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Amazon opens its first 4-star store in the UK

Amazon has taken a step into the unknown by opening up its first physical non-food store outside the US on Wednesday.

Sport

Spain's NBA champion Pau Gasol retires

Double NBA winner and Europe's most successful basketball player Pau Gasol called time on his sporting career on Tuesday.

United Kingdom

Shortage of HGV drivers 'not surprising' but Brexit 'not main cause'

Shortage of truck drivers "not surprising after reopening post-Covid" and "Brexit has aggravated this but is not the main cause", professor of economics and public policy Jonathan Portes told Euronews.

Italy

Italy introduces strict travel restrictions to prevent COVID-19 spread

Italy announces new regional restrictions to avoid a repeat of the surge of coronavirus cases it experienced after the summer holidays

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United Kingdom

UK department store Debenhams collapses putting 12,000 jobs at risk

The future of some 12,000 retailing jobs in Britain hangs in the balance after the failure of Debenhams, one of the country's oldest department stores.

Sport

Maradona 'enjoyed being described as a villain', says journalist

For seven years, Diego Maradona led the line at Napoli, twice helping securing the Scudetto for the Italian Serie A side.

Japan

Fans at Tokyo Olympics 'encouraged to have COVID-19 vaccinations'

Bach said it won't be mandatory, but he left no doubt it will be strongly pushed.

Sweden

Sweden introduces tougher measures to curb rising coronavirus cases

Sweden is introducing new local and national measures to reduce the increasing burden on its health care system.

Hungary

Critics say Hungary's new laws allow PM Orban to consolidate control

The Hungarian government is being accused of imposing a partial lockdown in order to push through controversial new measures.

USA

More than 100-million Americans have voted but outcome remains unclear

The campaign trail has come to an end after one of the most divisive campaigns in US election history.

Poland

Poland's president appears to backtrack on abortion view amid protests

A recent ruling by the country's constitutional court banned virtually all abortions, sparking a week of protests.

World News

European holidaymakers to blame for COVID second wave: health expert

"Anybody who drives down the motorways in France in August will see the lines of Dutch caravans moving south, almost like a migration of animals in Africa," Martin McKee, Professor of European Public Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, tells Euronews.

Switzerland

Nurse death toll from COVID-19 hits the 1,500 mark, says federation

Howard Catton, chief executive of the International Council of Nurses, said that was the same number of nurses who were killed in World War I.

Germany

Germany health institute attacked amid tensions over COVID-19 rules

A building of the agency for disease control, the Robert Koch Institute in Berlin, was attacked with Molotov cocktails this weekend.

Economy

EU could use long-term budget to solve North/South divide -- thinktank

The European Union could use its seven-year budgetary plan to tackle inequalities that have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, leading European thinktank Bruegel says.

World News

'Completely unacceptable': Cancelled flights refund refusals slammed

It came as a dozen EU countries called on Brussels to suspend a European law guaranteeing passengers a refund for cancelled flights.

World News

Nearly half of world’s workers risk losing their livelihoods, says ILO

The ILO estimates that 1.6 billion people are in “severe danger” of losing between 60 and 80 per cent of their income

World News

Migrants: MSF responds to Macron's criticism

In the past few days several European leaders - namely, French President Emmanuel Macron and Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat - have criticised rescue vessels and NGO's for disobeying authorities, and exacerbating the refugee crisis.Listen to an interview with MSF Humanitarian Affairs Advisor

Iraq

Moqtada al-Sadr set for surprise comeback in Iraqi elections

With 95% of votes counted, Moqtadr al-Sadr in pole position to choose next prime minister

Switzerland

'Ready to die' - Australia's oldest scientist arrives for Swiss assisted suicide

104-year-old David Goodall has landed in Switzerland ahead of his planned euthanasia this week

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