2018-05-28

Europe News

Brief from Brussels: Plastic is not fantastic

28/05/2018

World News

As it happened on Tuesday, May 29

Euronews brings you the latest news and updates as it happens this morning.

28/05/2018

United Kingdom

Scotland tries to get clear blue water between its position & London's

In a meeting with the EU's Brexit negotiator Nicola Sturgeon says Scotland wants to keep the single market and customs union along with the pound, post-Brexit.

28/05/2018

USA

Lava from Hawaii volcano threatens geothermal power plant

Kilauea has been spewing out lava for the past three weeks

28/05/2018

World News

Migrant rescues child dangling from balcony, gets new life in France

"I did it because it was a child," 22-year-old Mamoudou Gassama was quoted as saying. "I climbed. … Thank God I saved him."

28/05/2018

France

Erdogan supporters force removal of controversial cover from French ne

Supporters of Erdogan near Avignon force an employee from a French billboard company to take down a contentious magazine cover featuring the Turkish president

28/05/2018

World News

Euroviews. Spanish, not English, is the most all-American language | View

The language we speak is an increasingly common way to discriminate against American Latinos, and a totally ahistorical one.

28/05/2018

Earth News

Crafting a niche perfume brand

The stories behind the scents of French perfume brand Roos & Roos

28/05/2018

Economy

What next in Italy's political psychodrama? | Euronews answers

The rejection of a populist government in Italy could further inflame anti-EU sentiment and destabilise the Eurozone.

28/05/2018

Italy

Cottarelli 'accepts mandate to try and form next Italian government'

Former IMF official Carlo Cottarelli says he has accepted an invitation to try and form Italy's next government.

28/05/2018

Economy

Market relief as chances of anti-establishment coalition in Italy fade

President Sergio Mattarella refused to appoint coalition candidate over investor concerns

28/05/2018

World News

Gun-loving Iceland hasn't had a shooting murder in more than a decade

While the remote island is the size of Kentucky and has a population similar to St. Louis, Missouri, Icelanders say the U.S. can learn from their gun laws.

28/05/2018

World News

Assad may have withheld some of his chemical arsenal, watchdog says

"Many Western countries are worried that the Syrian government continues to possess some of the precursors of sarin."

28/05/2018

World News

Temer cuts fuel price in bid to end trucker strike

The Brazilian president says the government will subsidise a 10 percent cut in the price of diesel as the almost week-long truck drivers' strike brings the country to a standstill.

28/05/2018

World News

As it happened this morning: Monday 28 May

On today's edition: what next as Italy navigates another political pitfall; the abortion debate in Ireland and the UK; and the diplomatic ups and downs between the US and North Korea.

28/05/2018

Italy

Italy in crisis as President vetoes key government nomination

Italy could be heading back to the polls after President Sergio Mattarella vetoed the proposed choice for finance minister, saying his Eurosceptic views threatened Italian interests.

28/05/2018

France

Immigrant who saved child from balcony fall given path to citizenship

An immigrant was dubbed the ‘Spider-Man of Paris’ after climbing a building to save a four-year old child that was clinging from the outside of a fourth-floor balcony. Now President Emmanuel Macron has begun the process of making him a French citizen.

28/05/2018

Sport

Coventry City v Exeter City: League 2 playoff

Sky Blues win promotion to League 1

28/05/2018

USA

Celtics implode at home as LeBron James powers Cavs into NBA finals

Records tumbled in Boston as the home side saw its impregnable base demolished by the genius of LeBron James.

28/05/2018

USA

Flash flooding causes chaos in parts of Baltimore

Flash floods struck parts of Maryland on Sunday, including a suburb of Baltimore that had suffered similar devastation two years ago.

28/05/2018

Colombia

Fears for landmark peace accord as Colombia votes

Ivan Duque wins the first round of Colombia's presidential election, raising concerns that the 2016 peace accord with FARC rebels could be under threat.

28/05/2018

USA

US team arrives in North Korea to prepare for summit

The on-off summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong-un is looking more likely.

28/05/2018

World News

US delegation holds talks with North Korean officials in DMZ

Planning seemed to move ahead for the on-off-perhaps-on-again summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

28/05/2018

World News

'Solo' sputters with $83.3 million at box office

There may be just too much "Star Wars" in our lives right now, experts say.

28/05/2018

World News

China calls U.S. warships in South China Sea 'a provocation'

The Defense Ministry said the ships "undermined strategic mutual trust" and "damaged peace, security and good order in relevant waters."

28/05/2018