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Thu, 19 Aug 2021 09:35:44 +0200
France sends aid to Guadeloupe and Martinique, the islands struggling with COVID-19 surge
The incidence rate in Guadeloupe now stands at more than 1,900 infections per 100,000 population.

Thu, 19 Aug 2021 08:00:41 +0200
Hong Kong: Trial opens in for prominent opposition activists
The seven pro-democracy activists were in court on Thursday charged with organising and inciting others to take part in an unauthorised assembly held in 2019.

Thu, 19 Aug 2021 07:19:27 +0200
Taliban checkpoints ring Kabul airport as IMF suspends funds to Afghanistan
Taliban leaders met with former president Hamid Karzai on Wednesday to negotiate as the IMF announced the country had lost access to its resources.

Wed, 18 Aug 2021 22:39:38 +0200
Haiti earthquake: Large-scale aid yet to reach remote areas where people 'don't have anything'
The quake followed by a tropical storm wiped out many of the sources of food and income that many depend on for survival in Haiti, already struggling with COVID-19, gang violence and assassination of its president.

Wed, 18 Aug 2021 22:00:31 +0200
Inside Kabul: What is life like so far under Taliban rule?
Euronews spoke to Afghan journalist Fazel Qazizai, who has years of experience covering the Taliban’s moves in the country

Wed, 18 Aug 2021 21:16:00 +0200
Man decapitated by ferry after boat accident in Ibiza port
One man was killed and another injured when a ferry smashed into a small boat entering the port of the Spanish island of Ibiza.

Wed, 18 Aug 2021 20:48:05 +0200
Gibraltar seizes €15m worth of cannabis resin after high-speed pursuit at sea
Authorities in Gibraltar seized 2.6 metric tons of cannabis resin with a street value of €15 million after a high-speed chase at sea.

Wed, 18 Aug 2021 20:43:23 +0200
One dead after Taliban militants attack protesters in Afghanistan
The drama has sparked fears about whether the insurgents will govern Afghanistan in the manner they claim.

Wed, 18 Aug 2021 20:27:54 +0200
Poland reinforces border as EU again accuses Belarus of ‘direct attack’ using migrants
Poland has deployed hundreds of troops and is laying barbed wire along its border with Belarus to stop the arrival of migrants seeking to enter the country.

Wed, 18 Aug 2021 20:16:26 +0200
Boris Johnson accused of complacency over Afghanistan retreat in UK parliamentary debate
Many ruling Conservative Party MPs castigated the government over the chaotic events in Afghanistan, but the prime minister insisted the UK had no choice but to withdraw its troops.

Wed, 18 Aug 2021 18:33:14 +0200
Dutch evacuations from Afghanistan begin after failed attempts
The Netherlands had scheduled two charter flights to land in Kabul earlier this week, but both were cancelled due to unsafe landing conditions following the Taliban's takeover of the country..

Wed, 18 Aug 2021 17:13:58 +0200
Is Lithuania's 550-km border fence going to be money well spent?
MPs approved the border fence earlier this month after a surge in the number of migrants arriving at Lithuania's frontier from Belarus.

Wed, 18 Aug 2021 16:54:32 +0200
Taliban may kill us for working with 'infidels', says Afghan employed by EU mission
A former Afghan employee of the European Union Police Mission in Afghanistan (EUPOL) told Euronews she is hiding in her basement over fears the Taliban may kill her for being a "traitor".

Wed, 18 Aug 2021 16:20:22 +0200
Belarus carries out fresh raids at private news agency belaPAN
Belarus police searched and detained employees of the independent news agency belaPAN in an escalating crackdown on the media.

Wed, 18 Aug 2021 16:17:13 +0200
Pakistan 'does not finance the Taliban' says ambassador to EU
Pakistan's Ambassador to the European Union, Zaheer A Janjua, spoke to Euronews on the regional impact of a Taliban administration, and the accusation, increasingly made by the former Afghan government, that Pakistan has funded the militant group.

Wed, 18 Aug 2021 16:00:19 +0200
‘Some priests bless guinea pigs’: Germany's health minister slams Vatican's same-sex unions stance
"This bothers and annoys me," said Germany's health minister Jens Spahn. "But it does not lead to me turning away from my belief or the church."

Wed, 18 Aug 2021 15:58:09 +0200
France wildfire: Two dead as the fight to control a blaze near Saint-Tropez goes on
Hundreds of firefighters have been deployed to tackle the blaze which has now burnt through 5,000 hectares.

Wed, 18 Aug 2021 15:05:27 +0200
Daphne Caruana Galizia: Businessman Yorgen Fenech charged with ordering journalist's murder
Maltese businessman Yorgen Fenech will stand trial after being formally indicted for the 2017 murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.

Wed, 18 Aug 2021 14:41:32 +0200
Serbian President Vučić slams Twitter over 'state-affiliated media' labels
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić has challenged Twitter to delete his own account after the platform labeled several national media outlets as "state-affiliated".

Wed, 18 Aug 2021 13:36:59 +0200
Belarus guards crossing border to push migrants into Lithuania, claims Vilnius
"We cannot tolerate this bold provocation," said Interior Minister Agnė Bilotaitė

Wed, 18 Aug 2021 12:59:11 +0200
Extreme weather in Europe: a continent battling flames and heavy rain
Euronews rounds up the latest weather dangers across the continent.

Wed, 18 Aug 2021 12:05:05 +0200
Wildfire continues to rage near Greek capital
Greece’s fire department said 370 firefighters, including 143 from Poland, were deployed at the Vilia fire Wednesday, along with 130 vehicles, eight helicopters and three planes.

Wed, 18 Aug 2021 09:41:41 +0200
Pope Francis backs COVID-19 vaccination as an 'act of love' in new video
“Vaccination is a simple but profound way of promoting the common good and caring for each other, especially the most vulnerable," Pope Francis said in a new video promoting COVID-19 vaccines.

Wed, 18 Aug 2021 09:15:11 +0200
Afghanistan updates: I was 'forced to leave' country, says exiled President Ashraf Ghani
An anti-Taliban protest was violently broken up in the east on Wednesday, while Western evacuations continued from Kabul. Afghanistan's ousted President Ghani has addressed his people from the United Arab Emirates.

Wed, 18 Aug 2021 07:00:18 +0200
UK unveils scheme to take in 20,000 Afghan refugees over coming years
Prime Minister Boris Johnson will introduce the scheme to MPs on Wednesday but it has already been criticised for not going fr enough by multiple lawmakers.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 23:55:49 +0200
'Was it all pointless?': Military veterans tormented by Taliban's Afghan takeover
Some former soldiers in the West have questioned the purpose of the enormous military sacrifices in the 20-year campaign, as troop withdrawals enabled the Taliban to take control.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 21:48:55 +0200
Pride affects us all, not just LGBT people | View
"An attack on LGBTIQ people is never just that. It always coincides with broader implications for human rights and democracy more broadly," writes Paul Jansen from OutRight Action International.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 20:11:15 +0200
UNICEF 'cautiously optimistic' over preserving education gains in Afghanistan
It comes amid concern the swift Taliban takeover of the country will reverse progress made over the last two decades.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 19:32:25 +0200
The 22-year-old British student who flew to Kabul has been evacuated from Afghanistan to Dubai
Miles Routledge is no longer in Afghanistan after he was able to get a space on a British army flight, along with hundreds of others fleeing the country.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 19:08:19 +0200
Poland tells EU it will shut down disciplinary chamber for judges
Poland has told the European Union that it will shut down a chamber at its Supreme Court devoted to disciplining judges, which the EU's top court said was illegal.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 18:18:20 +0200
Pompeii discovery ‘first evidence’ Greek was also used in Ancient Rome
Archaeologists say the discovery of a well-preserved skeleton in a Pompeii tomb is the first confirmation that Greek was used in Ancient Rome alongside Latin.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 17:32:37 +0200
Vandals attack French vaccination centre and destroy 500 COVID vials
A COVID vaccination centre near Toulouse in France was vandalised and around 500 vials were destroyed.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 15:34:11 +0200
Swiss university claims to have set new record for counting Pi
Swiss researchers say they have calculated the mathematical constant Pi to a new world-record level of 62.8 trillion figures.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 15:07:27 +0200
UK job vacancies hit record high following restrictions lift
The number of job vacancies rose to over 950,000 — the highest level since records were started in 2001.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 14:54:47 +0200
Afghanistan: Criticism as German military plane leaves Kabul with just seven people on board
Just seven people were on board the A-400M aircraft -- which could take up to 150 people -- as it left Kabul on Monday night.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 14:43:23 +0200
Creator and 'Godfather of Sudoku' Maki Kaji dies aged 69
It wasn’t until 2004 that Sudoku became a global hit after a fan from New Zealand pitched it and got it published in the British newspaper The Times

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 13:42:51 +0200
Von der Leyen must act now to rescue Afghans working with EU missions | View
"At this very moment, the Taliban are walking from door to door in Kabul. The local personnel of the EU missions are in imminent danger in these hours."

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 12:36:09 +0200
Afghans eligible for evacuation say getting to airport is 'too risky'
An Afghan national eligible to go to Holland said foreign missions need to make alternative arrangements as it's impossible to get to Kabul Airport and the US is not allowing flights to land.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 09:05:44 +0200
Taliban pledge to respect women's rights 'within Islamic law'
At their first news conference in Kabul since taking power, the Taliban sought to give assurances on women's rights, the safety of Afghan workers, and media freedom.

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 07:10:38 +0200
Afghanistan: Macron calls for 'robust' EU plan to tackle increase in irregular migration
Macron warned in a televised address on Monday that "the destabilisation of Afghanistan also risks leading to irregular migratory flows towards Europe".

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 06:15:54 +0200
Haiti quake death toll rises to 1,941, injured now at 9,900
Injured earthquake victims continued to stream into Les Cayes’ overwhelmed general hospital, three days after the earthquake struck.

Mon, 16 Aug 2021 23:04:18 +0200
Joe Biden: Decision to pull troops out of Afghanistan 'the right one for America'
In a defiant address the US President defended the US troops pullout despite the Taliban's takeover, saying that keeping a US presence in Afghanistan was no longer a US national security interest.

Mon, 16 Aug 2021 21:58:51 +0200
Polish appeals court dismisses libel complaint against Holocaust book
Judges stated that scholarly research should not be judged by the courts and overturned the ruling against the book's co-authors.

Mon, 16 Aug 2021 21:56:37 +0200
Belarusian activist sentenced after stabbing himself in court, say rights group
Stsiapan Latypau was reportedly given an eight-a-and-half-year sentence after his trial resumed on Monday.

Mon, 16 Aug 2021 21:01:19 +0200
One dead, one missing after flood sweeps away bridge in Germany
Rescuers are still searching for a missing person after a sudden flood swept away a bridge into a river in Bavaria's Valley of Hell, killing one woman.

Mon, 16 Aug 2021 20:40:30 +0200
Afghanistan in context: What's the background to today's crisis?
A look at Afghanistan's tumultuous history.

Mon, 16 Aug 2021 19:16:47 +0200
Meet the 22-year-old British student stuck in Afghanistan: ‘I’ve bitten off more than I can chew’
Miles Routledge has been branded a 'disaster tourist' online for flying into Kabul last Friday, just days before the Taliban captured the city.

Mon, 16 Aug 2021 19:01:58 +0200
Fact check: French ambassador did not leave Kabul amid Taliban seize of power
Misleading rumours falsely suggested that France's Ambassador to Afghanistan had left Kabul, but he had instead moved the embassy's operations to the airport.

Mon, 16 Aug 2021 16:44:06 +0200
Former Bosnian Serb soldier sentenced to 20 years in prison for war crimes
A former Bosnian Serb soldier and police officer has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for war crimes committed during the 1995-95 conflict.

Mon, 16 Aug 2021 16:37:25 +0200
Afghans cling to departing US military plane as desperation grows at Kabul airport
Hundreds of people could be seen running alongside a U.S. Air Force transport plane before takeoff, in a widely shared video that captured the sense of desperation.



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