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Crunch time: Fuel price spike squeezes French baguette bakers as heating oil costs soar

Kevin and Sandrine Luce run a bakery in northern France and are struggling with soaring fuel prices

The Independent UK · Sep 27

Pope Leo to meet clergy sexual abuse victims in Lourdes

After two days in Paris where he drew hundreds of thousands of worshippers, Pope Leo XIV will continue his visit to France on Sunday in the southwestern pilgrimage town of Lourdes with a private meeting with victims of clergy sexual abuse. The pope's four-day trip is the first official papal…

France 24 · Sep 26

In his final UN speech, Macron may have given other leaders a valuable parting gift: the guts to stand up to Trump

The French president’s resolve seems to have rubbed off on the leaders of other ‘middle powers’, says Steve Bloomfield, the former international editor of the Observer

The Guardian - UK · Sep 26

Pope warns ‘paradise of machines’ could undermine humanity as he visits France

Pope Leo has warned that a “paradise of machines” risked undermining humanity as he opened a trip to France by posing fundamental questions…

The National (Scotland) · Sep 25

The Latest: Xi wraps up Washington visit with a trip to see the Constitution and Bill of Rights

President Donald Trump will take Chinese President Xi Jinping to visit the National Archives, showing off the sacred texts of U.S. democracy to the leader of the world’s most powerful communist country to cap off a three-day state visit criticized for being heavy on pomp and light on substance

The Independent UK · Sep 25

France welcomes Leo XIV at Orly Airport as bells sound nationwide

Pope Leo XIV begins historic four-day visit to France with focus on Europe’s future.

Euronews · Sep 25

Pope Leo XIV's France visit puts Macron in diplomatic balancing act

Pope Leo XIV's visit to France is forcing Emmanuel Macron into a delicate diplomatic balancing act. As both the head of the Catholic Church and the head of the Vatican City State, the pontiff requires the French president to navigate the country's secular traditions carefully. There will be no private…

France 24 · Sep 25

Live: 80,000 young faithful greet Pope at Stade de France

Pope Leo XIV was greeted by a crowd of around 80,000 at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, just north of Paris, on Friday evening. Hours earlier, speaking at the Élysée Palace, he had cautioned that humanity could be lost to a "paradise of machines" driven by artificial intelligence.

Radio France Internationale · Sep 25

Pope Leo warns against AI and says technology ‘must remain at service of humans’ during first visit to France – as it happened

The pope gives landmark speech on AI development and Europe’s future

The Guardian - UK · Sep 25

Pumping life into Mecca Pact? Saudi, Turkey, Pak plan meet against Houthis threat

The planned meeting was announced after the foreign ministers of the three countries met in New York on Thursday. Saudi foreign minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan, Pakistan's deputy prime minister and foreign minister Ishaq Dar, and Turkish foreign minister Hakan Fidan discussed the attacks and possible steps under the agreement.

The Times of India · Sep 25