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Giorgia Meloni's Italy: An authoritarian drift? (Part 1)

In this edition of Europe Rendezvous, we travel to Italy, one of the European Union's founding members, to examine how the country's democratic institutions have come under increasing pressure. It may be the season of la dolce vita, but life has been far from sweet for migrants, women seeking abortions…

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New Caledonia: A deeply divided territory

Two years after the riots that shook New Caledonia in 2024, FRANCE 24 returns to a French overseas territory still grappling with the consequences of one of the darkest chapters in its recent history. Travelling from the Kanak independence stronghold of Saint-Louis to Mont-Dore, Nouméa and Bourail, our reporters meet…

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🔴 Live: More than 100,000 evacuated in France's fire-hit southwest, PM Lecornu calls crisis meeting

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Indian activist ends 26-day hunger strike, though student protests continue

Indian activist Sonam Wangchuk ended his 26-day hunger strike on Friday after talks with government ministers, but student-led protests over leaked medical entrance exam papers continued, with demonstrators demanding the education minister's resignation and wider reforms.

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In pictures: Wildfires ravage parts of southern France

Thousands of people were evacuated in southwest France on Thursday, as a wildfire ravaged a seaside pine forest. Hundreds of firefighters were battling the fire, which started around midday on Wednesday. FRANCE 24 looks at some of the most striking images of the fire.

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Climate change has intensified Europe's risk of drought, scientists say

Human-caused climate change has intensified Europe's drought by making extreme heat, rather than low rainfall, the main driver of exceptionally dry conditions, an international team of scientists said on Thursday, warning that a warmer atmosphere is sharply increasing drought and wildfire risks.

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🔴 Daniel Siad, French modelling scout linked to US sex offender Epstein, found dead outside Paris

Daniel Siad, a French modelling scout with links to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, was found dead at his home outside Paris, prosecutors said on Wednesday morning.

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US estimates cost of war in Iran at $37.5 billion as it renews strikes on Tehran

The United States renewed its strikes on Iran, where an air raid alert was triggered Wednesday in Tehran, after US President Donald Trump warned he was “not finished” with the war, the cost of which is skyrocketing for Washington. US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth estimated on Tuesday that the…

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The week in pictures: The end of the World Cup, heatwaves and wildfires, war in Ukraine

The final stages of the World Cup, with Les Bleus’ elimination and England finishing third; extreme heat and wildfires around the world; and the Tour de France brought to a standstill by the heatwave in France. FRANCE 24 looks back at some of the week's most striking images.

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Fight or Flight: Trump administration subpoenas journalists over Air Force One reporting

This week France 24's media show "Scoop" looks at Donald Trump's latest attempt to intimidate the press. The New York Times broke the story that the Qatari-donated Air Force One had security concerns. It was clearly newsworthy: the US President flying on a plane that was less secure than another…

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🔴 Middle East live: Two US service members in Jordan killed, one missing in action

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BTS storms Paris: K-pop phenomenon plays stade de France

The Korean superstar boyband is wrapping up the European leg of their Arirang album tour in the French capital before dates in North and South America. FRANCE 24 takes a look at the K-pop phenomenon’s meteoric rise.

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Project 'Afrika’: Inside Russia's propaganda machine

After a leak of confidential documents revealed how Russian agents have been placing hundreds of articles in French-speaking media outlets in West and Central Africa, FRANCE 24 travelled to Dakar, Senegal, to investigate this secret operation.

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'Project Afrika': Inside Russia's propaganda machine

This week in Reporters: a special report by FRANCE 24's The Observers. After a leak of confidential documents revealed how Russian agents have been planting hundreds of articles in French-speaking media outlets in West and Central Africa, FRANCE 24 travelled to Dakar, Senegal, to investigate this secret operation. Nathan Gallo…

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French PM Lecornu seeks deeper ties, energy cooperation on Morocco visit

France and Morocco moved on Thursday to strengthen a renewed partnership that has flourished over the past two years, with French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu hailing their "exceptionally positive" ties in Rabat.

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Ali Zalzali’s shows gothic glamour in his début couture collection

His blossoming, botanical and flowing forms recall the life cycles of plants and humans. Designer Ali Zalzali tells FRANCE 24 about creating his first couture collection, ‘Natura Morta’ and the evocative short film he made to conjure up the universe of these hand-crafted pieces.

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Washington is ready to 'upend the rules-based world order', HRW chief says

In an interview with FRANCE 24, Human Rights Watch executive director Philippe Bolopion says the Trump administration has "launched an all-out assault on human rights" at home and abroad. He calls the Fort Bliss ICE detention centre a "human rights catastrophe" and warns Washington is ready to "upend the rules-based…

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'Thousands of people are still dying over a few meters of ground' in Ukraine

In this edition, British photographer Mark Neville, who is based in Kyiv, talks about his passion for the future of Ukraine and his belief that the country will win the war with Russia that started after Moscow’s full-scale invasion in 2022. He has spoken with FRANCE 24 multiple times to…

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Expert warns 'European temperatures are warming the fastest'

In this edition, a climatologist talks to FRANCE 24 about our changing weather patterns and their effects on wildfires currently raging across Europe. Dr. Alan Kennedy-Asser, Senior researcher at the University of Bristol, sheds light on the issue against a backdrop of hundreds of French firefighters just managing to contain…

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‘My heart is on fire’: Fontainebleau forest blaze leaves community reeling

As wildfires tear through the Fontainebleau forest south of Paris, residents describe their fear and disbelief. Locals spoke to FRANCE 24 about their connection to the woodland and how the blaze is reshaping a place they called home.

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France marks tenth anniversary of deadly Nice terror attack

President Emmanuel Macron held a national tribute in Nice on Tuesday for the victims of a deadly jihadist attack 10 years ago in the southern French city. Later Tuesday, the French football team will observe a minute of silence ahead of their World Cup semi-final in a commemoration to the…

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Fontainebleau forest could take decades to recover after wildfire, expert says

As France battles a wildfire south of Paris, Stefan Doerr, Director of the Centre for Wildfire Research at Swansea University, tells FRANCE 24's Monte Francis that "we need to prepare the environment more to reduce the risk of fire, but we will never eliminate it completely". The blaze has scorched…

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Iran expands attacks on Gulf states after intense US strikes

Iran reported strikes Sunday evening on two of its southern islands while Kuwait, where Tehran has repeatedly targeted US installations, said border posts and an offshore oil platform had been attacked. The as-yet unclaimed strikes came hours after Tehran and WashingtonStrait of Hormuz, offering contradicting statements as to whether the…

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The week in pictures: Le Pen's comeback, Khamenei's funeral and Mbappé's wondergoal

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen was cleared to run in next year's presidential election, despite having her embezzlement conviction confirmed, in a week that saw Iran hold days-long funeral ceremonies for slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and football stars Kylian Mbappé and Lionel Messi deliver moments of magic…

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Typhoon slams into eastern China after forcing nearly two million people to flee

Typhoon Bavi weakened to a severe tropical storm on Sunday after making landfall in eastern China, where authorities evacuated nearly two million people and suspended transport as the powerful storm threatened flooding and destructive winds.

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