18 April 2018 | Euronews
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Hungary Hungarian swimming executive accused of murdering business rival On Tuesday, Hungarian authorities arrested swimming executive Tamas Gyarfas for ordering the murder of business rival Janos Fenyo but on Wednesday his lawyer said he was innocent. -
United Kingdom Britain and Russia wage war of words at chemical weapons conference Representatives from both countries traded accusations on the March 4th chemical attack in Salisbury -
World News James Comey: Impeaching Trump won't give America what it needs | View Trump is a liar and morally unfit for office. It's time to show him that the truth still matters in our nation, says the former FBI chief. -
Cult Hugo Pratt exhibition opens in Lyon The creator of Corto Maltese has his work honored -
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Spain Trapped farm animals die in Spanish floods According to Spanish media, more than a thousand pigs were trapped in their pens during strong floods in northeastern Spain. -
Europe News Facebook complying with new EU privacy law - kind of The company says European users must still accept targeted ads -
Belgium Three Belgian companies summoned to court for chemicals exports to Syria Three Belgian companies have been accused by Belgian Customs authorities of exporting chemicals to Syria without a proper export license. -
Europe News UK: Windrush scandal becomes Brexit issue The issue has stoked fears among EU citizens in the UK that they will suffer a similar fate -
No Comment Germans make the most of unseasonally warm weather Locals soaked in the sun in parks and waterways across the country -
USA US CIA chief, Mike Pompeo's secret meeting with N Korean leader Kim Jong Un hailed a success by Trump Pompeo is the most senior U.S. official to have met Kim to discuss a planned summit with Donald Trump. -
Germany German theatre offers free seats to spectators wearing swastikas German prosecutors said Wednesday that they would not investigate a theatre offering free tickets to people who accept to wear a swastika during a play named after Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf, because of artistic freedom laws. -
Romania Romania's new retirement plan aims at four-legged state workers They sniff out drug smugglers, patrol the streets, and carry out crowd control in the line of duty. But what happens when it’s time to retire? -
World News Which parliaments most closely resemble the vote of the people? Euronews looked at election results across the EU to see if winning parties' share of the vote tallied with the number of parliamentary seats it was awarded. Hungary, Lithuania and Poland saw the widest gaps — while Germany, the Netherlands and Denmark followed the popular vote most closely. -
No Comment Dinosaur fans get special treat at Jurassic World exhibition in Paris Real-life replicas of dinosaurs wooed visitors at the exhibit that opened on Satuday -
Cult The underground theatre breaking down barriers A unique underground production company, 'Belarus Free Theatre', in the Belarusian capital city, Minsk, is trying to change people's perceptions of modern society with its performances. -
Cult Cate Blanchett heads up a starry female-dominated jury at the 71st Cannes film festival In a year when the #MeToo movement has dominated the headlines, Festival director Thierry Fremaux said he was conscious of gender balance in the organisation of the festival. -
Lebanon 'The struggle is real': Lebanon's trans community comes out of the shadows "You’re worth as much as a floor tile. No wonder why most trans women don’t go out during the day, or end up working in the night business: that’s the only space society leaves us." - Sasha Elijah. Trans men and women often live in the shadows in Lebanon but things may be starting to change. -
No Comment Israel grinds to a standstill on Memorial Day Two minutes of silence were observed across the country -
USA Southwest flight's terror in the skies: How it happened While hurtling 32,000 feet over Philadelphia, one of the Boeing’s twin engines exploded, releasing shrapnel that peppered the fuselage. -
World News Israel won't send F-15s to U.S. military drill, warns Iran to back off "The Iranian octopus is trying to strangle us and break our spirit," a key member of Benjamin Netanyahu's Cabinet warned. -
World News Facebook to roll out Europe's stringent privacy rules worldwide Facebook’s two billion users may get the full benefit of the European Union’s stringent data protection regulations -
Europe News FYROM, Albania moving closer to EU accession talks EU Commission gives green light, now needs OK from member states -
Russia Russia threatens to clamp down on Facebook After its attempts to block messaging app Telegram, Facebook could be next -
United Kingdom Salisbury clean up could take months Liquid nerve agent was used in Skripal attack -
Spain Catalonia's crisis, Europe's wake up call | View European intervention in the Catalan crisis is unavoidable amid a systematic bias against secession in the interpretation of Spanish law, says an advisor to the European Parliament. -
Cuba The end of almost 60 years of Castro rule for Cuba Cubans wait to see if a change in leadership can re-vitalise the island's flagging economy -
World News North and South Korea can discuss peace, but can't end the war on their own Seoul wasn't a direct signatory to the armistice that stopped the fighting but left the Korean Peninsula still technically in a state of war. -
World News What is ISIS? Key facts about the Islamic State The Islamist terror group declared a caliphate in Iraq and Syria before losing most of its ground last year. -
Germany Germany's first ISS commander promises to be a "nice boss" Alexander Gerst to take the helm in September. -
World News What 'red lines' and foreign intervention look like for Syrian civilians | View Alaa, a civil society worker who has been in Damascus since the start of the conflict, weighs in on the impact of U.S. and Russian foreign intervention in Syria and the perception of civilians on the ground. -
USA Former US first lady Barbara Bush dies at 92 Known for her blunt speaking and self-deprecating wit, she was also fiercely protective of her family. -
France French boules players banned from wearing blue jeans French sport tries to smarten up image ahead of Olympics. -
Cuba Cuba after the Castros Cubans are set to welcome their first non-Castro president in more than 40 years as lawmakers gather for a two-day session to name the country's new leader -
World News Wind energy takes a toll on birds, but now there's help Radar-based maps and migration forecasts could save birds from spinning turbine blades. -
Armenia Clashes in Armenia enter fifth day Police arrested dozens of opposition activists who accuse Sarksyan of making a power grab -
Slovakia Slovakia police chief steps down as protests persist Slovakia’s national police chief has resigned amid public pressure following the assassination of a journalist in February who was investigating alleged government corruption. -
USA CIA director visits North Korea Mike Pompeo reportedly makes a secret visit to North Korea ahead of a historic Trump/ Kim summit -
World News Barbara Bush remembered as champion of family and literacy "If more people could read or write, we could be much closer to solving so many other problems that our country faces," Bush, who died Tuesday, once said. -
World News CIA Director Pompeo secretly met with Kim Jong Un in North Korea President Trump said Tuesday the two nations were speaking directly ahead of planned talks in late May or early June. -
World News Barbara Bush, wife and mother of presidents, dies at 92 "I hope people will say, 'She cared; she worked hard for lots of causes,'" Bush said in 1989. -
World News Trump's uninformed swagger won't fly with Kim Jong Un | View Trump's North Korea denuclearization negotiations likely hinge on China. Kim Jong Un knows what he's doing. -
World News This country's leader is unmarried, pregnant and going on maternity leave Jacinda Ardern will be only the second elected leader to give birth while in office, and the first to go on maternity leave. -
USA Starbucks to close 8,000 US cafés for an afternoon’s racial bias training The move by the world’s biggest coffee company follows the arrest of two black men at a Philadelphia café last week.