2020-06-20

United Kingdom

Reading attack: Tributes to 'true gentlemen' as UK mourns stab victims

Police in England are questioning a 25-year-old man under anti-terror laws after a stabbing spree on Saturday in which three people died and three others were injured.

20/06/2020

United Kingdom

England multiple stabbing report

Police in England investigating reports of "multiple stabbings" at a park in Reading

20/06/2020

Spain

Spain to allow EU and UK tourists in without quarantine from June 21

Britain, Europe's most heavily-impacted country by COVID-19, requires anyone coming in from abroad to self-isolate for 14 days.

20/06/2020

United Kingdom

UK authorities detain five cruise ships over welfare concerns for crew

Britain's Maritime and Coastguard Agency said that some fo the crew had been onboard for more than 12 months.

20/06/2020

Eritrea

Eritrean migrants claim EU voluntary return programme isn’t voluntary

Eritrean migrants on a flight last year told Euronews that they were forced to fly back to Asmara even after they changed their minds. The UN says Eritrea is one of the most repressive countries on earth - so why is the EU paying for migrants to return there?

20/06/2020

Germany

Statue of Lenin calmly erected in West Germany

The tiny Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany erected the first statue of Lenin ever on former West German territory.

20/06/2020

France

UNHCR: Europe 'not able to deal' with record-high refugee movements

Speaking to Euronews, Filippo Grandi says the EU must have a united system in place to distribute asylum seekers.

20/06/2020

USA

Judge rules Bolton can publish Trump book despite efforts to block it

The US President said on Twitter that his former national security adviser will pay "a really big price" for releasing the book.

20/06/2020

World News

Climate change: Global sports 'playing against the clock'

Football, tennis, rugby, the Olympics — all have already been impacted by climate change. The industry is part of the problem, a new report has found.

20/06/2020

No Comment

Trump Oklahoma rally slammed

President Donald Trump has come under fire for holding an election rally in Oklahoma, a city famous for one of the country's worst racial massacres in 1921

20/06/2020

No Comment

US protesters pull down more statues of people with links to slavery

In the US protesters toppled more statues of figures with links to slavery following rallies in memory of Juneteenth, which commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans.

20/06/2020

Belgium

Bruges mayor "out of danger" after neck stabbing

Dirk De fauw is "fine", police said, after he was brought to hospital on Saturday. A man has been arrested on attempted murder charges.

20/06/2020

France

Thousands march against racism in Europe in another weekend of protest

Thousands gathered in the French and British capital for peaceful demonstrations against racism.

20/06/2020

Italy

Paralympic champion and former F1 driver "stable" after crash

The condition of Alex Zanardi remains "serious". He underwent brain surgery following a crash with a lorry on Friday.

20/06/2020

Spain

Spain's long, hot coronavirus summer sparks swimming pool craze

Sales of swimming polls have shot up by 400% in Spain, according to manufacturers.

20/06/2020

World News

Coronavirus pandemic "accelerating" as Brazil tops one million cases

The organisation reported on Friday the highest number in terms of new coronavirus cases ever recorded, warning that the pandemic is exposing migrants to "an even more severe hardship".

20/06/2020

World News

Euroviews. The COVID-19 pandemic has a lesson for the EU: it can no longer be business as usual ǀ View

The COVID-19 pandemic has destroyed all vestiges of the old neoliberal system. To ensure democracy survives in Europe in tact, the EU must not fall back to business as usual.

20/06/2020

Hungary

Youngsters turn to the army for stable job in coronavirus-hit Hungary

As Hungary's coronavirus-hit economy shrinks and unemployment soars, thousands of Hungarians are seeking to join the army, attracted by job stability and a government scheme that fast-tracks recruits toward a military career.

20/06/2020

Earth News

What is an eco-therapist and do plants have the power to heal us?

In Lithuania, one woman is on a mission to save as many plants as possible and help people along the way.

20/06/2020