French PM Bayrou tries to shore up support for budget plan ahead of confidence vote
• Aug 31, 2025, 8:39 PM
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Prime Minister François Bayrou's TV interview on Sunday aimed to convince the French people of the merits of his austerity budget plan, ahead of the confidence vote in parliament scheduled for September 8. FRANCE 24's International Affairs Editor Philip Turle provides analysis.
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Suspect arrested in fatal shooting of Ukrainian politician, Zelensky says
• 5:36 AM
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Ukrainian officials have arrested a suspect in the shooting death of former parliamentary speaker and prominent Maidan protest leader Andriy Parubiy, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced early Monday. No details of the suspect's identity and motives we
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Xi slams 'bullying', Putin defends Ukraine invasion at China’s SCO summit
• 12:33 AM
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Opening the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin on Monday, Chinese President Xi Jinping blasted the "bullying behaviour" of certain countries in a veiled reference to US President Donald Trump's tariff war. In his speech to the gath
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