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Ireland's Prime Minister Leo Varadkar announces surprise resignation

Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, who made history as his country's first gay and first biracial leader, announced Wednesday that he is stepping down for reasons that he said were both personal and political.

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Claims that Palestinians are staging videos of their injuries are, once again, proved false

Pro-Israel propaganda sites have been increasingly claiming that videos showing the wounded or injured in Gaza are actually products of "Pallywood" or scenes staged to drum up sympathy for the Palestinians. These campaigns regularly resurface a video that they say offers proof of Palestinians staging a hospital scene. However, the…

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EU strikes deal to cap duty-free imports of some Ukrainian grains

EU member states and lawmakers have reached an agreement on Ukrainian agricultural exports that seeks to strike a balance between the bloc's obligations towards Kyiv and the demands of protesting farmers around the continent. We look at the details of the deal and why it won't fully satisfy disgruntled farmers.…

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🔴 Live: Blinken arrives in Saudi Arabia as Riyadh pledges $40 million for UNRWA

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken touched down in Jeddah Wednesday to bolster new efforts to secure a ceasefire in Gaza and ramp up aid deliveries there. His visit comes as Saudi Arabia announced its donation of $40 million to UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees. Follow our liveblog…

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Russian, Belarusian athletes will not take part in Paris Olympics opening ceremony

Russian and Belarusian athletes will not be allowed to take part in the traditional parade at the opening ceremony at the Paris Olympics, the IOC said Tuesday.

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Pulitzer Prize winner Andrew Sean Greer on the book he was told not to write

Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Andrew Sean Greer speaks to Eve Jackson about the sequel to his bestselling and celebrated novel "Less". "Less is Lost", about the hapless middle-aged gay writer Arthur Less, was a book that his agent told him not to write. Andrew talks about the American road trip that…

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'We cannot have children starving to death in Gaza,' says UNICEF chief

In an interview with FRANCE 24, Catherine Russell, the executive director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) sounded the alarm about the plight of children in Gaza after more than five months of Israel's war with Hamas.

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Russia says it has captured frontline village of Orlivka in eastern Ukraine

Russia said on Tuesday that its forces had taken control of the eastern Ukrainian village of Orlivka, situated about four kilometres (2.5 miles) west of the town of Avdiivka, which Moscow's forces captured last month after one of the bloodiest battles of the war. Earlier, Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin said…

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France takes part in joint military exercises in United States

For the past month, more than 200 French military personnel have been stationed at Fort Irwin in California's Mojave Desert. For the first time, France has been invited to take part in joint exercises with five allied countries: the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. Initiated…

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'Israel has shifted to the right, even to the far right', former French envoy says

As the war in Gaza continues, France's former ambassador to Israel has told FRANCE 24 how Israel has "shifted to the right, even to the far right" since he was in post. Gérard Araud, who also served as envoy to the US and UN, says he is not surprised by…

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Macron vows 'unprecedented operation' to stop drug trafficking in Marseille

French President Emmanuel Macron Tuesday pledged an "unprecedented operation" against drug trafficking in Marseille during a surprise visit to the southern port city beset by gangland killings.

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A deep dive into Asia's ultra-fast fashion giants

French lawmakers have approved a bill to slap fines on ultra-fast fashion retailers. The measure effectively takes aim at Chinese companies like Shein and Temu. Temu, a faster and cheaper version of Amazon, has spread from China to around 50 countries after less than two years in operation. China-founded Shein…

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Hamas chief accuses Israel of 'sabotaging' truce talks after Gaza hospital raid

Hamas's Qatar-based chief Ismail Haniyeh accused Israel on Tuesday of sabotaging ceasefire talks after its raid on Gaza's largest hospital, Al-Shifa, which Israel alleges is being used for military purposes. The UN's human rights chief earlier warned that Israel's severe restrictions on aid into the Gaza Strip and its ongoing…

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Gambian MPs debate bill reversing ban on FGM

In tonight's edition: Gambian MPs debate a bill to end a ban on FGM. If reversed, The Gambia would become the first country ever to do so. Also, a Congolese court sentences a top journalist to six months in prison. Stanis Bujakera was arrested last year after an article suggesting…

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Haiti gangs unleash new attacks in upscale areas of capital, at least a dozen killed in suburbs

Gangs attacked two upscale neighbourhoods in Haiti’s capital early Monday in a rampage that left at least a dozen people dead in surrounding areas.

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EU’s deposit refund scheme a ‘false solution’ for plastic pollution

The European Union in early March announced its goal of establishing deposit refund schemes for plastic bottles and aluminium cans across the bloc by 2029. While EU authorities boast of high recycling rates in member states that have already adopted the practice, environmental groups denounce it as a “false solution”…

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Can Russia disconnect from the World Wide Web?

In the wake of Russia's presidential election, we take a look at Moscow's efforts to disconnect from the global internet. The Kremlin regularly expresses concerns about its dependence on the World Wide Web. In the past few years, Moscow has undertaken initiatives aimed at creating its own independent internet infrastructures.…

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Music show: Bagarre bring the party to the people

On this week's music show, Jennifer Ben Brahim welcomes back Thomas and Mustapha from the French five-piece Bagarre. They are not just a band, a crew or a collective. What unifies them is a love of music. The members go by the nicknames Emmaï Dee, La Bête, Majnoun, Maître Clap…

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Russia withstands Western sanctions as war economy proves profitable

President Vladimir Putin has been re-elected to a fifth term in office after a vote in which he faced no real opposition. Since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Russia has become the most sanctioned country in the world. But the Russian economy has proven surprisingly resilient, with…

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Western leaders denounce Putin's 'illegal' election win as allies send congratulations

President Vladimir Putin won a fifth term in the Kremlin with 87.28 percent of the vote, Russia's electoral commission said Monday, after a three-day ballot in which he ran against no real challengers. While Putin’s friends and allies were quick to congratulate him, Western leaders denounced what they called an…

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World Recycling Day: Thailand drowning in foreign plastic waste

Thailand is one of the biggest plastic polluters in the world: Some 2 million tonnes of plastic waste are produced each year in the country, and only 25 percent of it is recycled. It's estimated that at least 50,000 tonnes of plastic end up in the ocean annually. But Thailand's…

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Several killed in Pakistani air strikes on Afghanistan, says Kabul

Eight people, all women and children, were killed on Monday in "reckless" air strikes by the Pakistani military in the border regions of Afghanistan, the Taliban government's spokesman said.

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Putin vows Russia cannot be 'intimidated' in election day victory speech

Vladimir Putin said Russia would not be "intimidated" as he hailed an election victory that paves the way for the former spy to become the longest-serving Russian leader in more than 200 years.

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🔴Live: Hamas number three killed by Israeli operation, US says

Israel killed the Hamas militant group’s third-in-command Marwan Issa last week, the White House said Monday, after Israel previously said he had been targeted in a Gaza airstrike but did not confirm his death. In a phone call earlier Monday, US President Joe Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu…

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Putin wins landslide reelection in predetermined vote

Russian President Vladimir Putin basked in a victory early Monday that was never in doubt, as partial election results showed him easily securing a fifth term after facing only token challengers and harshly suppressing opposition voices.

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