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France's outgoing Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu is expected to meet a clutch of top politicians on Tuesday as part of a last-ditch effort to rally cross-party support for a cabinet line-up.

Rich countries are pushing poorer nations further into debt by giving most climate aid as loans instead of grants, a report published on Monday warned. The money often ends up back in the pockets of donor countries while vulnerable nations struggle to respond to climate disasters.

French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday asked outgoing Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu to hold final talks with political parties to find a way out of the political crisis by Wednesday evening. The decision came hours after Lecornu handed his resignation as prime minister less than a month into the job.

Tour de France winner Tadej Pogacar will head into his final two races of the season on Tuesday and Saturday boasting the coup of becoming the first man in a decade to claim the world and European road race crown in the same season.

French Republicans (LR) party boss Bruno Retailleau is set to chair a meeting of his top politicians on Monday morning after lashing out at the newly appointed cabinet of prime minister Sébastian Lecornu over its failure to present fresh faces to tackle France's financial crisis.

Gisèle Pelicot, whose former husband recruited dozens of strangers online to sexually assault and rape her while she was drugged, will return to the courtroom on Monday for an appeal by one of the men convicted. Out of 51 defendants, he is the only one still contesting the verdict.

The presidency announced the first members of Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu's cabinet on Sunday evening, just two days before the premier is due to give a key policy speech. France's new government contains several familiar faces, with the ministers of the interior, foreign affairs and justice among those holding on…

The United Nations' cultural agency Unesco this week announced the launch of a virtual museum showcasing hundreds of looted artefacts – a bid to educate the public about the consequences of trafficking cultural property.

France's new Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu was under mounting pressure on Sunday to pull together a cabinet as he struggled to ensure support on the left and right.