15 November 2019 | Euronews
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USA 5 things we learned from Marie Yovanovitch's impeachment testimony There weren't any surprises. But Yovanovitch may have helped Democrats paint a bigger picture surrounding the White House's dealings in Ukraine. -
USA Microsoft asks Eric Holder to audit AnyVision over use of facial recognition on Palestinians According to five sources, AnyVision's technology has powered a secret military surveillance project that has monitored Palestinians in the West Bank. -
USA The devastating day Trump's presidency came into sharp focus — in Congress, the White House and court Analysis: Yovanovitch testified, Roger Stone got convicted, Trump tweeted. It's all right there. -
France French Parliament votes to end tax breaks for palm oil in biofuel France's parliament on Friday voted to remove tax breaks for the use of palm oil as a biofuel, a day after a ruling in favour of maintaining the advantage led to howls of protests from environmentalists. -
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My Europe Series Hungary and UK hold up EU Commission In our State of the Union this week, we report that Hungary and the UK are the two outstanding countries with no confirmed EU commissioner. Meanwhile in Spain, political negotiations continue aimed at forming a government. Talks follow last Sundays inconclusive election result. -
Greenland Greenland airport becomes latest victim of climate change Greenland's main airport is set to end civilian flights within five years due to climate change, as the melting of permafrost is cracking the runway. -
USA Trump asks Supreme Court to block House subpoena for his financial records Democrats said they need the documents to investigate whether the president accurately filled out required disclosure forms. -
Earth News How to take plastic out of your decorations It takes just a few small steps to make big changes, and you can try it this Christmas. -
USA 'Witness intimidation is a crime': Anger at Trump's real-time attack on impeachment witness President Donald Trump's Twitter attack on an impeachment witness during her testimony on Friday drew a furious response from Democrats. -
France 'The embers remain': One year since its inception, what has the Gilets Jaunes movement achieved? “It would just take one mistake from the government for the fire to resume," says Jerome Rodrigues, who said he lost his sight in one eye in clashes with police. -
Australia In pictures: Australia's 'unprecedented' wildfires seen from space The fires have rekindled the debate about the climate crisis in the country, which is one of the world's largest exporters of coal. -
No Comment Hong Kong protesters turn university campuses into fortresses They built concrete walls and watchtowers and had weapons that included bows and arrows, catapults and hundreds of petrol bombs. -
USA Can we 'unlearn race?' Why de-emphasising racial identity could help fix political divisions ǀ View De-emphasising race — as a positive and negative — could be a way to allow a more honest cultural discussion to ensue. -
USA Trump's honesty was on trial in the Roger Stone case. The verdict was harsh. Analysis: If prosecutors at Roger Stone's trial believed Trump was telling the truth about hacked emails and WikiLeaks, it wasn't evident in the courtroom. -
Business Planet Writing a great business story: how smarter finance from Europe is boosting small firms Business Planet heads to Berlin to see how one innovative book publisher has accelerated its growth thanks to smarter finance backed by Europe. -
Business Planet Blockbuster business: "We're building the Disney of the 21st century" Business Planet speaks to the man behind the world's first reader-powered book publisher -
USA Roger Stone, confidant of Trump and WikiLeaks connection, found guilty on all seven counts The Republican operative was charged with making false statements, obstruction and witness tampering. -
World UNIDO General Conference in Abu Dhabi highlights private sector collaboration, decarbonisation Every two years, the top policymaking body of the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation [https://www.unido.org] gather to discuss global industry and manufacturing. -
World This is how one UAE company is fortifying the ceramics industry Tiles are the building blocks of the global ceramics sector, according to Grand View Research -
USA GOP's constitutional objection to impeachment is objectively false — and alarming ǀ View Some Republican lawmakers and pundits claim the president should be allowed to confront the intelligence community whistleblower whose complaint set off the current firestorm over Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine. This argument is utterly preposterous. -
USA China's Xi calls Hong Kong unrest 'urgent' in rare comment on protests Recent violent demonstrations in the semi-autonomous region pose one of the most serious challenges to the president since he came to power in 2012. -
USA Ukraine 'invisible' as impeachment hearings focus on Washington drama "There is a long standing issue of countries overlooking Ukraine," said Duncan Allan, a former British diplomat who served in embassies in Kyiv and Moscow. -
No Comment Winter storms set to hit northern Japan Winds could hit 90 km/h. -
USA Meet the two seasoned staff prosecutors now in impeachment spotlight The fast-moving impeachment inquiry is catapulting the majority and minority staff counsels into the national spotlight. -
USA Read the full text: Marie Yovanovitch's impeachment hearing opening statement The former Ukraine ambassador was abruptly recalled from her post by President Donald Trump. -
USA White House releases record of first Trump-Zelenskiy call In the call, Zelenskiy invited Trump to visit Ukraine as the president remains noncommittal. -
USA American ISIS suspect sent back to U.S. by Turkey The man was stranded in a no man's land between Greece and Turkey for five days. -
USA Judge rules U.S.-born ISIS bride is not a citizen Hoda Muthana will not be allowed to return to the U.S. after travelling to Syria to join the extremists in 2014. -
World News Trump to visit Britain for NATO meeting in early December — White House Trump to attend NATO meeting in Britain early December -
USA Unlike Bill Clinton, Trump is unable to compartmentalize impeachment 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. -
Ocean When it comes to cleaning up the Oceans, technology may be good but education is even better EU sponsors clean-up operations, but a change in mentalities is the key to success -
Ocean Are ocean cleanup campaigns effective? Images of rubbish piling up in the ocean can be a depressing sight. But the good news is that there are signs that cleanup campaigns are having an impact. -
Italy Watch: Euronews' Luca Parmitano makes spacewalk to fix ISS dark matter experiment Watch Euronews' space correspondent Luca Parmitano lead one of the most challenging ever spacewalks -
Lithuania Russia, Lithuania and Norway conduct three-way spy swap Five people were released: two Russians, two Lithuanians and a Norwegian. -
No Comment Oxygen bar sells fresh air in pollution-hit New Delhi If you need an idea of how bad air quality is in India's capital, then here it is. -
Czech Republic Czechoslovakia's Velvet Revolution 30 years on This weekend marks the 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution. Hundreds of thousands of Czechoslovakian citizens took part in peaceful protests, demanding the end of the communist regime. It took only a few weeks before the ruling party surrendered and democracy was installed in the country. -
USA Impeachment hearings: Live updates from Yovanovitch's testimony The former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine is giving public testimony in the House's impeachment inquiry. -
No Comment Jet-propelled French adventurers fly through world's highest cave Vincent Philippe Reffet and Frederic Yves Fugen leapt from a helicopter and sped towards Tianmen Cave, in central China's Hunan province. -
United Kingdom British police probe alleged assault of Hong Kong justice secretary Teresa Cheng Police in the UK are investigating reports that Hong Kong's justice secretary Teresa Cheng was injured in an alleged assault incident in London. -
USA North Korea calls Biden a 'rabid dog' for insulting its dignity It wasn't immediately clear which of the former vice president's comments provoked Pyongyang's anger. -
World What did we learn from first week of UK election campaign? The first full week of the UK's General Election campaign proved to be an eventful one. There was a potentially game-changing development when Nigel Farage stood down hundreds of Brexit Party candidates in Conservative-held seats. -
USA Who is Marie Yovanovitch? Ambassador testifying at the impeachment hearing She was recalled from her post on the orders of the president, who called her 'bad news' in a phone call with his Ukrainian counterpart. -
Italy Watch: Nearly three-quarters of Venice underwater after another high tide Venice has been hit with another round of flooding on Friday just days after it experienced its worst high tide in more than half a century. -
USA Floodwaters engulf Venice again 3 days after near-record high tide Even as Venetians attempt to recover from floods earlier this week, they are already beginning to deal with the next disaster. -
World What can't you live without? Switzerland and the coffee stockpile quandary Since the end of WW2, the Swiss have kept a strategic reserve of coffee in case of national emergency. That might be about to change. -
Hungary Hungary minister Judit Varga clashes with Dutch MEP in debate on European values Judit Varga dismissed concerns about press freedom in Hungary, claiming that 80 percent of Hungarian media was critical — a comment that drew laughter. -
Earth News Supermodel Arizona Muse shares her tips for a more sustainable life We spent an afternoon at home with British-American fashion model and sustainability advocate Arizona Muse. -
USA Trump: Impeachment has been 'very hard on my family' The president's comments came one day after the first day of public testimony, and just hours ahead of the Friday appearance of former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch. -
USA Career White House budget official expected to testify in impeachment inquiry Mark Sandy, a career official at the Office of Management and Budget, would be the first from the agency to appear before Congressional investigators. -
USA Trump asks Supreme Court to keep his tax returns away from prosecutors The Manhattan District Attorney's office has subpoenaed Trump's accountants for the returns.