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Dozens killed in fire at Istanbul nightclub closed for renovations

A fire that raged from the basement of a 16-storey block in central Istanbul left at least 29 people dead Tuesday, with flames and thick smoke billowing for hours despite a massive emergency response.

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Special programme: Rwanda's cultural renaissance (1/3)

In this special programme from Kigali, Eve Jackson meets the artists rewriting Rwanda's future. Arts24 shows you just how much "the country of a thousand hills", with its population of 14 million, has transformed in the past 30 years since the genocide against the Tutsis.

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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi sworn in for third term

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was sworn in Tuesday for his third term as leader of the Arab world's most populous nation.

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Rise in autism cases: Are environmental factors partly to blame?

How to explain the sharp rise in autism cases in industrialised countries in recent years? The neurodevelopmental disorder is partly hereditary, but the finger is also increasingly being pointed at pollution. Scientists in southern France are currently investigating the role of environmental factors in autism by following 1,700 families over…

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Award-winning French writer Maryse Conde dies at 90

French writer Maryse Conde, who died on Tuesday at the age of 90, became one of the greatest chroniclers of the struggles and triumphs of the descendants of Africans taken as slaves to the Caribbean.

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Senegal: Economic sovereignty dominates President-elect Faye's agenda

As Senegal's President-elect Bassirou Diomaye Faye is sworn in this Tuesday, we focus on the major economic challenges facing the country. In a bid to lower Senegal's 20 percent unemployment rate, the anti-establishment leader is pushing for measures that will boost job creation and lower the cost of living. Among…

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Watch: Spanish police's alleged violent arrest of two Black men sparks anger

IN THE PRESS – Tuesday, April 2: Senegal's newly elected leader Bassirou Diomaye Faye is set to be sworn in. Mediapart, the French investigative website, wonders about the future of women's rights in Senegal with a polygamist president. Also: a video of two unarmed Black men apparently being punched and…

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Thailand moves closer to legalising same-sex marriage as bill sails through senate

Activists welcomed the Thai senate passing the first reading of a bill to legalise same-sex marriage Tuesday, bringing the kingdom another step closer to becoming the first Southeast Asian country to recognise marriage equality.

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Bassirou Diomaye Faye sworn in as Senegal's new president

Senegal inaugurated Bassirou Diomaye Faye as its new president on Tuesday, completing the previously little-known opposition figure's dramatic ascent from prison to the palace in recent weeks.

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Israel’s Herzog apologises for strike that killed Gaza aid workers

Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Tuesday expressed his “deep sorrow and sincere apologies” for the “tragic loss of life” after at least seven foreign aid workers and their Palestinian driver were killed in an Israeli air strike on Monday. The Israeli military said that an independent, professional expert body would…

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French FM Séjourné 'strongly condemns' killing of Gaza aid workers

French Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné on Tuesday "strongly condemned" the Israeli air strike that killed seven people working for the US charity World Central Kitchen in Gaza during a press conference in Paris with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. The top diplomats also reiterated the need for Western support…

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Rolexgate: Six Peruvian ministers resign as lawmakers submit bid to remove president from office

Peruvian President Dina Boluarte replaced six ministers after they resigned as her government is rocked by a political crisis fueled by an alleged illicit enrichment scandal involving luxury watches.

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Parties and NGOs demand elections in Mali

In tonight's edition: Dozens of political, civilian and human rights groups call on Mali's ruling military junta to arrange democratic elections as soon as possible. Also, Tunisians are one of the biggest groups of migrants risking the dangerous sea journey to Italy to try to escape the country's economic troubles.…

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Turning point for Turkey? Erdogan's AKP suffers biggest election setback in decades

After more than two decades of uninterrupted rule, is the tide turning in Turkey? President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threw all the weight of his AKP party behind a bid to unseat Istanbul's charismatic mayor Ekrem Imamoglu. Instead, the possible presidential contender extended his gains in Sunday's local elections.

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Taipei replica in remote Chinese province fans Taiwan invasion fears

Satellite images verified by FRANCE 24 reveal that China has built a replica of Taipei’s presidential district in remote Inner Mongolia, fuelling speculation that Beijing intends to use the site as a training ground to prepare for a future invasion of Taiwan.

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Ethical chocolate in France: A sweet endeavour

Nearly three quarters of French people eat chocolate once a week, consuming an average of 7 kilos per year. But what seems a simple indulgence has a dark side: cacao farming has resulted in massive deforestation. Reports of child labour and farmers who are often unfairly paid have tarnished the…

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Music show: Anoushka Shankar, the superstar sitarist

In this edition of arts24, Jennifer Ben Brahim meets nine-time Grammy-nominated musician Anoushka Shankar. She's a masterful sitarist and film composer as well as an impassioned activist, and has worked with the likes of Herbie Hancock, Patti Smith and even the Dalai Lama. Her love of composing beautiful blends of…

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No, this video isn’t proof that Earth is flat

Social media users are sharing a video of a sunset which they claim provides proof that Earth is flat and the sun is “local”, by which they mean that it orbits a flat Earth at cloud level. This is actually an optical illusion.

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Five things to know about Turkey's historic local elections

Turkey's local elections on Sunday dealt the biggest blow in more than two decades to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his ruling AKP party.

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On board a French warship protecting Red Sea vessels from Houthi attacks

Since the conflict between Israel and Hamas broke out last October, Yemen's Houthi rebels have been carrying out attacks against commercial vessels in the Red Sea, in what they say is a campaign of solidarity with Palestinians during Israel's war in Gaza. The Houthis' missiles and drones are spreading terror…

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Turkish cost-of-living crisis drags on as voters reject Erdogan's AKP

As Turkey's opposition celebrates a strong showing in local elections, the country's official inflation rate has crept back up to 67 percent, despite President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's shift towards mainstream economic policies. Also in this edition: Germany's legalisation of recreational cannabis aims to curb the black market, but misses out…

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🔴Live: Two senior commanders of Iran's Revolutionary Guards killed in Israeli strike on Damascus

Seven members of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps including two high-ranking generals were killed in an Israeli attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus, the Guards said in a statement Monday. Earlier in the day, Israel’s military confirmed it had withdrawn from Gaza’s main hospital, Al Shifa. The health ministry…

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France to deliver old armoured vehicles, new missiles to Ukraine

France will deliver hundreds of old armoured vehicles and new surface-to-air missiles to Ukraine in its war against Russia, French Defence Minister Sébastien Lecornu said on Sunday. The announcement came as a Russian cruise missile strike on infrastructure in Ukraine’s western Lviv region killed one man, while another man died…

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Bulgaria, Romania partially join EU's visa-free Schengen zone

Bulgaria and Romania joined Europe's vast Schengen area of free movement on Sunday, opening up travel by air and sea without border checks after a 13-year wait.

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Deadly Israeli strike hits hospital tent camp in Gaza

An Israeli air strike hit a tent camp in the courtyard of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in central Gaza on Sunday, killing at least four people and wounding 17, World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. Tedros said a WHO team was at the hospital when the strike occurred. The…

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