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Death toll rises to 17 in India as citizenship law protests continue

OP Singh, the chief of police in Uttar Pradesh state, says more police have died in clashes over the proposed citizenship law which critics say discriminates against Muslims

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Student protest outside university in New Delhi

Protesters against India's controversial new citizenship law continued to gather in strength across all major Indian cities on Friday

India

Mobile operators say mobile coverage suspended in parts of Delhi

Airtel and Vodafone India say they were told to shut down mobile and internet coverage in parts of capital in a bid to quell protests

India

Activists clash with police in India's citizenship law protests

Officers using tear gas and batons tried to contain thousands of demonstrators who gathered near a university in Delhi.

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India

Why is India's new citizenship law sparking protests?

Euronews looks at the bill and the controversies surrounding it as protests rage in the South Asian nation.

Cyprus

Cyprus to strip 26 people of 'golden passports'

The small Mediterranean island has had a citizenship for investment scheme since 2013 allowing wealthy non-European individuals to get a foothold in the European Union for a minimum of €2.15 million.

United Kingdom

EU citizens without UK settled status to be deported, says minister

More than 1.3 million of the estimated 3.6 million EU citizens residing in Britain have applied to the Settlement Scheme, British government figures show.

United Kingdom

Euroviews. The UK government is on course to rewrite the Belfast Agreement ǀ View

The British government has stated that the people of Northern Ireland remain British citizens even if they identify as Irish, and are using this policy as a way to restrict and remove the EU rights and entitlements of Northern Ireland-born Irish citizens.

United Kingdom

How a no-deal Brexit will hurt UK citizens living in the EU

UK citizens living in EU worried that UK's immediate cut of free movement will provoke a backlash by member states, citizens campaign group British in Europe told Euronews.

World News

'Without freedom of movement we'll lose half our income'

For our Brits in Europe series, Euronews interviewed Helen Mallburn who lives permanently in France but travels regularly for her work. She said that without freedom of movement, she will lose half of her income.

United Kingdom

No-deal Brexit: Ending free movement ‘will directly hit EU nationals’

EU citizens living in the UK dismiss government assurances over their rights in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

World News

Who acquired citizenship in the EU in 2017?

A quarter of people acquiring citizenship in the EU were Moroccans, Albanians, Indians, Turks, and Pakistanis.

France

France denies nationality to nurse for 'working too much'

The woman's naturalisation application was rejected because she was found to be in breach of working time legislation. Authorities estimated she worked a monthly average of 271 hours in 2018

USA

Trump folds on adding citizenship question to census

Analysis: Democratic-leaning constituencies celebrated Trump's capitulation on the citizenship question as a big political loss for the president who'd pushed so hard for its inclusion.

USA

Administration tells judge 'all available options' being considered to add citizenship question

The Trump Administration notified a federal judge Friday that government lawyers are looking at "all available options" for adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census form that goes to every U.S. household.

USA

Fact check: Trump's claims about the citizenship question on the census

The president's comments come as the administration is trying to figure out a way to include the question.

Lithuania

Lithuanians back dual citizenship with 43 countries but not Russia

Over 71% of voters approved amending the constitution to allow for dual citizenship with 43 countries including EU member states and the US but excluding Russia.

United Kingdom

Euroviews. It’s time the UK government took its duty to the Good Friday Agreement seriously ǀ View

In an open letter to Home Secretary Sajid Javid, campaigner Emma DeSouza calls on the UK government to uphold the rights of Northern Ireland-born Irish citizens, something it is duty-bound to do as a guarantor of the Good Friday Agreement.

United Kingdom

Teen Shamima Begum to have her UK citizenship revoked after joining IS

British authorities have revoked the UK citizenship of 19-year-old Shamima Begum, who abandoned Britain in 2015 so she could join Islamic State

World News

What does a no-deal Brexit look like for Brits in Europe?

With no arrangement yet in place for when the UK departs the EU, Euronews looks at what a no-deal scenario means for the rights of Brits living in the bloc and Europeans living in the UK.