2018-04-01

United Kingdom

London murders overtake New York for the first time

It comes after a man was stabbed to death in the English capital on Sunday – the 12th homicide in a span of 19 days.

01/04/2018

North Korea

South Korea sends cultural exports north to charm kim Jong Un

Kim first N. Korean leader to attend a South Korean cultural event of any kind as relations between the pair continue to show signs of improvement.

01/04/2018

China

Updated: When and where will China’s ‘out of control' space station crash on Earth?

The Tiangong-1 space station is hurtling back to Earth on Monday but no-one knows exactly when or where it is going to crash.

01/04/2018

France

Rolling rail strikes set to begin in France

Unions plan three months of industrial action in bid to force a government rethink on reforms.

01/04/2018

World News

Their love was born in heady days of protest. Syria's civil war destroyed it.

The human rights lawyer and self-taught software engineer became inseparable, attending demonstrations demanding reforms by Bashar al-Assad.

01/04/2018

Turkey

Netanyahu & Erdogan trade verbal blows over Gaza

Relations between Israel and Turkey deteriorate further after violence on Gaza border.

01/04/2018

France

Author Rodrigues dos Santos reveals his 'signs of life'

The Portuguese writer spoke to euronews about the inspiration of his latest novel and the dangers of data manipulation

01/04/2018

Sport

Georgia's Guram Tushishvili fights back at Tbilisi Grand Prix

Guram Tushishvili battled back with a match winning hold down against Javad Mahjoub in the +100kg category at the Tbilisi Grand Prix

01/04/2018

Sport

Tour of Flanders: Terpstra escapes to victory

Dutchman Niki Terpstra claimed an impressive solo victory on Sunday to add the Tour of Flanders to his 2014 Paris-Roubaix title for his second triumph in a 'Monument' classic.

01/04/2018

North Korea

North Korea's Kim Jong Un watches South Korean pop group in Pyongyang

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his wife were among hundreds in Pyongyang on Sunday watching South Korean singers perform in the North for the first time in more than a decade.

01/04/2018

United Kingdom

Britain's Labour party loses a key Jewish donor

Sir David Garrard, who has given Labour 1.7 million euros since 2003, says the party he began supporting financially 15 years ago "no longer exists" under its present leadership.

01/04/2018

Russia

Boy, 11, learns of family’s death in Kemerovo blaze

A young boy that was caught up in a shopping mall fire that killed at least 64 people has learned that his parents and sister are among the dead.

01/04/2018

Sport

Anna van der Breggen solos to victory at the Tour of Flanders

Anna Van Der Breggen has just about won everything on the women's tour except the Tour of Flanders. She rectified that today when she soloed to victory

01/04/2018

Germany

Demonstrators protest ex-Catalan leader's detention in Germany

Supporters of former President Carles Puigdemont marched in Berlin, demanding his release from a German prison where he is being held on an international arrest warrant.

01/04/2018

Russia

Diplomats on the move as Russians and Americans return home

The diplomats expelled from the USA are back home, while the American consulate in St. Petersburg closes for business.

01/04/2018

Spain

The former Catalan president fears for his safety if extradited to a Spanish jail

Carles Puigdemont is still being detained in Germany awaiting a decision by a court Neumuenster on whether to extradite him to Spain

01/04/2018

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At least ten die as car brings down building in India

A speeding car rammed into a dilapidated four-storey building in Indore, bringing it down, also injuring many people.

01/04/2018

Spain

Euroviews. Catalonia hurt Spain’s image but the law must prevail: View

After Puigdemont’s arrest, the Spain government must tread carefully to keep European actors on side in the debate over Catalonia’s future, writes the vice president of the Catalan Council of the European Movement.

01/04/2018

Europe News

EU makes borderless streaming of TV, movies a reality

Pay-to-view subscribers will now be able to follow their shows when abroad, but Hollywood may need some persuading the new EU law is good for business.

01/04/2018

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Toddler rescued from wall gap in China, road tax prompts protest in Albania

A three-year-old boy stuck in a gap between two walls was rescued by firefighters in northwest China's Shaanxi Province Thursday. While on Saturday, protesters gathered on the Kosovo-Albania border to challenge a new road tax.

01/04/2018

France

Plane crashes on motorway near Lyon killing two

Pilot of light aircraft appeared to lose control before hitting an overhead signaling gantry according to eyewitnesses.

01/04/2018

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US diplomatic staff load truck outside St Petersburg consulate

US diplomatic staff continued to move items out from their consulate building in St Petersburg on Saturday after Moscow ordered its closure and the expulsion of 60 US diplomats days earlier.

01/04/2018

No Comment

Puigdemont supporters demonstrate outside of Neumuenster prison

Despite the cold, rain and the Easter holidays, roughly 30 Catalan demonstrators gathered outside Neumuenster prison on Saturday (March 31) where former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont is in custody, while German courts examine Spain's extradition order.

01/04/2018

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Dalai Lama attends event to mark 60th year of his exile in India

The prime minister of the self-declared Tibetan government-in-exile has urged his compatriots to strengthen efforts to make the Dalai Lama's return to his native land a reality.

01/04/2018

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Rio favela marks Good Friday with anti-violence protest

Performers drop to the ground at the sound of a gunshot, others shout "dignity" and "equality" as they run through the crowd gathered to watch the show.

01/04/2018

World News

Pope says 'defenseless' being killed in Gaza violence

Francis called for peace after 15 Palestinians were killed on the Israeli-Gaza border.

01/04/2018

Italy

Pope uses Easter message to pray for peace in Syria

Pope Francis has used the traditional 'Urbi et Orbi' (to the city and to the world) to pray for a "swift end" to the relentless war in Syria.

01/04/2018

World News

EU to make blue passports – and other April Fools' Day jokes

Euronews doesn't do April Fools' Day jokes. But we're happy to report others who do...

01/04/2018

World News

Euroviews. Bannon's revenge: How globalism became the far-right's favourite smear | View

With the departures of Gary Cohn, Rex Tillerson and H.R. McMaster, Trump has effectviely purged his cabinet of globalists.

01/04/2018

United Kingdom

British heavyweight Anthony Joshua takes WBO title.

Joshua defeated Joseph Parker in a unanimous points decision on Saturday night. He now holds three of the four recognised world titles

01/04/2018