Now playing Next Design Key work on Barcelona's Sagrada Família to be completed in 2025 Work on Barcelona’s Sagrada Família’s Jesus Christ tower and Chapel of the Assumption aims for completion in 2025. 20/09/2024
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Now playing Next Cinema Film of the Week: 'Megalopolis' - Coppola's disastrously dull folly Francis Ford Coppola returns to the big screen after 13 years with a passion project that has to be seen to be believed. And we don’t mean that in a good way. 20/09/2024
Now playing Next Culture news Hundreds of cultural events kick off for European Heritage Days Events in Austria, Belgium, Germany and Ireland have already finished, but there are still plenty more upcoming in other countries. 20/09/2024
Now playing Next Belgium Ukraine closer to NATO than ever before, says alliance chief After a decade at the helm of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg will be replaced by the Netherlands' Mark Rutte from the 1. October. He gave a farewell speech on Thursday where he said "Ukraine is closer to NATO than ever before." 20/09/2024
Now playing Next Europe News Von der Leyen pledges Ukraine €160m in aid, energy support With 80% of thermal plants destroyed, Kyiv is facing a difficult winter – but some worry EU support means higher prices for Europeans. 19/09/2024
Now playing Next Europe News Will Brandenburg follow the far-right surge in eastern Germany? The third and final eastern German state of Brandenburg heads to the polls in just a couple of days. With the government already adopting far-right policies in a bid to hold on to voters, how is the vote likely to play out? 19/09/2024
Now playing Next Georgia Georgia passes Russian-style anti-LGBTQ+ law ahead of crucial election Many critics of the Georgian Dream-led government say the legislation flies in the face of the country's EU accession process. 19/09/2024
Now playing Next Explore Uzbek craftsmanship: Knives and Ceramics in the Fergana Valley In partnership with the Tourism Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan In this episode of Explore, we visit Uzbekistan's Fergana Valley, where ancient crafts and their masters still thrive, their knowledge passed down from generation to generation. 19/09/2024
Now playing Next Europe News Austrians struck by flooding reel from ruin left in its wake Authorities have reported 23 deaths in Central Europe, as record rainfall has caused devastation to infrastructure in small towns. 19/09/2024
Now playing Next Europe News Berlusconi posthumously wins longstanding banking dispute in EU court The ECB did not have the right to probe Silvio Berlusconi’s holdings in Banca Mediolanum, in spite of the late Italian prime minister’s conviction for tax fraud, the EU’s highest court said today. 19/09/2024
Now playing Next Art Faces of transgender people adorn a new artwork in Trafalgar Square The sculpture is the latest installation on the Fourth Plinth and is described as a piece designed to “unite the trans community around the world”. 19/09/2024
Now playing Next Europe News Thousands of firefighters battle ongoing blazes in Portugal Emergency services have reported 90 active incidents in mainland Portugal, with 17 fires currently raging and 60 approaching their end stages. 19/09/2024
Now playing Next Markets What the Fed's jumbo rate cut means for European and global markets The Fed's substantial rate cut could result in a further loosening of global liquidity, prompting a shift in capital across asset classes and stock sectors. 19/09/2024
Now playing Next Bosnia and Herzegovina Vatican backs devotion at Bosnian shrine where Virgin Mary 'appeared' The Vatican did not rule that the accounts that children and teenagers saw Mary in the village of Međugorje in 1981 were authentic, but it said that the spiritual experience of visiting the shrine justified pilgrimages there. 19/09/2024
Now playing Next Green News Calls to tax super-rich for climate are gaining momentum The carbon emissions of the world's richest 1 per cent are thought to be the same as poorest two thirds of humanity. 19/09/2024
Now playing Next USA UN General Assembly supports demand to end Israeli occupation The resolution passed a 124-12 vote on Wednesday with 43 abstentions, including the US. 18/09/2024