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Emma Beswick

France

Meet the French doctor who treated Europe's first COVID-19 patient

"Be careful, when I notify the authorities, it will be like I've pushed a button," a woman at the Institut Pasteur had told him as officials learned of the first COVID-19 case in France.

United Kingdom

UK's Glastonbury music festival cancelled for second year in a row

Industry insiders have said the decision to cancel will have ramifications for other festivals scheduled in 2021 due to Glastonbury's scale and significance.

USA

Watch: Amanda Gorman's 'Hill We Climb' poem wows inauguration audience

The poem, which she finished in the wake of the Capitol Hill riots, was about unity in the US.

Spain

Madrid explosion: At least 3 killed in powerful gas blast

The building is flanked by a school and a nursing home in Spain's capital. Residents from the latter were being evacuated shortly after the blast, according to eyewitnesses.

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Russia

What happened in the moments before Alexei Navalny's arrest in Russia?

Euronews correspondent Galina Polonskaya was on the plane with opposition leader Alexei Navalny before he was detained on arrival at a Moscow airport. "I felt like he knew what was going to happen," she said.

Belarus

Belarus: High-profile media arrests are a 'tactic to shut down press'

"Journalistic work is clearly being criminalised," the Eastern Europe head at RSF told Euronews.

My Europe Series

Who’s hoping to be the CDU’s new leader and Germany’s next chancellor?

These are the men competing to be the CDU's next leader. They could also be Angela Merkel's successor. Here's what you need to know about each of the hopefuls.

USA

What is Parler, the 'free-speech' platform tech giants are shunning?

Here's what you need to know about the platform and why it is facing bans from the top app stores.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia migrants: Around 850 being moved to heated tents in Lipa camp

"The authorities have taken charge, which is a really good thing, and are now in charge of running these new temporary locations," the UN's Western Balkans Coordinator told Euronews.

World News

Trump suspended from Twitter for 'incitement of violence'

Twitter has highlighted two posts by the incumbent president for the permanent move saying they were in violation of the platform's Glorification of Violence Policy.

Germany

Germany extends and tightens lockdown restrictions to January 31

At least 944 deaths were reported on Tuesday, taking Germany's official coronavirus death toll to 35,518.

World News

COVID-19: What is viral load and does it affect how sick patients get?

Is it as cut and dry as the more viral particles a person is exposed to when they are infected with COVID-19, the worse they will feel? Euronews breaks it down.

United Kingdom

'An act of cultural vandalism': Erasmus alumni on UK leaving scheme

The UK's Brexit transition period for leaving the EU has ended and with it the country's membership of the decades-old Erasmus programme. Here's what alumni of the scheme have to say about the UK leaving it.

World News

France: New Year rave lasts 2 nights, authorities condemn COVID risk

A curfew was ignored as the party in Brittany continued overnight on Friday before finally ending on Saturday morning, 36 hours after it began.

France

France to deploy 100,000 police on New Year's Eve to impose 8pm curfew

Penalties for breaking the rules will be €135 for a first offence and can go up to €3,750 in the event of a repeat offence, the country's Interior Ministry has said.

Belgium

EU and China agree on investment deal that was seven years in making

The European Union and China have tentatively agreed on a business investment deal after seven years of discussions. But concerns about the country's human rights record may stand in the way of it being signed off.

United Kingdom

UK approves AstraZeneca/Oxford University COVID-19 vaccine for use

The UK has ordered 100 million doses from AstraZeneca, which can vaccinate 50 million people.

World News

Five reasons why the new Digital Services Act matters

"I really wouldn't want to be in the European Commission's shoes right now," Jan Penfrat, senior policy advisor at EDRi said. "We need to find smart solutions for this that protect people's fundamental rights because the internet isn't going to go away."

United Kingdom

How much does the UK depend on Europe for its Christmas treats?

A no deal Brexit could have severely affected some, but not all, of Britain's Christmas favourites in 2021.

Romania

Romania election: Social democrats ahead with 90% of ballots counted

Incumbent prime minister and leader of the ruling PNL party Ludovic Orban remains confident he will be able to form a liberal-led government to keep the Social Democrats out of power.

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