Now playing Next World Perspectives: how European media covered the opening of Egypt's new Suez Canal Each week, euronews takes a look at how European media cover one of the big stories from the past seven days. This week Egypt’s new Suez Canal opened 07/08/2015
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Now playing Next Egypt Egypt opens Suez Canal in lavish ceremony Egypt has opened a major expansion to the Suez Canal to much fanfare. The project is being trumpeted as the basis of an economic turnaround for the 06/08/2015
Now playing Next Egypt Deadline expires on Friday in Egypt for kidnapped Croatian worker The new Suez canal may have opened to great fanfare but the future of the Croatian worker kidnapped by a terrorist group is far from bright. Their 06/08/2015
Now playing Next Egypt Celebrations begin to open New Suez Canal in Egypt Extravagant ceremonies have begun in Egypt to celebrate the inauguration of the new Suez Canal. 06/08/2015
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Now playing Next Egypt Suez Canal expansion to open on Thursday Egypt is due to open an expansion to the Suez Canal on Thursday designed to allow larger vessels to use the waterway, to cut transit times and to 05/08/2015
Now playing Next Libya Migrant shipwreck: up to 300 missing after boat capsizes in Mediterranean A boat carrying up to 700 migrants has capsized off the Libyan coast. The Italian coastguard reports that 400 people have been rescued while 25 05/08/2015
Now playing Next Liberia Liberia launches child registration drive post Ebola crisis The Liberian government is on a drive to register more than 70,000 children born at the height of the Ebola epidemic. 70,000 Liberian births 04/08/2015
Now playing Next Nigeria Nigeria: Army says it has freed 178 Boko Haram captives Nigeria’s army says it has rescued 178 people held by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram. It said the captives – more than 100 of them children – 03/08/2015
Now playing Next Central African Republic UN peacekeeper killed in CAR violence At least one United Nations peacekeeper was killed on Sunday in clashes with armed insurgents in the Central African Republic. It happened early in 03/08/2015
Now playing Next Egypt US-Egypt relations return to 'stronger base' says John Kerry US secretary of state John Kerry has said that the United States and Egypt are returning to a “stronger base” in bilateral ties. Speaking after talks 02/08/2015
Now playing Next world news Ebola vaccine trial shows 100% effectiveness in Guinea An experimental Ebola vaccine tested on thousands of people in Guinea has proven to be 100% effective, however the results are still preliminary 01/08/2015
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Now playing Next Zimbabwe Cecil the Lion: Zimbabwe calls for extradition of killer US dentist Pressure is mounting for the extradition to Zimbabwe of the American dentist who killed Cecil the Lion. As protesters and petitions demand action 31/07/2015
Now playing Next Zimbabwe Charges brought over killing of Zimbabwe's famous 'Cecil' The killing of Zimbabwe's famous lion called Cecil triggers revulsion over trophy hunting and internet abuse for the American who shot the animal. 30/07/2015
Now playing Next world news Cecil the Lion: shining a spotlight on trophy hunting The selective hunting of big game wildlife for trophies is serious business in Africa. For aficionados, the ultimate goal is to bag the “Big Five” 29/07/2015
Now playing Next Zimbabwe Cecil the Lion: two Zimbabweans face court for luring him from protected area A court in Zimbabwe tries two local men on charges relating to the illegal killing of an iconic lion. 29/07/2015
Now playing Next Zimbabwe Outrage after Zimbabwe's Cecil the lion is killed by an American dentist An American dentist accused of hunting and killing Cecil, a famous lion in Zimbabwe has expressed regret and claims he had no idea the lion was a 29/07/2015
Now playing Next Egypt Egypt: 25 people killed in fire at furniture factory At least 25 people have died in a fire at a furniture factory outside Cairo. More than 20 others were injured by the blaze in El Obour, an industrial 28/07/2015
Now playing Next Libya Saif al-Islam Gaddafi: Libya's failed reformer Saif al Islam Gaddafi was once widely seen as the future of reform in Libya. Muammar Gaddafi’s second son was once regarded as the man who would 28/07/2015
Now playing Next Libya Libya: Rights groups slam death sentence for Gaddafi son The United Nations human rights office says it is ‘deeply disturbed’ by death sentences handed down by a Libyan court to a son of Colonel Gaddafi and 28/07/2015
Now playing Next world news Meningitis: WHO in plea to avoid outbreak The World Health Organisation is calling for vaccine production to be increased to ward off a potential outbreak of meningitis. #Africa risks large 28/07/2015
Now playing Next world news Obama urges nations to respect democracy in African Union speech At the end of an historic and personally significant trip, Barack Obama has left Africa with words of hope and warning. Before setting off from 28/07/2015