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Podcast: Forgotten female war correspondent, lighter French wine, Notre-Dame reopens

Unearthing the story of the woman who documented Charles de Gaulle's liberation of Paris in 1944. The impact of climate change on alcohol content in wine, and how French consumers are reacting. And the reopening of Notre-Dame cathedral, five years after the fire.

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Chad launches commission to end military pact with France

Chad, the last remaining country in the Sahel to play host French troops, has set up a special commission to oversee the dismantling of the military agreement between Paris and N'Djamena.

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Mystery illness claims more than 140 lives in remote DRC province

An unknown disease has killed at least 143 people in Democratic Republic of Congo's southwestern Kwango province, with local officials warning the death toll will continue to rise.

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France faces deadline to ward off financial turmoil as PM resigns

President Emmanuel Macron is seeking a way out of France's political crisis after Michel Barnier became the first prime minister to be ousted by parliament in over six decades. The upheaval leaves lawmakers just 70 days to debate a new 2025 budget plan after the previous one was scrapped with…

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Georgian PM vows to 'eradicate' opposition amid pro-EU protests

Georgia's prime minister vowed Thursday to "eradicate" the country's "liberal-fascist" opposition, escalating the government's bitter campaign against its rivals as mass pro-EU protests enter their second week.

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Unesco grants intangible heritage status to Syria's Aleppo soap

The United Nations cultural agency has added Aleppo's famous soap to its intangible cultural heritage list. Syria's second city is on the organisation's endangered list, due to damage sustained in the country's civil war.

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Niger military junta seizes control of French uranium operations

French nuclear group Orano has announced that authorities in Niger have taken "operational control" of its uranium mining unit, in an escalating conflict between the company and the country's ruling junta.

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Notre-Dame reborn: the epic quest that saved France's sacred heart

As France's most famous cathedral prepares to reopen, the story of its resurrection spans the devastating 2019 fire that nearly destroyed nine centuries of history, the meticulous restoration efforts, and the controversies that shaped its transformation into a modern masterpiece.

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French PM meets Macron to resign after no-confidence vote

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier on Thursday was meeting Emmanuel Macron to submit his resignation after losing a vote of no confidence in parliament, with the president urgently seeking ways to halt growing political and financial chaos.

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French lawmakers oust Prime Minister Barnier after just three months in office

In a historic upheaval, French lawmakers voted on Wednesday to oust Prime Minister Michel Barnier's government after just three months in power, deepening the country's political crisis. President Emmanuel Macron has said he will make a televised address to the nation on Thursday evening.

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Paris court upholds Polanski acquittal in defamation case

A French appeals court has confirmed the acquittal of Franco-Polish filmmaker Roman Polanski in a defamation case, in which British actor Charlotte Lewis accused him of libel after she claimed he had raped her.

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Biden wraps up Angola trip with drought aid and mega railway drive

US President Joe Biden announced more than $1 billion in funding for drought-stricken African nations as he ended his three-day visit to Angola with a summit at the port of Lobito, where a $3 billion railway project aims to connect Angola’s Atlantic coast with Zambia and the Democratic Republic of…

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South Africa's G20 presidency set to boost the continent's role on world stage

South Africa says it will use its presidency of the G20 – the first by an African nation – to put the priorities of the African continent onto the agenda of the powerful global economic forum.

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Summers of genius: The hidden legacy of Brittany's L'Arcouest

In the early to mid-20th century, a group of eminent scholars from Paris spent their summer holidays in L'Arcouest, a town located along the English Channel in the Brittany region. This circle of intellectuals included Marie Curie, Jean Perrin, Frédéric Joliot, and Irène Joliot-Curie. Now, a documentary film titled L'esprit…

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Spain faces record surge in migrants reaching Canary Islands

A record 41,425 migrants reached Spain's Canary Islands in the first 11 months of 2024, surpassing last year's total of 39,910 with a month still to go, official data shows.

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French and Dutch police smash European gangland's secret messaging service

Three people were arrested on Tuesday after Dutch and French police smashed a sophisticated encryption service used by criminal gangs across Europe.

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French government risks falling in no-confidence vote as budget crisis deepens

France's government on Wednesday faces a no confidence vote that could spell the end of the short-lived administration of Prime Minister Michel Barnier, plunging the country into uncharted waters of political chaos.

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Namibia elects Nandi-Ndaitwah as first female president

Namibia's ruling Swapo party was declared winner Tuesday of last week's disputed elections, ushering in the southern African country's first woman president after a disputed vote that the main opposition has already said it does not recognise.

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Campaigners continue fight for justice 40 years after Bhopal chemical disaster

Nathuram Soni vividly remembers the night 40 years ago when toxic gas swept through Bhopal killing more than 3,500 people in the shanties surrounding the Union Carbide pesticides plant.

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Europe downgrades wolf protections sparking outrage among conservationists

Dozens of countries on Tuesday approved downgrading the protection status of the wolf in Europe, a move activists say will upset the recovery made by the species over the past 10 years after near extinction a century ago.

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Trump to join Macron and world leaders at reopening of Notre-Dame cathedral

Donald Trump is due to attend the weekend reopening of the restored Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris, in his first trip abroad as US president-elect.

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Ghana gets ready for key elections as over 18 million voters face economic challenges

As Ghana prepares for its presidential election on 7 December, over 18 million registered voters are poised to make their voices heard amid significant economic challenges. Citizens from all 16 regions of the West African nation wide range of views to RFI on the pressing issues that will shape their…

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Historic rescue returns trafficked and endangered wildlife to Madagascar

Madagascar has launched an operation to repatriate more than 1,000 endangered lemurs and tortoises, seven months after Thai authorities seized them from wildlife traffickers. Officials are calling it the largest return of trafficked species in the island nation's history.

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France, Saudi Arabia sign strategic partnership, call for fresh elections in Lebanon

President Emmanuel Macron and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman have signed a strategic partnership aimed at deepening bilateral ties and de-escalating conflict in the Middle East, including Lebanon, where the two leaders called for presidential elections.

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French prison crisis deepens with cells holding four times capacity

French prisons are now more overcrowded than ever, with up to four people sharing single-occupancy cells as the number of inmates continues to surge beyond capacity.

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