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Podcast: Reinventing retirement, saving a Paris cinema, counting the French

An alternative to a retirement home in a mansion near Toulouse, where residents have invented a new way of living together and contributing to society. The David-and-Goliath story of an independent Parisian cinema that's reopening after years of fighting eviction. And the story behind France's annual census.

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Macron seeks €36bn boost in French defence spending by 2030

France must make “efforts cope with our tough times”, President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday, calling for an additional €36 billion for the country’s armed forces by 2030 to “accelerate our rearmament”.

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France's Sophie Adenot to spend nine months on ISS after medical evacuation

French astronaut Sophie Adenot’s first mission to the International Space Station is being brought forward and extended to nine months after an unprecedented medical evacuation forced a reshuffle of the station’s crew rota.

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French firm part of global quest to build quantum computers

A century after quantum mechanics revolutionised physics, one of its most transformative applications - the quantum computer - is edging closer to reality. Among the global race of companies pursuing this technology, French startup Quandela is taking a distinctive approach from its headquarters in Massy, just outside Paris.

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Brussels lays out €90bn loan for Ukraine with military focus

The European Unionhas detailed a vast new €90-billion loan package for Ukraine aimed at keeping the country’s economy afloat and strengthening its defence as Russia’s invasion approaches its fifth year.

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France bans 10 British 'far-right activists' over anti-migrant actions

French authorities have banned 10 British far-right activists for actions in France intended to stop migrants crossing to England on small boats, the Interior Ministry said on Wednesday.

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Burkina Faso football chiefs sack coach Traor for failure at Cup of Nations

Burkina Faso football federation bosses on Wednesday sacked coach Brama Traore and all of his staff just over a week after the national squad was eliminated from the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.

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France to step up Greenland deployment with land, air and sea forces

France began deploying troops to Greenland on Thursday and said it would send additional "land, air and sea" forces in the coming days, confirming the presence of high-mountain specialists from the French army on the ground as part of a European military exercise after inconclusive talks in Washington.

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Uganda votes under internet blackout and police crackdown

Uganda was on edge as polls opened on Thursday, with President Yoweri Museveni expected to extend his 40-year rule amid an internet shutdown and a police crackdown on the opposition.

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Morocco beat Nigeria on penalties to set up Senegal final at Cup of Nations

Morocco beat Nigeria in a penalty shootout on Wednesday night in Rabat to advance to the final of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.

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Mané's strike sends Senegal past Egypt into Cup of Nations final

Senegal advanced to the final of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations for the third time in four successive competitions following a 1-0 win over Egypt on Wednesday night in Tangier.

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Macron warns of 'cascading consequences' if US seizes Greenland

US threats to seize Greenland drew a warning from France on Wednesday, after leader Donald Trump renewed claims that Washington should take control of the Arctic island for security reasons. President Emmanuel Macron warned that any move affecting Greenland’s sovereignty would bring “unprecedented” consequences.

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'He represents a population desperate for change’, Bobi Wine’s lawyer tells RFI

Uganda's election on Thursday will see incumbent Yoweri Museveni, in power since 1986, seeking a seventh mandate – at the age of 81, in a country where 55 percent of the population is under 20. Supporters of his main rival, Bobi Wine, say he embodies hope for change. Robert Amsterdam,…

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Ice core 'vault' preserving climate history opens in Antarctica

The Ice Memory Foundation on Wednesday opened the world’s first sanctuary for mountain ice cores in Antarctica, aiming to preserve crucial records of Earth’s climate for centuries.

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Earth records third-hottest year in 2025 as global heat streak grows

Earth logged its third-hottest year on record in 2025, figures released on Wednesday showed, extending an unprecedented run of global heat and pushing the planet closer to a key warming limit.

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France to open Greenland consulate amid Trump takeover threats

France will open a consulate in Greenland on 6 February, Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said on Wednesday – calling the move a political signal as US President Donald Trump renews threats to take control of the Arctic territory.

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Morocco's Regragui: the future of African football is right here, right now

Morocco head coach Walid Regragui hailed the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations as the standard for future competitions as his players went through their final paces for their Wednesday night clash against Nigeria in Rabat.

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New estimates show France still off track on climate goals

France's cuts to greenhouse gas emissions slowed for a second straight year in 2025 and remain well off track to meeting its climate goals, according to provisional government-commissioned estimates published Tuesday.

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French farmers lift Paris blockade after government concessions

French farmers began lifting their blockade of Paris early Wednesday after the government pledged debt relief measures and an emergency farm law, as protests driven by opposition to the EU-Mercosur trade deal continued elsewhere in the country.

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Uganda orders internet blackout ahead of presidential elections

Ugandan authorities have shut down internet access nationwide just days before Thursday’s presidential and parliamentary elections, reviving memories of the violent 2021 vote, when connectivity was cut for more than a week and dozens of people were killed.

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France summons Iran envoy over 'unrestrained' protest crackdown

France’s foreign minister said on Tuesday that he had summoned Iran’s ambassador to protest against what he described as the “unrestrained use of state violence against peaceful demonstrators” in Iran. Similar démarches have been made by several European governments as the death toll rises, while the United States has warned…

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Nigeria midfielder Iwobi hails team of brothers ahead of Morocco test

Nigeria midfielder Alex Iwobi paid tribute to the side's esprit de corps as the squad went through its final preparations for Wednesday night's semi-final against hosts Morocco at the Africa Cup of Nations.

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France records more deaths than births for first time since 1945

Fewer babies, more elderly people, rising life expectancy: France has gradually changed and is now at a demographic turning point. For the first time since World War II, there were more deaths than births, according to the national statistics institute Insee.

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New Caledonia's pro-independence party won't attend Paris meeting

New Caledonia's pro-independence Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS) announced on Tuesday that it would not attend the meeting on the institutional future of the French archipelago in the South Pacific, hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday in Paris.

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France's Le Pen says had 'no sense' of any offence as appeal trial opens

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen said Tuesday she had "no sense" of having committed any offence at the opening of an appeals trial which she hopes will save her 2027 run for president.

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