Now playing Next Top News Stories Today Watch top news stories today | December 7th – Midday edition Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel. 07/12/2021
Now playing Next Top News Stories Today Watch top news stories today | December 7th – Morning edition Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel. 07/12/2021
Now playing Next Germany Incoming German Chancellor Scholz unveils new cabinet members The most closely watched appointment was that of health minister, as Germany struggles to bring down its highest coronavirus infection rates of the pandemic so far. 06/12/2021
Now playing Next world news US announces diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics China threatened to take "firm countermeasures" in response to Washington's plans to stage a diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympic Games over human rights abuses. 06/12/2021
Now playing Next Europe News Far-right divisions on display after failure to form political group Leaders of European far-right and populist parties left their Warsaw summit with a statement pledging "closer cooperation" rather than the creation of a formal alliance. 06/12/2021
Now playing Next Belarus Belarus imposes retaliatory sanctions on EU and UK airlines Belarus said it would also ban imports of Western goods from countries that imposed sanctions on Minsk. 06/12/2021
Now playing Next Europe Decoded Spain first to receive EU pandemic recovery funds as others lag behind With the Spanish government set to be the first to receive money from NextGeneration EU, the state-of-play for other member states is much different. 06/12/2021
Now playing Next Russia Nobel Prize winner Dmitry Muratov calls situation in Russia 'toxic' Muratov spoke of the increasing difficulty of being a journalist under Vladimir Putin's presidency. 06/12/2021
Now playing Next Top News Stories Today Watch top news stories today | December 6th – Evening edition Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel. 06/12/2021
Now playing Next Germany Germany's liberal FDP party approves coalition government The coalition is expected to get the final "all clear" on Monday when the Greens publish the result of their member survey. 06/12/2021
Now playing Next Culture news Find out why a medieval Spanish king was known as 'Alfonso the Wise' These works gather the ancient knowledge of different cultures which visited the Iberian Peninsula: from texts by Aristotle and Ptolemy to Latin, Arabic and Hebrew works, and of contemporary contributions developed both in the Latin West and the Islamic world 06/12/2021
Now playing Next Bulgaria Bulgaria 'moves closer' to forming coalition to end political crisis The co-leader of We Continue the Change, Kiril Petkov, has said he was ready to assume the post of prime minister. 06/12/2021
Now playing Next Austria Karl Nehammer sworn in as Austria's third chancellor in two months Nehammer's first act as chancellor was to conduct a Cabinet reshuffle, with predecessor Alexander Schallenberg returning as foreign minister. 06/12/2021
Now playing Next Uncovering Europe On the border with South Ossetia, families are victims of a frozen war Over a decade since the conflict with Russia, the prospects of re-unification appear to be slim. 06/12/2021
Now playing Next world news Euroviews. Online marketplaces have it too easy. It’s time the EU acts | View Online marketplaces often escape any responsibility for unsafe products and other illegal activities, leaving consumers to pick up the pieces. An important vote in the European Parliament could change that, writes the European Consumer Organisation's Ursula Pachl. 06/12/2021
Now playing Next USA Former US Senator and WWII veteran Bob Dole dies aged 98 Dole had disclosed in February that he was being treated for stage-four lung cancer. 06/12/2021
Now playing Next Top News Stories Today Watch top news stories today | December 6th – Midday edition Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel. 06/12/2021