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'Vive la difference': The Francophile Queen who was Britain's finest diplomat

Relations between Britain and France may have had their rocky moments, but Queen Elizabeth II had a “singular place" in the hearts of the French people – and she showed a soft spot for the country, too.

Radio France Internationale

France remembers De Gaulle’s close escape depicted in The Day of the Jackal

Wartime leader survived most serious of many assassination attempts 60 years ago in Paris suburb

The Guardian - UK

France struggled to relinquish Algeria as a nuclear test site, archives reveal

Top French officials, including French President Charles de Gaulle, sought to conduct atmospheric nuclear tests in the Algerian Sahara following the former French colony’s independence in 1962. These plans, described in recently declassified French documents, never came to fruition. If they had, they would have violated a request made several…

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What price will Ukraine pay for Washington's 'Lend & Lease' generosity?

The US has approved legislation that will revamp the World War II-era military "Lend-Lease" program to boost Ukraine's military. But, as France and other allies have experienced, US assistance in times of crisis can come with a price.

Radio France Internationale

Modi, Macron put Ukraine rift aside to take Indo-French ties to next level

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi becomes the first world leader to have a face-to-face meeting with his frequently cited “friend” Emmanuel Macron following the French president’s re-election victory. While India, unlike France, still refuses to publicly condemn Russia over the Ukraine war, the two leaders share plenty of common ground.

France 24

In an era of electoral fragmentation, Labour must learn to embrace power-sharing

The French election showed how electoral systems shape politics. In the UK, abandoning first past the post could be transformative, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Guardian - UK

Marine Le Pen, the Rassemblement National and Russia: history of a strategic alliance

Days before the second round of the French presidential elections, far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen (Rassemblement National, RN) spelled out some of her foreign policy priorities: limit military support to Ukraine and steer clear from voting new sanctions against Russia; leave NATO’s integrated command; and relaunch a “strategic rapprochement…

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Scott Morrison's tone-deaf leadership is the last thing traumatised flood victims need. Here are two ways he can do better

As French statesman Charles de Gaulle once said, when faced with crisis a man of character “falls back on himself. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it, makes it his own”.

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