30 August 2016 | Euronews
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Italy Venice Film Festival - launch pad for award season There is much excitement in the air ahead of this year’s Venice Film Festival which is once again being seen as the launch pad for the industry’s award season. -
Focus Kazakhstan: striving for nuclear disarmament 1.5 million people in Kazakhstan bear scars and deformities from years of nuclear testing but now something is being done about it -
Gabon Gabon on edge ahead of official election result Gabon remains on edge ahead of official presidential election results in which both sides have declared victory and traded accusations of cheating. -
World News Almost 10,000 migrants rescued in Strait of Sicily in two days Around 3,000 migrants were rescued in the Strait of Sicily on Tuesday, in 30 separate missions. -
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World News ISIL spokesperson killed in Syria, group announces One of ISIL’s most prominent leaders has been killed in Syria, according to the group’s Aamaq news agency. -
World News Mourners gather in Amatrice for funerals of quake victims Under grey skies and rain, and surrounded by rubble, hundreds have gathered to remember the victims of Italy’s devastating earthquake. -
Sport England keeper Hart moves to Torino on loan Manchester City and England goalkeeper Joe Hart has joined Italian side Torino on loan for one season. -
USA Trump can’t beat Clinton – do the math! In a little more than two months, voters in the United States will elect their next president. -
France UK and France hold Calais talks Amid pressure to scrap UK border checks in France, British home secretary Amber Rudd has held talks with her French counterpart Bernard Cazeneuve in Paris. -
Sport Channeling frustration through judo in war-torn Yemen Yemen’s war between Houthi rebels and political allies of ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh continues to rage on. -
Europe News The Brief from Brussels: Why the EC is taking a bite out of Apple This is the Brief from Brussels, a daily round up of the top stories from across Europe. -
Economy Price gouging row: how much should those drugs cost? The debate over high prices for medical treatments heats up in the United States with two companies - Valeant Pharmaceuticals and Mylan - in the frame. -
Spain Spain's Rajoy pleas for support to avoid third election Spain’s caretaker prime minister Mariano Rajoy has called for a “stable,” “long-term” government, as he addressed parliament ahead of a confidence vote for a second term in… -
France French burkini ban ''stupid reaction'', UN human rights office says The ban on burkinis in France is not only ‘‘a grave and illegal breach of fundamental freedoms’‘ but a ‘‘stupid reaction’‘ to recent terror attacks, the UN human rights office has… -
Italy Drone video of Italian town damaged by earthquake Italian firefighters have released a video, filmed by a drone, showing the town of Accumoli, severely devastated by the earthquake of August the 24th. -
France Emmanuel Macron resigns as French Economy Minister France’s Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron has resigned from government. -
World News Dr. Alison Thompson on life as a full time humanitarian volunteer -
Spain Spain's Rajoy pleas for 'stable' government ahead of confidence vote Spain’s caretaker prime minister Mariano Rajoy has told parliament that it’s “urgent” for the country to get a “long-term,” “stable” government – to end an eight-month political… -
Sport Video: Disallowed goal of the year from High School striker As goals go, they don’t get much better than this. -
Business Series Banks pull the plug on South Korea's Hanjin Shipping One of the world's biggest container shipping firms, South Korea's Hanjin Shipping, is headed for bankruptcy after the lenders it has borrowed money from pulled the plug. -
Syria Rebel groups 'capture strategic Syrian town of Halfaya' Syrian rebels are said to have captured a strategic town in northern Hama province. -
Economy Brexit vote unnerves eurozone and UK businesses Economic sentiment in the eurozone fell in August and optimism among Britain's services firms has also fallen sharply. Economists linked that to Britain's vote to leave the European Union. -
Europe News 'No company can have selective benefits' - Brussels takes bite out of Apple The European Commission (EC) has ordered US tech giant to pay a record tax penalty of 13 billion euros to the Irish government. -
France For Britain migrants begin, and stay, in Calais, but France's patience wears thin Calais’s squalid migrant centre is at the heart of talks between the French and British Interior Ministers, but the problem goes way beyond the camp and has now lasted for nearly 20… -
Sri Lanka Teenager hacked president's website to delay exams How many of us have despaired as exams approach, wishing we could press an imaginary ‘pause button’ to freeze time and delay the inevitable? -
Ireland EU vs Apple: A fair whack or a made up number? The European Commission’s demand that Ireland collect €13 billion in back taxes from Ireland has polarised opinion. -
France French president criticises Turkey's 'contradictory' intervention in Syria France’s president has criticised Turkey’s military push into northern Syria, saying that it risks escalating the conflict. -
Economy Barroso Goldman Sachs pension protest petition grows Close to 80,000 people have signed an online petition calling for former European Commission president José Manuel Barroso to lose his EU pension for taking a job with Goldman Sachs. -
USA Police officer saves man from train tracks in dramatic near-miss A police officer from New Jersey in the United States is being hailed a hero after saving a man from train tracks with seconds to spare. -
Somalia Somalia: at least 22 dead in car bomb explosion near presidential palace A car bomb has exploded near the presidential palace in Mogadishu, Somalia, killing at least 22 soldiers and civilians, officials say. -
No Comment From Los Angeles to Mexico: Fans mourn Juan Gabriel People gather around the star of late Mexican singer Juan Gabriel, which is adorned with flowers and mementos, on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles. -
No Comment Iraq: More than 70 tents burned down in refugee camp More than 70 tents were destroyed by fire in the refugee camp of Yahayawa, near the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, but no one was injured, the United Nations’ refugee agency UNHCR… -
Ireland Apple ordered to pay 13bn euro tax bill to Ireland, both to appeal The European Commission has taken ordered tech giant Apple to pay up to 13 billion euros in back taxes to the Irish government in Dublin. -
No Comment Thousands of migrants rescued off Libya More than 6,000 migrants and refugees, mostly from Eritrea, were rescued on Monday from the Mediterranean Sea by members of two NGOs and the Italian navy. -
World News France to call for end to TTIP talks between EU and US France is to call for an end to negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) at a meeting of foreign trade ministers in September. -
Cinema 'Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker' comic actor Gene Wilder dies at 83 The mad haired, wild eyed comic actor, Gene Wilder has died at the age of 83. -
Sci-Tech The biggest consumer electronics fair hits Berlin Berlin hosts the IFA, the biggest consumer electronics fair in Europe. -
France Zarf, fremd and eloiners - youngsters battle it out for Scrabble crown -
World News Mexico: Police Commissioner Galindo sacked following damning abuse allegations Mexico’s Police Commissioner has been dismissed following damning allegations of abuse by security forces. -
Cult GEM Fest a hedonistic jewel in the Georgian crown The Georgian Black Sea resort of Anaklia hosts the "GEM Fest":http://gem-fest.com/ short for the 'Georgian Electronic Music Festival.' -
Cinema 'The 9th Life of Louis Drax' a fantasy thriller set in a boy's coma The 9th Life of Louis Drax' provides the latest challenge for Aaron Paul who played Jesse Pinkman in Breaking Bad. -
Kyrgyzstan Suicide car bomb attack at Chinese embassy in Kyrgyzstan China’s embassy in Kyrgyzstan was attacked on Tuesday by a suspected suicide bomber whose car rammed the gates of the compound and then exploded, according to… -
Belgium Crunch day for Apple - tech giant risks Europe's biggest ever tax penalty The European Commission is set to take a big bite out of Apple on Tuesday. -
Brazil Brazil's Dilma Rousseff defends her record in marathon impeachment trial Brazil’s suspended President Dilma Rousseff has accused her critics of using trumped charges against her to trample on the country’s democracy. -
Italy Thousands of migrants are rescued at sea in the biggest operation so far An estimated 6,500 migrants are rescued at sea, some 20km off the Libyan town of Sabratha. Forty operations took place in 24 hours. -
Syria Ankara sends its troops deeper into Syria but the US issues a warning over Turkish - Kurdish violence Ankara is sticking to its aim of pushing both ISIL militants and Kurdish fighters away from its border by sending its own forces deeper in to Syria.