2018-04-05

France

France's unprecedented rail strike in numbers

As the French hurtle 'full steam ahead' into three months of rail strikes, Euronews looks at when strikes are happening, how they are impacting other transport services, and if the French really support railway workers in downing tools.

05/04/2018

India

Star falls as Bollywood's Salman Khan gets five years for killing endangered species

52-year-old's career in danger following court ruling on 20-year-old case, while four other actors are acquitted of killing a Blackbuck antelope.

05/04/2018

Europe News

Migration dominates in run-up to Hungary's election

Orban's Fidesz party uses the issue to occupy the far right ground while the traditional far-right Jobbik re-brands itself as more centrist

05/04/2018

Australia

Indigenous protests at Commonwealth Games

At least three people were arrested as scuffles broke out between police and indigenous rights protesters outside the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony

05/04/2018

Brazil

In light of the Lula case a former Brazilian president talks exclusively to euronews about corruption in Brazil

Fernando Henrique Cardoso talks about the level of corruption in Brazil and how the legal system is fighting against it

05/04/2018

France

France to cut 30% of its MPs and introduce proportional representation

French President Emmanuel Macron wants to slash the numbers of MPs and senators in a bid to make his government more efficient.

05/04/2018

Sierra Leone

Bio bounces back from 2012 defeat to take Sierra Leone presidency

Ruling party's beaten candidate cries foul amid allegations of fraud in tight run-off, which saw a 51-49% split.

05/04/2018

Brazil

Prison decision means former Brazilian president cannot stand in October's election.

Lula da Silva's lawyers argued that he should have been allowed to stay out of jail until all appeals were heard

05/04/2018

World News

Seals are new allies in climate change monitoring

Norwegian ecologists equip them with satellite transmitters to monitor underwater ocean temperatures.

05/04/2018

World News

Ex-president Lula can be jailed for corruption, Brazil's top court rules

Brazilian society remains deeply divided after Lula's successor was removed from office amid a crippling recession and a major corruption scandal.

05/04/2018

French Guiana

Off the grid: A doctor’s ‘gap year’ in remote French Guiana

A nine-hour flight, four-hour drive and four-hour boat trip separates Nicolas Rombauts from his native France. Chasing an adventure, the GP trekked to a remote part of French Guiana to take up his post at a rainforest clinic, that has truly thrown him into the thick of it.

05/04/2018

Israel

Israel frees migrants pending deportation as Netanyahu struggles to placate coalition partners

Prime minister's hard-right allies want forced deportations but host countries hard to find.

05/04/2018

World News

Israel killed 15 at a protest last week. Thousands will march again tomorrow.

"We are here to deliver a message that we are resistant and we want to return to our land no matter what," one demonstrator says.

05/04/2018

United Kingdom

78% of UK firms pay men more than women

Some 8% of respondents had no median gender pay gap, and 14% had a pay gap favouring women.

05/04/2018

Russia

Expelled US diplomats leave Moscow embassy

Sixty diplomats leave Russia in the retaliatory expulsions following the poisoning of former double agent Sergei Skripal.

05/04/2018

France

Paris passengers climb through train windows on first day of French rail strike

Passengers at Paris' Gare de Lyon scrambled through the windows of a train as it stood on the platform on the first day of rolling national rail strikes.

05/04/2018

United Kingdom

Philip on the mend

Queen Elizabeth's consort recovering from hip operation

05/04/2018

Brazil

Lula returns home... for now

Brazil's ex-president could face jail within a week.

05/04/2018

Brazil

Lula must start 12-year jail term for corruption, rules Brazil's supreme court

Brazil's Supreme Court ruled early on Thursday that leftist former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva must start serving a 12-year prison sentence for taking bribes, denying his plea to remain free until he has exhausted all possible appeals.

05/04/2018

USA

Facebook data leak affects 87 million users

Facebook privacy scandal - millions more users may have been affected by its data leak

05/04/2018