2016-10-21

Cameroon

Train crash in Cameroon kills more than 50 people

Fifty-five dead and 575 injured are the provisional casualty figures following a train derailment in Cameroon.

21/10/2016

United Kingdom

Two in hospital after "chemical incident" at London City airport

London City Airport evacuated on Friday afternoon and more than two dozen people were treated for breathing difficulties after "chemical incident."

21/10/2016

Spain

Spain's royalty on show for Asturias Awards

Spain’s King Felipe and Queen Letizia presided over a star-studded ceremony in Oviedo for the 2016 Princess of Asturias awards.

21/10/2016

Iraq

Gunbattles rage in Iraqi city of Kirkuk after ISIL attack

Street battles between ISIL fighters and Kurdish forces erupted on Friday in the norther Iraqi city of Kirkuk.

21/10/2016

World News

ExoMars: ESA's Mars lander crashed and destroyed on the Red Planet

The European Space Agency has said that the missing European space probe on Mars fell to the surface of the Red Planet from a height of two to four kilometres and was destroyed on…

21/10/2016

Sport

WTA finals draw made in Singapore

The draw for the lucrative season-ending WTA finals was made in Singapore on Friday.

21/10/2016

Russia

Latest US-Russian crew joins International Space Station

The two Russians and one American arrived at the ISS two days after their spacecraft had left Earth. They will stay in space until February.

21/10/2016

Business Series

Bombardier to cut more jobs in Canada and Germany

Canadian plane and train maker Bombardier says it is cutting another 7,500 jobs - 10 percent of its workforce - over the next two years.

21/10/2016

Belgium

May ready for tough talks over Brexit

The UK prime minister says she is ready for some "difficult moments", but will fight to remain part of the bloc's single market.

21/10/2016

Europe News

Belgian region scuppers EU-Canada free trade deal

An EU-Canada free trade deal has been left hanging in the balance after talks between Canada and the regional government in Wallonia broke down.

21/10/2016

Business Series

Smoking consolidation: British American Tobacco bids for Reynolds American

A huge cigarette merger is in the offing as British American Tobacco aims to roll up the 58 percent of Reynolds American that it does not already own.

21/10/2016

China

Typhoon Haima shuts down Hong Kong

Typhoon Haima, measuring eight out of ten on the authorities' severe storm scale, shut down Hong Kong on Friday morning.

21/10/2016

Sport

EuroLeague: Olympiacos thump Efes Istanbul to register first win of new season

Olympiacos Piraeus thrashed Anadolu Efes Istanbul on Thursday to notch up their first win of the new campaign.

21/10/2016

Sport

Heavy rain hits Crutchlow-led practice session for Australian MotoGP

Britain’s Cal Crutchlow was quickest in a rain-hit first practice session for this weekend’s Australian MotoGP at Phillip Island.

21/10/2016

United Kingdom

UK: Conservative Party holds on to David Cameron's vacant seat in parliament

The Conservative Party in the UK has held on to former Prime Minister David Cameron’s place in parliament, winning the by-election for the vacant Witney seat.

21/10/2016

Syria

UN human rights chief accuses 'Syria and its allies' of war crimes in Aleppo

The UN Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra'ad al Hussein, did not mention Russia by name and said all sides in the conflict had violated international law.

21/10/2016

World News

Snapchat, Skype, Blackberry get low marks on privacy protection in Amnesty report

Amnesty International ranked the 11 most used messaging apps on their use of encryption to protect users' privacy.

21/10/2016

France

Hollande to meet French police unions

It comes after a fourth night of protests at the Place de la Republique and the Champs Elysees in Paris. Other protests took place in Bordeaux, Nancy and Toulouse.

21/10/2016

Economy

WTO concerned about Britain's membership terms post-Brexit

The head of the World Trade Organisation says Britain's future terms of membership in the WTO will depend a lot on the Brexit separation negotiations.

21/10/2016

World News

And also...

Every Friday journalists from euronews’ various language teams choose a selection of stories from Europe and beyond which did not reach the international headlines Under the ‘Moonbow’ Photographer Be

21/10/2016

Economy

Hungary promises payroll tax cuts amid labour shortage

Hungary's government is promising to cut the level of tax on wages as it suffers a labour shortage following years of emigration to western Europe.

21/10/2016

Business Series

Daimler: Cars outperform trucks

Daimler's latest quarterly results showed improvement in sales of Mercedes cars, but falling demand for its trucks.

21/10/2016

Next Series

Destination Mars, episode 9: Schiaparelli's plunge, the methane mystery and the search for life

The ExoMars team had their hearts in their mouths as the Schiaparelli probe went missing just as the TGO mothership swept into a perfectly timed orbit.

21/10/2016

Iraq

Iraq's displaced Christians encouraged by drive to oust ISIL from Mosul

Christians living in Iraq's Kurdish region are watching events around Mosul closely as coalition forces try to drive the extremists out.

21/10/2016

My Europe Series

State of the Union: EU split on Russia sanctions over Syria

This is the State of the Union, euronews’ weekly roundup of the top stories from Brussels.

21/10/2016

World News

Hide or get killed: boys trapped by Albania's blood feuds

Scores of young boys live holed up at home for years: they could be killed in family feuds if they simply stepped outside.

21/10/2016

Cinema

Tom Cruise is back as Jack Reacher

Crowds of screaming fans braced the cold weather and packed into London’s Leicester Square to catch a glimpse of Hollywood star Tom Cruise for the premiere of his film ‘Jack Reacher: Never Go…

21/10/2016

Russia

Russia warships pass through English Channel under UK Navy’s watchful eye

Several Russian warships pass close to the UK on their way to the Mediterranean

21/10/2016

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Mexican clowns condemn 'creepy' clown craze

Hundreds of clowns gathered in Mexico City to defend their profession and condemn the so-called ‘creepy’ clown craze The clowns came together at the Revolution Monument and shouted “We are clowns, not

21/10/2016

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Hurricane Matthew aftermath

Humanitarian agencies still assess the needs of people in Haiti following Hurricane Matthew.

21/10/2016