2016-12-22

Germany

Berlin attack: survivors recount horror as more details of the victims emerge

Two Italian survivors of the Berlin truck attack have recounted the horror they felt the moment a lorry mowed through crowds of people at the Breitscheidplatz Christmas market in the German…

22/12/2016

USA

Ikea agree payment over child deaths

Ikea has agreed to pay nearly €48 million to the families of three toddlers in the US, killed by falling chest of drawers.

22/12/2016

USA

Trump names communications team

President-elect Trump has named his communications team, including Hope Hicks, his initial campaign communications manager

22/12/2016

USA

Trump and Putin call for stronger nuclear forces

Donald Trump has called for the US to greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear weapons capability.

22/12/2016

Syria

Syrian army retakes full control of Aleppo

It's a crushing victory for President Bashar al-Assad - the biggest in the more than five-year civil war.

22/12/2016

Sport

Kristoffersen wins second straight Madonna di Campiglio slalom

Madonna di Campiglio has turned out to be happy hunting ground for Norway’s Henrik Kristoffersen, who on Thursday won a world cup slalom race at the Italian resort for the second year…

22/12/2016

Germany

Tunisian suspect's fingerprints found in cab of Berlin truck attack

There is a ‘high probability’ that the Tunisian suspect they are hunting in connection with the Berlin truck attack is the perpetrator, Germany’s Interior Minister has…

22/12/2016

Russia

Russian student jailed for attempting to join ISIL

Varvara Karaulova pleaded not guilty, saying she was motivated by love for a man fighting in Syria whom she had met online.

22/12/2016

Syria

Sixteen Turkish troops confirmed dead after fierce fighting with ISIL in Syria

The number of Turkish soldiers killed in Syria following fierce fighting with ISIL has risen from 14 to 16, Ankara has confirmed.

22/12/2016

Business Series

Airbus seals deal to sell 100 aircraft to Iran

Airbus has signed a firm agreement on the sale of 100 aircraft to Iran Air, almost a year after international sanctions on Iran were lifted.

22/12/2016

World

Donald Trump, pollution and Rouhani's chances: Iran's Vice President looks forward to 2017

Iranian Vice President Masoumeh Ebtekar joins The Global Conversation to speak about pollution, the environment, President Rouhani's re-election chances...and Donald Trump.

22/12/2016

Economy

Greece pensioners receive controversial Christmas bonus payment

Queues stretched down the street outside Athens banks on Thursday, as pensioners waited to collect their Christmas bonus payments from the government.

22/12/2016

Sport

Stricken Chapecoense football club presented with the Copa Sudamericana trophy

Brazil’s Chapecoense football club were presented with the Copa Sudamericana trophy three weeks after suffering the loss of almost all their players in a plane…

22/12/2016

Economy

Greece and its European alliances will stand up to German pressure: opinion

22/12/2016

Iraq

ISIL-claimed bomb attacks outside Mosul kill at least 23

The military said three car bombs ripped through a market in Kokjali, an eastern suburb of the embattled Iraqi city.

22/12/2016

Syria

Syria's tweeting girl, Bana Alabed, speaks about life in Aleppo

The Syrian girl who gained global attention via Twitter has spoken about life in Aleppo and what motivated her to tell the world her story.

22/12/2016

Turkey

Turkish security over Russian ambassador's murder called into question

Moscow has called Andrei Karlov's assassination 'a blow to Turkey's prestige' and has sent its own investigators to Ankara.

22/12/2016

Syria

After the battle, Aleppo shows its scars

Before the war, Aleppo’s ancient walled citadel drew in armies of visitors to one of the Middle East’s greatest treasures.

22/12/2016

Russia

Russia lays to rest slain envoy to Turkey

Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow was packed with Russians paying their respects to slain ambassador Andrei Karlov on Thursday.

22/12/2016

Economy

US GDP estimate for Q3 revised up further, to 3.5 percent

The US economy is even more buoyant than initially thought, according to the latest official figures for the third quarter (Q3) of this year.

22/12/2016

United Kingdom

Ruptured relationships, racism and residency - a taste of life for EU citizens in pre-Brexit Britain

Anne-Laure Donskoy, one of the founders of the 3 million group, which fights for the rights of EU citizens living in the UK, has spoken to Euronews about the key issues that have been facing its membe

22/12/2016

United Kingdom

Five EU citizens talk about life in Britain six months since Brexit vote

Six months on from the Brexit vote, Euronews caught up with five EU nationals based in Britain to find out how they have been coping since the referendum.

22/12/2016

Turkey

Gülen denies involvement in murder of Russian envoy to Turkey

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan said there was "no doubt" the policeman who carried out the attack had ties to exiled cleric Fethullah Gülen, his archenemy.

22/12/2016

Business Series

Mobile phone wars: Nokia sues Apple over patents

A case of sour grapes vs.

22/12/2016

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Prayers for peace in Pakistan

Pakistan’s Christians took part in a peace rally in Karachi on Wednesday.

22/12/2016

Germany

Berlin Christmas market reopens after attack

The mood was heavy at Breitscheidplatz Christmas market as it reopened for visitors on Thursday.

22/12/2016

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"You will not divide us," say defiant Berliners

About 200 people gathered on Wednesday near Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in Berlin to sing for peace and against terror after Monday night’s truck attack on a Christmas market in the…

22/12/2016

Bolivia

70 thousand baby turtles released into Bolivian rivers

A conservation effort in the Bolivian Amazon has seen over 100,000 baby turtles released into rivers, including the San Pedro and Itenez, located in the northeastern part of the…

22/12/2016

Germany

German police raid properties in Berlin in search for truck attack suspect

German police have carried out raids on properties in Berlin as they attempt to track down the suspect in the truck attack on a Christmas market.

22/12/2016

Syria

Aleppo evacuation 'to continue until Friday' - Red Cross

The ICRC says more than 4,000 fighters were moved out of the Syrian city overnight, as winter weather slows up the evacuation process.

22/12/2016