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Turnout in first round of French presidential election down 4% from 2017

French voters cast their ballots in the first round of presidential elections on Sunday after a campaign overshadowed by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The final rate of abstention is projected to reach 26.5%, according to pollsters Ipsos-Sopra Steria, four points higher than in the first round in 2017. Follow election…

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Explainer: What you need to know about France’s presidential election

French voters head to the polls for the first round of presidential elections on Sunday after a muted campaign overshadowed by the war in Ukraine. FRANCE 24 takes a look at how France’s two-round presidential election plays out.

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Ivory Coast's ex-president Laurent Gbagbo visits Duekoue, site of 2011 massacre

Former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo visited Duekoue in the west of the country on Friday, the notorious site of the massacre where more than 800 people were killed in 2011 during the post-election crisis that ended with Gbagbo’s arrest.

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Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov on Ukraine: 'This is a war and Russia started it'

In an interview with FRANCE 24, Russian theatre and film director Kirill Serebrennikov said that what was happening in Ukraine is indeed "a war" and that Russia "quite obviously" started it. In his native Russia, the conflict is being called a "special military operation" and describing it as a war…

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Memelord-in-chief: Why Elon Musk could usher in major changes for Twitter

It's been a big week for the world's richest man, Elon Musk. Not only has he inaugurated Tesla's new "gigafactory" in Texas, but he's also officially become Twitter's biggest shareholder. But did he do it for the memes, or does he intend to truly transform Twitter and the social media…

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Indian spiritual leader Sadhguru on his journey from Europe to India to save our soil

Indian mystic and visionary Sadhguru is making a 100-day motorbike journey from Europe to India to raise awareness of soil erosion. He told FRANCE 24's Delano D'Souza why he feels his mission is important for humankind. With more than half of agricultural soils are already degraded, Sadhguru warned that "there…

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War in Ukraine: Courage and resilience amid Russian offensive

The war in Ukraine is being waged on many fronts. From Odesa on the Black Sea to Irpin in the north, via Mykolaiv and the capital Kyiv, FRANCE 24's Gwendoline Debono has followed the trail of violence and devastation. Our reporter met fighters joining the war, civilians hiding in underground…

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As it happened: EU’s Von der Leyen promises to speed up Ukraine membership process

EU Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen pledged on Friday to offer Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky a speedier start to Ukraine's bid to become a member of the European Union. Follow our live blog for all the latest developments. Read our live blog below to see how the day's events…

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War in Ukraine: Mariupol evacuees 'exhausted psychologically, physically'

Seven buses and dozens of cars transporting evacuees, mostly from the devastated, besieged southeastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol, reached the city of Zaporizhzhia in an International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) convoy on Wednesday. Lucile Marbeau, spokesperson for the ICRC's regional delegation, spoke to FRANCE 24 from eastern Ukraine's…

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'Compromise with Russia is impossible after Bucha,' says Ukraine's ex-president Poroshenko

The town of Bucha has become the "symbol" of massacres by Russian troops and "compromise with Russia is impossible after Bucha", Ukraine's former president Petro Poroshenko told FRANCE 24 in an interview from Kyiv. Poroshenko added that Vladimir Putin "wants to have all of us dead", calling the Russian leader…

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Russian and Ukrainian asylum seekers face different fates at US-Mexico border

In recent weeks, more and more Ukrainian and Russian nationals have been flocking to the US-Mexican border crossing of San Ysidro in a bid to seek asylum in the United States. Ukrainians manage to cross the border without too much difficulty, but Russians don't get such a warm welcome. A…

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Mali opens investigation into alleged massacre in Moura village

Mali says military investigators have opened an investigation into events in the village of Moura, the site of an alleged massacre by local forces and Russian mercenaries.

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Underground in Chuhuiv, Ukraine: Meet the civilians hiding from Russian bombs

In Chuhuiv, thousands of Ukrainians have been living underground since the war started nearly six weeks ago. This small town south-east of Kharkiv has been caught in the crossfire – until recently cut off from the outside world when it was surrounded by Russian troops. Evacuations are too dangerous to…

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Shanghai extends Covid-19 lockdown as Omicron cases soar

Shanghai’s lockdown was due to end in four days but it has since been extended due to the speed of Omicron spread in China’s economic capital. FRANCE 24 reports.

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Bosnian War: Looking back at the long siege of Sarajevo, 30 years on

Thirty years have passed since the siege of Sarajevo began in April 1992. The anniversary of this key moment in the Bosnian War comes as the world sees many tragic comparisons with current events in Ukraine. Sarajevo was under siege from Serbian forces for almost four years, the longest blockade…

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‘Bad intelligence’ behind Mali military operation that 'killed 300 civilians'

Malian troops and suspected Russian fighters allegedly executed around 300 civilian men over five days during a military operation in a central Malian town in late March, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report on Tuesday. FRANCE 24 terrorism expert Wassim Nasr gives his analysis, saying that this was…

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French priest renowned for uncovering massacres warns of ‘Buchas everywhere’

Over the past two decades, Father Patrick Desbois, a French Catholic priest, has been identifying World War II atrocity sites, uncovering evidence of overlooked massacres. After doing similar work with the Yazidi victims of the Islamic State (IS) group in Iraq and Syria, he is now back in Ukraine, collecting…

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'Putin will be gone soon': Exiled Russian dissident Ilya Ponomarev

Exiled Russian dissident Ilya Ponomarev gave an interview to FRANCE 24 from Kyiv. The former Russian lawmaker was the only member of the Douma to vote against the annexation of Crimea back in 2014 and now lives in Ukraine. He predicted that "Putin will be gone soon", arguing that the…

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Alleged war crimes in Ukraine: 'This is the moment of truth for international justice'

Delivering a chilling account of atrocities allegedly committed by Russian troops over the past six weeks in Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky has urged the UN Security Council to hold Moscow accountable for its crimes. But what does the path to a possible war crimes trial look like? And how realistic…

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'Useful vote': French voters irk presidential contenders with 'tactical' ballots

Presidential campaigns offer an abundance of catch phrases, whether slogans finessed by a candidate's team to deliver maximum impact or coined spontaneously on the trail. The proclamations of presidential hopefuls bring texture to an election race and come to define a campaign – for a news cycle or forever in…

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‘Wrong about Putin’: Did Germany and France turn a blind eye to the threat from Russia?

The escalating civilian toll of Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine has fuelled calls for a reappraisal of more than a decade of French and German efforts to engage with a leader whose forces stand accused of committing horrific war crimes in Ukraine.

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From Ukraine with love: Newlyweds defy Russian bombs in Kharkiv

Authorities in the Kharkiv region have reported more than 50 shells have fallen in the past 24 hours alone as Russian attacks on the northeastern Ukrainian city continue. But even as the prospect of a Russian offensive looms large, one couple has chosen to send out a message of love…

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Baltic states end Russian gas imports – but can the rest of Europe follow suit?

Global outrage over the gruesome killing of civilians in Ukraine's Bucha has heightened the pressure on Europe to halt its imports of Russian gas. Having led the way, Lithuania and its Baltic neighbours are urging their EU partners to join them in ending all purchases of Moscow’s “toxic” gas.

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The marshes of Bourges in France's Loire Valley

The city of Bourges in central France is famous for its UNESCO-listed cathedral and medieval city centre. But the capital of the Berry region has another historic asset: its marshes, a labyrinth of vegetable gardens. Located a few minutes from the city centre, the people of Bourges have enthusiastically maintained…

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Ukrainian soldiers find 'trail of horror' after retaking Bucha district

Ukraine says Russian forces have now left the region around Kyiv, leaving behind them a trail of horror found by a Ukrainian military that has wowed the world with its determined defence against the invasion. FRANCE 24’s Gulliver Cragg reports.

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