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World News

From gherkins to goats: how football’s flops get insulted worldwide

Food and animals feature strongly in colourful language, especially when World Cup footballers fail to deliver a nation’s dreams.

Thailand

Thailand sends messages of hope to young footballers missing in cave

Thai's have sent an outpouring of messages of support and hope on social media for the young footballers and their coach who have been trapped in a cave for nearly a week.

Greece

Golden Dawn gets Greek parliament ban after ‘call for military coup’

An MP from Greece's neo-fascist party caused uproar after calling on the military to arrest the president, prime minister and defence minister.

United Kingdom

Boris Becker claims diplomatic immunity in UK bankruptcy case

The former tennis star says his appointment as sports ambassador for the Central African Republic protects him from being sued over alleged debts.

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United Kingdom

New Tory Brexit bust-up puts May under threat again

A major parliamentary clash looms which could bring the UK government down, as pro-EU Conservative rebels cry foul amid a power struggle over Brexit plans.

Germany

Merkel's call for EU unity on migration hits snag over internal feud

The German chancellor is at loggerheads with her government’s interior minister over European asylum policy.

North Korea

No North Korea sanctions relief till total denuclearisation – Pompeo

The US Secretary of State seeks to reassure East Asian allies after the Trump-Kim summit sparked fears over US concessions.

United Kingdom

May sees off more Brexit challenges in Parliament

The UK prime minister defeated moves to alter her government’s plans on customs and trade, but more obstacles lie ahead.

South Korea

South Korea seeks clarity from US after Trump-Kim summit

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is due to brief President Moon Jae-in in Seoul after Donald Trump's surprise announcement that US-South Korean 'war games' will stop.

Singapore

Trump-Kim summit ends with pledge to ‘complete Korea denuclearisation’

The US president says the process will start 'quickly' and praises the North Korean leader after their historic summit in Singapore.

United Kingdom

What's happening with Brexit: 2 year update

10 key questions on Brexit, two years on from the UK's vote to leave the EU and in the run-up to a crucial Brussels summit.

Economy

Boris Johnson suggests UK needs to act like Trump on Brexit

The UK foreign secretary has been recorded warning of ‘meltdown’ in Brexit talks and suggesting a ‘bloody hard’ Trump-style approach ‘might get somewhere’.

Turkey

Searching for ‘Freedom’ or ‘Liberty’ in Turkey? Sorry, not available…

A Turkish opposition party has bought up Google advertising space to highlight human rights abuses ahead of this month’s elections.

Japan

French swimmer begins Pacific Ocean crossing to fight ‘plastic smog’

Benoit Lecomte aims to swim from Japan to California while researching the effects of plastic pollution clogging the Pacific.

North Korea

North Korea ‘replaces’ military top brass in pre-summit shake-up

Intelligence sources say three top military chiefs have been removed, as Kim Jong Un seeks to tighten his grip ahead of his planned summit with Donald Trump.

Tunisia

Dozens killed as migrant boat sinks off Tunisia

At least 48 migrants died and 67 others were rescued when their boat sank off Tunisia’s coast, the government says.

Slovenia

Slovenia faces coalition tussle after anti-immigrant party tops vote

It's thought the Slovenia Democratic Party may struggle to find coalition partners for government, after it emerged as the largest party in Sunday's parliamentary election.

World News

What impact will Trump’s tariffs onslaught have? | Euronews answers

US import tariffs on steel and aluminium from the EU, Canada and Mexico - and likely retaliation - threaten an all-out trade war.

Economy

Macron brands Trump tariffs move ‘illegal’ and vows EU response

The French president slams US ‘economic nationalism’ as EU leaders weigh up retaliation, as US tariffs on steel and aluminium imports come into effect.

North Korea

Lavrov invites North Korea leader to Russia as diplomacy intensifies

‘Come to Moscow’, Russia’s foreign minister tells Kim Jong Un, as both Russia and the US step up diplomatic moves ahead of a planned summit between Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump in June.

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