2019-12-10

Algeria

Protesters out in force ahead of Algeria's presidential election

In the wake of months of demonstrations in Algeria, two former prime ministers and other senior political figures were jailed for corruption, in an apparent attempt to calm protests.

10/12/2019

France

How can France best reform its pensions system?

The French pensions system is complex: it is composed of 42 different systems, based on the specificities of each sector. Merging these into one "universal" points-based system was one of Macron's key campaign pledges. But how can it best be done?

10/12/2019

USA

Trump target Lisa Page sues DOJ, FBI for 'unwanted invasion of privacy'

Page filed suit one day after a DOJ inspector general found there was no evidence that her and Strzok's complaints about Trump effected the Russia probe

10/12/2019

United Kingdom

'I'll do what I can': A Lib Dem fights a losing battle in Scotland

Ahead of the general election on Thursday, Euronews looks at how Glasgow South is a microcosm of Liberal Democrat decline

10/12/2019

USA

Trump pays $2 million for misusing his charity, New York attorney general says

The court-ordered settlement money will go to eight charities.

10/12/2019

USA

New York attorney general intensifies investigation into the NRA

New York Attorney General Letitia James issued a new, wide-ranging subpoena in the probe, a person familiar with the document told NBC News.

10/12/2019

USA

Former Trump campaign aide Rick Gates should get probation, prosecutors say

Gates testified against former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort and former Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone. Both were convicted.

10/12/2019

USA

Former top Mexican cop charged with protecting El Chapo's cartel

Genaro Garcia Luna was charged with accepting millions of dollars in bribes in exchange for providing protection to the Sinaloa Cartel.

10/12/2019

No Comment

Protesters target Japan and world leaders at COP25

Demonstrators have been making their voices heard at the COP25 climate change conference in Madrid.

10/12/2019

Europe News

The Brief: The EU's diplomatic dilemma over Iran's petrol protests

A violent crackdown on recent protests and internet restrictions in Iran present diplomatic challenges for the EU as it attempts a balancing act of keeping the Iran nuclear deal alive while standing firm on human rights.

10/12/2019

United Kingdom

'Getting Brexit done is going to take decades' says Jonathan Coe

The author of "Middle England" gives his thoughts to Euronews on Thursday's general election and the ongoing aftershock of the 2016 EU referendum.

10/12/2019

Cinema

The Favourite lives up to its name at European cinema's night of nights

It was the clear winner at the European Film Awards in Berlin, picking up a total of eight awards, including Best Film and Best Director for Yorgos Lanthimos.

10/12/2019

USA

Barr thinks FBI may have acted in 'bad faith' in probing Trump campaign's links to Russia

"I think our nation was turned on its head for 3 years based on a bogus narrative," said the attorney general in an exclusive interview with Pete Williams.

10/12/2019

Next Series

Astronaut Luca Parmitano talks water recycling in space

"On the space station, we already recover 95% of the water onboard," explains Euronews space correspondent and ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano.

10/12/2019

Russia

Russian court convicts 11 over 2017 St Petersburg bombing

15 people were killed and more than 50 others wounded when a suicide bomber detonated a device on a subway train in April 2017.

10/12/2019

Spain

What are carbon markets and why are they the talk of COP25 in Madrid?

Carbon markets or credits are dominating the COP25 climate change conference and have been described as a new kind of neocolonialism. Here is our explainer on what they are and why they are important.

10/12/2019

Europe News

The EU's Green dreams

The new European Commission will unveil its Green Deal Wednesday to overhaul legislation and free up funds with the aim to make the EU climate neutral by 2050, but critics say the proposals don't match the ambitions.

10/12/2019

Economy

Greece woos wealthy foreigners with 'non-dom' scheme

Greece woos wealthy foreigners with 'non-dom' scheme

10/12/2019

Azerbaijan

Euroviews. Snap parliamentary elections could kick-start a new democratic era in Azerbaijan ǀ View

Our institutions will have to change and better adapt themselves to the basic needs of our population, such as clean air, clean water and clean energy. This will only be possible with a new political mind-set and with a greater role for younger generations.

10/12/2019

United Kingdom

Santa on his bench: Banksy highlights homelessness with new artwork

Banksy's artwork on a wall in Birmingham uses a depiction of Santa on his sleigh to raise the issue of growing homelessness in the UK ahead of this week's general election

10/12/2019

Spain

'COP25 is a failure', say climate activists

For Fridays for Future activists, seven days was enough to describe the summit as a 'failure'.

10/12/2019

USA

Read the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump

Democratic leaders announced the articles — one for abuse of power, the other for obstruction of Congress — earlier Tuesday.

10/12/2019

Sudan

Meet the activist that explains climate change through Islam

Climate change activist Lina Yassir uses Islam to get her environmental message across in profoundly religious Sudan

10/12/2019

World News

Euroviews. It’s not just carbon emissions posing a threat. Tech waste is a climate disaster in waiting ǀ View

Is the climate conversation suffering from its singular focus on carbon emissions, and developing huge, dangerous blind spots towards other environmental threats like electronic waste?

10/12/2019

Sweden

Nobel laureates receive awards at boycotted ceremony

The decision to award Austrian Author Peter Handke with the 2019 Literature Prize has led to a backlash over his support of the late former Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic.

10/12/2019

USA

Reindeer may starve as climate change threatens food supply in Arctic

"If we don't find better areas for them where they can graze and find food, then the reindeer will starve to death," said herder Niila Inga.

10/12/2019

USA

Democrats unveil formal impeachment charges against Donald Trump

Donald Trump to be third US president in history to face impeachment after Democrats unveil formal charges

10/12/2019

Green News

Half of millennials would take a pay cut to save the planet

New research shows young people would be willing to reduce their yearly earnings by more than Generation X.

10/12/2019

USA

America's information system is broken

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.

10/12/2019

USA

American couple on honeymoon in New Zealand severely burned by volcano

At least six people are confirmed dead and eight others who are missing are presumed dead after the eruption on White Island.

10/12/2019