Latest news bulletin | August 20th, 2026 – Morning
• Aug 20, 2026, 5:00 AM
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Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond in this Euronews news bulletin. In just a few minutes, our newsroom brings you the latest news and breaking news across world affairs, business, politics, culture, entertainment and travel, with the context you need to make sense of a fast-moving day. Reported with the independence and the European perspective that define Euronews, this regular round-up gives you a clear and reliable overview of the stories shaping our world right now, wherever you are watching from.
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Muslim World League launches plan to counter extremism and promote peace in West Africa
• 4:02 PM
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Muslim and Christian leaders from across West Africa signed four cooperation agreements at a conference in Abuja, adopted the Abuja Declaration and established a new coordinating body to counter extremist narratives.<div class="small-12 column text-center
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News bulletin 2026/08/21 16:00
• 4:00 PM
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News bulletin 2026/08/21 16:00<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/2026/08/21/news-bulletin-20260821-1600?utm_source=test_mrss&utm_campaign=feeds_world_video-not-mandatory_2025&utm_medium=referral"><sp
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Latest news bulletin | August 21st, 2026 – Evening
• 4:00 PM
1 min
Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond this August 21st, 2026 - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https:/
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New videos show deadly landslide burying gold miners in Central African Republic
• 1:48 PM
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New videos filmed at the Zamboye mining site on 18 August appears to show the moment a landslide swept through an artisanal gold mine in the Central African Republic, burying miners beneath earth and sand.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__b
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Syrians who came home after al-Assad's fall find a complicated reality
• 1:33 PM
11 min
Nearly 3.6 million Syrians have returned since al-Assad's fall to destroyed homes, dysfunctional bureaucracy, power cuts and wages a fraction of what they earned abroad. Euronews spoke with those who returned: some are rebuilding, while others are already
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Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo 'growing exponentially,' UN warns
• 11:50 AM
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The Ebola outbreak is already the biggest in the country's history and is spreading faster than any outbreak on record.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/2026/08/21/ebola-outbreak-in-democratic-repub
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More than 300 migrants, including 40 children, rescued off Mauritania, coastguard says
• 11:25 AM
3 min
Thousands of people have for years attempted the perilous Atlantic route on overloaded and often dilapidated boats to reach Europe via Spain's Canary Islands.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/2026/0
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Hungary’s lakes and rivers hit record lows as severe drought deepens
• 10:54 AM
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Hungary is facing a severe water crisis, with prolonged heat and drought driving water levels sharply lower. Around 99% of the country is under severe or extreme drought, while desertification threatens the Great Hungarian Plain.<div class="small-12 colum
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Mongolia hosts UN desertification summit as drought crisis deepens
• 10:40 AM
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Mongolia is hosting the UN Convention to Combat Desertification’s COP17 in Ulaanbaatar from 17 to 28 August, bringing together representatives from 196 countries and the European Union to tackle land degradation, drought and desertification.<div class="sm
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Russia conducts missile tests on disputed islands as Japan protests drills
• 10:29 AM
6 min
The Pacific Fleet conducted a Bastion missile test just days after Putin's visit to the islands prompted Tokyo to summon Russia's ambassador to Japan and drew a US statement of support for Japanese sovereignty.<div class="small-12 column text-center artic
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Tokyo issues angry response as Putin visits disputed islands near Japan
• 10:27 AM
7 min
The four islands, occupied by Russia during World War II, have gained importance since the war's end, providing the Kremlin with strategic military bases.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/2026/08/13
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News bulletin 2026/08/21 10:00
• 10:00 AM
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News bulletin 2026/08/21 10:00<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/2026/08/21/news-bulletin-20260821-1000?utm_source=test_mrss&utm_campaign=feeds_world_video-not-mandatory_2025&utm_medium=referral"><sp
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Latest news bulletin | August 21st, 2026 – Midday
• 10:00 AM
1 min
Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond this August 21st, 2026 - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https:/
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Iran executes 'foreign national' over alleged involvement in January protests
• 8:50 AM
3 min
Iran executed another protester on Thursday over the deadly 2026 Isfahan unrest, as rights groups warn of forced confessions and death sentences used to stifle dissent.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.
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First 20 migrants deported from US arrives in Liberia under new 'entirely humanitarian' deal
• 8:45 AM
4 min
Authorities in Monrovia announced on Tuesday the country would accept up to 1,200 foreign nationals deported from the US within a year.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/2026/08/21/first-20-migrants-
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Mexico: Aura battles turn a viral meme into live contests
• 8:45 AM
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Young Mexicans are taking part in 'aura battles', where creativity, confidence and humour decide the winner. The trend is moving from social media to live events.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/20
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Two fishermen rescued by Mexico's coastguard after floating at sea for five days in cooler box
• 8:05 AM
2 min
Rescue teams gave no details regarding the fate of the boat they had originally taken out, nor did it explain how they survived five days at sea.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/2026/08/21/group-of
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Spain moves hundreds of migrants from Ceuta beach to temporary shelters
• 7:12 AM
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Spain began relocating migrants from a makeshift camp on Ceuta’s El Trampolín beach on Thursday, 20 August, nearly three weeks after a mass border surge left thousands living without adequate shelter in the North African enclave.<div class="small-12 colum
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Kyiv residents search through the wreckage after Russia’s deadly barrage
• 7:00 AM
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Residents of Kyiv’s Solomianskyi district spent Thursday assessing the damage after a Russian overnight barrage of ballistic and cruise missiles and drones tore through a residential area.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="h
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Panama Canal to reduce shipping as El Niño fuels drought in lakes that feed waterway
• 6:18 AM
4 min
The operator said it does not rule out further restrictions on shipping depending on how much it rains in the coming weeks.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/2026/08/21/panama-canal-to-reduce-shippin
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News bulletin 2026/08/21 06:00
• 6:00 AM
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News bulletin 2026/08/21 06:00<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/2026/08/21/news-bulletin-20260821-0600?utm_source=test_mrss&utm_campaign=feeds_world_video-not-mandatory_2025&utm_medium=referral"><sp
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UNSC to hold second informal vote for organisation's next secretary general
• 5:29 AM
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Costa Rica's Rebeca Grynspan was the front-runner after last month's first informal vote, in which the council's 15 members, including the five with veto power, pass judgment in secret on the candidates.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__but
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Australia charges man with trying to pass Ukrainian military intel to Russia
• 5:07 AM
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The crime of intentional foreign interference carries a penalty of 20 years' imprisonment in Australia.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/2026/08/21/australia-charges-man-over-trying-to-inform-russia
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Latest news bulletin | August 21st, 2026 – Morning
• 5:00 AM
1 min
Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond this August 21st, 2026 - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https:/
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News bulletin 2026/08/21 04:00
• 4:00 AM
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News bulletin 2026/08/21 04:00<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/2026/08/21/news-bulletin-20260821-0400?utm_source=test_mrss&utm_campaign=feeds_world_video-not-mandatory_2025&utm_medium=referral"><sp
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Iran's president calls for end to war from 'position of power' as US ups pressure
• 12:31 AM
8 min
President Pezeshkian said Iran was in a position of "power and dignity" and should end the war on its own terms, even as Washington prepares to ramp up economic sanctions it described as "Economic D-Day."<div class="small-12 column text-center article__bu
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News bulletin 2026/08/21 12:00
• 12:00 AM
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News bulletin 2026/08/21 12:00<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/2026/08/21/news-bulletin-20260821-1200?utm_source=test_mrss&utm_campaign=feeds_world_video-not-mandatory_2025&utm_medium=referral"><sp
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