Pascale Davies

World News

Blazes, looting hit Paris as Gilets Jaunes seek new momentum

France's Gilets Jaunes take to the streets for 18th consecutive weekend as President Emmanuel Macron wrapped up his Grand Debat on Friday.

16/03/2019

Algeria

Algerians return to streets to protest against ailing president

Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators gathered in Algeria's capital on Friday in the biggest protest yet to call on 82-year-old president, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, to step down after two decades in power

15/03/2019

United Kingdom

What could happen next in the Brexit saga now MPs voted for a delay?

MPs voted against Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal this week, as well as rejecting crashing out of the EU with no deal and for an extension to Article 50. But what does this mean now?

14/03/2019

Hungary

Hungary's Orban apologises to 'useful idiots' to keep Fidesz in EPP

Hungary's Orban has apologised to Belgian MP Wouter Beke in a bid to stay in the EPP.

14/03/2019

France

France battles to stop oil spill spreading after cargo ship sinks

French authorities said an Italian cargo ship that sank in the Atlantic was transporting 45 containers of dangerous materials but that environmental damages would be limited.

14/03/2019

Poland

Polish Catholic Church say clergy sexually abused up to 382 children

The report is part of an investigation into widespread abuse of children by the clergy in countries such as Chile, the US, Australia, and Ireland, which has shaken the Catholic Church.

14/03/2019

Spain

Spain halts electric shock experiment on violent prisoners

Spain's Interior Ministry called off the second phase of a scientific experiment on violent inmates that could curb aggression.

13/03/2019

World News

Facebook, messenger, and Instagram down across Europe and US

Facebook, messenger and Instagram were reported as down by users, especially in Europe and the US.

13/03/2019

Hungary

Hungary covers up some anti-EU posters during Manfred Weber's visit

The billboards were covered on the road from Budapest's airport to the city centre but left bare in the other direction.

13/03/2019

Brazil

Brazil school shooting: Eight dead, including six children

At least eight people, including children, were killed in a shooting at an elementary school in Brazil.

13/03/2019

Spain

Spanish elections. What you need to know | Euronews answers

The Catalan issue has pushed Spain into yet another election. Here's all you ned to know.

15/02/2019

USA

Trump to sign border security bill and declare national emergency

The White House said President Donald Trump will declare a national emergency to fund his planned border wall with Mexico.

14/02/2019

Spain

Former Catalan vice president tells court he is a 'political prisoner'

“This is a political trial and I refuse to answer to my accusers... I am a political prisoner and I am on trial for my ideas,” Oriol Junqueras said.

14/02/2019

France

Majority of French people want 'gilets jaunes' protests to end: poll

Following nearly three months of anti-government protests in France, most people now say they want the demonstrations to end, according to a poll by Elabe for BFMTV.

14/02/2019

France

Former boxer in 'Yellow Vest' protest gets one year jail sentence

Christophe Dettinger, a former boxer who hit police during a 'Yellow vest' protest was handed an 18-month suspended sentence in addition to jail time on Wednesday.

13/02/2019

France

Carlos Ghosn stripped of €26m bonus for not turning up to work

The French carmaker Renault said its former CEO, who has been in prison since November, could not have his performance bonus because he hadn't been "present" for the whole year.

13/02/2019

World News

Spain to hold general election on April 28

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced on Friday morning that he had called an general election for April 28.

13/02/2019

Venezuela

Venezuela's Guaido sets aid entry date amid anti-Maduro protests

President Nicolas Maduro has refused to let aid in, but opposition leader Juan Guaido told a rally on Tuesday that humanitarian ais would enter the country later this month.

12/02/2019

Spain

Spain's Sanchez likely to call snap-election if budget is voted down

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is trying to get a budget approved on Wednesday but with no support from Catalan nationalist parties and calls by the conservative parties to call a general election, he is running out of options.

12/02/2019

United Kingdom

Theresa May tells MPs to 'hold our nerve' over Brexit deal

Tuesday is the deadline for Theresa May to update lawmakers on the changes, if any, to her proposed Brexit deal.

12/02/2019