2019-01-21

Spain

Spanish government blocks rescue ship's mission in the Mediterranean

After Open Arms, Aita Mari becomes the second ship to have its rescue mission blocked by the Spanish government.

21/01/2019

Italy

Pope Francis launches 'Click to Pray' app in six languages

Pope Francis has launched a new app called 'Click to Pray' - he made the announcement during his traditional Sunday address in St Peter's Square.

21/01/2019

Switzerland

David Attenborough calls for 'practical solutions' to climate change

David Attenborough calls for 'practical solutions' to climate change at the World Economic Forum's Crystal Awards.

21/01/2019

United Kingdom

Does May's Brexit plan B deliver anything new? | Euronews Answers

The British Prime Minister has told MPs in the House of Commons about her new Brexit plan B — MPs will now attach their amendments.

21/01/2019

Markets

FTSE slightly higher led by oil, consumer goods

FTSE slightly higher led by oil, consumer goods

21/01/2019

Russia

10 dead, 10 missing, after two ships catch fire in Kerch Strait

As many as 10 people dead after two ships caught fire in Kerch Strait, said the Russian Transport Ministry.

21/01/2019

Switzerland

New globalisation, representation and exclusivity | Davos After Hours

In Euronews' special Davos After Hours discussion, correspondents Darren McCaffrey, Isabelle Kumar and Sacha Vakulina break down the key events from day one at the World Economic Forum.

21/01/2019

USA

Euroviews. How the whitewashing of Dr. King's legacy enables America's casual racists | View

Praise for Dr. King highlights a difficult truth: His legacy has become as segregated as the country he tried to heal.

21/01/2019

Serbia

Why are there anti-government protests in Serbia? | Euronews Answers

As protests enter their eighth week in Serbia, why are people so angry at Aleksandar Vucic's government?

21/01/2019

Spain

Rescue of Spanish toddler trapped in well hits a major snag

Engineers say they have been delayed in digging a tunnel across to find the two-year-old boy.

21/01/2019

United Kingdom

Controlled explosion carried out in Londonderry after vehicle hijacked

A controlled explosion was carried in Londonderry on Monday afternoon following reports of masked men hijacking and abandoning two vehicles

21/01/2019

USA

Trump visits Martin Luther King Jr. memorial

The president made the unannounced visit to the Washington site on Monday, the holiday dedicated to the civil rights leader.

21/01/2019

Germany

Germany bans Iranian airline, Mahan Air, from its airports

Berlin says it's over safety concerns and the suspicion that the airline is being used for military purposes by Iran's Revolutionary Guards, as well as for terrorist activities.

21/01/2019

World News

'Low risk' of migrants passing disease to host country residents: WHO

WHO report finds migrants have higher prevalence of some communicable diseases but says no evidence rise in new arrivals has caused spikes in illness in resident populations.

21/01/2019

World News

Failure to tax the rich hits girls hardest: Oxfam

"We all suffer, but it's women and girls who suffer most"

21/01/2019

Switzerland

Davos: WEF 2019 is all about the money but is it cost effective?

Euronews takes a look at the cost of being a World Economic Forum member, and whether attendance at the annual meeting is representative and inclusive.

21/01/2019

World News

France fines Google €50 million using GDPR privacy law

France's regulatory body dealing with data privacy has fined Google €50 million regarding advertisers’ access to users' personal data, it announced on Monday.

21/01/2019

Next Series

EU project aims to preserve cultural opposition to communism

In partnership with The European Commission

In our Futuris series, we visited an escape room in the Hungarian capital, Budapest. A new European research project is working to preserve historical material related to cultural resistance from the communist regimes in Central and Eastern Europe. But how are they achieving that?

21/01/2019

United Kingdom

EU settlement scheme launch: What is it and how does it work?

Starting on Monday, EU citizens living in the UK can apply for settled status to be able to stay in the country post-Brexit. What is it and how does it work?

21/01/2019

Finland

EU patients could soon use digital prescriptions across the bloc

Finnish patients are now able to go to certain pharmacies in Estonia and retrieve medicine prescribed electronically by their doctor back home.

21/01/2019

Moldova

Runners take on 10k race in world's biggest wine cellar

The state-owned winery entered the Guinness Book of Records in 2005 for storing the most bottles of wine in the world

21/01/2019

USA

Theresa May aims to break Brexit deadlock — but her plan B might look familiar

More than one-third of lawmakers from May's Conservative Party voted against her divorce proposal last week.

21/01/2019

United Kingdom

What did Theresa May say in her Brexit plan B statement to MPs?

Theresa May has vowed to scrap the £65 EU citizens registration fee as part of her Brexit plan B.

21/01/2019

Cyprus

Greater Flamingos flock to Cyprus to feast on shrimp

Flocks of Greater Flamingos have returned to Cyprus to spend the winter feeding in the island's salt lakes.

21/01/2019

Switzerland

Euroviews. Davos ‘elite’ still pretending we have time to fix the climate crisis | View

The Davos ‘elite’ are still pretending we have time to fix the climate crisis. We don’t. We have already entered into a new phase of climate change, one in which the impacts are coming faster and more intensively and we have to act immediately to avoid an even more catastrophic disaster.

21/01/2019

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Pigeon keepers display exotic breeds at Egypt show

With puffed chests and ruffled feathers, some of the rarest and fanciest pigeons in Egypt are gathered at an event in Cairo.

21/01/2019

Canada

United Airlines passengers delayed on board plane for 16 hours

Passengers aboard a diverted United Airlines flight described 'freezing' and 'unsafe' conditions after spending 16 hours on the tarmac at Goose Bay in Canada.

21/01/2019

World News

Euroviews. The week that was: exploring what’s hidden below the surface | View

Our weekly round-up brings you all the opinions that have been driving debate across Europe and further afield over the last seven days.

21/01/2019

USA

Giuliani complicates the Trump-Moscow story for the president

First Read is your briefing from "Meet the Press" and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.

21/01/2019

Markets

European shares stumble from six-week highs after Chinese GDP data

European shares stumble from six-week highs after Chinese GDP data

21/01/2019