2024-10-09

USA

Watch live as Hurricane Milton begins to lash Florida

Hurricane Milton hurled rain, tornadoes and tropical storm-force winds at the U.S. coast Wednesday on the storm's steady, potentially catastrophic march toward Florida, where officials issued a final plea to residents to evacuate or face grim odds of survival.

09/10/2024

Europe News

MED 9 in Cyprus: EU Leaders meet in the shadow of the war in Lebanon

The meeting, set in the coastal city of Pafos, comes as the war between Israel and Hamas, which began in Gaza last year, has now spread into Lebanon.

09/10/2024

Europe News

Countries on alert as tail-end of Storm Kirk reaches Europe

The storm has caused damage in Portugal and Spain and left other countries on alert.

09/10/2024

Europe News

ECR 'family' congress set to unite right-wing parties

Family and the fight against the demographic crisis gripping Europe have long been central to the ECR and FDI’s political agenda.

09/10/2024

Business

Europe must unite to avoid financial crisis, IMF's Georgieva says

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva speaks to Euronews after meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz as she begins her second term.

09/10/2024

Europe News

The Global Gateway promotes only business interests, according to NGOs

Anti-poverty campaigners complain that the European Commission is promoting business interests over development in its Global Gateway, the EU’s answer to China’s multi-billion Belt and Road initiative – but officials argue a private sector focus is more efficient.

09/10/2024

Europe News

EU countries greenlight €35bn loan for Ukraine using Russia's assets

Under the G7 plan, the windfall profits earned by Russia's frozen assets will be used to gradually repay a multi-billion loan for Ukraine.

09/10/2024

Climate

Earth’s ‘vital signs’ show planet at tipping point

Climate experts warn that much of the fabric of life on Earth is at risk and urge immediate action.

09/10/2024

Top News Stories Today

Latest news bulletin | October 9th – Evening

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

09/10/2024

Europe News

Viktor Orbán splits the European Parliament with presidential speech

The Hungarian Prime Minister's presentation of his priorities for the Hungarian Presidency has polarised his admirers and his critics.

09/10/2024

Europe News

Greece confronts disastrously low birth rate in Aegean Islands

At 1.3 babies per woman, Greece's fertility rate is among Europe's lowest — and well below the threshold for population growth.

09/10/2024

EuroVerify

Is irregular migration to the EU really on the rise?

It’s a common claim bandied about by far-right MEPs as the immigration debate grows ever more toxic. But do the figures match the rhetoric?

09/10/2024

Turkey

Plane makes emergency landing in New York after pilot dies mid-flight

Captain İlçehin Pehlivan died mid-flight from Istanbul to Seattle. He had been with the airline since 2007.

09/10/2024

Tech News

EU countries split on image scanning for child pornography

A blocking minority of EU countries in the European Council continue to refuse to allow the scanning of messages, even if this delays the detection of child abuse material. Why are they opposed, and who are they? Can the deadlock be broken?

09/10/2024

Health news

Amid chaos of war, Ukraine hopes to boost mental health system

An expert group proposed a shift toward community-based mental health care, as well as legal reform and workforce development.

09/10/2024

Travel News

Trevi Fountain tickets could soon be introduced in Rome

Access to the bucket list destination will be restricted in November to make way for maintenance works.

09/10/2024

Eco-Innovation

Renewables set to meet half of globe’s power demands by 2030

China is likely to account for almost 60 per cent of all renewable capacity installed worldwide between now and 2030.

09/10/2024

Norway

Norway bans local chapter of 'criminal' motorcycle club Satudarah

The widely feared organisation originated in the Netherlands, and has chapters in multiple countries.

09/10/2024

Economy

Germany's economic struggles deepen: A back-to-back recession looms

Germany's economic downturn deepens with a projected contraction in 2024, marking its second consecutive year of decline. Manufacturing struggles and global competition, especially from China, highlight structural issues. Growth is expected to return in 2025.

09/10/2024

Kosovo

Three Serbs plead not guilty in trial over armed incursion in Kosovo

A total of 45 people have been charged after dozens of armed gunmen attacked Kosovo police and barricaded themselves in an Orthodox monastery in September last year, setting off an intense daylong gun battle that left three people dead.

09/10/2024

Tech News

OpenAI confirms it is opening offices in Paris and Brussels

OpenAI, the company behind the wildly successful chatbot, has made no secret of its plans to expand in Europe.

09/10/2024

Cinema

'The Apprentice': Controversial Donald Trump film premieres in US

Sebastian Stan and Jeremy Strong attended the New York premiere of "The Apprentice", a film detailing Donald Trump's rise to power in the 1970s and '80s.

09/10/2024

Golf Travel Tales

Agadir adventures: Surfing, golfing and Kasbah views

In partnership with Visit Morocco

The seaside city of Agadir in the south of Morocco is the setting for this thrill-seeking episode of Golf Travel Tales with host Immy Barcley.

09/10/2024

Business Series

Meet Narmin Jarchalova: The woman behind COP29 preparations

In partnership with Azpromo

In this episode of Azerbaijan Diary, meet Narmin Jarchalova, the driving force behind Azerbaijan's COP29 preparations.

09/10/2024

Euronews Tech Talks

Inside IBM’s first European quantum data centre

IBM has opened its first European quantum data centre in Ehningen, in the south of Germany. What is it? And how will it impact the lives of European citizens? Euronews Tech Talks travelled to Germany to discover it.

09/10/2024

Tech News

Elon Musk's X to be reinstated in Brazil after complying with court

X was blocked in Brazil, where it had more than 22 million users, at the end of August.

09/10/2024

Europe News

What is the most attractive EU country for studying abroad?

In 2022, 1.66 million students from abroad, including EU and non-EU countries, were undertaking tertiary-level studies across the EU, according to Eurostat.

09/10/2024

Business

Rio Tinto takes big battery metal step with Arcadium Lithium purchase

The purchase is seen as an attempt to boost its lithium portfolio and strengthen its position as the transition towards green energy continues.

09/10/2024

Travel News

Hurricane Milton: Airports closed while residents urged to evacuate

President Joe Biden has warned that Milton could be ​​”the worst storm to hit Florida in over a century".

09/10/2024

Cinema

Non merci! France issues rare ban for new horror film

France’s classification body has slapped an -18 ban on ‘Terrifier 3’, which is out in cinemas today. It’s the first ruling of its kind for a horror film in nearly 20 years.

09/10/2024