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With lavish treatment of Macron, China's Xi woos France to "counter" U.S.

China's Xi Jinping has given French President Emmanuel Macron an unusually lavish welcome on a state visit, which some analysts see as a sign of Beijing's growing offensive to woo key allies within the European Union to counter the United States.

Reuters

China enters riskier space by positioning itself as diplomatic alternative to US

Recent meetings in Beijing mark a return to the world stage but with that comes increased scrutiny

The Guardian - UK

France needs healing period, PM says, without offering tonic

France needs to "go through a healing period" after weeks of sometimes violent street protests against plans to raise the retirement age, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said, though she offered no clear path out of the political turmoil.

Reuters

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Macron's China visit reaps cultural, economic rewards but stalls on Ukraine

French President Macron's three-day visit to China has so far seen a strengthening of economic and cultural ties, but no firm commitments on Chinese mediation in the Ukraine war – one of the trip's main objectives.

Radio France Internationale

Brits' Easter travel chaos begins as 'nightmare' queues form at Dover ahead of weekend

P&O Ferries was reporting delays of at least an hour to the Port of Dover as early as 8am today, following chaotic scenes last weekend which saw thousands of Brits delayed

Daily Mirror

Macron in Guangzhou on Final Day of China Trip

French President Emmanuel Macron meets students and dines with Xi Jinping in the southern city of Guangzhou Friday, wrapping up a three-day state visit to China that has been dominated by discussions of how Beijing could mediate the Ukraine conflict. The French president, who arrived in the capital on Wednesday,…

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Remembering Rwanda's darkest hundred days and the thousands who died

Rwanda today begins commemorating the 29th anniversary of the 1994 genocide, in which 800,000 people, most of them from the Tutsi ethnic group, were massacred by Hutu militia.

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Kremlin says its strategic aim is to create a ‘new world order’ – as it happened

Foreign minister says Russia rejects a ‘unipolar world order led by one hegemon’

The Guardian - AU

Ukraine seeks to prevent military leaks after NATO assistance plans reportedly appear on social media

Ukraine's leaders discussed ways to prevent leaks of military information on Friday after secret documents detailing U.S. and NATO efforts to help the country plan a counter-offensive against Russia's invasion reportedly appeared on social media.

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Push is on to boost troops’ housing allowance

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Port of Dover Easter travel delays warning sparks fear of chaos at border

Easter getaway weekend could see further travel chaos at the border after warning of Port of Dover delays.

The Independent UK

‘We’re the only check on Macron’: French protesters vow no let-up in bitter pension battle

Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators hit French streets on Thursday for an eleventh day of protests and strikes against President Emmanuel Macron's deeply unpopular pension reform, with protesters determined to keep up the pressure ahead of a key court ruling.

France 24

Paris pension protesters target Macron’s favourite restaurant

Weeks of protests, riots and clashes with police have culminated in an attack on a famous Paris eatery with links to embattled President Emmanuel Macron.

The New Daily

Defiant French student protests again after arrest

Just over two weeks after being arrested at a spontaneous protest in Paris, student Louise Thomas took to the streets again during an eleventh day of nationwide demonstrations against President Emmanuel Macron's pension reform.

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The Guardian - UK

Paris brasserie favoured by Macron set alight as pension protests continue

Awning of La Rotonde briefly in flames as hundreds of thousands of mostly peaceful demonstrators again take to streets across France

The Independent UK

French protests: Paris workers throw dead rats at city hall in new clashes over pensions

‘Deep, cold anger’ on 11th day of national strikes and protests

The New Daily

Chinese President Xi Jinping calls for Ukraine peace talks

Chinese leader Xi Jinping called for peace talks over Ukraine after French President Emmanuel Macron urged him to "bring Russia to its senses"

Tribune News Service

Macron urges Xi to bring Putin ‘back to reason’ over Ukraine

French President Emmanuel Macron urged Xi Jinping to use his influence to help restore peace to Ukraine, saying the Chinese leader could bring all sides together to discuss a way to end the Russian invasion.

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Macron says he's counting on Xi Jinping to 'bring Russia to its senses'

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday he is counting on his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to "bring Russia to its senses" over Moscow's war in Ukraine.

Reuters

French source says China ready to work on Ukraine peace, details scant

China is ready to work together with France on obtaining a negotiated end to the war in Ukraine, a French diplomatic source said on Thursday after President Emmanuel Macron held talks with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.

The Conversation

Ukraine war: the lessons from the Northern Ireland peace process

As the French and Chinese presidents, Emmanuel Macron and Xi Jinping, were discussing the need for more constructive international engagement to end the war in Ukraine, it emerged this week that Ukraine, too, was open to reconsidering its options. A top adviser to Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, noted that Kyiv…

Al Jazeera

France implores China to ‘bring Russia to its senses’ on Ukraine

France’s president, accompanied by the European Commission chief, says he wants to ‘be a voice that unites Europe’.

France 24

Macron’s favourite restaurant set on fire, participation dwindles in French pension protests

Protesters in Paris briefly set fire to President Emmanuel Macron’s favourite restaurant Thursday as hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets for an 11th day of demonstrations against the president’s deeply unpopular pension reform. Violence also flared in others French cities, including Rennes and Nantes, but overall protest…

The New Daily

Ukrainian forces take fight to streets of besieged Bakhmut

Ukrainian and Russian forces are battling in the streets of Bakhmut, eastern Ukraine's devastated "fortress" city.

Reuters

Pension reform protesters briefly invade Paris BlackRock building

Dozens of trade unionists railing against French President Emmanuel Macron's pension overhaul briefly invaded the central Paris building in which U.S.-based investment firm BlackRock has an office, chanting slogans and setting off firecrackers.

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