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Two women die on migrant boat near France seeking to reach UK

Two young women believed to be of Sudanese origin died Sunday while trying to reach Britain from northern France in a small boat, officials said.

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The tech project bringing some of Malawi's remotest schools into the digital age

Pupils in Malawi are getting the chance to explore technology thanks to a US foundation that provides laptops, internet connections and solar power to schools in a rural district.

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Turkey boosts Mali defence ties after separatist and jihadist attacks

Turkey’s efforts to expand its influence in West Africa could be threatened by attacks on Mali’s military regime, as Ankara pledges support while its growing security cooperation with Bamako faces new pressure.

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Hijackings off Somalia raise fears that piracy is back on the rise

Reports of multiple hijackings off the coast of Somalia are raising fears that piracy may be reviving after a relative lull over the past decade. Increased traffic round the Horn of Africa amid the war in the Middle East, along with the diversion of naval forces, could be creating more…

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PSG fringe team held by Lorient as Bayern Munich return leg looms

Paris Saint-Germain warmed up for the second leg of their Champions League semi-final against Bayern Munich by fielding a second-string line-up and throwing away the lead twice in a 2-2 draw with Lorient in Ligue 1 on Saturday.

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Mali investigates soldiers over role in coordinated insurgent attacks

Prosecutor says the first arrests were carried out after the attacks by al Qaeda-linked and separatist rebels that hit military bases.

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Iran offers strait deal, Trump says he's not satisfied

US President Donald Trump said Saturday he will review a new Iranian peace proposal, but cast doubt over its prospects as he left open the possibility of future attacks on Iran.

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French navy warns stranded ships as Iran blockades choke Hormuz

A dozen members of the French navy scour screens for blinking lights indicating movement thousands of kilometres away near the Strait of Hormuz.

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Why is Europe heating twice as fast as the rest of the planet?

Europe has been warming twice as fast as the global average since 1980, a new report shows, with 2025 marked by extended heatwaves across the continent, from the Arctic to the Mediterranean. RFI examines the reasons why.

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Iran standoff could leave Trump worse off than before he went to war

More than two months into a conflict that has failed to deliver a decisive military or diplomatic win, President Donald Trump faces the risk that a standoff with Iran will drag on indefinitely and leave an even bigger problem for the US and the world than before he launched the…

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US to withdraw about 5,000 troops from Germany

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the withdrawal of about 5,000 troops from Germany within the next year, the Pentagon said on Friday, in the latest rift in transatlantic ties over the Mideast war.

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Labour Day sees clashes as French unions demand pay rise and bakery row continues

Labour Day marches across France on Friday focused on wages, workers’ rights and the future of the 1 May public holiday, as unions pushed for higher pay, bakers and florists opened despite legal uncertainty and clashes broke out in Lyon and Nantes.

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How the Golan Heights emerged as a new front in Israeli expansion

A new Israeli plan to invest $334 million in expanding settlements in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights marks a major escalation in a broader pattern of territorial expansion – on land the United Nations still regards as Syrian.

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China opens tariff-free trade to nearly all African countries

China will extend zero-tariff treatment to all African countries with diplomatic ties from Friday, in what Beijing called a “significant measure” to deepen China-Africa trade and investment ties.

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Planned EU-Taliban talks on return of Afghan nationals spark backlash

Brussels is bracing for a political storm as European Union officials consider hosting Taliban representatives in the Belgian capital for talks on returning Afghan nationals living in Europe, a move that critics say risks legitimising Afghanistan's hardline regime.

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Mali rebels seize key military camp as junta forces and Russians retreat

Mali's army and its Russian mercenary allies surrendered a strategic northern military stronghold to armed rebels on Friday, as Tuareg separatists and jihadists waged a unified front to bring down the country's junta.

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Washington sanctions former DRC president Kabila over 'support' for rebels

The United States has sanctioned former Democratic Republic of Congo president Joseph Kabila over what it calls his support for Rwanda-backed M23 rebels and their ally, the Congo River Alliance. The move freezes any assets Kabila may hold in the US and bars transactions through the US financial system.

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Fighting racism 'must be at heart of presidential debate', French mayor tells RFI

France needs to take concrete action to tackle growing racism before the 2027 presidential election, the newly installed mayor of Saint-Denis Bally Bagayoko tells RFI, after facing racist abuse in the weeks following his election in mid-March.

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Controversial EU-Mercosur free trade deal comes into force

The European Union's mammoth trade deal with South American bloc Mercosur provisionally enters into force on Friday, despite a pending court ruling on its legality.

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French unions rally on Labour Day to defend paid holiday rights

French unions are mobilising for Labour Day on Friday, defending the status of 1 May as a paid day off, as the government pushes to allow some businesses to open. The battle comes as inflation and fuel costs stoke calls for salary increases.

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PSG closing in on another French title before Bayern second leg

Paris Saint-Germain have not been afforded a weekend off this time in between the two legs of their Champions League semi-final against Bayern Munich, but they could instead take a big step towards clinching yet another Ligue 1 title.

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King Charles arrives in Bermuda after whirlwind US visit

King Charles III arrived in Bermuda on Thursday after wrapping up a marathon US state visit aimed at healing ties between Washington and London strained by the war in Iran.

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Iran targets long-standing exiled opposition as war deepens repression

A sharp rise in Iranian executions of alleged People’s Mojahedin members is drawing attention to one of the country’s oldest and most divisive opposition movements – a group whose leaders fled abroad decades ago, but which still claims to run resistance networks inside Iran.

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Russia vows to keep forces in Mali despite warning from separatists to withdraw

Russia said on Thursday its forces would remain in Mali and continue backing the country’s military rulers, rejecting demands from Tuareg separatists to withdraw after surprise attacks forced Russian troops out of a key northern town.

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France steps up vaccination push as anti-vax fears grow in Europe

France is using European Immunisation Week to push a nationwide vaccination campaign to raise protection among adolescents and young adults, while scientists warn that anti-vaccine disinformation seen in the United States could spread across Europe.

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