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Russia increasingly isolated on world stage as Putin turns 70

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday celebrated turning 70 with a ceremony attended by Russian officials as US President Joe Biden said that the risk of nuclear “Armageddon” is at the highest level since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. Russian officials have spoken of the possibility of using tactical nuclear…

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Iran protests are 'beginning of the end' for regime, exiled activist Alinejad says

Speaking to FRANCE 24, Masih Alinejad, an Iranian journalist and women's rights activist exiled in the US, called Iran’s ongoing protest movement "a revolution". Iran is currently seeing unprecedented demonstrations ignited by the death of Masah Amini, a 22-year-old woman who died in the custody of the morality police after…

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'The Federal Reserve is doing a bad job': Economist Steve Hanke

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says he won't cause a deep recession but that "pain" is necessary to fight inflation. To curb the largest price increases in four decades, the US Federal Reserve has been raising interest rates this year. "The Fed is doing a bad job because they don't…

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Ukraine has retaken more than 500 square km in Kherson region, Zelensky says

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday that Kyiv’s forces have recaptured more than 500 square kilometres of territory in the southern Kherson region since October 1. The retaken land includes nearly 30 towns and villages that Russian forces had occupied for months, a spokeswoman for Ukraine’s southern army command said.…

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‘My men deserve to return’: Ukraine seeks release of prisoners of war in Russia

A Ukrainian soldier whose unit participated in the successful mission to retake the eastern city of Lyman has another pressing goal: to secure the release of nine of his soldiers captured by the Russians in June. FRANCE 24’s Gwendoline Debono reports from Ukraine.

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Children’s art show brings trauma of Ukraine war to Paris

Children in Ukraine’s second-largest city of Kharkiv created artworks portraying their experience of war while living underground in the city's metro, where residents found refuge from Russian bombs, during three gruelling months last spring. Their striking artworks are now the subject of an exhibition in Paris that runs through November…

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Live: Truss tries to shake off disastrous start with Tory conference speech

British Prime Minister Liz Truss is set to address the Tory faithful at 12pm Paris time (GMT+2) on Wednesday, closing a tumultuous conference after her announcement of billions in unfunded tax cuts sent the pound plunging and prompted fears that the Conservatives are doomed to lose the next election. Watch…

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Putin finalises approval of Ukraine annexations despite military reversals

Russian President Vladimir Putin formalised the annexation of four Ukrainian regions on Wednesday despite major battlefield reversals in recent days, reducing the amount of seized territory Moscow controls. Read our live blog to see how all the day's events unfolded. All times are Paris time (GMT+2).

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Demonstrators in Burkina Faso protest France and ECOWAS while waving Russian flags

Anti-French protesters waving Russian flags and shouting slogans against the West African ECOWAS block rallied in Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou on Tuesday as ECOWAS delegates arrived on a fact-finding mission following the country's second military coup this year.

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US cartoonist Chris Ware on drawing inspiration from everyday acts of humanity

His intricate, careful depictions of modern life have won him accolades in the US and the UK, as well as the Angoulême International Comics Festival Grand Prize in 2021. Chris Ware sits down with FRANCE 24 as his cartoons and graphic novels are displayed at the Pompidou Centre's public library…

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Russian annexation of Ukrainian regions will ‘exacerbate’ rights violations, UN warns

Russia's recent annexation of four Ukrainian regions will exacerbate human rights violations, the UN rights office said Tuesday, as it outlined the "unspeakable suffering and devastation" inflicted on Ukrainians. Moscow's defence ministry acknowledged serious territorial losses for Russian forces in the southern region of Kherson. Read about the day's events…

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Global food crisis: Famine in Somalia 'on the horizon', ONE Campaign warns

The Covid-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine, runaway inflation and climate change are all fuelling a global food security crisis. Gayle E. Smith is the chief executive officer of the ONE Campaign, an NGO co-founded by the singer Bono. She spoke to FRANCE 24 about fighting extreme poverty in the…

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Peter Harper on sculpting sound and never taking no for an answer professionally

Peter Harper began making music in his late 30s and has gone on to produce four records including his latest "Survive", which he is currently touring in France – a country which has shown him a lot of love. He popped by the FRANCE 24 studios to tell us about…

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Ukrainian forces break through Russian lines in key Kherson advance

Ukrainian forces on Monday achieved their biggest breakthrough in the Kherson region since the war began, bursting through the Russian front and advancing along the Dnipro River to threaten Russian supply lines. In Zaporizhzhia, the UN nuclear watchdog said the head of the Russian-occupied nuclear power plant had been released.…

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Brazil's presidential race goes to run-off as Bolsonaro outperforms polls

Brazil's presidential election is headed for a run-off vote, electoral authorities said on Sunday, after President Jair Bolsonaro's surprising strength in a first-round vote spoiled rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's hopes of winning outright. Read FRANCE 24’s liveblog to see how the election unfolded. All times are Paris time…

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Ukrainian forces defend eastern gains from Russian counterattacks

Ukraine’s armed forces face a challenge in the country’s east: to defend their recent gains while continuing their counteroffensive. In the suburbs of the town of Kupyansk, an area where they only just regained control, Ukrainian forces are now moving their guns to new positions. Locals barely flinch anymore when…

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Burkina Faso junta leader Damiba agrees to resign following junior officers’ coup

Burkina Faso's junta leader Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba agreed to step down Sunday, two days after military officers announced he had been removed from power, religious and community leaders said.

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Ukraine’s recapture of Lyman shows it can ‘push back’ against Russia, NATO chief says

Ukrainian forces’ recapture of the eastern town of Lyman, which President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday was “cleared” of Moscow’s troops, shows that Ukraine is able to push back against the Russian military, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Sunday. Germany’s defence minister announced that Germany, Denmark and Norway would pay…

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Ukraine’s forces enter strategic town of Lyman as Russia ‘withdraws’ troops

Ukrainian forces on Saturday entered the eastern town of Lyman in the Donetsk region, a logistics hub for Russian forces that has been under Moscow’s control since spring, a spokesperson for Ukraine’s military said. Russia’s defence ministry said its troops had withdrawn from the town hours after Ukraine’s army said…

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Russia is not cooperating with us on Ukraine, ICC says

The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court spoke about alleged war crimes in Ukraine with FRANCE 24, Karim A. A. Khan KC urged Russia to cooperate with the ICC and said "we've got no political agenda". Asked about Russian FM Sergei Lavrov's claim that the ICC is not investigating…

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'We have to strengthen security' after Nord Stream pipeline damage: EU's Gentiloni

"Serious damage" caused by "substantial explosions – not done by an amateur". That's the assessment of the EU’s Economy Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni after gas leaks were discovered in the Nord Stream pipelines between Russia and Germany earlier this week. The former Italian prime minister tells FRANCE 24 that currently there…

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Putin's annexation of Ukraine provinces 'totally unacceptable': Czech Europe minister

As Vladimir Putin annexes four Ukrainian provinces, representing 15 percent of Ukraine's territory, the Czech Republic's Minister for European Affairs Mikulas Bek told FRANCE 24 that this is "totally unacceptable… the EU cannot step down from our support for Ukraine". After former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev declared earlier this week…

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Putin’s annexation of Ukrainian regions changes ‘nothing’, Ukraine’s FM says

In an interview with FRANCE 24 from Kyiv, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba struck a defiant tone, saying that the planned annexation this Friday by Russia of four Ukrainian regions following so-called referendums changes "nothing" for Ukraine and the world. The top Ukrainian diplomat said that the annexations and the…

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Waste couture: How the fashion industry can embrace sustainability

"The most sustainable garment is one you keep for the rest of your life." Livia Firth, co-founder and creative director of Eco-Age, says the fashion industry has been turned upside down by the fast fashion business, but that consumers and designers can reverse the trend. "The world has been addicted…

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UK market mayhem sparks 'unprecedented' bond-buying from Bank of England

The Bank of England has launched a £65 billion emergency bond-buying programme, in an effort to calm the markets and avert a financial crisis. The "unprecedented" support comes amid mounting criticism of the government's plan to slash taxes. Also in the show: Beata Javorcik, Chief Economist at the European Bank…

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