2016-05-26

World News

Powerful Eye Contact Project Aims to Break Down Barriers With Refugees

“Four minutes of eye contact brings people closer to each other better than everything else.

26/05/2016

Italy

Awesome Mount Etna erupts again!

Mount Etna, Europe's most active volcano, has been at it again, spewing red torrents of lava into the sky and sporadic activity continued on Thursday.

26/05/2016

Musica

West Side Story in Salzburg, the operatic emotion

26/05/2016

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Exchange deal between Ukraine and Russia

Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko arrived in Kyiv following a prisoner-swap with Russia.

26/05/2016

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Italy: giant hole swallows cars in Florence

A 200-metre-long hole opened up along the Arno river bank in Florence, near the famous Ponte Vecchio.

26/05/2016

France

France: Nuclear strike raises stakes in showdown over labour reforms

With pumps at more than 4,000 petrol stations in France now partially or fully dry, the showdown between the government and the hardline CGT union over contested labour reforms intensified on…

26/05/2016

Culture news

India's Hampi UNESCO site remains top tourist stop

The site of Hampi, in India’s southwestern state of Karnataka, was the capital of the last great Hindu Kingdom of Vijayanagar.

26/05/2016

France

Groundbreaking study sheds light on Neanderthal life

From the outside, it looks like countless other rural sites in Europe.

26/05/2016

Cinema

Cannes: the winners

Quietly stunned is how British director Ken Loach described winning the coveted Palme d’Or for a second time with his social drama I, Daniel…

26/05/2016

Iraq

Iraqi forces say they will retake Falluja from ISIL 'soon'

Iraqi forces and allied militiamen are tightening the noose around the ISIL stronghold of Falluja.

26/05/2016

Japan

Japan jumpstarts G7: Britain expected to push Brexit agenda

The global economy, foreign policy and refugees... Just some of the topics on the agenda at the G7 summit in Japan.

26/05/2016

Economy

Follow live: reputed financial experts conclude Astana Economic Forum

26/05/2016

Japan

G7 leaders visit Japanese holy shrine ahead of summit

Economics, refugees and security top G7 agenda Japan’s primary concern – Chinese assertiveness Hiroshima visit next on Obama itinerary World leaders have been welcomed by Japanese Prime Minister

26/05/2016

World News

Migrant rescue from capsized boat is caught on camera

The capsizing of a migrant boat in the Mediterranean Sea has been caught on camera by the Italian Navy.

26/05/2016

World News

Eagles of Death Metal singer criticised for Muslim conspiracy comments

Eagles of Death Metal front man Jesse Hughes has been slammed for claiming the ISIL attack on a Paris theatre last November was part of a Muslim…

26/05/2016

Iraq

Iraqi units advance on ISIL-held Fallujah

Iraqi government units and Shia paramilitary allies are closing on Fallujah as the battle intensifies to retake the ISIL-held city.

26/05/2016

Economy

The Brief from Brussels: Eurogroup approves cash for Athens, Nadiya Savchenko freed

This is the Brief from Brussels, a daily show with all the stories making waves across Europe.

26/05/2016

Germany

Germany's carrot and stick approach to refugee integration

German Chancellor Angela Merkel presented her government’s new refugee integration law on Wednesday after a coalition summit in Meseberg in eastern…

26/05/2016

Azerbaijan

Prominent journalist freed in Azerbaijan

Azerbaijani journalist Khadija Ismayilova - an investigative reporter for Radio Free Europe - has been released on probation.

26/05/2016