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US regulators hint at more Takata airbag recalls

US regulators say there could be more recalls of airbags made by the Japanese firm Takata. They are said to have contacted seven carmakers seeking

29 September 2015

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Friends in high places: how satellites keep us safe at sea

The ongoing migrant crisis in the Mediterranean shows how indispensable satellite technology has become to those involved in saving lives at sea. But

24 September 2015

Japan

Japan: angry tussles ahead of controversial security vote

Japan’s upper house is braced for a continuing battle of wills. Opposition lawmakers are trying to physically block a vote on laws to expand the role

17 September 2015

Tajikistan

Tajik authorities find guns, arrest 14 in swoop on former minister's supporters

Tajikistan’s former deputy defence minister is on the run after security forces stormed an isolated gorge near the capital and confiscated a large

7 September 2015

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World News

Tighter security to be imposed at European railway stations

European ministers agree on tighter security controls at railway stations following the August 21 foiled gun attack on a transcontinental Thalys train.

France

Ministers discuss how to protect Europe's trains from terrorism

How can Europe’s railways be protected from the threat of terrorism? The subject is being discussed in Paris on Saturday by ministers from nine

European Union

Europe Weekly: migrant crisis spins out of control

Turkey

Several killed in Turkey as soldiers clash with Kurdish militants

Up to six people, including at least four civilians, have been killed in clashes between Turkey’s armed forces and militants in the mainly Kurdish

Hungary

Record numbers of migrants arriving in Europe

Records have again been broken for the number of migrants flooding into Europe. In Serbia more than 3,200 arrived from the Former Yugoslav Republic

Europe News

European ministers to discuss extra train security measures

Increased security measures on the Amsterdam to Paris high-speed Thalys train were very much in evidence as it pulled into Brussels main station on

France

Is airport-style security now needed for train travel?

Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel has called for urgent talks with other European governments to seek more security on cross-border railway

France

Britain, France seek to tackle Calais migrant crisis

Britain and France plan to work together more closely to stem the flow of migrants into the UK. The two countries’ interior ministers agreed on

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United Kingdom

UK government fast-tracks fracking in England

The British government has announced a series of measures which would fast-track fracking applications in England. Ministers will be allowed to

Poland

Poland's president criticises NATO for treating country like 'buffer zone'

Poland’s president has lashed out at NATO, saying his country is being treated like a “buffer zone” between Russia and Germany. Andrzej Duda is

Ukraine

Caught red-handed: the Russian Major fighting in Ukraine

As fighting escalates between government troops and rebels in eastern Ukraine, despite the February ceasefire, euronews met with a captured Russian

USA

Clinton email server handed over to FBI

Lawyers for Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton have handed over her private email server and a pen-drive of work-related emails to the

Israel

Palestinian vigilantes patrol West Bank villages to deter attacks by Jewish settlers

Fears of attacks by far-right Jewish extremists have prompted Palestinians living in the West Bank to organise volunteer night patrols in a number of

Mali

Mali: 12 dead in hotel siege, four hostages rescued

Malian forces have stormed a hotel and freed four hostages, held by suspected Islamist militants during a 24 hour siege in which 12 people died

Afghanistan

Taliban kill nine in Afghanistan bombings

The Taliban killed at least nine people in Afghanistan on Thursday in the group’s first large-scale attacks since its new leader was named. The

Norway

Fake bomb on Utoya anniversary clears Oslo university

Fear swept Oslo University on Tuesday after a bomb alert on the fourth anniversary of the Utoya attack led to the campus being evacuated. The bomb