahead -
No Comment Scuffles in Turkish parliament Scuffles break out between members of Turkey’s ruling AK Party and pro-Kurdish opposition party during a discussion on whether to remove lawmakers -
No Comment Hailstorm batters northwest Chinese county Hailstones measuring as much as 22 millimetres diameter fell across large parts of Tanchang County, Longnan City, in China on Sunday afternoon. The -
Cyprus Turkey to abolish visas for Greek Cypriots Greek Cypriots will no longer require visas to visit Turkey under a new deal agreed between the EU and Ankara. The move is be part of a wider -
South Africa Circus lions rescued in South America arrive in new African home More than 30 lions rescued from circuses in Peru and Colombia have been flown back Africa to live out the rest of their lives in a private sanctuary -
France Probe indicates falsified documents in Flamanville nuclear plant construction The investigation launched after the discovery of “anomalies” in the structure of the Flamanville nuclear plant in France have revealed -
World News Australia vows no change in asylum policy after Somali woman sets herself on fire Australia has vowed no change to its refugee policy after a Somali woman seeking asylum set fire to herself in protest over her detention on the -
USA Solar Impulse aircraft lands in Phoenix, Arizona Solar Impulse has arrived in Phoenix, Arizona after successfully completing the tenth leg of its record-breaking bid to circle the globe. The -
France Corsican separatists to end military campaign Separatist fighters in Corsica have said they will end military operations in their quest for independence from France. The National Liberation Front -
USA Lady Gaga attends Fashion and technology expo in NY Celebrities such as Lady Gaga and Sienna Miller were among those at an opening of a new fashion exhibition at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Venezuela Venezuela opposition collects signatures in bid to oust President Maduro Venezuela’s opposition says it has delivered 1.85 million signatures to the country’s elections authority in a bid to seek a recall referendum -
Japan Japan's PM embarks on whirlwind European tour ahead of G7 summit Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is on a whirlwind tour of European capitals to lay the ground work for a G7 summit he’s due to host this month. On -
USA Destination Indiana in the presidential primary trail Trump – “win in Indiana and its over for rivals Confident Clinton focuses on presidential race Cruz still hopes to block Trump winning nomination -
United Kingdom Leicester City write their own fairytale It was screams and cheers among team members of Leicester City as their dreams came true of becoming Premier League winners Jamie Vardy had a party -
Ukraine Tensions in Odessa on anniversary of 2014 deadly clashes A bomb alert and the discovery of three grenades left in a bag have overshadowed commemorations in Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Odessa. The incident -
Syria US urges Russia to rein in Damascus after upsurge in Syria violence There have been stark warnings about the war in Syria following the recent increase in fighting in Aleppo that’s sabotaged a ceasefire and peace