2019-12-06

USA

Nikki Haley defends comments about the Confederate flag

As governor of South Carolina, Haley had signed a measure removing the flag from flying over the Capitol.

06/12/2019

My Europe Series

Out with the old, in with the new... Commission President

In this week's State of the Union Ursula von der Leyen finally takes the reins from Jean-Claude Juncker, in her first official work week.

06/12/2019

USA

White House rejects House Judiciary's invitation to participate in impeachment hearings

In a brief letter to the committee chairman, the White House counsel sharply attacked the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.

06/12/2019

USA

Trump asks Supreme Court to block House subpoenas to banks for financial records

A lower court ruled earlier this week that the banks must comply with congressional subpoenas for Trump's financial records.

06/12/2019

United Kingdom

Leaders' debate: Johnson clashes with Corbyn over Brexit and more

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his rival Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn clashed over Brexit, security, fake news, and more in a leaders' debate six days before voters go to the polls.

06/12/2019

France

French government defiant over pension reform despite strike

"I hear those who are exercising their legitimate right to strike and protest but I also hear those who are suffering or who are experiencing the unpleasant effects of this strike. The government is conscient of this," Philippe said on Friday.

06/12/2019

World News

This week in pictures selected for you

A nationwide strike brought France to a near standstill. While more than 50 world leaders have gathered for the Climate Change conference in Madrid (COP25). The event was moved to Spain’s capital from Chile due to ongoing civil unrest in the country. The situation in Santiago remains heated.

06/12/2019

World News

Euroviews. Going beyond CVs: why business should embrace the potential of digital natives, Generation Z ǀ View

Generation Z graduates born between 1995 and 2000 promise some of the biggest changes in how businesses operate and recruit in the future. Gen Z has been exposed to and has grown up alongside the technology that has changed the world.

06/12/2019

Living

Konvict to Konstruction: rap legend Akon building green city

After success in the charts, Akon became a business magnate and philanthropist in Africa.

06/12/2019

My Europe Series

Far right Vox party strikes a chord with disenchanted Spaniards

The city of Parla, south of Madrid, is a traditional left wing stronghold. Vox champions national unity while promising to halt illegal immigration and political corruption. Here that message struck a chord.

06/12/2019

USA

Amid mounting pressure, Buttigieg calls on McKinsey consulting firm to release his past client list

The 2020 hopeful has faced growing calls to be more transparent about his time at the global consulting company.

06/12/2019

United Kingdom

Former Conservative PM breaks party ranks to urge vote against Brexit

The UK's former prime minister Sir John Major has broken Conservative Party ranks to encourage voters to back candidates that aren't supportive of Brexit, ie: not the Conservatives.

06/12/2019

Spain

Thousands protest in Madrid against climate change

Thousands of people have marched through Madrid to demand more action be taken against climate change. It comes as the COP25 climate change conference continues in the Spanish capital.

06/12/2019

United Kingdom

Former UK most wanted man found guilty of 37 charges, including rape

Serial rapist Joseph McCann, once the most wanted man in the UK, was found guilty on Friday of 37 charges at his trial in Old Bailey, including rapes against women and children and kidnapping.

06/12/2019

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Premature deaths expose Bosnia's toxic relationship with coal

Despite their detrimental impact on environment and health, this post-Yugoslav republic is not gearing up for decarbonisation. The reason? Money.

06/12/2019

Italy

Are Uefa and FIGC fit to tackle racism without any black executives?

In the two most important football institutions in Italy and Europe, which claim to want to fight racism on the pitch, those who make the most important decisions are almost always white.

06/12/2019

USA

Electric eel lights up aquarium Christmas tree

This electric eel is named Miguel Wattson. He gives off electric shocks when he is feeding or excited.

06/12/2019

USA

U.S. says Iran may have killed up to 1,000 protesters

Some Iranian experts inside the U.S. government have expressed caution about reporting on the death toll in the demonstrations.

06/12/2019

Living

Artist saves 11,000 bits of junk to make unusual Christmas 'tree'

The inspiration came from a local petrol station.

06/12/2019

USA

French transit strikes close tourist sites, creates traffic chaos for second day

Public sector workers continued their strike amid fears President Emmanuel Macron's reforms will leave them with less retirement pay.

06/12/2019

Spain

Euroviews. Catalonia is the EU’s canary in a coalmine when it comes to its citizens’ democratic rights ǀ View

“They will not dare, right?” If I had a cent for every time a European politician, advisor or journalist asked me that regarding what is Spain ready to do to keep Catalonia inside its ranks, I would be rich by now.

06/12/2019

USA

Joe Biden's eventful week leaves him looking more durable than before

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.

06/12/2019

Ocean

NGOs work to rebuild vital coral reefs, but islands threatened by climate change need much more help

In partnership with the European Commission

Seychelles and other small island states are at the forefront of climate change. With increasingly destructive hurricanes and floods, rising sea levels and dying coral reefs, how can island societies survive the climate impact?

06/12/2019

Ocean

Will climate change make small island states disappear?

In partnership with the European Commission

Hans-Otto Pörtner, a co-author of the IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate, talked to Euronews about the future for small island states with ongoing climate change.

06/12/2019

World News

Greece to expel Libyan ambassador over sea accord with Turkey

Ankara and Tripoli slammed Athens' decision to expel the Libyan ambassador in Greece over a controversial maritime accord.

06/12/2019

United Kingdom

Labour plans to 'fiddle' referendum with EU nationals vote, says UK PM

Johnson accuses Labour of 'fiddling' second Brexit referedum by giving vote to EU nationals

06/12/2019

World News

Euroviews. The EU’s “Green Deal” can’t be business as usual. Tackling the climate crisis must come first ǀ View

It’s time to call incremental change, when it comes to tackling our environmental and climate crises, dead. Plastic straw bans won’t cut it anymore – only a full-scale transformation of our economic system will do.

06/12/2019

World News

Global measles cases surge amid stagnating vaccinations

The disease killed an estimated 141,000 people last year, most of them children under the age of 5, according to the World Health Organization.

06/12/2019

World

Hard left? Anti-Semitic? Truly for the many? Where are Labour now?

The Labour Party: Who are the main rivals to the poll-leading Conservatives', and how do they plan to take the country forward?

06/12/2019

France

Are the French Alps a hub for a Russian espionage network?

Towns such as Megeve, Chamonix, and Annemasse in the Haute-Savoie department in the Alps is said to have been used as a logistics base for the covert operations of at least 15 Russian spies in Europe.

06/12/2019