2023-08-02

Portugal

Pope Francis blasts response to clerical child abuse in Portugal

Pope Francis blasted Portugal’s Catholic Church leaders for the “scandal” of clerical sex abuse on a visit to the country, saying their actions had helped drive the faithful away.

02/08/2023

Top News Stories Today

Latest news bulletin | August 2nd – Evening

Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.

02/08/2023

Destinations

Want to move to the US? Golden visas offer a way in for the wealthy

How to get a green card by investment and make your American dream a reality.

02/08/2023

Culture news

Germany's famous metal festival halts admissions after heavy rain

The weather takes the shine off the largest metal music festival in the world, as the Wacken Open Air festival was forced to limit admissions because heavy rain turned the ground to mud.

02/08/2023

Australia

Women's World Cup: Shock defeat sees Italy dumped out the competition

A late goal from South Africa's Thembi Kgatlana sealed Italy's fate while a goalless draw with Jamaica meant Brazil failed to reach the knockout stage for the first time in 28 years.

02/08/2023

World News

Plane carrying 262 evacuees from Niger lands in Paris

Foreign nationals lined up outside an airport in Niger's capital on Wednesday morning to wait for a French military evacuation flight, while a regional bloc continued talks about its response to the military coup that took place last week.

02/08/2023

Spain

Blast in northwest Spain leaves one person dead and 12 injured

The explosion has killed one woman and injured at least 12 other people, two of them critically. Local authorities believe it could have been caused by a gas explosion.

02/08/2023

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WATCH: Heavy rain mires world's top heavy music festival

As 85,000 headbangers prepare to descend on the world's top heavy metal festival in northern Germany, organisers ask fans to stay away due to bad weather.

02/08/2023

Culture news

How amateur watchdogs in Venice risk being discredited

How amateur watchdogs trying to catch pickpockets in Venice risk being discredited by Monica Poli, the voice behind the now viral "Attenzione pickpocket" videos, and her political affiliations.

02/08/2023

Germany

Germany’s army struggles to recruit new troops

The Bundeswehr has long been plagued by underfunding and a lack of equipment.

02/08/2023

Earth News

Europeans reluctantly turn on the AC as heatwaves bite

As the summer breezes fade, sweltering Europeans are giving air conditioning a sceptical embrace.

02/08/2023

United Kingdom

Rape suspect who faked own death to be extradited from UK

Nicholas Rossi was identified by his distinctive tattoos, which he falsely claimed had been added to his body while he was unconscious in hospital.

02/08/2023

Climate

Greek wildfires destroyed an area bigger than London in July

The climate-fuelled wildfires unleashed the same CO2 emissions last month as over 222,000 cars driven in a year.

02/08/2023

Culture news

Hammer and sickle removed from Kyiv's Soviet-era Motherland Monument

Workers remove a hammer and sickle from a gigantic sculptural figure that watches over the Ukrainian capital, as part of a campaign to remove Soviet symbols which has ramped up since Russia invaded last year.

02/08/2023

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WATCH: Voodoo wrestlers in DRC summon spirits during the fight

A huge draw in impoverished neighbourhoods of the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa, voodoo wrestling features men and women of all sizes, who use various degrees of magic in the ring.

02/08/2023

Earth News

Deep sea mining fails to get green light at UN debate

Finland, Germany and Portugal were among the countries that blocked deep sea mining licences.

02/08/2023

Spain

Euroviews. We're toasting to Spanish far right's defeat for all the wrong reasons

Vox is nothing more than a simplified expression of the ideas that were always seen as acceptable by Spain's conservative hardliners, Antonio Maestre writes.

02/08/2023

World

Pashinyan: 'Nobody promised it was going to be easy to reach peace'

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan told Euronews that a road to reconciliation between Armenia and Azerbaijan is possible, but work needs to be done.

02/08/2023

World

Azerbaijan's President Aliyev: 'I think it is right to be hopeful'

The president told Euronews he hopes ongoing talks with Armenia will end with with a successful scenario in the coming months.

02/08/2023

Travel News

Pilot ‘accidentally’ draws penis shape in the sky after being diverted

Officials claimed it was accidental saying the aircraft tried to land twice but was diverted due to high winds.

02/08/2023

Health news

France loses more money from tobacco and alcohol than it gains

A new report has found that the cost to public finances related to alcohol and tobacco use exceeds any money the state gains from taxes on those products.

02/08/2023

Culture news

Former Miss France head Geneviève de Fontenay dies aged 90

The former boss of the French beauty pageant died at the age of 90. She had withdrawn from public life for several years.

02/08/2023

Earth News

Activists will be allowed to protest ‘peacefully’ at COP28, says UAE

Campaigners vow they will resist any attempts to curtail civil society participation at the UN climate summit in Dubai this year.

02/08/2023

Culture news

Dua Lipa faces third lawsuit over hit song ‘Levitating’

This marks the third time Dua Lipa faces copyright claims over her song 'Levitating'.

02/08/2023

Climate

July heat records show climate change is 'just about everywhere'

The study also revealed the US cities that are suffering the most from climate change.

02/08/2023

Culture news

A look back at this year's world-renowned Festival d’Avignon

France's world-renowned theatre festival came to a close this week. Euronews Culture looks back at the festival's 77th edition - which proved to be more European than ever.

02/08/2023

Top News Stories Today

Latest news bulletin | August 2nd – Midday

Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.

02/08/2023

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Watch: Elves, queens on parade in El Salvador national celebrations

Each year processions, children's events and sporting competitions are held as part of the festivities, typically under an increased police presence

02/08/2023

Culture news

He’s fur real: The man going viral for his first walk as ‘human dog'

"This is my hobby, so I will carry on. It makes me happy and other people happy, too."

02/08/2023

Culture news

Opera star Sarah Brightman talks climate change and her career

The soprano made her theatre debut in the West End in Cats in 1981. Today she has sold more than 25 million albums and two million DVDs.

02/08/2023