2020-06-10

USA

George Floyd's brother to Congress: 'stop the pain' of police violence

Philonise Floyd called on the US Congress to "stop the pain" and act on police reform, as he testified the day after his brother's funeral.

10/06/2020

World News

Watch: Statues under attack as Europe confronts colonial past

'The ghost of the past, the colonial past, is still haunting these spaces,' said one historian, speaking of the controversial statues under attack in parts of Europe.

10/06/2020

World News

Analysis: How will the COVID-19 downturn affect EU-UK trade talks?

"It is clear that the threat of the EU failing to reach a trade deal with the UK is very real," writes Euronews' political editor Darren McCaffrey

10/06/2020

Belgium

'There's no pride in genocide': Activists want Leopold statues removed

A Belgian anti-racism group says the removal of #KingLeopold statues and other colonial-era monuments should be just the first step in a long-term anti-racist plan.

10/06/2020

Green News

Social media saves Europe’s leading conservation zoo from closure

The future was looking uncertain for the zoo, but after a wave of public support the park is re-opening its doors.

10/06/2020

Green News

€9 billion competition in Scotland will redefine wind power

Companies with innovative plans for wind farms can now bid for the multi-billion euro investment.

10/06/2020

United Kingdom

COVID-19 infection rate isn't dropping quickly enough, admits UK PM

English lockdown only partially eased because COVID-19 infection rate isn't dropping quickly enough.

10/06/2020

Israel

Germany warns Israel against West Bank annexation plans

"Annexation would not be compatible with international law," German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said in Jerusalem, calling instead for "a negotiated, consensual two-state solution".

10/06/2020

No Comment

Mourners demand justice at George Floyd's funeral

"We are fighting wickedness in high places," said civil rights leader Al Sharpton in his eulogy at George Floyd's funeral.

10/06/2020

No Comment

Restaurant in the Netherlands to use robots to help out waiters

Robots will help out with basic tasks at this restaurant as the coronavirus pandemic has encouraged physical distancing between people.

10/06/2020

Netherlands

Watch again: Black Lives Matter protesters gather in Amsterdam

Protests in solidarity with the US have spread globally.

10/06/2020

United Kingdom

Palliative care doctor shares a day in her life during COVID-19 era

'You can lose the personal touch' says a British palliative care doctor as she took Euronews through her day treating end-of-life patients during a pandemic.

10/06/2020

Eco-Innovation

Elon Musk’s €47m underground tunnels will be used for electric cars

Could the Boring Company's tunnelling projects be the solution to urban pollution?

10/06/2020

USA

Euroviews. How to keep global superpowers China and the US from riding roughshod over human rights ǀ View

Despite their differences, China's Xi Jinping and US president, Donald Trump have in common their dislike of any global effort to hold them accountable for their behaviour, including on human rights.

10/06/2020

World News

EU countries lose €15bn in tax revenues to counterfeiting: report

Although the economic losses to counterfeiting are huge, the bloc's intellectual property office also flagged that the consequences on public health, consumer safety and the environment are "even more serious".

10/06/2020

Europe News

'Disinformation can kill': EU warns over wave of fake COVID-19 claims

“Disinformation in times of the coronavirus can kill," the EU's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Wednesday.

10/06/2020

World News

WHO walks back comments on asymptomatic transmission of COVID-19

"We don’t actually have that answer yet:" a top WHO official says it’s not known how frequently people without symptoms of COVID-19 pass the disease on to others – a day after appearing to suggest that such spread is "very rare."

10/06/2020

World News

Euroviews. We have an opportunity to tackle human rights challenges post-COVID-19. We need to take it ǀ View

COVID-19 has brought with it a health emergency of global proportions. This has presented a huge challenge to national leaders, to health systems worldwide, and to citizens. It also became an excuse for human rights violations that are showing few signs of diminishing.

10/06/2020

United Kingdom

Boris Johnson 'should turbocharge' UK response to racial inequality

The British prime minister was challenged by the opposition leader in parliament amid anti-racism protests and the COVID-19 pandemic.

10/06/2020

Sport

Federer rules out return to competition before 2021 due to knee injury

The Swiss tennis maestro, 38, said that he underwent "an additional quick arthroscopic procedure" on his right knee a few weeks ago after experiencing a setback during his rehabilitation from surgery in February.

10/06/2020

Belgium

What is it like going to a restaurant amid the COVID-19 pandemic?

Euronews' political editor Darren McCaffrey on how COVID-19 has changed the restaurant experience in Brussels.

10/06/2020

World News

COVID-19 economic impact to be 'unprecedented and long-lasting': OECD

The organisation forecasts a global recession of 6% in 2020 if the pandemic remains under control and of 7.6% if there's a second wave.

10/06/2020

Sweden

Swedish PM Olof Palme's unsolved murder case dropped

Olof Palme was shot dead on 28 February 1986. The charismatic leader of the Social-Democratic party and his wife Lisbeth Palme had just left a cinema in downtown Stockholm.

10/06/2020

United Kingdom

London removes slave trader's statue, launches monuments' review

The Museum of London said that the statue of Robert Milligan, a Scottish slave trader and merchant who by the time of his death owned two sugar plantations and 526 slaves in Jamaica, had "stood uncomfortably" outside its east London premises, for a long time.

10/06/2020