2018-06-07

World News

Workers' rights: The worst countries

The Middle East and North Africa is the worst region in the world for workers' rights according to the International Trade Union Confederation.

07/06/2018

United Kingdom

House of Fraser set to close 31 shops

It would leave the group with just 28 shops in the UK. It's after mounting pressure facing the High Street

07/06/2018

Europe News

Women victims of migration

According to the United Nations, almost half of migrants are women, most of them poor

07/06/2018

France

Lactalis CEO faces French lawmakers on contaminated baby milk scandal

Emmanuel Besnier says contamination was an accident and his company's response was appropriate

07/06/2018

United Kingdom

Devon village claims title for World's Smallest Nightclub

Don't get hung up, but there's only room for one at a time on the dancefloor of this converted phone box.

07/06/2018

Spain

Spanish & American police recover stolen Columbus letter

Document one of 16 copies of a 1492 letter to the Spanish king & queen detailing his first impressions of the new world, and his voyage of discovery to the "Indies".

07/06/2018

World News

Taliban silent as Afghan president announces weeklong cease-fire

There was no response from the militants, who have steadily expanded their presence in recent years and carried out near-daily attacks on Afghan forces.

07/06/2018

Kuwait

Actor apologises after outcry over Kuwait 'blackface' comedy show

Hasan al-Ballam took to Instagram to apologise for any offence caused by the episode of comedy show Block Ghashmarah in which actors were “blacked-up” and portrayed Sudanese people to be lazy.

07/06/2018

World News

As it happened: Friday, June 8

Euronews brings you the latest news and updates as they happen this morning.

07/06/2018

World News

Spain's historic women-dominated Cabinet takes office

The government cabinet with the highest proportion of female ministers in Spanish and European history was sworn in Thursday, putting the cap on one of the fastest power transitions in Spain's four decades of democratic rule.

07/06/2018

Jordan

Jordan's new PM will drop a tax law bill

It's after it saw widespread protests during last week against IMF-driven economic policies that critics say have eroded living standards

07/06/2018

World News

Stockholm truck attacker sentenced to life in prison

A Swedish court has sentenced a man to life in prison for a truck attack in Stockholm in 2017

07/06/2018

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Baseball fan catches foul ball with her beer then downs it

The amazing catch happened at the game between the San Diego Padres and Atlanta Braves

07/06/2018

Italy

World's powerful convene for Bilderberg meeting: What is it?

Some 131 participants from 23 countries are gathering in Turin, Italy for the 66th edition of the Bilderberg Meetings.

07/06/2018

Belgium

Leadership looks like... cleaning up the oceans by 2040

Boyan Slat went diving in Greece aged 16 and saw more plastic bags than fish. Instead of wringing his hands he went on to set up a not-for-profit that aims to rid the oceans of 90% of their plastic by 2040. And he is well on his way to achieving this.

07/06/2018

Russia

Russia's spectacular stadiums await World Cup kick-off

The Saint-Petersburg Stadium is thought to be one of the most expensive sporting arenas ever assembled, the 67,000-seater costing almost €1 billion.

07/06/2018

World News

The world's deadliest migration route continues to take lives

On Sunday, a boat sank off the east coast of Tunisia, killing around 48 people. Our reporter Annelise Borges will go on board a search and rescue ship to find out more

07/06/2018

United Kingdom

Human Rights Campaigners lose a Supreme Court appeal over NI's abortio

UK's highest court, says that Northern Ireland's abortion laws are incompatible with human rights legislation. But it says the majority of Justices think the Human Rights Commission did not have powers to bring the abortion case to court. Therefore, the court can not deliver ruling

07/06/2018

United Kingdom

A teacher is our second #Europeanhero

Elaine Manton motivates girls at Loreto Grammar School for Girls and beyond to take up STEM subjects and win prizes for their innovations. She constantly refreshes the curriculum and takes inspiration from other STEM teachers around the globe.

07/06/2018

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Orangutan makes winter wonderland of faux snow

In an attempt to build herself a nest, the Audubon Zoo's 9-year-old orangutan, Menari, took matters into her own hands and made herself a winter wonderland of faux snow from a donated down comforter.

07/06/2018

World News

Supreme Court dismisses appeal

Human rights campaigners have lost a Supreme Court appeal over the legality of Northern Ireland's abortion law.

07/06/2018

World News

Angela Merkel calls for EU-wide asylum policy

German Chancellor says failure to implement joint system could threaten fundamental aspects of the European Union

07/06/2018

World News

Did climate change kill all the aliens?

Easter Island's demise suggests all of human civilization may face a similar fate.

07/06/2018

Iraq

At least 18 people have been killed after an explosion in Baghdad's Sa

Over 90 people were wounded. An investigation is now underway after an ammunition cache was detonated

07/06/2018

Canada

Canada and France unite ahead of G7 summit

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and French President Emmanuel Macron have both expressed support for strong multilateralism for global issues ahead of the G7 summit in Quebec

07/06/2018

China

China policeman gives elderly man a piggy back

Footage shows an elderly pensioner shuffling across a busy intersection in southwest China, before the lights turn green leaving him stranded in the middle of traffic.

07/06/2018

World News

Guatemala ramps up search for missing as death toll rises

Survivors look up at the volcano, once their home, now a ghost town.

07/06/2018

Tunisia

Tunisian Interior Minister fired after deadly migrant boat accident

The boat packed with some 180 migrants sank on Sunday off Tunisia’s coast. The death toll has risen to at least 68, with dozens still missing. Euronews reporter Anelise Borges is in the Italian port town of Catania in Sicily where she is about to join a Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) rescue mission.

07/06/2018

World News

U.S. evacuates China staffers as illness mystery deepens

The same concussion-like symptoms that hit staffers at the U.S. Embassy in Cuba are reported at the consulate in Guangzhou.

07/06/2018

World News

U.S. plans to release detained American 'enemy combatant' in Syria

"What the government is offering our client is no release — it's a death warrant," an attorney for the detained man said.

07/06/2018