2018-06-02

United Kingdom

103-year-old chocolate found in WW1 soldier's tin box

The chocolate looked intact although it has probably lost its flavour by now.

02/06/2018

Canada

G7 finance ministers speak out against US trade tariffs

Canada's finance minister says tariffs will hurt citizens in US and in Canada.

02/06/2018

World News

MEPs turn up for rap battle at European youth event

MEPs including Tomáš Zdechovský, Eva Kaili, Brando Benifei, Dita Charanzová, Karima Delli and Terry Reintke teamed up with professional rappers for a freestyle hip-hop battle about Europe.

02/06/2018

Slovenia

Anti-immigration party set to gain most votes in Slovenia

Janez Janša, has seen an increase in support since hundreds of thousands of migrants crossed Slovenia to Western Europe two years ago.

02/06/2018

Poland

Thousands of people in Warsaw protest against compulsory vaccinations

It comes as the number of measles cases quadrupled in Europe in 2017, with 35 fatalities, according to the World Health Organization.

02/06/2018

Belgium

Did this mattress company accidentally reveal Belgium’s World Cup rost

Did this mattress company accidentally reveal Belgium’s World Cup roster?

02/06/2018

United Kingdom

England v Nigeria: what we learned

England played a friendly against Nigeria before jetting off to the World Cup in Russia.

02/06/2018

Economy

Italy celebrates Republic Day

The 72nd anniversary of the referendum which abolished the monarchy in Italy also marks the end of three months of political instability

02/06/2018

Gaza

Protests resume after funeral of Palestinian nurse

Thousands of Palestinians took part Saturday in the funeral procession of a colleague who was shot dead by Israeli troops.

02/06/2018

USA

Plane makes emergency landing on California street

Surveillance cameras captured video of a small plane landing in a residential area of Orange County as it approached the nearby airport

02/06/2018

USA

Kim Jong-un sends a letter to President Trump

A previously cancelled summit between the two leaders is back on for June 12

02/06/2018

Spain

New Catalan cabinet sworn in

After months of tensions with the central government, a new Catalan cabinet is sworn in.

02/06/2018

United Kingdom

Sausage dog’s windpipe injury causes him to ‘blow up like a balloon’

The vets had never seen anything like it.

02/06/2018

Egypt

Sisi has been sworn in for 2nd term as Egyptian president

Sisi is sworn in as Egyptian president after winning more than 97 percent of votes in the controversial March election.

02/06/2018

Russia

Soviet pilot found alive 30 years after being shot down in Afghanistan

“He is still alive. It’s very astonishing. Now he needs help,” the head of the Russian paratroopers’ union, Valery Vostrotin, told the state-run RIA Novosti news agency.

02/06/2018

Italy

How will Italy position itself in Europe?

As Giuseppe Conte heads western Europe's first anti-establishment government bent on overhauling European Union rules on budgets and immigration, Euronews looks at how the country will position itself

02/06/2018

USA

Twitter mocks Trump over giant letter from Kim Jong-un

Trump described the letter, hand-delivered by senior North Korean official Kim Yong-chol, as “very nice” before admitting that he hadn’t actually read it.

02/06/2018

Sport

World Cup fever breaks out on the International Space Station

Two Russian cosmonauts on the International Space Station played a match in zero-gravity

02/06/2018

World News

Mattis warns of Chinese 'intimidation' in the South China Sea

Mattis' comments highlight how the Trump administration is looking to balance China's cooperation on North Korea while dealing with its activities in the disputed region.

02/06/2018

Canada

G7 finance ministers isolate U.S.

Canada, Mexico and the EU all plan retaliatory measures

02/06/2018

Spain

Iberian lynx spotted in Catalonia for first time in over 100 years

The four-year-old lynx was last seen in southern Portugal in 2016.

02/06/2018

Spain

New Spanish prime minister sworn in

Pedro Sanchez takes over after winning a vote of no confidence in Mariano Rajoy triggered by a corruption scandal involving the PP

02/06/2018

World News

NRA, gun control advocates claim orange as symbol

The gun lobby disputes Everytown for Gun Safety's claim to the traditional hunter's color on National Gun Violence Awareness Day.

02/06/2018