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French PM turns to YouTube to sell budget cuts and calm public anger

French Prime Minister François Bayrou is turning to YouTube to defend deep budget cuts aimed at bringing the country’s soaring debt under control. He says France is running out of time to fix its finances and wants the public to understand what’s at stake.

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Toxic convenience: what science tells us about plastic’s hidden costs

As talks aimed at finalising the first global plastics treaty continue in Geneva, mounting scientific evidence is revealing the full scale of the plastics crisis, from toxic chemicals in the production process to the effect of microplastics in the human body.

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Senegal joins space pact shaping the next era of Moon missions

Senegal doesn’t have astronauts or a Moon mission – but it now has a seat at the table where the future of space is being shaped. It has joined the Artemis Accords, a US-led agreement laying down the rules for exploring the Moon and beyond – and it’s only the…

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French wildfire 'under control', but wine region faces long road to recovery

The largest wildfire France has seen in nearly 80 years – ripping through forests, villages and vineyards in the southern Aude department – has been contained, but officials warn it will keep burning for days. Among the hardest-hit areas is the Corbières wine region, where flames destroyed vineyards already weakened…

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Israeli plan for Gaza takeover must be halted immediately: UN rights chief

The Israeli government's plan for a full-scale military takeover of Gaza will cause more deaths and suffering and must be halted immediately, the United Nations Human Rights Chief Volker Turk said on Friday.

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Canadian teenager Mboko beats Osaka to win first WTA title

Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko defied a swollen right wrist to come from a set down on Friday to outwit the four-time major champion Naomi Osaka and claim her first senior tour title at the Canadian Open.

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Macron urges Ukraine ceasefire as Zelensky demands role in US-Russia talks

Amid growing diplomatic efforts to end the war in Ukraine, Kyiv is pushing to ensure it has a direct role in any future negotiations between Washington and Moscow.

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Armenian and Azeri leaders to meet Trump in Washington for peace talks

Direct talks in Washington with United States President Donald Trump aim to mark a turning point in efforts to secure lasting peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan, after decades of hostilities.

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France's top constitutional court rejects return of bee-killing pesticide

France's Constitutional Council on Thursday rejected a controversial pesticide bill that would have allowed the reintroduction of acetamiprid – a chemical banned since 2018 due to its harmful effects on pollinators, ecosystems and human health. The bill drew strong public opposition, including a petition that collected more than 2.1 million…

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PSG's stars and head coach listed for top awards at Ballon d'Or gala

Paris Saint-Germain's stars as well as head coach Luis Enrique were listed on Thursday for prizes at next month's Ballon d'Or gala – world football's most prestigious awards ceremony.

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Biggest French wildfire since 1949 a 'catastrophe on an unprecedented scale'

French firefighters continue to battle the spread of a wildfire in the south of the country that has left one person dead and burnt 17,000 hectares since Tuesday. It's the country's biggest blaze since 1949, according to the Minister for Ecological Transition, Agnès Pannier-Runacher.

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‘In two days, it all came crashing down': A French-Syrian family torn apart

The fall of Bashar al-Assad allowed the Abou Latif family to realise their dream of returning to their homeland of Syria this summer. But they found themselves caught up in the fighting between Druze and jihadists in the city of Sweida. Wife and mother Amjaad returned to Paris with her…

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Macron calls for tougher stance on Algerian diplomats amid deportation row

French President Emmanuel Macron has asked his government to tighten visa requirements for Algerian diplomats, as the diplomatic crisis over the deportation of Algerian nationals escalates.

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Ghana declares mourning after ministers killed in helicopter crash

Ghana has declared three days of national mourning after two government ministers were killed in a military helicopter crash on Wednesday.

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UK says first migrants held under return deal with France

The UK said on Thursday it had detained the first migrants under a new "one-in, one-out" deal with France in which it can return people crossing the Channel on small boats.

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Singles champions to get record prize money at 2025 US Open

Winners of the men's and women's singles championships at the US Open next month will receive a record $5 million in prize money, tennis chiefs in the United States confirmed on Thursday.

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South Africa braces for heavy job losses as stiff US tariffs take hold

As sweeping new US tariffs take effect on Thursday, dozens of countries are facing sharp new duties on their exports. South Africa is among the hardest hit, with key goods now subject to a 30 percent tariff and up to 100,000 jobs on the line.

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Pacific microstate sells first passports to fund climate action

A remote Pacific nation has started selling passports to fund climate action, but is so far struggling to attract new citizens to the low-lying, largely barren island.

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French court to rule on agriculture law that poses threat to bees and nature

France’s top court will rule on Thursday whether to approve a controversial law that could bring back a banned pesticide. More than two million people have signed a petition calling for the legislation to be scrapped, while doctors, scientists and environmental groups have raised serious health concerns.

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Outcry in Cameroon as opposition leader Kamto barred from presidential race

Cameroon’s Constitutional Council has confirmed opposition leader Maurice Kamto will not be allowed to run in the October presidential election.

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Death toll climbs in Yemen migrant boat sinking with dozens still missing

The death toll from a migrant boat disaster off Yemen has climbed to 96, underscoring the growing human cost of perilous journeys across the Red Sea.

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Poland’s new president brings hard line on refugees, abortion and rule of law

Karol Nawrocki’s inauguration as Poland’s new president on Wednesday has set the stage for a turbulent power struggle with Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s pro-European government and raised fears among Poland’s Ukrainian community.

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Man arrested after lighting cigarette using French war memorial flame

French police were on Wednesday considering whether to charge a man who was arrested for lighting a cigarette using the eternal flame at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, under the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.

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Eighty years on, Korean survivors of WWII atomic bombs still suffer

Bae Kyung-mi was five years old when the Americans dropped "Little Boy", the atomic bomb that flattened Hiroshima on 6 August 1945.

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Trump to lead LA Olympics task force overseeing security and visas

US President Donald Trump has set up a new task force to handle planning and security for the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. He will lead the group himself.

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