5 April 2019 | Euronews
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USA Unbowed by tough week, Biden forges forward on potential White House bid A week that started with the former vice president dealing with a mini-crisis ended with him even closer to declaring his candidacy. -
USA Trump visits the border and warns: 'Our country is full...turn around' In southern California, the president touted his fence/wall as an effective way to stop migrants from entering the U.S. -
United Kingdom British Brexit politician Nigel Farage confirms he will stand in European elections One of Britain's foremost Brexit supporters, Nigel Farage, confirms he will lead his new party into the European elections but he is 'not happy' -
Russia Russian 'whale jail': Jean-Michel Cousteau to visit much-criticised site Pressure is growing on Moscow to release 11 killer whales and 87 belugas from small pens in the far east of the country. -
Spain Do growing numbers of Swedish women have a serious gambling problem? Experts think they do. -
Earth News Art Paris Art Fair 2019: Modern and contemporary art that is truly inclusive It's the place to be in the French capital this spring — Art Paris Art Fair 2019 has opened its doors (the doors of the majestic Grand Palais, to be precise) with 150 exhibitors from 20 countries showing at the exhibition. -
USA Biden cracks jokes about conduct that women found inappropriate The former vice president, who is weighing a White House run, spoke about the issue for the first time during a speech to union workers. -
Angola [Infographic] Diamonds in Angola: unearthing the country's thriving mining industry Angola wants to become Africa's number one diamond producer, what is the state of the industry? -
Libya Libya, a country divided: From Gaddafi to Haftar, how did they get here? Libyan military strongman orders march on Tripoli; UN and other countries call for restraint -
Norway Elon Musk’s love for Norway as electric car sales hit record high In total 18,375 new cars were sold in Norway last month and 58.4% of these were electric. -
USA Fact check: Trump heads to border to tout his wall. (Actually, the plans started under Obama.) The president is headed to Calexico, California, where a plaque with his name on it has been installed on the new fencing. -
Earth News In search of ultimate wellbeing in the Swiss Alps Checking in at 5-star Hotel Victoria Jungfrau Grand Hotel & Spa in the Bernese Highlands -
Hungary Watch: Re-enactors stage key 1849 battle of Hungarian revolution This time round the ammunition was fake and a small audience cheered from the sidelines. The re-enactment is an annual event to commemorate the fight for independence from the Austrian Empire. -
USA Trump heads to border, praises Mexico's 'very good' response to closure threat The president, en route to California, maintained he didn't flip-flop on when he might shut down the U.S. border with Mexico. -
China New study finds no evidence of moderate drinking benefits New research finds that just one to two drinks a day can increase the risk of having a stroke -
United Kingdom Watch: ‘The only Brexit positive is people take Europe more seriously’ At least someone’s glass is half full when it comes to Brexit. -
USA Trump to skip White House Correspondents' Dinner for third year in a row Trump called the annual Washington event "negative" and "boring" and promised to hold a "very positive" rally instead. -
United Kingdom Pro-EU messages emblazoned across England’s Europe-facing cliffs 'This is our star and we're fighting for it,' says anti-Brexit campaign group in a message aimed at Europe. -
World The business of Oud, one of the world’s most expensive scents Oud has been a key ingredient of traditional Middle Eastern perfumes for thousands of years. The distinctive musky scent comes from the wood of the Indian and South American Agarwood tree. -
World UAE’s first tailor is still in business and thriving In the souk of Dubai’s old Deira district lies the oldest tailoring shop in the UAE. National Tailors, is renowned for making kanduras, a traditional garment worn by men in the Gulf region. -
World Mr. Erbil: the social media influencers styling up Iraq The gentlemen’s fashion club, Mr. Erbil is revamping style and culture in the Kurdish region in the northern part of Iraq. -
USA Saudi Arabia arrests activists, including two U.S. citizens Those detained, seven men and one woman, are not frontline activists but have expressed support for women's rights and other reforms. -
Ocean Harnessing the power of our oceans In this episode of Ocean, Denis Loctier travels to the west coast of France and northern Scotland to see what Europe is doing to tap into the immense power of the sea. -
Ocean Ocean energy: "what we need to see is sustained support" As part of an Ocean episode on harnessing the power of our seas, we spoke to Neil Kermode, the Managing Director of the European Marine Energy Centre. -
USA Watch: Town tells Flintstones house owner they Yabba Dabba Don't like it Dinosaur statues, painted mushrooms and a giant Yabba Dabba Do sign are some of the attractions the upscale suburb residents want removed. -
USA Elizabeth Warren calls for eliminating Senate filibuster for legislation Lowering the threshold from 60 to 51 votes to pass pieces of legislation would be a significant change. -
World News Internal strife: as it turns 70, NATO’s greatest enemy is itself ǀ View NATO has much to celebrate but if the alliance is to survive in the coming decades it has to find ways to adapt to the evolving and emerging threats, and to manage tension in the transatlantic relationship. -
USA Trump, in unexpected move, withdraws nomination to head ICE Ron Vitiello is currently the acting leader of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and had been expected to travel with the president to the border today. -
Earth News Inside Hungary’s first eco-village of Gyűrűfű What happens when a group of environmentally-minded individuals come together and decide to live life in harmony with nature? -
USA Facebook connected users to black markets The social media platform is connecting not only old friends, but also new criminals. -
USA Add social media to the list of things souring Americans on politics 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. -
My Europe Series Saving Europe - destroy or double-down From the far-right to the center - politicians are setting out their grand plans and grand rhetoric for the European Union ahead of May's elections. This week we spoke to Marine Le Pen who said to save Europe we must destroy it, while centre-right German MEP Manfred Weber has other ideas. -
World Raw Politics #ICYMI: Brexit extension and Marine Le Pen Watch the highlights from this week's Raw Politics episodes. -
USA Trump: I get why Barbara Bush disliked me — 'Look what I did to her sons' "I have heard that she was nasty to me, but she should be," Trump told the Washington Times about the late first lady. -
Germany Watch: Bauhaus and its designs on a new museum to mark 100th birthday The art school movement began in 1919 and ended in 1933, the year Hitler came to power, coinciding with the lifespan of the Weimar Republic. -
Destinations Touring Alto Adige, Italy's greenest Alpine region A place where you'll find 'insect hotels' at every street corner, park and garden. -
World Road Trip Europe Day 15: Yellow vests explain why they are protesting Travelling through France, our road trip team stopped in the town of Narbonne to talk to Yellow Vests about the motivation behind their demonstrations. -
United Kingdom Watch: London start-up turns lobster shells into plastic alternative A bio-polymer in crustacean shells called chitin can be developed into a biodegradable and recyclable material. -
Italy Rescue ship with 64 migrants onboard stuck at Sea after being denied entry The ship is currently near the Italian island of Lampedusa but Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said it should "go to Hamburg" as it is German-registered. -
USA Atheists forced underground as religious hard-liners battle for control of Iraq "A wave of atheism will overwhelm Iraq because of the wrong practices of Islamic parties," one Muslim scholar said. -
Earth News Best green books and eco apps of the month These are the eco friendly apps and books you should be downloading and reading now. -
Cuba Cuba cuts newspaper size due to paper scarcity as shortages bite The Communist government said on Thursday that it was halving the edition size of some weeklies as well as Granma on certain days due to the lack of newsprint, which it imports. -
United Kingdom No decision to expel Julian Assange, says senior Ecuador official Assange has been holed up inside Ecuador's London embassy since 2012. -
Brazil Brazil rejects UN appeal not to revise history by denying 1964 military coup According to Bolsonaro, the overthrow of an elected leftist government was not a coup d'etat, but a legitimate movement backed by the country's Congress and judiciary -
USA FBI investigating Chinese woman's Trump resort visit -sources U.S. Secret Service arrested Yujing Zhang on Saturday after she got through perimeter checkpoints -
World News US revokes ICC prosecutor's entry visa over Afghanistan investigation Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warns that ICC investigators cannot have visas guaranteed to the US -
USA Here's why your GPS could go haywire this weekend Older computer systems that rely on GPS satellites could suddenly go 20 years out of date at 7:59 p.m. ET on Saturday. -
USA Here's why your GPS could go haywire this weekend Older computer systems that rely on GPS satellites could suddenly go 20 years out of date at 7:59 p.m. ET on Saturday. -
USA Chicago police demand resignation of city's top prosecutor after Jussie Smollett case Chicago's Fraternal Order of Police and the suburban police chief associations have voted "no confidence" in Cook County State's Attorney Kimberly Foxx. -
Belgium Belgium apologises for abduction of thousands of mixed-race children during colonial-era Belgium has for the first time officially acknowledged responsibility for kidnapping thousands of mixed-race children from Congo between 1959 and 1962