2018-09-27

USA

What did Kavanaugh and Ford say in their testimonies? Euronews answers

Dr Christine Blasey Ford, a professor at Palo Alto University, and US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testify before the committee after Ford accused Judge Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her at a high school party in the early 1980s.

27/09/2018

World

Raw Politics: German anger at Erdogan's red carpet treatment in Berlin

Raw Politics: German anger at Erdogan's red carpet treatment in Berlin

27/09/2018

World News

Student dentists get their teeth into hyper-realistic practice dummy

Student dentists get their teeth into hyper-realistic practice dummy

27/09/2018

World News

ESA astronaut provides aliens-eye-view of Typhoon Trami

ESA astronaut provides aliens-eye-view of Typhoon Trami

27/09/2018

World News

Germany wins right to host 2024 Uefa European Championships

Germany wins right to host 2024 Uefa European Championships

27/09/2018

Portugal

Protesters rally against 'machismo' court system in Porto

Protesters rallied in Porto against what they see as a dated and patriarchal court system in Portugal: a judge upheld a suspended sentence for two men who raped an unconscious woman in 2016

27/09/2018

France

Police chief stabbed to death in Rodez, southern France

Police chief stabbed to death in Rodez, southern France

27/09/2018

Bangladesh

US not labelling atrocities against Rohingya as genocide

US not labelling atrocities against Rohingya as genocide

27/09/2018

Living

Prague's 600-year-old medieval clock returned

Restoration works have been made for the clock to go back to its 19th-century mechanical design.

27/09/2018

World

Bangladeshis and Rohingya refugees build communities in wake of crisis

In partnership with The European Commission

What happens when your community becomes outnumbered by a sudden wave of refugees? On the border with Myanmar, Bangladeshi communities are discovering that. with aid, co-operation, not exclusion, is the way forward.

27/09/2018

France

French rapper robbed as video 'provokes riot' near Lyon

Yamine L'artiste (YL) lost his phone and bank card and ended up in custody after his attempt to film a video brought violent scenes near Lyon.

27/09/2018

World News

Trump support for judge wobbles

U.S. President Donald Trump's support for Supreme Court nominee wavers as a third accuser comes forward

27/09/2018

United Kingdom

Ryanair strikes expand to Germany on Friday

It comes as the European Union orders the low cost budget airline to respect European law and meet European rules on local contracts

27/09/2018

USA

What do young people think of the UNGA addresses? | #TheCube

We are hearing from politicians at the United Nations General Assembly, but what do young people think?

27/09/2018

World News

Euroviews. I was a refugee. I know how we can help the people of Syria | View

Naser Haghamed fled Eritrea as a teenager. Now CEO of Islamic Relief Worldwide, he says faith groups must play a greater role in protecting Syrians and other refugees, and preventing the root causes of displacement.

27/09/2018

World

Less screen time for children is linked to better cognition, study says

Less than two hours of recreational screen time for children is linked to better cognition - according to an observational study in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health journal.

27/09/2018

Germany

Four-year-old boy gets parking spot for his bike from stranger

A boy in Germany was surprised with his very own parking spot for his bike from a creative, anonymous observer

27/09/2018

World

FA to vote on €670m deal to sell Wembley Stadium

The Football Association (FA) is set to vote on €670m deal to sell Wembley Stadium in London to Pakistani-American businessman Shahid Khan.

27/09/2018

World

Erdogan, Merkel hope to defuse tensions as two leaders meet

Preparations are underway in the German capital as the Turkish leader hails trip as a chance for the two nations to carve a new beginning after years of souring relations.

27/09/2018

World

Square in Brussels renamed after murdered British MP

A square in Brussels is today being renamed after the murdered British MP Jo Cox. The 41-year-old was murdered in 2016 by right wing extremist Thomas Mair.

27/09/2018

Germany

Scrabble shocks German fans by changing its name to "Letter-YOLO" in rebrand

The German Scrabble Club and many Scrabble fans in social media are shocked: For the 70th anniversary, Mattel is rebranding Scrabble in Germany. The game is now called "Buchstaben-YOLO", which translates "Letter-YOLO".

27/09/2018

World News

Turkey vows to target foes on U.S. soil

"This is a blatant and alarming admission ... of actions by the Erdogan regime in clear violation of international law."

27/09/2018

World

Man charged in novichok poisoning named as Colonel Anatoliy Chepiga

One of the suspects in the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal in Salisbury has been named as a highly-decorated officer in Russia’s military special forces by investigative website Bellingcat. The man previously named as Ruslan Boshirov is said to be in fact Colonel Anatoliy Chepiga.

27/09/2018

Morocco

Migrant woman buried after Moroccan navy fires on boat

A Moroccan was buried on Wednesday after Morocco's navy opened fire on a boat carrying her and two dozen other migrants.

27/09/2018

World News

At least one suspect arrested in the murder of journalist Jan Kuciak, local reports say

Slovakian police have detained at least one person suspected of the murder of investigative reporter Jan Kuciak and his fiancee, Martina Kusnirova

27/09/2018

Iraq

Trump addresses reporter as 'Mr Kurd'

Twitter users say US president is giving much-needed recognition to repressed group.

27/09/2018

World News

Europe briefing: Six stories to know about today

Europe briefing: Six stories to know about today

27/09/2018

New Zealand

Watch: Seal slaps kayaker's face with octopus in New Zealand

In the footage, the seal can be seen launching itself out of the water wielding an octopus in its mouth and striking the unsuspecting kayaker across the face.

27/09/2018