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Marseille and Lyon to face Leverkusen in Europa League, Rennes take on Juventus

Marseille and Lyon were both drawn against Bayer Leverkusen in the group stage of the Europa League on Friday, while fellow French club Rennes will take on Italian giants Juventus. The draw in Monaco also handed English duo Bournemouth and Sunderland a glamour tie against AC Milan.

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Céline Dion returns to 'second home' Paris ahead of sold-out comeback dates

Céline Dion blew kisses and made a love-heart shape with her hands as she swept into the French capital on Friday ahead of her first series of concerts since revealing her diagnosis with Stiff Person Syndrome, an incurable autoimmune disorder.

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Japan's controversial WWII heroes: How one kamikaze pilot escaped certain death

Towards the end of World War II, as US troops advanced across the Pacific, Japan resorted to a desperate strategy: kamikaze attacks. Thousands of Japanese pilots, with an average age of just 21, were ordered to crash their explosive-laden planes into enemy ships. More than 3,800 pilots gave up their…

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'They were legends': Humpback whales make spectacular comeback off Brazil's coast

Once driven to the brink of extinction, humpback whales have thrived in the South Atlantic since a worldwide moratorium on commercial whaling came into force in 1986, offering a bonanza to scientists who come each year to Brazil's Abrolhos archipelago to record and study the cetaceans.

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'Ran for our lives': Flood survivors recount terrifying escape from Nepal-Tibet disaster

Survivors of the catastrophic flash floods in Nepal and Tibet, some still missing friends and family members, shared harrowing accounts of their escape from raging floodwaters that brought devastation to the Himalayan border region, leaving more than 550 people dead and some 1,500 missing.

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Uganda's King of Tooro, once world's youngest reigning monarch, dies at 34

King Oyo Nyimba, leader of the Tooro kingdom in western Uganda, has died at the age of 34, the region's prime minister of his kingdom announced Thursday. Crowned at three years old, he became the world's youngest reigning monarch in 1995.

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China's lost children: Adoptees search for answers

At the height of China's controversial one-child policy, children were torn away from their birth families and put up for adoption. FRANCE 24's Yena Lee follows one adoptee, now an adult, who is on a quest to find out more about her background.

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Serbian war criminal Ratko Mladic to be buried with 'state honours'

Former Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic, known as the “Butcher of Bosnia" for his role in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, will be given a funeral with “military and state honours”, Serbian Justice Minister Nenad Vujic said Friday. Mladic died Thursday in The Hague where he was serving a life…

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Norway's King Haakon VIII, the new face of a monarchy beset by woe and scandal

Norway's King Haakon VIII automatically succeeded to the throne after his father, King Harald, passed away on Friday. He is the new face of a monarchy long praised for its modernity and modesty, but in recent years it has been beset by woe and scandal, including revelations about the queen's…

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Norway's King Harald V dies at 89, his son becomes King Haakon VIII

King Harald V of Norway, who was Europe's oldest reigning monarch, died at the age of 89, the palace announced on Friday. He is automatically succeeded by his son, King Haakon VIII, the former crown prince.

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French Foreign Legion soldier kidnapped in Colombia

Colombian military announced Thursday that a French-Colombian soldier from the French Foreign Legion was kidnapped in early August while travelling in the department of Narino. The kidnappers are believed to be members of the Estado Mayor Central, dissidents from the far-left FARC guerrilla group.

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Champions League draw: PSG to face Barcelona and Man City

As part of the ongoing Champions League, two-time European champions PSG will host Barça and travel to England. Meanwhile, a host of meetings are set to take place including José Mourinho and his former clubs, Olivier Giroud with Arsenal and Yan Diomandé with Leipzig.

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🔴Nepal-Tibet floods live: Death toll passes 580, nearly 2,500 people missing

The number of people missing in Nepal and China has surpassed 2,400, underscoring the scale of the disaster days after a tsunami-like wall of water and debris swept away villages and killed hundreds.

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Number of people missing in deadly Nepal, Tibet floods jumps past 2,400

Nepal’s disaster authority sharply raised the number of missing to 1,924 on Friday, including 517 foreigners, two days after devastating floods that killed at least 586 in the country. A further 558 people are also reported missing in Tibet, where Chinese officials say at least five people have died.

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OpenAI, Anthropic join global call to strengthen cyber defences

More than 100 organisations, including OpenAI and Anthropic, called governments and technology companies Thursday to strengthen cyber defences against increasingly sophisticated AI-powered attacks. The open letter warned of widespread threats in coming months as artificial intelligence models grow more capable.

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Kherson residents urged to leave as Russian attacks threaten power and heating

Regional governor Oleksandr Prokudin urged residents to leave the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson on Thursday as Russian strikes damaged a district heating plant and threatened prolonged power and heating outages.

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Syria President appoints Kurdish leader Mazloum Abdi as presidential adviser

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa appointed Kurdish leader Mazloum Abdi as an adviser to the presidency, state media said on Friday. Abdi's appointment comes just days after he dissolved the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) as part of an integration agreement with Damascus.

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US military faces ‘beyond critical’ shortage of Patriot missiles in Europe

The US military is running critically low on Patriot missile interceptors in Europe as the war with Iran drains stocks, according to US and NATO officials. The shortfall is raising concerns about NATO’s ability to counter a potential Russian ballistic missile attack, though officials said no such assault is imminent.

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Nigeria's lucrative business of kidnappings

In tonight's programme, we speak to a Lagos analyst behind a new report laying out the figures behind abductions. Also, Tanzania's ruling party kicks the vice-president out even after he announces his plans to step down next week. Finally, in Senegal, the first African-manufactured generic drug to treat sickle cell…

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Trump signs order to rename Lake Ontario to 'Lake America' as Carney pushes back

US President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to update the name of Lake Ontario to "Lake America" in the country's geographic naming service. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney pushed back, citing the name's Indigenous origins, as the row between the neighbors roiled on.

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French presidential candidates clash at first debate before upcoming elections

Seven of France's leading candidates locked horns on Thursday in their first debate, eight months ahead of an increasingly tight and crowded election to succeed President Emmanuel Macron. The debate comes less than eight months ahead of the 2027 election to choose France's new leader, with centrist incumbent Macron having…

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Why Trump wants H-1B skilled worker visas to cost employers more than $100,000

US President Donald Trump is once again trying to impose a $100,000 fee on employers seeking to hire skilled temporary foreign workers through the H-1B visa programme. But while tech titans like Elon Musk have long championed the programme to draw top global talent to Silicon Valley, critics on both…

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Title holders PSG to face Barcelona and Man City as Champions League draw is made

Two-time defending champions Paris Saint-Germain will host Manchester City and travel to Barcelona in the Champions League this season, after the 36-team draw was made Thursday. Real Madrid will face Inter Milan and Arsenal, among a host of mouth-watering clashes.

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UEFA moves to file criminal complaint against Infantino over failed FIFA sell-off

The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) is preparing a criminal complaint in Swiss courts against FIFA president Gianni Infantino over his failed plan to sell a stake in World Cup revenues to investors, including Joshua Kushner's Thrive Capital, for $4.2 billion, a price UEFA lawyers called a “fraudulently off-market…

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Pakistan: Protests continue in Azad Kashmir despite repression and internet blackout

Harshly repressed protests that have shaken Pakistan-administered Kashmir since early June have continued through local legislative elections held in July and August. With internet access cut off and access by foreign media restricted, local residents are attempting to report on the situation on the ground.

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