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Paris police to deploy en masse for Bastille Day, PSG game

Some 11,500 officers will be deployed in the French capital and surrounding areas on Sunday and Monday for the FIFA Club World Cup final between English side Chelsea and French champions Paris Saint-Germain, which coincides with festivities on the eve of France's national holiday, known as Bastille Day, that can…

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Two French MPs to join new Gaza-bound aid boat

A Gaza-bound boat carrying pro-Palestinian activists, including members of France's hard-left LFI party, and humanitarian aid left Sicily on Sunday, over a month after Israel detained and deported people aboard a previous vessel.

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French deal on New Caledonia 'state' hits early criticism

An accord between France and New Caledonia, creating a state within a state and hailed by President Emmanuel Macron as "historic", hit immediate fierce criticism in the Pacific territory on Sunday.

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France says Australia defence ties repaired after submarine row

France's defence relations with Australia have recovered after their 2021 bust-up over a major submarine contract, the country's ambassador said Sunday.

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You still can't sink a rainbow, Greenpeace boss says 40 years after bombing

Forty years after the Rainbow Warrior bombing, Greenpeace International’s executive director Mads Christensen says the attack only made the movement stronger and proved that “you can’t sink a rainbow”. He tells RFI how one act of violence inspired generations of activists and continues to fuel their fight for the planet.

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Macron to announce major defence measures amid rising global threats

French President Emmanuel Macron is set to address the nation on Sunday evening, outlining major new defence commitments as France faces mounting security threats and a shifting global order.

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France passes law to allow return of Ivorian drum stolen by colonial troops

French MPs have unanimously adopted legislation allowing Paris to return to Cote d'Ivoire the Djidji Ayôkwé talking drum, which colonial troops seized from the Ebrié tribe in 1916.

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Swiatek destroys Anisimova 6-0, 6-0 to win first Wimbledon title

Iga Swiatek demolished Amanda Anisimova 6-0, 6-0 in the most one-sided women's Wimbledon final for 114 years to win her sixth Grand Slam title.

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What does 50C feel like? Touring ‘heat chamber’ allows French people to find out

As climate change drives temperature increases across Europe, heatwaves are becoming more frequent and more intense. While the mercury has not yet hit 50C in France, a group of researchers is giving people the chance to experience life at that temperature, touring the country with a heated container in tow.

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Carnac Megaliths get Unesco World Heritage status

The megalithic sites of Carnac and the shores of Morbihan in Brittany, western France, have been officially inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage list, the international organisation announced on Saturday.

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PSG on brink of history after booking place in FIFA Club World Cup final

A blistering 4-0 demolition of Real Madrid has fired PSG into the FIFA Club World Cup final, where Chelsea now stand between them and an unprecedented clean sweep of every major trophy in the 2025 season, according to the French news agency AFP.

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Trump says EU, Mexico to face 30 percent tariff from August 1

President Donald Trump on Saturday said major US trading partners the European Union and Mexico would face a 30 percent tariff starting next month, ramping up pressure for deals in his trade wars.

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Crackdown on Turkish opposition intensifies, with further arrests of mayors

Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) is warning that the future of democracy in the country is at stake, as a legal crackdown against it intensifies. This month has seen three more city mayors arrested in anti-corruption probes, while half of CHP parliamentary deputies are facing having their legal…

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Erdogan rejoices as Kurdish PKK fighters destroy weapons at disarmament ceremony

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday his country had achieved victory after Kurdish rebels destroyed their weapons, ending their decades-long armed struggle against Ankara.

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Lesotho declares 'state of disaster' as it struggles with US policy changes

Lesotho's reliance on the United States has left the country on the brink of disaster following the Trump administration's decision to cut off aid. Its manufacturing sector too is under threat, thanks to uncertainty around the renewal of the African Growth and Opportunity Act.

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Greece passes North Africa asylum ban amid rights groups' opposition

Greek lawmakers voted on Friday to temporarily stop processing asylum requests from migrants arriving from North Africa by sea in a bid to reduce arrivals into Europe's southernmost tip, a move rights groups and opposition parties have called illegal.

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New Caledonia’s political leaders sign historic agreement to shape territory’s future

New Caledonia’s political leaders have signed what is being described as a “historic” agreement near Paris, outlining a new institutional future for the territory. The deal, reached after ten days of negotiations, establishes an “État de Nouvelle-Calédonie” (State of New Caledonia) to be enshrined in the French Constitution, and introduces…

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UN says hundreds killed in recent weeks while seeking aid in Gaza

Ten Palestinians were reported killed Friday while waiting for rations in Gaza, adding to nearly 800 similar deaths in the last six weeks, according to the UN, with Israel's army saying it issued new instructions to troops following repeated reports of fatalities.

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French Polynesia declares increase in ocean protection

This week on The Sound Kitchen, you’ll hear the answer to the question about France’s maritime domains. There’s a poem by Pradip Basak read by RFI English journalist Amanda Morrow, “The Listener’s Corner”, and lots of good music. All that and the new quiz and bonus questions too, so click…

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French justice to challenge Israeli 'impunity' over alleged Gaza civilian executions

Several NGOs, including the International Federation for Human Rights, have filed a legal complaint in Paris against two French-Israeli soldiers accused of carrying out summary executions of civilians in the Gaza Strip. The plaintiffs say the case could mark a turning point in judicial responses to the war in the…

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Macron declares July 12 annual Dreyfus commemoration day

French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday declared July 12 a French day of national commemoration for Alfred Dreyfus, a French army captain wrongly convicted of treason in 1894 in a notorious act of antisemitism.

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Rebel groups in CAR lay down their arms as new peace deal begins

As a peace deal signed by the Central African government and rebel groups comes into force on Friday, the leaders of 3R and UPC have officially dissolved their movements in a ceremony in Bangui led by President Faustin-Archange Touadéra.

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Russia sees France as its 'chief enemy' in Europe, says head of French army

Moscow has named France its “chief enemy in Europe”, the head of the French army, General Thierry Burkhard, said on Friday. He linked the move to Paris’s backing of Ukraine since Russia invaded in 2022.

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Thirty years after genocide, Srebrenica has more graves than residents

Thirty years on from Europe’s worst atrocity since the Second World War, the Bosnian town of Srebrenica is still marked by empty streets, rows of graves and families who have never stopped waiting. Home to 6,000 people before the war, it now has fewer than 800 residents, as many young…

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Iran confirms arrest of missing French-German teenage cyclist

France's prime minister has called on Iran not to "persecute innocent people" after Tehran announced it had arrested young Franco-German cyclist Lennart Monterlos, who disappeared in the country on 16 June.

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