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🔴 Live: Biden backs F-16 fighter jets, pilot training for Ukraine

US President Joe Biden told G7 leaders that Washington will support providing advanced warplanes including F-16s to Ukraine and will back efforts to train Kyiv's pilots, senior White House officials said on Friday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who is set to attend the G7 summit in Japan, hailed the move…

France 24

Japan, France leaders vow to strengthen ties as Paris eyes more access

Japan and France on Friday said they wanted to deepen bilateral cooperation after agreeing earlier this month to accelerate discussions for a joint military exercise framework with Paris hoping to push for reciprocal access agreements.

Reuters

Developing country voices will be excluded at UN plastic talks, say NGOs

Limits on numbers at Paris summit mean some of those ‘most needing to be heard’ will not be in attendance

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Wim Wenders: cinema today ‘makes me nauseous’

Director who won Palme d’Or for Paris, Texas and has two films at Cannes this year bemoans lack of new stories in mainstream film

The Guardian - UK

Nadal withdraws from French Open and outlines farewell tour for 2024

The 2023 French Open lost one of its biggest draws on Thursday when the 14-time men's singles champion Rafael Nadal pulled out of the tournament in Paris due to injury and also outlined his plan for a year-long grand farewell to a circuit that has brought him fame, fortune and…

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Daniel Wiffen on a twin track to Olympic glory at Paris 2024

County Down swimmer seen as a real medal prospect for next summer

Belfast Live

Major Paris tourist attraction will close its doors for five years

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How fruitful was Zelenskyy’s European tour?

Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy paid a surprise visit to Britain this week, at the end of a whirlwind tour of Europe that also took in Rome, Berlin and Paris. Having been flown to Chequers in an RAF Chinook helicopter, Zelenskyy spent two hours in talks with Rishi Sunak.

The Week

France's Constitutional Council clears smart video cameras for Olympics

France's Constitutional Council has given the all clear for Emmanuel Macron's government to continue with the law to deploy AI-powered video surveillance for major events such as the 2023 rugby union World Cup and the 2024 Paris Olympics and Paralympics.

Radio France Internationale

US, G7 set to unveil new round of sanctions on Russia over war in Ukraine

The United States and the rest of the “Group of Seven” major economies are on Friday set to unveil new sanctions against Russia over its war in Ukraine. The sanctions will aim to disrupt Moscow’s ability to get the materials it needs for the battlefield and close loopholes to evade…

France 24

Renowned actor Forest Whitaker sets up his Peace and Development Initiative in poor Paris suburb

Renowned actor Forest Whitaker, who has portrayed a dictator, a Mafia hitman, a butler, has taken on what for some may be his most inspirational role

The Independent UK

Paris Olympics vows to carry the torch for LGBTQ rights after watershed of Tokyo

Organizers of the 2024 Paris Games intend to seize on the Olympic spotlight to push a message that LGBTQ rights need to progress outside France

The Independent UK

All-conquering Willie Mullins targets elusive first victory in France's biggest jumps race

The most successful Cheltenham Festival trainer will aim to claim Ireland's first success in 104 years in the Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris at Auteuil on Sunday

Daily Mirror

Halim Flowers, from US prison cell to Paris art show

Wrongfully incarcerated as a teenager, Halim Flowers, now 42, fought for his release, which as finally granted in 2019. He has now found new life as an artist. An exhibition of his paintings has just opened in Paris.

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Webb telescope spots universe's biggest stars

PARIS - The James Webb Space Telescope has helped astronomers detect the first chemical signs of supermassive stars, "celestial monsters" blazing with the brightness of millions of Suns in the early universe.

Radio France Internationale

PSG's Mbappé and Messi among nominees for best Ligue 1 player of the year award

Just three days after his brace in a 5-0 victory over Ajaccio propelled him to 26 Ligue 1 goals, Paris Saint-Germain striker Kylian Mbappé has been shortlisted for the players' player of the 2023 season accolade.

Daily Mirror

Pierce Brosnan shares a tender kiss with his rarely seen wife Keely, 59, as he turns 70

Pierce Brosnan celebrated his 70th birthday with his wife Keely Shaye Smith and his mother May Brosnan, as the trio headed out for dinner at a sushi bar in Malibu

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Ex-French President Sarkozy loses appeal against graft conviction

Paris court upholds sentence but spares Sarkozy prison time as the still influential leader fights other criminal cases.

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The Guardian - UK

World likely to breach 1.5C climate threshold by 2027, scientists warn

UN agency says El Niño and human-induced climate breakdown could combine to push temperatures into ‘uncharted territory’

Radio France Internationale

French court upholds Sarkozy's prison term in wiretap graft case

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced on appeal in Paris to three years in prison on Wednesday, including one year in prison for corruption and influence peddling in the so-called “wiretapping affair”.

Reuters

Factbox-France's Sarkozy faces more than one legal battle

French former president Nicolas Sarkozy lost his appeal against a 2021 conviction for corruption and influence peddling at the Paris Court of Appeals on Wednesday, a decision his legal team said he would challenge.

France 24

Ukraine tells China it won’t accept ceding land to Russia

Ukraine’s foreign minister told a top Chinese envoy at talks in Kyiv on Wednesday that Kyiv would not accept any proposals to end the war with Russia that involved it losing territory or freezing the conflict, the Ukrainian foreign ministry said. Follow our blog to see how the day's events…

France 24

French court upholds three-year sentence for ex-president Sarkozy in wiretapping case

France's former president Nicolas Sarkozy lost his case on Wednesday against a 2021 conviction for corruption and influence peddling at the Paris Court of Appeals. The court upheld a sentence of three years with two years suspended; he will wear an electronic bracelet for the remaining year instead of going…

Reuters

France's Sarkozy loses corruption appeal, to challenge at highest court

Former president Nicolas Sarkozy lost his appeal against a 2021 conviction for corruption and influence peddling at the Paris Court of Appeals on Wednesday, prompting his legal team to promise a challenge at France's highest court.

Daily Mirror

Kylian Mbappe watches NBA's hottest prospect Victor Wembanyama in regular season goodbye

The Paris Saint-Germain player took the opportunity to watch the projected number one pick in the NBA draft for one of the final times in his homeland before he heads to the United States

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