2016-06-17

United Kingdom

Police charge suspect with murder of British MP Jo Cox

Thomas Mair, the suspect of the murder of British MP Jo Cox, has been charged and is due to appear at London’s Westminster Magistrates Court later today (June…

17/06/2016

World News

The Iraqi government says it has retaken Falluja

The announcement comes nearly four weeks after the start of a US-backed offensive that led to the exodus of tens of thousands of residents.

17/06/2016

Tunisia

Key trial hearing adjourned in Tunisia

The judge decided to end Thursday's hearing after three hours of angry debate between defense lawyers and the civil prosecution team of Chokri Belaid.

17/06/2016

My Europe Series

State of the Union: EU referendum campaigning suspended after British MP murder

State of the Union is euronews' weekly round-up of European affairs.

17/06/2016

World News

Medecins Sans Frontieres rejects EU funds over 'Europe's refugee shame'

In protest at the European Union’s deal with Turkey aimed at stemming the flow of migrants and refugees, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) says it will reject all funding from the EU and its member…

17/06/2016

World News

Trafficking fear as record numbers of migrant children arrive alone

Record numbers of migrant children are arriving on their own to Europe and elsewhere, leaving them vulnerable to exploitation by traffickers, it has been…

17/06/2016

World News

Hollande pays tribute to police couple murdered in terror attack

A memorial ceremony has been held in Versailles for the French police couple murdered last Monday at their home in Magnanville, west of Paris.

17/06/2016

World News

11 Hindus jailed for life for 2002 Gujarat riots

The massacre occurred during a series of religious riots that flared for two months in the western Indian province.

17/06/2016

World News

France: strike action set to continue after talks fail to break deadlock

Further strikes in France look set to go ahead after the government and trade unions failed to break the deadlock.

17/06/2016

Italy

Why is Sicily burning?

A heat wave, fanned by a strong Sirocco wind, is spreading wildfires around Palermo in Sicily. But have they been started deliberately?

17/06/2016

Economy

IMF's Lagarde warns Brexit is a "concern for the whole world"

Head of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde has been speaking in Vienna where without calling on Britain to vote to stay in the EU she did say there was a clear economic case against an

17/06/2016

World News

Egyptair MS804: second flight recorder found

The two black boxes are crucial to explaining what went wrong on the Airbus A320 which crashed early on May 19 on its way from Paris to Cairo.

17/06/2016

World News

Holocaust survivors welcome conviction of Auschwitz guard Reinhold Hanning

A former Auschwitz guard has been sentenced to five years in jail after being convicted over his role at the Nazi death camp, in what is likely to be one of Germany’s last Holocaust…

17/06/2016

Austria

Russian athletes remain banned from Rio Olympics

Russia’s athletics federation has confirmed that its suspension from this summer’s Rio Olympic games has been upheld by the IAAF.

17/06/2016

World News

Jo Cox: the UK parliament is being recalled

The leader of the opposition in the UK says Parliament will be brought back from recess on Monday to allow politicians to pay tribute to their slain colleague Jo Cox.

17/06/2016

Sport

Euro 2016: Holders Spain and Italy join France in last 16 as Czech Republic score late on to prevent Croatia doing the same

Spain 3-0 Turkey Italy 1-0 Sweden Czech Rep 2-2 Croatia Spain outclass Turkey to reach last 16 Two-time defending champions Spain finally showed their true potential at Euro 2016 after easily brush

17/06/2016

Italy

Walking on water: Bulgarian artist Christo realises his dream

These are the pictures of a highly-original new installation in northern Italy – a three-kilometre floating walkway that allows people to walk on water.

17/06/2016

World News

Battle for Falluja: Iraqi army 'retakes' government compound

Nearly four weeks after the start of a US-backed offensive, Iraq’s army says it has recaptured the main government headquarters in central Falluja.

17/06/2016

World News

Medecins Sans Frontieres rejects EU funds over 'Europe's refugee shame'

In protest at the European Union’s deal with Turkey aimed at stemming the flow of migrants and refugees, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) says it will reject all funding from the EU and its member…

17/06/2016

Economy

Junker and Putin talk in St Petersburg

Russian President Vladimir Putin has addressed the St.

17/06/2016

My Europe Series

The new faces of Europe's far-left

And so they rose, and took to the streets and squares of cities and towns, reclaiming the Agora, asking that democracy live up to its promise: in Spain, in Greece, in France, people demanded that elec

17/06/2016

Sport

Copa America: United States through to semi-finals

The United States earned a spot in the semi-final of the Copa America with a hard-fought 2-1 win over Ecuador in Seattle on Friday.

17/06/2016

United Kingdom

UK: Tributes paid to murdered Labour politician

Tributes have been pouring in following the death of a British MP who was shot and stabbed on Thursday.

17/06/2016

World News

And also...saucy Super Victor, polite Googling grandma and itchy German football boss!

Every Friday journalists from euronews’ various language teams choose a selection of stories from Europe and beyond which did not reach the international…

17/06/2016

Cult

Twisting and turning into the future - Tate Modern extension unveiled

A towering extension has opened at the Tate Modern museum in London.

17/06/2016

Cinema

Solveig Anspach offers tender and funny posthumous rom-com in Cannes

The Cannes screening of French-Icelandic rom-com ‘The Together Project’, was tinged with sadness as it came less than a year after the premature death of its director, Solveig…

17/06/2016

Cinema

'Suburra' - Rome bathed in corruption and decadence

The Italian film noir ‘Suburra’ centres on the murky connections between organised crime and politics in Rome.

17/06/2016

Economy

Women and minorities worse off as US wage gap widens

A new report by the OECD claims that US income inequality continues to widen.

17/06/2016

Business Series

Microsoft in joint venture to track cannabis production

Microsoft is in the weed trade after the company entered a joint partnership with KIND Financial a seed-to-sale software provider that helps state and local governments track the cannabis business, ac

17/06/2016

Sport

NBA Finals: Cleveland force game 7

The Cleveland Cavaliers produced a superb performance to stun the Golden State Warriors 115-101, forcing a deciding game in the NBA Finals.

17/06/2016