2016-10-27

Europe News

Yazidi IS survivors win EU's rights prize

MEPs have decided that two Yazidi women are the winners of the EU’s annual human rights prize.

27/10/2016

USA

Clinton and Trump trade blows over campaign workload

The two main US presidential contenders questioned the commitment of their rival to the campaign, less than a fortnight before the election.

27/10/2016

Italy

Serious damage from Italy earthquakes

Central Italy is counting the cost after it was again rocked by strong earthquakes, just two months after a quake claimed nearly 300 lives.

27/10/2016

Italy

Video: 15th-century Italian church collapses during earthquake

27/10/2016

Venezuela

Venezuela: policeman killed as anti-government unrest spreads

27/10/2016

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Over 300 Italy-bound migrants are rescued at sea

Malta-based NGO Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) on Tuesday rescued 342 migrants, including women and children, who were trying to reach Italy.

27/10/2016

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Iraq: Hundreds escape fighting

Around 1,000 people escape the fighting around Mosul between so-called Islamic State and the Iraqi army.

27/10/2016

France

Children 'still in the Jungle' though France declared camp cleared

Hundreds of migrants including unaccompanied children are still said to be in the camp in Calais known as ‘the Jungle’, a day after French officials declared that it had been…

27/10/2016

World News

Video shows burglar metres away from residents

This footage, released by the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office, shows the moment burglars target a family home in Florida while its residents sleep in the same room.

27/10/2016

Canada

Canada PM Trudeau cancels Europe trip with CETA deal still in limbo

He was supposed to be in Europe on Thursday for the signing of a landmark free trade deal with the EU.

27/10/2016

Jordan

Jordanian female plumbers aim to get more women into work

Maryam Mutlaq and 29 classmates are now qualified plumbers.Only 14% of women in Jordan work, but Maryam and her classmates don't see why.

27/10/2016

Venezuela

Venezuela: Anti-government protests turn violent

Scores are injured and detained during anti-Maduro protests Opposition calls for national strike on Friday President Maduro blames Henrique Capriles for unrest Venezuela’s opposition is increasi

27/10/2016

Italy

Two powerful earthquakes rock Italy's central region

Two strong earthquakes, one measuring 5.

27/10/2016

Iraq

Thousands flee as battle for Mosul rages

People escaping the fighting in villages around Mosul head for the Iraqi army lines and relative safety

27/10/2016

Syria

Syria: schoolchildren among 26 killed in airstrikes - reports

Syrian or Russian airstrikes have killed at least 26 people, most of them schoolchildren, in a village in Syria’s rebel-held Idlib province – according to rescue workers and a monitoring…

27/10/2016

Business Line

Ahead of Brexit, Britain ponders the power of small regions in global trade deals

Business Line considers how Wallonia's blocking of the CETA agreement with Canada could give London pause for thought on its Brexit negotiations.

27/10/2016

Russia

Confusion over refuelling requests for Russian warships

Russia has denied making a refuelling request to Spain for a fleet of its warships which has been sailing for the past week en route for Syria.

27/10/2016

USA

US election: Trump promises 'revitalisation' as he opens new hotel

US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has promised a “national plan of revitalisation” as he opened a new hotel in Washington DC.

27/10/2016

USA

Final countdown to US election - our correspondent's take

With less than two weeks to go until the much-anticipated US presidential election, Euronews’ Washington correspondent Stefan Grobe reflects on how both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are faring in

27/10/2016