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Nigeria

Watch: Chaos in Nigerian Senate as 'hoodlums' steal mace in packed chamber

Three men have been filmed bursting into a packed Senate in Nigeria and stealing a symbolic mace.

Romania

Romanian minister wants his country's criminals in Swiss jails sent home

Romania's justice minister wants his nation's criminals locked up in Swiss prisons to serve the rest of their sentence in their home country because "Romanian prisons are tougher".

Sweden

Sweden has a problem with hand grenades — and here's why

Sweden has been left shaken by grenade attacks in recent years. Euronews explains why the country, known for its crime safety, has a grenade problem.

Serbia

Serbia faces up to huge hazardous waste problem to meet EU environment standards

Series of finds of illegal dumps raises fears thousands of tons of waste remain to be found in vulnerable locations.

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Hungary

Hungary gave golden visa to Assad's 'money man', says MP

Orban's government is "hiding criminals and giving passports to them to move freely in the whole Schengen Zone," MP Marta Demeter told Euronews.

My Europe Series

State of the Union: Russia retaliates, former Catalan president in German hands

Russia

Russia says this convinced European countries to expel its diplomats

Russia says the "notorious classified files" prompted foreign governments to expel its diplomats.

USA

Maryland schoolgirl shot by her former boyfriend dies in hospital

Jaelynn Willey's family was with her when her life support machine was turned off.

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Brazilians mourn the killing of a human rights activist

Marielle Franco was an outspoken critic of police killings of poor residents.

Brazil

Brazil: Protests over murder of Rio politician

Feelings are running high after the execution-style killing of human rights activist Marielle Franco and her driver

USA

Texas blasts: New explosion at FedEx depot

A parcel bomb bound for Austin, Texas, has exploded at a distribution plant in the US state. There are conflicting reports about whether anyone was injured.

United Kingdom

Russia faces Tuesday deadline to explain poisoning of former spy

The UK says it is encouraged by the level of international solidarity after Theresa May asserted it was "highly likely" that Russia was behind the attempted murder of the former spy and his daughter. Russia's foreign minister says the claim is "nonsense".

Russia

Novichok nerve agents used in 1995 killing, ex-Russian agent

A form of poison believed to have harmed Sergei Skripal was used by a criminal gang to murder a man in Moscow.

Colombia

Colombia seizes 5 tonnes of cocaine in banana shipment

It's Colombia's country's biggest drugs bust so far this year, worth around 350 million euros.

France

Lawyer asks Twitter to clear client - with bottle top

Can you identify the evidence which could help solve a criminal case?

Slovakia

Anger over journalist's murder piles pressure on Slovakia's government

As Slovaks protest over corruption and the murder of an investigative reporter, several key allies of Prime Minister Robert Fico have already resigned, including his culture minister.

Slovakia

Colleagues carry on where murdered journalist Jan Kuciak left off

Kuciak had been working on an investigation that delved into the infiltration in Slovakia of the ‘Ndrangheta mafia, one of the world’s most powerful criminal groups.

France

French 'super burglar' stashed several thousand random stolen objects

How did this burglar get his hands on nearly 500 engagement and wedding rings?

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Dramatic car chase in California

Police dog catches carjacker after high-speed pursuit

USA

What we know about ‘Hapsburg group’ named in Manafort scheme

The ex-Trump campaign manager paid former European politicians more than 2 million euros to lobby for Ukraine, according to a new indictment.