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United Kingdom

Boris on Brexit: 'Block it and we face mortal retribution from voters'

'I am not aiming for a no-deal Brexit outcome,' says Boris Johnson at leadership bid launch

Sport

What are the biggest defeats in World Cup history?

After the US stormed to a 13-0 victory against Thailand in the Women's World Cup 2019 on Tuesday, we take a look at history's most crushing defeats in the competition.

USA

Trump waves paper with Mexico immigration plans written on it

US President Donald Trump on Monday waved a paper containing details of his immigration deal with Mexico after refusing to comment on plans to reporters, saying they were "secret".

Moldova

Moldova political crisis: How did we get here? | Euronews explains

Pro-Europe and pro-Russian forces have long vied for supremacy Moldova, which finds itself nestled between Romania and Ukraine — here's how the current political crisis unfolded.

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World News

Carnival ships produce more sulphur oxide than Europe's cars: claim

Cruise brands run by Carnival Corporation emitted nearly 10 times more sulphur oxide air pollution around European coasts than all of the continent's 260 million cars in 2017, a new analysis has claimed.

Moldova

'Moldova government unwilling to leave': foreign minister-designate

The disputed government of Pavel Filip in Moldova "simply does not want to leave power," Foreign Minister-designate Nicu Popescu told Euronews.

China

Hundreds of thousands march against extradition bill in Hong Kong

Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Hong Kong on Sunday to protest the proposed extradition law that would allow suspects to be sent to mainland China to face trial.

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan election: Hundreds rounded up in protests

Exit polls by local pollster Kogamdyk Pikir Institute on Sunday evening gave interim president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev over 70% of the vote.

France

Watch: Macron awards Legion of Honour order to French football team

French President Emmanuel Macron has awarded the winning FIFA Football World Cup 2018 football squad the prestigious Legion of Honour.

United Kingdom

Meet the D-Day survivor hoping to top Ed Sheeran in the UK charts

The youngest-known participant of the allied invasion at just 15 years old, Jim Radford has now unexpectedly found fame summiting the UK music charts.

Germany

Watch: Youth climate change demonstrators protest in German parliament

A group of protesters brought the ever-growing youth climate movement to Germany's parliament on Tuesday.

United Kingdom

Change UK loses six of its 11 MPs after poor EU elections result

Formally the Independent Group, the party of ex-Labour and Conservative MPs announced Anna Soubry had been elected leader.

United Kingdom

Billboard campaign aims 'to show Trump how unpopular he is in UK'

"He's also a vain and brittle man who's here because he's dazzled by monarchy and thinks Britain likes him."

United Kingdom

Trump: Corbyn and Khan are 'negative forces, not positive forces'

Trump said Corbyn wanted to meet him, but "I decided not to do that".

USA

Apple is getting rid of iTunes — what does it mean for your downloads?

Technology giant Apple on Monday confirmed recent speculation from key players in the industry that it was going to scrap its historic iTunes service.

Russia

Elton John condemns censoring of Rocketman gay scenes in Russia

Singer Elton John, 72, on Friday criticized the reported censorship in Russia of gay sex scenes in "Rocketman" — the new film based on his life.

United Kingdom

Donald Trump UK: Who is happy about the visit and who is not amused?

The British capital was buzzing ahead of US President Donald Trump's state visit on Monday. Who is in favour of America's most powerful man visiting the island and who is feeling less positive?

United Kingdom

British actor Cleese criticsed for saying London 'not an English city'

British comedy legend John Cleese faced criticism on social media for posting a tweet in which he said London was "not really an English city any more".

World News

Light pollution from SpaceX satellites may block view of stars

After Elon Musk’s SpaceX successfully placed all 60 of its first Starlink v0.9 satellites into orbit last week, astronomers and astrophysicists alike have been expressing their concerns over the light pollution they could cause.

World News

Who's winning the race to be the next European Commission president?

EPP spitzenkandidat Weber is by far bookies' favourite with odds of 1/1 (50%), although Barnier is in second place at 6/1 (14.3%), which came after his odds were slashed by nearly a third since November 2018, according to Ladbrokes.

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