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‘I feel sorry for British voters’: our panel on how the UK election is seen around Europe

Britain may be about to buck a European trend and elect a progressive government – but correspondents find Brexit amnesia bemusing and Nigel Farage’s return surreal

The Guardian - UK · Jun 24, 2024

Botswana's President Masisi slams 'wrong' G7 decision on diamond certification

FRANCE 24 spoke to Botswana's President Mokgweetsi Masisi on the sidelines of a global summit in Paris, during which $1 billion were pledged to increase the production of vaccines in Africa. Masisi discussed the importance of Africa producing its own vaccines and the need for considerable funding. He also reacted…

France 24 · Jun 21, 2024

UK general election 2024: What are the key issues shaping the vote?

Candidates promise to fix Britain’s domestic woes as the top two parties look set to lose votes over Gaza positions.

Al Jazeera · Jun 21, 2024

The question isn’t whether Trump or Biden is declining faster: it’s why the US is faced with this choice

Both men have behaved in ways that might give even the most cautious observer pause, says Emma Brockes

The Guardian - UK · Jun 19, 2024

Canada’s family-based immigration program for Sudanese fleeing war is too little, too late

Sudan’s civil war has forcibly displaced more than 9.2 million people since it began in April 2023. This represents not only the largest internal displacement situation globally, it’s also a growing humanitarian emergency affecting 25 million people.

The Conversation · Jun 19, 2024

'Cheapfakes': Out-of-context Videos Target Biden's Age

Republicans are flooding the internet with out-of-context videos of US President Joe Biden, using what the White House has characterized as deceptive editing tactics to cast the 81-year-old as infirm less than five months from November's election.

International Business Times · Jun 19, 2024

Did Joe Biden really 'wander off' during the G7 summit in Italy?

A video in which US President Joe Biden appears to wander off at the G7 summit is going viral. The White House recently declared that Biden is a victim of "cheap fakes" on social media, which make it seem like he is senile and unfit for office. Also, did former…

France 24 · Jun 18, 2024

Ukraine summit fails to provide a path to peace for Kyiv and its allies

Was the the first so-called “Summit on Peace in Ukraine”, held in Switzerland on June 15 to 16, a failure? Certainly not, if you listen to the fairly upbeat reactions of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky and his western backers. And, to be fair, the summit has enabled Zelensky to keep…

The Conversation · Jun 18, 2024

G7 overcomes internal wrangling and ‘irrelevance’ barbs to strike US$50 billion deal to support Ukraine

In the 26 months since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, the west has been riven with disagreement about how much – and what – support it will provide for Volodymyr Zelensky’s government. There are two main reasons for this. One is Russia’s deep integration in the global economy, particularly…

The Conversation · Jun 18, 2024

White House says Joe Biden is a victim of ‘cheap fakes’: What are they?

Easily edited and reliant on real videos, they’re less sophisticated than deepfakes — but very effective.

Al Jazeera · Jun 18, 2024