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Alasdair Sandford

USA

Watch: Obama appears in fake news awareness video (or does he?)

A public service video warns of the dangers of online misinformation via digital technology — by manipulating a recording of the former US president.

Russia

Catch me if you can: Russia internet chaos as Telegram ban backfires

The instant messaging service evades regulators implementing a court ban, while millions of IP addresses are blocked in the attempted crackdown.

USA

Woman dies after being 'sucked out' of US passenger plane as engine blows

One person has died after a Southwest Airlines plane with 148 people on board made an emergency landing in Philadelphia after an engine exploded.

United Kingdom

May tells Parliament UK acted in 'national interest' over Syria strikes

The British prime minister makes a statement to the House of Commons on her decision to join the US and France in launching airstrikes at Syrian targets in retaliation for a suspected gas attack.

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Poland

Poland: government accused of lack of transparency over ‘blank’ judges’ list

The Polish government’s judicial reforms have been called into question again after an NGO asked for information relating to judges’ appointments and was given a blank list of names.

United Kingdom

UK says Russia spied on Skripals for ‘at least 5 years’

The UK's national security adviser claims that Russia spied on the Skripals for five years before they were poisoned in Salisbury. Russia calls the allegations a "big surprise".

Hungary

Alarm in Hungary over 'intimidatory' list of ‘Soros mercenaries’

The Budapest university founded by George Soros has joined in the condemnation after a pro-government magazine published a list of academics and others, accused of wanting to overthrow Viktor Orban's government.

United Kingdom

Migrants wrongly denied legal status in ‘flawed’ UK system, say lawyers

The Law Society says too many immigrants and asylum seekers in Britain are having to go through lengthy and costly appeals after being wrongly refused the right to stay.

Canada

Canada mourns dead in Humboldt Broncos ice hockey team bus crash

Tributes have been paid to the 15 killed in Friday’s collision in Saskatchewan that decimated the Humboldt Broncos junior ice hockey team.

Turkey

Turkey: Erdogan lashes out at France warning of ‘more terror attacks’

The Turkish president appears to refer to Saturday's vehicle attack in Germany, warning France to expect more terror in his latest tirade against Paris since President Macron met a Syrian Kurdish delegation.

Germany

German court rejects Puigdemont extradition to Spain for rebellion

Former Catalan premier Carles Puigdemont can be freed on bail and cannot be extradited to Spain for rebellion, although corruption charges remain possible, German judges have ruled.

Slovakia

Anti-corruption protesters rally for a 'decent Slovakia'

Demonstrations have been held in Bratislava and several other cities, as people in Slovakia call for an end to corruption, new elections, and an independent inquiry into the death of journalist Jan Kuciak.

USA

Your WW1 mission: 'Get the Americans onside to help end the conflict!'

Euronews' Alasdair Sandford tells the story of his grandfather, a British army officer sent to the US in April 1918 to recount his experiences from WWI and raise funds for the war effort.

World News

Europe has the ‘best airports in the world’ — and the worst

High marks for Zurich, Istanbul and Copenhagen airports according to a survey of passengers. But four out of the five worst airports are also European.

Republic of North Macedonia

FYR Macedonia apologises to German man over CIA rendition

Khaled El-Masri, a German of Lebanese origin, was wrongly kidnapped and handed to the CIA in 2004 as part of its rendition and torture programme.

China

Updated: When and where will China’s ‘out of control' space station crash on Earth?

The Tiangong-1 space station is hurtling back to Earth on Monday but no-one knows exactly when or where it is going to crash.

World News

EU to make blue passports – and other April Fools' Day jokes

Euronews doesn't do April Fools' Day jokes. But we're happy to report others who do...

Russia

Russia’s Kemerovo governor quits over shopping centre fire

Aman Tuleyev has resigned as governor of Russia’s Kemerovo region following the deadly fire that killed more than 60 people at a shopping complex, news agencies report.

Syria

‘Deal agreed’ to get wounded out of rebel-held Douma to northern Syria

Reports say a deal has been struck to remove critically injured people from the last rebel bastion near Damascus, which is surrounded by the Syrian army.

Pakistan

Nobel winner Malala visits Pakistan home region where she was shot

Malala Yousafzai has visited her home town in Pakistan’s Swat Valley for the first time since being shot by the Taliban in 2012.

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