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Macron rules out naming left-wing PM, extends talks to end deadlock

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday he would not name a government led by the left-wing New Popular Front coalition despite the alliance winning the largest number of seats in the July legislative elections. Macron, whose centrist bloc came second in the snap elections, held rare talks with the…

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Counterfeit Euros: Italy cracks down on illegal money printing in Naples

On the outskirts of Naples, at the feet of Mount Vesuvius in southern Italy lies one of the largest productions of counterfeit Euros. According to Italian authorities which recently shutdown an illegal print shop and arrested several forgers, the lucrative business of counterfeit banknotes is run by criminal organisations linked…

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US condemns 'outrageous' Russian drone and missile attack on Ukraine power grid

The United States voiced outrage Monday at a major Russian assault on Ukraine's power grid and vowed sustained support for Kyiv. Russia launched more than 200 attack drones and missiles at Ukraine Monday, killing at least five people and striking energy facilities nationwide, officials said. Read our blog to see…

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Gunmen kill at least 39 in multiple attacks in southwestern Pakistan

Gunmen killed at least 39 people in multiple attacks in Pakistan’s Baluchistan province on Monday, police said. The figure includes at least 23 people who were killed after gunmen forced them off buses and vehicles in Pakistan’s Musakhail district, in one of the deadliest attacks in the soutwestern province.

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White House says progress made in Gaza truce talks despite Israel-Hezbollah clash

The White House said Monday that Gaza truce talks in Cairo have made progress and were expected to continue at a working level for several days despite violence between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah over the weekend. Also on Monday, the UN said it was halting aid operations in Gaza after…

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British member of Reuters team killed in Russian strike on hotel in east Ukraine

A safety adviser for the Reuters team covering the war in Ukraine was killed and two colleagues were hospitalised after a Russian strike on a hotel where the news agency's group was staying in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, the agency said on Sunday.

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Suspect in German knife attack turns himself in, say investigators

A 26-year-old Syrian man turned himself in to German police Sunday and declared himself responsible for a stabbing rampage during a festival in the western city of Solingen that killed three people, German authorities said.

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US helped track Hezbollah rocket, drone attacks against Israel, says defence official

The United States helped track the barrage of rockets and drones launched by Hezbollah against Israel, but was not involved in strikes in Lebanon or in shooting down incoming projectiles, a US defence official said on Sunday. The news came as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that Sunday's strikes…

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Telegram messaging app CEO Pavel Durov arrested at French airport

Pavel Durov, Franco-Russian billionaire founder and CEO of the Telegram messaging app, was arrested at the Bourget airport outside Paris, French media reported, citing unidentified sources, and is set to appear in court Sunday. Russian-born Durov, 39, founded Telegram with his brother in 2013, and the encrypted messaging app is…

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Paris Paralympics flame is lit before journey from English village, under sea and over land

Four days before the start of the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games, the Paralympic flame was lit on Saturday near a hospital in the English village of Stoke Mandeville, where the idea for the competion was conceived. A group of British athletes will embark on the underwater journey through the Channel…

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Explosion near synagogue in southern France injures police officer

An explosion outside a synagogue in the southern French town of La Grande-Motte on Saturday morning injured a policeman and damaged at least two vehicles, according to local officials.

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Moscow, Kyiv swap 230 prisoners of war on Ukraine’s Independence Day

Russia and Ukraine on Saturday announced that they had exchanged 115 prisoners of war each, just over two weeks after Kyiv launched a surprise incursion into Russia's Kursk region. The prisoner exchange came on Ukraine's Independence Day, hours after President Volodymyr Zelensky, in a video address, said Russia wanted to…

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Food aid heads for Sudan’s Darfur region after six-month closure, says UN and US

Talks in Switzerland to secure a ceasefire deal between Sudan’s two warring parties failed this week after the Sudanese military did not send a delegation. But international negotiators succeeded in getting access for humanitarian aid to the country’s conflict and famine-stricken Darfur region, enabling food trucks to make their way…

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Knife attack at Germany’s ‘Festival of Diversity’ kills three, wounds others

German police on Saturday were searching for an unknown assailant who killed three people and wounded seven in a stabbing attack late Friday on the first day of a three-day "Festival of Diversity" in the western German city of Solingen. The public prosecutor told a news conference that a terrorist…

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Five years without daylight: Hasina's 'enforced disappearance' of Bangladesh dissidents

Bangadesh's interim government has vowed to investigate the cases of hundreds of dissidents abducted by security forces under the regime of ex-prime minister Sheikh Hasina. FRANCE 24's special correspondents in Bangladesh Navodita Kumari, Léa Delfolie, and Khansa Juned met with one former detainee as well as with activists and families…

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Olympics over, Macron walks a tightrope in search for new prime minister

A political whirlwind summer saw French President Emmanuel Macron dissolving parliament, calling snap elections, and then facing a hung National Assembly. It is now time for him to undo the political Gordian knot he has tied and choose the next prime minister. A handful of potential picks are under scrutiny…

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‘We gotta get out of here’: Pokrovsk residents flee strategic Ukrainian city

Residents of eastern Ukraine's Pokrovsk resisted leaving home for months as fighting raged in the villages near the strategic Donbas city. But as Russian forces advance on the transport hub, many residents are now choosing to flee. FRANCE 24's Gulliver Cragg reports from Pokrovsk.

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Modi calls for diplomatic solution in Ukraine visit; Biden announces new US aid

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi used his first visit to Kyiv on Friday to again call for a diplomatic solution to more than two years of war with Russia. Also on Friday, the US announced a new military aid package for Ukraine, including air defence missiles, ammunition and mobile rocket…

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Kamala Harris accepts Democratic nomination, vows to be president 'for all Americans'

US Vice President Kamala Harris accepted her party's historic presidential nomination at the Democratic National Convention on Thursday night, seizing one of her few remaining opportunities to address an audience of millions. Harris detailed her life story and contrasted her vision with her opponent Donald Trump's, inviting Americans to chart…

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Sudan: First WFP trucks cross into Darfur

For the first time in months a trickle of aid makes it through from Chad into the Sudanese region of Darfur. The border crossing has been temporarily reopened for humanitarian deliveries desperately needed after 16 months of war.

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Myanmar: Analysing the attack that killed dozens of Rohingya 1km from the Bangladesh border

Activists working on behalf of Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya minority say "hundreds" of refugees were killed on August 5 when they were bombed while trying to cross the river marking the border with Bangladesh. Many of the Rohingya in Myanmar’s Rakhine state had sought refuge in Maungdaw, a town on the…

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Kamala Harris walks the line with US voters pushing for a policy shift on Gaza

It is time for Kamala Harris to shine as the Democratic National Convention entered its fourth day on Thursday. Closely watching her every word are delegates and voters of the “uncommitted movement”, a small but influential group who are fervently critical of US support for Israel in its war against…

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Kennedy's campaign future uncertain as Trump allies push for endorsement

Close allies of Donald Trump have called on independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to endorse Trump if the former Democrat withdraws from the race, as speculation grows that Kennedy may announce his resignation during a speech on Friday. Trump, who has been in regular contact with Kennedy, has…

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Zelensky visits border near Kursk as Russia batters east Ukraine front

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday visited the Sumy region close to the Russian frontier, near where Ukrainian forces launched their cross-border Kursk offensive. The Ukrainian leader said that Russian soldiers captured during the incursion would help build an “exchange fund” to swap for Ukrainian prisoners. Meanwhile, Russia kept on…

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Tim Walz accepts Democratic Party nomination for vice president

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has formally accepted the Democratic Party's nomination for vice president. Walz spoke to an energetic crowd on the third day of the Democratic National Convention, following speeches by Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, TV host Oprah Winfrey and former president Bill Clinton.

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