Emma Beswick

World News

Brexit talks in 'final few days' but 'fundamental divergences' remain

The UK's head negotiator Lord Frost headed to Brussels for more Brexit talks on Sunday, but as the deadline looms, both sides have said divergences remain.

5 December 2020

World News

World's largest iceberg captured in photos by UK air force plane

The sprawling 4,200-sq-km mass, called A68a, was on course towards the island of South Georgia.

5 December 2020

France

France to start coronavirus vaccinations in January, says PM Castex

The number of vaccines France is set to have access to is "more than we need," said Castex, adding it was a "question of weeks" until the first orders arrived.

3 December 2020

Europe

How COVID created 'most stressful environment' for Europe's teachers

From primary schools in France where there is "almost never a substitute" when teachers are off, to a secondary school teacher in London who has never felt more stressed, here's how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting Europe's educators.

1 December 2020

Bahrain

F1 driver Grosjean 'OK' after car crashes and bursts into flames

F1 driver Grosjean has "minor burns" after he skidded off the racing track and his car was split in two by a barrier, before bursting into flames.

29 November 2020

France

Why is France's new national security bill controversial?

Thousands demonstrated across France on Saturday to protest a controversial new security bill — here's why.

28 November 2020

France

France security bill: 62 police injured and 81 arrested at protests

Changes to the wording of article 24 of the bill are being considered after a new scandal over police brutality.

28 November 2020

Italy

Maradona's death is 'about more than football' for this Napoli fan

The loss of the Maradona earlier this week was felt profoundly in the southern Italian city where Carlo was born and raised — here he has a godlike status for the impact he made over seven seasons playing for SSC Napoli.

27 November 2020

Poland

Poland: Police using 'excessive violence' against peaceful protesters

At least 60 protesters, including one as young as 17, have been detained in recent weeks, Eliza Rutynowska, a lawyer who has been representing the demonstrators, told Euronews.

24 November 2020

France

Charlie Hebdo trial resumes amid controversy over video conferencing

"No judge should be able to give a verdict without having to look into the eyes of the person receiving it," defence attorneys from the Charlie Hebdo trial have argued.

23 November 2020

World News

Virtual G20 hosted in Saudi Arabia amid human rights criticisms

International rights groups have called for countries to boycott the event, demanding that authorities release dissidents and women's rights activists who have been detained.

20 November 2020

United Kingdom

Oxford vaccine is safe and provokes response in adults over 56: study

Older people are at a disproportionate risk of severe COVID-19 disease, so it is essential that any vaccine adopted for use is effective in this group.

19 November 2020

World News

Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine more than 94% effective in adults over 65

They plan to submit the vaccine to the US regulators for emergency use approval, the FDA, "within days".

18 November 2020

Russia

Duma backs bill protecting Putin and family from prosecution

The bill would mean presidents who were no longer in office and members of their family "cannot be brought to criminal or administrative responsibility, as well as detained, arrested, subjected to a search, interrogation, or body search."

18 November 2020

Europe

Bulgarian national radio chief hits out against political interference

He told Euronews he was disgruntled by the "lipservice" he said the government paid to enacting real change in a country that has been labelled "the black sheep of the European Union" by Reporters Without Borders.

17 November 2020

Switzerland

Fondue safety concerns amid coronavirus pandemic grate on the Swiss

Can the cheese dish be shared safely amid the COVID-19 crisis? That's the question bubbling in Switzerland at the moment.

17 November 2020

France

Coronavirus: French region to carry out mass testing before Christmas

The French region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes has ordered 2 million tests and will make 1,000 testing sites available.

17 November 2020

United Kingdom

Easyjet reports first-ever annual loss amid coronavirus pandemic

The COVID-19 crisis saw planes grounded across the world and EasyJet's passenger numbers halved.

17 November 2020

United Kingdom

England planning Christmas ‘travel window’ for students in December

Mass testing will be carried out across the country's campuses before students travel home for the festive period.

11 November 2020

Russia

Putin 'waiting on official results' to congratulate US election winner

Putin was one of the first leaders to congratulate Trump on his victory in 2016.

9 November 2020