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The UN's top court on Wednesday ruled climate change an "existential problem of planetary proportions" and said countries had a legal duty to act or face consequences.

French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau is “in the process” of tightening travel conditions to France for “a number of Algerian dignitaries” after Algeria refused to take back 120 nationals who are under an obligation to leave French territory, government spokesperson Sophie Primas said on Wednesday.

Mali’s armed forces and the allied Russia-backed Wagner Group have committed dozens of summary executions and enforced disappearances of ethnic Fulani men since January 2025, according to a report by the NGO Human Rights Watch.

The EU migration pact could help member states prevent "hostile actors" from using migrants and refugees to put pressure on them, the bloc's rights agency said on Wednesday.

France's culture minister Rachida Dati is to go on trial accused of alleged corruption and abuse of power while she was a Member of European Parliament, a judicial source said on Tuesday.

As France's plan to isolate its 100 most dangerous drug traffickers at a high-security prison progresses, the first 17 of the inmates arrived at the facility in Vendin-le-Vieil in the north of the country on Tuesday, according to Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin.

Iran has no plans to abandon its nuclear programme, including uranium enrichment, despite the "severe" damage caused by US strikes to its facilities, the country's foreign minister said ahead of renewed talks with European powers.

French President Emmanuel Macron is to meet German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Berlin on Wednesday to discuss NATO security, the US-EU trade row and other key issues.

The UK government on Tuesday gave new British nuclear power plant Sizewell C, which will be partially funded by French energy giant EDF, the go-ahead after it struck a deal with investors, in a move to bolster energy security.

The United States is preparing to withdraw from Unesco, the United Nations’ cultural and educational agency. The decision is part of President Donald Trump's broader approach to reducing US involvement in international organisations he has previously criticised.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo and the M23 rebel group have committed to signing a peace agreement by 18 August, as announced during a ceremony held in Doha on Saturday. While this development indicates progress, several key issues remain unresolved and subject to further negotiation. Analysts are now assessing…