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Louvre security is 'not up to standard' warns French senator

The chairman of the Senate’s Committee on Culture, Laurent Lafon, said on Tuesday, after a visit to the Louvre’s security facilities, that the museum’s safety standards were “not up to what one would expect from a modern museum.”

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Germany beat France to advance to women's Nations League final

Germany moved into the final of the women's Nations League following a 3-2 aggregate victory over France.

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Albert Londres press prize awarded to French legal journalist Julie Brafman

Julie Brafman, a journalist with the French daily Libération has won the 87th Albert Londres Prize, the most prestigious award in the French-speaking press, for her legal reporting.

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Dutch voters decide future amid rising far-right influence

The Netherlands is bracing for a pivotal general election on 29 October, with more than 13 million eligible voters set to decide on the country's future direction amid fervent debates over EU membership, the war in Ukraine and immigration policy. Polls indicate that the far-right PVV party is likely to…

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Tanzania heads to polls with opposition barred and democracy under strain

Tanzanians are voting on Wednesday in a general election that looks set to keep President Samia Suluhu Hassan in power. But with opposition leaders jailed and political freedoms under pressure, the vote could mark another step back for democracy in one of East Africa’s more stable nations.

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French farmers petition Macron to block Mercosur trade agreement

Forty-four French farmers’ organisations have signed an open letter urging President Emmanuel Macron to “clarify” France’s stance and take action to block the South American Mercosur trade agreement, which they regard as both unfair and even dangerous.

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Nearly one million hectares burn as war ravages nature across Ukraine

Nearly one million hectares of land in Ukraine have gone up in smoke this year as the Russian invasion turns forests into battlefields and leaves nature badly scarred. The fires follow the front line, raise fears of war crimes and add to a growing climate bill.

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Inside Côte d’Ivoire’s pivotal election: voices of hope and uncertainty

Ivorians voted on Saturday to choose their next president, in what is being seen as the most important election in West Africa. Côte d’Ivoire remains the region’s most stable and economically prosperous nation, and the last close ally of its former colonial power, France. Yet despite recent economic growth, the…

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African Union condemns atrocities, 'war crimes' in Sudan's El-Fasher

The African Union chairman condemned on Tuesday alleged "atrocities" and reported "war crimes" in Sudan's strategic hub of El-Fasher and called for an immediate halt to fighting. This comes after Sudan's army admitted on Monday it had withdrawn from the city.

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UN, France slam Israel after attack on UN peacekeepers in Lebanon

The United Nations and France have condemned Israeli fire near UN peacekeeping troops in southern Lebanon, after a weekend incident during which peacekeepers neutralised an Israeli reconnaissance drone.

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Ouattara wins landslide fourth term as Côte d'Ivoire president

Côte d'Ivoire's President Alassane Ouattara has won a fourth term, securing a crushing 89.77 percent, the electoral commission said on Monday evening, in a vote which his two greatest rivals were barred from.

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UN warns of ethnically motivated 'atrocities' in Sudan's El-Fasher

The UN rights chief warned Monday that the Sudanese city of El-Fasher was in an "extremely precarious situation", with the likelihood of "ethnically-motivated violations and atrocities" rising after paramilitary forces claimed control.

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Cameroon’s Biya re-elected despite deadly protests and claims of fraud

President Paul Biya has won an eighth term in Cameroon, keeping the 92-year-old leader in power until he is almost 100, according to results announced on Monday by the Constitutional Council.

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France confronts deep divides 20 years after teen deaths set off Paris riots

Twenty years on, the deaths of French teenagers Zyed Benna, 17, and Bouna Traoré, 15, still weigh heavily in Clichy-sous-Bois, the Paris suburb where they were electrocuted while fleeing a police identity check. That tragedy spurred 21 nights of unrest across France.

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Deadly unrest as Cameroon awaits presidential election result

Four people have been killed in Cameroon during protests led by supporters of opposition figure Issa Tchiroma Bakary. The unrest happened in Douala, the country’s economic capital, as Cameroon awaits the official results of its presidential election.

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Ten stand trial in Paris over sexist cyberbullying of Brigitte Macron

Eight men and two women go on trial in Paris on Monday and Tuesday, accused of sexist online bullying of France’s first lady Brigitte Macron.

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Côte d'Ivoire's Ouattara set for fourth term, early results suggest

Alassane Ouattara looked likely to win a fourth term as Côte d'Ivoire president on Sunday, with early results suggesting a landslide victory in a poll where two of the main hopefuls were barred from standing.

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How Brazil’s booming coffee industry is driving deforestation

As Brazil prepares to host the UN’s climate conference next month, its coffee industry is under growing scrutiny for fuelling massive deforestation – and for threatening the very crop that made the country famous.

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Sudanese paramilitaries claim to have taken control of Darfur's El-Fasher

Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) says it's taken full control of El-Fasher – the Sudanese army's last stronghold in the Darfur region in the west of the country.

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World’s largest museum devoted to ancient Egypt to open by Giza pyramids

After years of delays, the long-awaited Grand Egyptian Museum – set to be the world’s largest devoted to ancient Egypt – will finally open its doors near the Giza pyramids.

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Côte d'Ivoire awaits results after calm election day with expected low turnout

Ivorians voted peacefully on Saturday to elect their president, in a poll held without key opposition leaders and boycotted by part of the electorate.

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Suspects arrested in Paris's Louvre museum crown jewels heist

The Paris prosecutor has said that a number of suspects have been arrested over the theft of crown jewels from Paris’s Louvre museum last weekend.

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Djibouti vote to lift presidential age limit allows Guelleh re-run

Djibouti's parliament has voted unanimously to lift a presidential age limit, opening the way for its 77-year-old leader Ismail Omar Guelleh to run for a sixth term in April 2026 election.

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TikTok under scrutiny as toxic videos reach young users within minutes

Teens can be shown self-harm and suicide content on TikTok within minutes of joining the app, Amnesty International has warned, as families in France pursue legal action and MPs examine the platform’s impact on young users.

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Fondation Cartier opens vast new home for contemporary art in heart of Paris

The Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art has moved to the cultural heart of Paris, opposite the Louvre, where a vast new space designed by French architect Jean Nouvel opens to the public this Saturday.

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