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Prosecution calls Russell Brand sexual predator at opening of trial

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Euronews Culture's Film of the Week: 'Primetime' - Robert Pattinson needs to catch his predator (and ratings)

Lance Oppenheim’s narrative debut features a masterful turn from Robert Pattinson in a dark media satire about blurring the lines between journalism and exploitation. Primetime will fascinate and occasionally frustrate as a surface-level mood piece.

25 September 2026

Europe News

Norwegian diplomat behind Oslo Accords to apologise for Epstein ties

The Epstein affair has implicated several other prominent Norwegian personalities, including Queen Mette-Marit and former prime minister Thorbjørn Jagland.

23 September 2026

USA

Weinstein faces resentencing in New York for 2006 sex assault

Harvey Weinstein, who is currently jailed in New York, once ruled Hollywood as a kingpin powerful enough to make or break projects and careers.

23 September 2026

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Women’s rights activists rally in Paris over sexual violence law

Women’s rights activists gather outside France’s Justice Ministry as lawmakers begin examining a proposed law on sexual violence.

9 September 2026

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USA

Epstein accomplice Maxwell loses bid to overturn US conviction

Maxwell was convicted in 2021 of supplying underage girls to Epstein, whose ties to powerful business executives, politicians, celebrities and academics have fuelled years of scrutiny and conspiracy theories.

Europe News

France to survey 10 million pupils on sexual violence

The government expects the nationwide survey to reveal the scale of abuse as authorities face scrutiny over tens of thousands of cases awaiting action.

Europe Today

Chat Control is 'treating everyone as a suspect', says expert

Simeon de Brouwer, policy adviser at digital rights organisation EDRi, calls for "proportionality" to avoid "mass surveillance" and "undermining everyone's privacy" under the proposed Chat Control law to tackle online child sexual abuse. He advocates for "targeted scanning".

Europe News

Euroviews. Putting survivors at the heart of Europe's fight against child sexual

A new EU Directive ensures that victims of child rape can report the crime until the age of 50 – establishing a minimum standard across all 27 Member States, describes Jeroen Lenaers, MEP (Christian Democrats) in an OpEd for Euronews.

Europe News

EU to extend message-scanning regime to detect child abuse online

The legislation has been dubbed "chat control" by its critics, due to its privacy implications, particularly on end-to-end encrypted communications.

Europe in Motion

How does Europe compare on protection against child sexual abuse?

New rules greenlighted this week will cover the use of AI in child abuse cases and considerably extend the limitation period to a minimum of 32 years.

Culture news

Patrick Bruel charged and placed under judicial supervision

The artist is accused by more than twenty women of sexual violence. Indicted in four cases from 2018–2019, he avoided pre-trial detention sought by prosecutors.

Europe News

Macron blasts 'unacceptable' lapses over girl's suspected murderer

A girl, named in the press only as Lyhanna, went missing on 29 May near the town of Fleurance after she was last seen getting into a man's car.

Europe News

UK police open to probe Mountbatten-Windsor sexual misconduct claim

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor faces continued UK police scrutiny over alleged misconduct in public office and claims a woman was taken to Windsor for sex.

Europe News

Paris nursery abuse probe expands as 16 held

The suspects worked at the Saint-Dominique state nursery school in Paris’ 7th arrondissement and are being questioned over rape and other allegedly excessive or violent behaviour.

Culture news

French star Patrick Bruel faces fresh sex abuse allegations

The singer still maintains his innocence, saying he "never sought to coerce anyone into a sexual act", while declaring that he "does not question the feelings of women."

Europe News

Around 10 'new' victims in France's Epstein probe, prosecutor says

France opened a human trafficking investigation after the US Justice Department released the latest cache of files from the investigation into the disgraced financier in January.