29 November 2016 | Euronews
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United Kingdom Former football coach Barry Bennell faces eight new charges of sex assault against a boy under the age of 14 British former football coach Barry Bennell was charged on Tuesday with eight historical offences of sexual assault against a boy under the age of 14. -
Europe News The Brief from Brussels: EU-Turkey ties face test and Brexit notes cause stir This is the Brief from Brussels, a round-up of the top stories from Europe’s de facto political capital. -
Germany German 'mole' is arrested over Islamist plot An employee of Germany’s domestic intelligence service (BfV) has been arrested over a suspected Islamist plot to bomb the agency’s Cologne Headquarters. -
Sport Argentina's Davis Cup winners return to hero's welcome Argentina’s triumphant Davis Cup team returned home to a hero’s welcome on Tuesday. -
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Italy World's oldest person Emma Morano celebrates 117th birthday Italy’s Emma Morano, thought to be the world’s oldest person and the last to be born in the 19th century, celebrated her 117th birthday on Tuesday. -
Turkey Turkey: Fire at schoolgirls' dormitory kills 12 A fire at a dormitory for schoolgirls in southern Turkey on Tuesday left twelve people dead, eleven of them teenagers. -
Sport Chapecoense: A fairytale season turned into everyone's worst nightmare Chapecoense were founded in 1973 in the town of Chapeco in southern of Brazil – the result of a merger between two amateur teams. -
Greece Greece debt relief deal 'doable' by year's end says EU's Moscovici On a rainy day in Athens, it was a message to warm the heart of the Greek government. -
Economy Italian banks face sluggish response on cash calls as capital crisis looms Investor confidence in Italian banks ability to raise money to cover bad debt takes a tumble as fears over government's future weigh on market. -
Economy Tunisia 2020 seeks to reverse foreign capital investment flight International investors have turned out in force for the Tunisia 2020 conference. -
Colombia Colombia plane crash: Fans gather to mourn Chapecoense footballers Hundreds of fans have gathered at Chapecoense’s stadium, the Condá Arena in the city of Chapecó, to mourn the players and staff killed in a plane crash in… -
Germany Refugee postcards for sale in Berlin It costs 90 cents to send a postcard from Germany to Syria, and Zero Ninety is a chance for Berliners a chance to buy postcards from artists and refugees at silent auction -
Sport Bolivian FA chief arrested on corruption charges The President of the Bolivian Football Association was arrested this week on corruption charges. -
West Bank Fatah re-elects Mahmoud Abbas The Palestinian President has opened the first congress of his Fatah party for seven years. An estimated 1,300 delegates gathered to elect new leaders and discuss longer-term policy. -
Cuba Leftist Latin American allies honour Castro in Cuba International friends and admirers of Fidel Castro were in Havana on Tuesday to pay their last respects to the leader of Cuba’s revolution. -
Sport Stalemate in final of World Chess Championships forces rare tie-breaker For only the third time in the history of the competition a tiebreaker will be needed to decide the World Chess Championships. -
Colombia At least 71 killed as plane carrying Brazilian football club crashes in Colombia A chartered plane carrying Brazilian football team Chapecoense to the Copa Sudamericana final crashed in the Colombian mountains, killing at least 71 of the 77 people on… -
Europe News We remain on 'European road' - Moldova's prime minister tells Euronews We remain on our European road. -
Italy Countdown to Italy's referendum on constitutional reform Italy will hold a referendum on constitutional reforms on Sunday (December 4) which would limit the power of the upper house and make it easier for governments to pass… -
Ukraine Chernobyl 'protected for a century' by new Confinement Arch There were celebrations at Chernobyl on Tuesday because a feat of engineering has emerged from the ashes of its nuclear disaster. -
Germany More turbulence for Lufthansa The German flag carrier says an estimated 1,706 flights will be cancelled on Tuesday and Wednesday due to a long-running pay dispute between management and pilots. -
Europe News EU energy plan - will it go far enough? It is all about limiting climate change and boosting sustainability. -
USA Texas 'elector' quits in Trump protest One of the Electoral College electors, a Texas Republican, quits in protest over the election of Donald Trump -
Economy US Q3 GDP growth beats estimates Better than expected GDP and Income data from US suggest Federal Reserve will raise interest rates in December. -
Cinema Usain Bolt doc out now ‘I Am Bolt’ is a new documentary about the athlete known as “the fastest man alive”: Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt. -
Austria Can 'Trump effect' fuel far-right presidential win in Austria? Taking hope from Donald Trump’s US election triumph, Austria’s far-right presidential candidate Norbert Hofer is eager to surf a tide of anti-establishment populism sweeping the West and win this Sund -
No Comment Chernobyl: gigantic shield to cover exploded reactor after 30 years In Chernobyl, Ukraine, the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster, a giant protective shield is slowly being moved into place a couple of feet at a time. -
Economy Samsung set for biggest change in company's history Samsung fails to address investors' major concerns but announces structural review and a "road map" for the future. -
Real Economy Smart Specialisation toward economic growth This edition of Real Economy comes from Bologna in Italy and Poland and focuses on the regions Smart Specialisation plans. -
Cult Czech puppets vie for UNESCO nod Puppetry has a very long history across the Czech Republic and can be traced deep into the Middle Ages. -
Syria Thousands flee Aleppo fighting An estimated 16,000 people have been displaced as a result of Syrian government advances on rebel-held districts of Aleppo. -
No Comment 'Thousands uprooted' in eastern Aleppo as Syrian Army advances Videos uploaded to social media websites purport to show thousands of residents from eastern Aleppo streaming into the Kurdish-controlled Sheikh Maqsoud district of the city after the Syrian Army and -
No Comment Flags fly at half-mast across Havana Cuba honoured former leader Fidel Castro with troops at Havana’s Morro Castle fort firing 21 salvos of a cannon on Monday. -
Haiti Haiti elects new president Provisional results suggest Jovenel Moise has won the presidential election in Haiti. The political novice has won a majority in the first round, avoiding a second round runoff. -
South Korea South Korea: Park Geun-hye asks permission to step down South Korea's embattled president says she is willing to step down in a move opponents have labelled a ploy to avoid impeachment. -
USA Trump chooses Obamacare critic as Health Secretary Tom Price, an outspoken critic of Obamacare, has been confirmed as the next US Health and Human Services Secretary. -
Colombia At least 6 survive plane crash over Colombia, including 3 Chapecoense footballers At least six people survive, but 75 die, in a plane crash over Colombia. -
Germany Deutsche Telekom 'hack' affects nearly a million customers Hundreds of thousands of Deutsche Telekom customers in Germany had their broadband service cut off following a hack-attack on its hardware. -
USA Police investigate if Ohio university attack was "terror related" A student who drove his car into a crowd of pedestrians and then got out and stabbed several people has been identified as Abdul Razak Ali Artan. -
Cuba Cubans queue to pay their respects to Fidel Castro Tens of thousands of Cubans have queued to pay their respects to the former leader and father of the island nation’s revolution, Fidel Castro. -
Syria Syrian army captures a third of rebel-held territory in east Aleppo Rebels lose a third of their territory in eastern Aleppo as Syrian government forces press on with their advance in a bid to take back the city. -
Iraq Iraqi forces inflict heavy toll on ISIL fighters in Mosul Iraqi special forces claim to have killed nearly 1,000 ISIL militants in the battle for Mosul. -
United Kingdom Theresa May and Beata Szydlo meet at 10 Downing Street as Britain seeks to strengthen ties with Poland before Brexit British Prime Minister Theresa May met her Polish counterpart Beata Szydlo at 10 Downing Street for a summit designed to strengthen the relationship between the two…