2018-07-27

World

Date beauty contest and superfood snacks: highlights from the Liwa Date Festival

The Liwa Date Festival has come to an end after eleven days of celebrating the new date harvest.

27/07/2018

World News

Putin says he's invited Trump to Moscow for second meeting

The remarks come after the leaders' controversial Finland summit earlier this month.

27/07/2018

France

Tour de France: Primoz Roglic wins stage 19

Geraint Thomas was in prime position to win his maiden Tour de France after he retained the overall leader's yellow jersey in a lively 19th stage won by Slovenian Primoz Roglic as defending champion Chris Froome slipped down to fourth on Friday.

27/07/2018

Cinema

Italian National Hero made into an animation

Cyclist Gino Bartali helped around 800 Jews escape the holocaust because he smuggled fake documents in the frame of his bike. He pretended to be training but was carrying messages and photographs for passports to the Italian Resistance

27/07/2018

My Europe Series

Bavaria tightens borders amid German rethink on migrants

As Germany grapples with divisions over migration, Bavaria takes action to stem the flow through the country's southern border

27/07/2018

Iran

Euroviews. Iran’s approach to international legal obligations | View

Iran's military intervention on behalf of Bashar Al-Assad’s embattled regime, accused of multiple war crimes against its own population, is illegal.

27/07/2018

Tunisia

Tunisia releases suspected Islamist deported by Germany

Sami Aidoudi, said to have worked for Osama bin Laden, was deported to his native Tunisia despite a court ruling saying he could stay in Germany.

27/07/2018

Greece

Greeks question capabilities of emergency response amid destructive weather conditions | The Cube

Several days after wildfires killed more than 80 people in Greece, a thunderstorm brings flashflooding to the same region. The Greek population is now asking whether its country's emergency response teams are capable of dealing with such events.

27/07/2018

Earth News

The man behind these astounding pastries

Our interview with Cédric Grolet crowned best pastry chef by the World’s 50 Best Restaurants Awards

27/07/2018

My Europe Series

State of the Union: Deadly wildfires hit Greece and JC goes to DC

27/07/2018

Germany

#MeTwo movement unites immigrants who have suffered abroad

A new movement is sweeping through Twitter: #metwo. While this may sound similar to the #metoo of 2017, this one is a response not to sexual harassment, but rather to the struggle of balancing dual heritage as an immigrant living abroad.

27/07/2018

Culture Series

Photographer Lubo Domo's passion for the picture that says it all

Domo is passionate about achieving that one picture that says it all, the one that, upon seeing it, makes you feel like you were there.

27/07/2018

World News

Euroviews. Elin Ersson and the new breed of post-Millennial activists | View

A school student from London reflects on a young Swedish woman's protest to prevent the deportation of a man to Afghanistan.

27/07/2018

World News

How worried should Facebook be after its market collapse?

Facebook's profit warning brought a record US stock market dive, but despite major challenges over privacy and fake news the social media giant remains... a giant.

27/07/2018

World News

Skywatchers ready for 'blood moon'

Skywatchers ready for 'blood moon'

27/07/2018

Russia

Scientists resurrect worms 42,000 years after they froze in Siberia

Worms extracted from Russian permafrost with a radiocarbon age of up to 42,000 years have come back to life, according to scientists in the US and Moscow.

27/07/2018

Greece

'Serious indications' wildfires were caused by arson in Greece

Some residents had built houses illegally between wooded areas which effectively blocked off escape routes

27/07/2018

World News

Europe briefing: six stories you need to know about today

Euronews brings you all you need to know from Friday morning.

27/07/2018

USA

N.Korea returns remains of U.S. solders killed in Korean War

It's taken over sixty years, but the remains of US soldiers killed in the Korean War have finally returned home

27/07/2018

World News

North Korea returns possible remains of U.S. Korean War troops

"We are encouraged by North Korea's actions and the momentum for positive change," The White House said.

27/07/2018

World News

Georgia officers fired after probe reveals coin-toss determined arrest

Officers Courtney Brown and Kristee Wilson were fired after an investigation into bodycam footage showed they failed to perform at an "acceptable level," according to the termination letter.

27/07/2018

World News

Pompeo blindsided by latest Trump tweets

Trump's threats against ally were a surprise to Secretary of State Pompeo, who's been trying to free U.S. pastor detained in Turkey.

27/07/2018

World News

Fake Facebook profiles cause heartbreak for families and colleagues

"It's scary, and you need to be careful. I've gone through my friends list, and tightened all of my security settings."

27/07/2018

USA

US misses family reunification deadline

US misses family reunification deadline

27/07/2018