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Now playing Next Partner content Casa Brasil: Celebrating Brazilian culture at the 2024 Paris Olympics Partner content presented by Visit Brasil With the Paris Olympics 2024 due to start, participating nations are champing at the bit to showcase their sporting cultures to the rest of the world. One strong presence at the 2024 games is Brazil, with 277 Brazilian athletes set to participate. 27/07/2024
Now playing Next France French sprinter can swap hijab for cap during Olympic opening ceremony Sounkamba Sylla had been in dispute with the organisers of the Games over wearing a hijab due to France's strict laws on secularism. 26/07/2024
Now playing Next Markets Weekly markets recap: Losses deepen as risk-off sentiment prevails Global markets may continue a weekly decline due to the intense selloff in blue chips, particularly in technology shares. However, the European markets showed more resilient movements than their US peers. 26/07/2024
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Now playing Next Climate CO2 purity rules could sink Europe’s CCS ambitions, industry warns The EU is pinning its climate ambition on carbon capture and storage (CCS) to prevent billions of tonnes of CO2 emissions in the coming years, but a technical hitch could delay the deployment of a technology that even its cheerleaders recognise has barely got off the ground. 24/07/2024
Now playing Next France Paris 2024 Olympic Games kick off with football and rugby sevens Day 1 of Paris 2024 starts at 3 pm with men's football matches between Argentina and Morocco, as well as Uzbekistan and Spain. 24/07/2024
Now playing Next Experiences Italy’s ‘Path of Love’ to reopen after more than a decade Local authorities are keen to encourage responsible tourism on the route that winds between the Cinque Terre. 23/07/2024
Now playing Next Ukraine Ukraine's energy sector is at half of last year's capacity Continued Russian attacks on the energy grid have made Ukraine resort to taking massive amounts of power from neighbouring countries. 23/07/2024
Now playing Next Markets Markets recap: Sharp retreat amid global tech wreck Major global stock markets head for a negative close for the week as blue chips fell amid sector rotations, while the semiconductor stocks were hit by expectations of the US renewed chip export curbs on China. 19/07/2024
Now playing Next Europe News Ursula von der Leyen is re-elected European Commission president The re-election was shrouded in uncertainty and rested on complicated arithmetic among the four centrist parties. 18/07/2024
Now playing Next Markets ASML shares plunge as geopolitics overshadow strong earnings The Dutch chip equipment maker, ASML, reported better-than-expected earnings for the second quarter. However, its shares plunged due to stricter US export curbs on exports to China. 18/07/2024
Now playing Next Economy Germany approves draft 2025 budget: Funds to Ukraine halved The German government endorses a draft 2025 budget with €481 billion in spending, including €78 billion for investments. The budget allocates €75.3 billion for NATO's defence spending target, but halves funds to Ukraine. 17/07/2024
Now playing Next Culture news Adele confirms she’s taking a ‘big break’ from music “I don’t have any plans for new music at all.” Adele has revealed that she has no intention of making new material anytime soon, and plans to take a break after her upcoming shows in Germany and Las Vegas. 17/07/2024
Now playing Next United Kingdom King Charles III to preside over opening of UK parliament Donning his ceremonial robes and the crown of state, King Charles III will lay out the legislative program of the UK's first left-leaning government in 14 years, which will include more than 35 bills. 17/07/2024
Now playing Next Green News Melting ice caps are making days longer, Swiss study finds Researchers say emissions from human activity are having a greater impact on our planet than we might realise. 16/07/2024
Now playing Next Travel News Poo-smeared lockboxes found at tourist apartments in Seville Anti-tourism protesters in Spain are reportedly resorting to novel techniques to deter visitors. 16/07/2024