2019-06-28

USA

Supreme Court won't hear appeal to restore Alabama abortion law

In 2016, Alabama's legislature voted to ban a procedure known as dilation and evacuation but the law was blocked by the courts before it took effect.

28/06/2019

World

Why is honey in Oman creating a business buzz?

In the Al-Hajar mountain chain of northern Oman, what appears to be just a pile of logs is actually an apiary of beehives. This is a centuries-old method of beekeeping which has been passed down from one generation to the next.

28/06/2019

World

Rising Syrian songwriter-rapper Moh Flow talks challenges for regional artists

Singer-songwriter Moh Flow is hoping to hit the big time with his most recent releases from an upcoming album called Faith.

28/06/2019

World

How are Egyptians leading the way for American football in the region?

Egypt is the only nation in North Africa which is home to a domestic American football league.

28/06/2019

USA

Supreme Court agrees to hear DACA case in win for Trump administration

The court will hear the case during its next term, which begins in October, and a decision likely wouldn't come till 2020.

28/06/2019

Iran

Iran warns talks are 'last chance' to save nuclear deal

Talks with world powers are the “last chance” to save the nuclear deal, Tehran warned — but the US wants to choke off all sales of Iranian oil.

28/06/2019

USA

Why is LGBT Pride Day celebrated on June 28?

Pride Day commemorates the Stonewall riots, considered the most important event in the gay liberation movement in the United States.

28/06/2019

Partner content

Pan-European initiative to provide pollen forecasts based on near real-time observations

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The Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring service (CAMS) recently formed a new partnership with the European Aeroallergen Network (EAN,) and will explore ground breaking technology to deliver automatic pollen observations in near real-time across Europe.

28/06/2019

World News

British PM May confronts Putin over Skripal poisoning at G20

Russia must end its"irresponsible and destabilising activity" if relations between the two countries were to improve, May told Putin during a tense meeting at the G20 summit in Japan.

28/06/2019

USA

Watch: Drone will explore possibility of life on one of Saturn's moons

Before life evolved, said Nieber, the landscape on Earth was in fact quite similar to that of Titan today.

28/06/2019

USA

Democrats march leftward in first presidential debates

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.

28/06/2019

World News

Temperatures in France cross 45C threshold for first time ever

France recorded its highest temperature since records began at 45 Celsius on Friday afternoon.

28/06/2019

Green News

The future of sports nutrition: protein powder made from food waste

The company leading the way in nutrition by making sustainable food supplements and protein powders from household and grocery food waste.

28/06/2019

Belgium

Putin says liberalism obsolete, Tusk says authoritarianism obsolete

The Russian president and EU Council president have entered into a battle of ideologies.

28/06/2019

United Kingdom

Theresa May confronts Vladimir Putin over poisoning of former Russian spy in UK

British Prime Minister Theresa May confronted Russian President Vladimir Putin over the poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal in the UK last year

28/06/2019

Spain

Spanish police find 39kg of cocaine in Bolsonaro's G20 plane entourage

A Brazilian military officer who was set to accompany President Jair Bolsonaro on his return trip from the G20 in Tokyo was arrested in Spain after 39kg of cocaine was recovered from his luggage, police have revealed.

28/06/2019

World

Your Call in full: Privacy of leaders' health and migrant rescue ships

Catch the full episode of Thursday night's Your Call

28/06/2019

USA

Trump's split-screen trip: As Dems debate, for once it's not all about him

The president is finding that for the first time since he catapulted onto the American political scene, there's another show in town.

28/06/2019

World

Raw Politics in full: G20 latest, Merkel's health, and Iran tensions

Watch the full episode Raw Politics

28/06/2019

USA

Raging wildfire in Spain's suspected cause is combustion of manure in heat wave

Hundreds of firefighters struggled to contain the blaze that has spread over 13,590 acres and forced the evacuation of 53 residents.

28/06/2019

USA

Trump gives Putin light-hearted warning: 'don't meddle in election'

The US President joked with his Russian counterpart on the sidelines of the G20 by warning him not to meddle in the 2020 presidential election.

28/06/2019

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California hillside glows with thousands of solar-powered lights

The "Field of Light" exhibition by British artist Bruce Munro, who is known for his large-scale light installations, is made up of 58,000 stemmed glass globes lit by fiber-optics.

28/06/2019

World

Tirana mayor warns against Albania being 'the Pyongyang of Europe'

The country had been scheduled to go to the polls this weekend, but several of the largest opposition parties announced they would boycott the vote, unhappy with recent judicial reforms.

28/06/2019

World

Sea Watch 3 captain to Salvini: 'Don't play games with people's lives'

A special report from on board the Sea Watch 3 rescue ship shows the conditions the migrants are living in. The boat is now in Italian waters after being denied permission to unload its passengers.

28/06/2019

Italy

Watch: Italy's Genoa bridge destroyed in controlled explosion

Two pylons of the bridge were wiped out in a controlled explosion to make way for a new structure to be built after it collapsed last August, killing 43 people.

28/06/2019

World

Heatwave: red alert in France as 45C expected in the south

The French national weather service took the unprecedented step of issuing red alerts in four of its departments due to high temperatures.

28/06/2019

Iran

Strait of Hormuz: Why does Iran threaten to close it?

Control of the strategically-important Strait of Hormuz has been at the heart of Iran's asymmetric war strategy for decades.

28/06/2019

USA

Police body-cam maker halts launch of facial recognition technology

Police equipment maker Axon said it decided against launching facial recognition on its body cameras after it was deemed "not yet reliable".

28/06/2019

USA

A vast water reservoir has been discovered deep beneath the Atlantic Ocean

If similar reservoirs exist in other coastal areas, they could be valuable resources for water-starved regions around the world.

28/06/2019

World

EU funds help 'open door' Uganda take in refugees from DR Congo

Uganda has an open policy for refugees - which aid organisations see as an example to others.

28/06/2019