16 August 2018 | Euronews
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World News Trial to proceed for women accused of assassinating Kim Jong Un's brother Two women on trial for the brazen assassination of the North Korean leader's half brother were told Thursday to make their defense after the judge found evidence of a "well-planned conspiracy," extending their murder trial until next year. -
World News NBC Left Field: Do protest marches really work? NBC's Gadi Schwartz talked to marchers in Washington D.C., and to American University Professor Jane Hall about the characteristics of effective protests. -
World News Off-the-shelf wifi could detect weapons and bombs in public places, study says Wireless signals can penetrate bags to get the dimensions of dangerous metal objects, including weapons and batteries for bombs, as well as estimate the volume of liquids such as chemicals for explosives. -
Focus Five nations sign landmark deal on status of Caspian Sea The convention sees five nations - Russia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan – agree to the status of the disputed body of water. -
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Syria Wish you were here: Damascus puts out tourism video as city is ranked one of world's worst Tourism chiefs in Damascus released a glossy tourism video promoting the Syrian capital on the day it was ranked one of the worst cities in the world. -
Italy ‘I saw the car disappear into the clouds’: Survivors of Genoa’s bridge collapse share their stories Survivors and witnesses of Tuesday's bridge collapse recount their experiences in vivid detail. -
World News 'A blow for everyone who loves real music': tributes pour in for Aretha Franklin American songstress Aretha Franklin has died aged 76. Celebrities the world over are paying their respect to the "Queen of Soul". -
Russia Who are Russia's 'political prisoners'? The growing number of political and religious prisoners in Russia is concerning human rights organisations and NGOs in Russia and abroad. -
Netherlands Pastafarianism "not a religion" rules Dutch court People who consider themselves pastafarian may not wear a colander on their head for their passport picture ruled the highest administrative court of the Netherlands. -
World News How gravity will make this new probe the fastest human-made object NASA's new spacecraft will hit 430,000 miles an hour as it nears the sun. -
China Watch: Robotic bartenders, surgeons and bats at World Robot Conference WATCH: Visitors have been able to catch a glimpse of the future, with flying robotic bats, bartenders and surgeons on display. -
Taiwan Watch: Taiwan's spinning acrobatic artist WATCH: The street artist learnt his skills when travelling the world, learning kung fu at the Shaolin temple in China and acrobatics at a circus performance school in Denmark and Russia. -
USA Aretha Franklin dies at her home in Detroit aged 76 Aretha Franklin has died at her home in Detroit aged 76. -
United Kingdom Financial Times boss to hand back pay rise after staff backlash Staff complained John Ridding's pay was 100 times the salary of a trainee journalist. -
USA Redditor solves hit-and-run mystery by identifying broken car part A Redditor successfully identified a small, broken car part, which led to an arrest for a fatal hit-and-run crash. -
Nigeria Nigeria On the Global Radar: Giving People A Voice Will Bring About Peace | View Nigerians have all the right in the world to question the authority and legitimacy of our nation’s current political leadership. -
France Hyperloop pioneers choose rural France to test high-speed rail travel of the future A Canadian firm looking to develop the high-speed rail travel of the future plans to build its test site deep in the French countryside. -
No Comment Watch: Conservation success in Cyprus as tiny turtles make a comeback WATCH: Their number rose from a meagre 300 nests in 1978, when the marine conservation program began, to 1100 in 2017. -
Norway Russia hits out as US doubles number of marines in Norway The United States will more than double the number of Marines stationed in Norway, in line with plans first outlined in June, the Norwegian defense ministry said on Wednesday. -
United Kingdom Westminster incident: What do we know about Salih Khater? Salih Khater has been named as the suspect who drove a car into security barriers outside the Houses of Parliament on Tuesday. But what do we know about him? -
Spain Watch: Abnormal Spanish weather causes flamingo births to soar WATCH: Wet conditions during flamingo breeding season proved ideal, with thousands of chicks born in the reserve this year. -
Afghanistan Gunman attack government training centre in Kabul Gunmen attacked an intelligence training centre in Kabul on Thursday just hours after at least thirty people died in a suicide bombing at an educational centre in the city -
World News WATCH: UK terror suspect named as calls intensify for a no-car zone around London’s parliament. UK police are continuing the questioning of a man in connection with Tuesday’s suspected terror attack. The man, named as 29-year old Salih Khater from Birmingham, was arrested after his car swerved into pedestrians and cyclists and crashed into security barriers outside the Houses of Parliament. -
World News Animals suffer in Europe's summer of extreme heat "The problem with a heat wave that goes on and on is that a lot of the plants the insects depend on dry up." -
World News New Zealand bans non-resident foreigners from buying homes New Zealand's government is banning non-resident foreigners from buying homes. The new law, which was passed yesterday, is part of a plan to bring down house prices and boost home ownership in the country. The move fulfils an election campaign pledge by the Labour Party-led government, -
Afghanistan Suicide bomber kills 34 people at an education centre in the Afghan capital Kabul The attack was followed by another on an intelligence service in the capital. -
World News Husband of missing Colorado woman arrested Chris Watts is in custody and awaiting charges, police said. -
The Cube Refugee rocket scientist takes job hunt to London's streets | The Cube A double-space engineering graduate and refugee known only as Mohammed is taking a unique approach to searching for a job after university -
World News Sarah Sanders 'sorry' for misleading black jobs numbers White House press secretary Sarah Sanders issued a rare apology Tuesday for mixing and matching black employment numbers under presidents Trump and Obama. -
World News Mueller's prosecutors: Manafort 'lied' to hide millions, then lied again to keep cash flowing Closing arguments began Wednesday in the federal fraud trial of President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman. -
World News Europe briefing: 5 stories to know about today Everything you need to know around Europe on Thursday, August 16.