2024-08-17

Europe News

Fire at London's Somerset House contained, artworks safe

The venue's Courtauld Gallery is home to artworks such as Vincent Van Gogh's 'Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear' and 'The Descent From The Cross' by Peter Paul Rubens but the blaze broke out on the opposite side of the Georgian-era complex.

17/08/2024

Europe News

Most wildfires in western Türkiye extinguished, says minister

Authorities blame low humidity, strong winds and high temperatures as exacerbating factors with scientists also blaming climate change for the frequency and intensity of wildfires.

17/08/2024

Europe News

France tries to bring ceasefire deal one step closer

France's Foreign Minister meets Egyptian counterpart in a diplomatic push for a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel.

17/08/2024

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Latest news bulletin | August 17th – Evening

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17/08/2024

Europe News

Far-Right protest halted before Leipzig Pride

Hundreds of far-right demonstrators arrived in Leipzig to disrupt Pride, but were stopped by German police before the protest even officially began.

17/08/2024

World News

Fire breaks out at London's Somerset House

The cause of the fire remains unknown, according to authorities. The entire site was closed to the public and traffic in the surrounding area is expected to be impacted.

17/08/2024

Indonesia

Indonesia's Independence day held in unfinished future capital

The capital was designed to relieve pressure on sinking Jakarta.

17/08/2024

Europe News

Ukraine destroys key bridge in Kursk with US missiles, says Russia

It's the first time the region was hit by Western-made rocket launchers, said the Russian Ministry of Defence.

17/08/2024

Culture news

Edinburgh Fringe highlights: Euronews Culture's five theatre picks

We've been at the Edinburgh Fringe trawling through the shows so you don't have to. Here are Euronews Culture's five highlights from the theatre on offer this year.

17/08/2024

Space

ESA's JUICE mission to attempt first ever flyby of Moon and Earth

The agency says it is attempting a "double-world first" – the first-ever lunar-Earth flyby and the first-ever double gravity assist manoeuvre.

17/08/2024

Lebanon

At least 10 Syrian nationals killed in Israeli strike on Lebanon

More than 500 people have been killed in exchanges between Israel and Lebanon since Oct. 8, most of them fighters with Hezbollah and other armed groups.

17/08/2024

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Latest news bulletin | August 17th – Midday

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17/08/2024

Work

Which country is home to the most educated Europeans?

The proportion of the population with a higher education degree is higher in Nordic and Baltic countries, with women overall being the most educated.

17/08/2024

Earth News

This toxic ‘bomb’ is lurking in the Arctic’s melting permafrost

Mercury is released when soil frozen for millennia in permafrost thaws - something climate change is making increasingly common.

17/08/2024

Moments

‘It’s like a dream’: How we work online and travel at the same time

Meet the couples ‘leaving everything behind’ to travel the world with TrustedHousesitters.

17/08/2024

Europe News

Plane crashes into sea during air show in France

The body of a man has been recovered after the aircraft plunged into the sea during a WWII commemorative air show.

17/08/2024

Space

SpaceX launches rocket carrying 116 satellites

A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Transporter 11 group of satellites flew to orbit from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Friday.

17/08/2024

Culture news

The best things to do and see (or watch) in Europe this week

'Emily in Paris', Fede Álvarez' 'Alien: Romulus', an exhibition dedicated to Pedro Almodóvar's love affair with Madrid and more. Here's what to do in Europe this weekend.

17/08/2024

Europe News

While Italians enjoy their holidays, politicians go to jail for a day

As the entire country celebrated the holiday of Ferragosto on Thursday, some politicians went to prisons to draw attention to the much-criticised living conditions that triggered a spike in suicides.

17/08/2024

Health news

Study finds 25% of unresponsive coma patients may still be conscious

A recent study found that 25 per cent of patients in unresponsive states were shown to respond cognitively to instructions on a brain scan.

17/08/2024

Business

Why airlines offering unlimited flight deals may not be such a bargain

WizzAir recently became the first European airline to launch an annual “All you can fly” pass for an introductory price of €499 per year, rising to €599 annually from 16 August.

17/08/2024

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Latest news bulletin | August 17th – Morning

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17/08/2024

Europe News

Ukraine's army chief says gains made in surprise Kursk incursion

Kyiv hopes the military operation, which started on August 6, will shift the dynamic of the more than two-year-old conflict but officials in Kyiv have stressed the aim of the operation is not to occupy Russia.

17/08/2024

Gaza

Health officials in Gaza report first case of polio in 25 years

Antonio Guterres says Gaza is in "humanitarian freefall" and calls for pause in fighting so aid agencies can deliver 1.6 million doses of the nOPV2 polio vaccine to the strip.

17/08/2024

Europe News

Germany’s former Grafenrheinfeld nuclear power plant demolished

Construction of the Grafenrheinfeld NPP in the southern state of Bavaria began in 1975 with the plant beginning commercial operations in 1982. It was Germany's oldest nuclear power plant but was closed in 2015 as part of the government's policy to transition away from nuclear power.

17/08/2024