Jihadists kill scores in attack on town in northeast Nigeria

• 7:48 PM

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Jihadists killed at least 63 people, including five soldiers, in a town in northeastern Nigeria where residents had recently returned from a displacement camp, the state governor said on Saturday. Residents said dozens of fighters arrived on motorbikes,

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Jim Jarmusch’s 'Father Mother Sister Brother' wins Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival

• 7:27 PM

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US indie director Jim Jarmusch won the Golden Lion award for the best film at the Venice Film Festival on Sunday with family saga "Father Mother Sister Brother". Docudrama "The Voice of Hind Rajab", a harrowing true-life account of the killing of a five-

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Pro-Brexit party 'Reform UK' on the rise after Keir Starmer's reshuffle

• 4:41 PM

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The political pitch sounded familiar: The country is in crisis. The government must slash immigration, crack down on crime, ditch green energy targets and reopen factories to “make Britain great again.” The words of Nigel Farage to his Reform UK party’s

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US: ICE conducts large-scale immigration raid on Hyundai manufacturing site

• 4:02 PM

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Hundreds of federal agents descended on a sprawling site where Hyundai manufactures electric vehicles in Georgia and detained 475 people, most of them South Korean nationals. This is the latest in a long line of workplace raids conducted as part of the T

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Venice Film Festival draws to a close and will announce its awards

• 2:32 PM

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The 82nd Venice Film Festival is coming to a close Saturday as its juries make final choices for the awards. The prizes, including nods for acting, directing and best picture, called the Golden Lion, will be handed out during an evening ceremony. Story b

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Toddler evacuated from Gaza recovers from malnutrition in Italian hospital

• 2:31 PM

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Since arriving emaciated in Italy from Gaza, little Shamm Qudeih has celebrated her second birthday and gained weight on a new diet — progress welcomed by doctors treating her for severe malnutrition worsened by a genetic metabolic disease. Story by Cath

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Young, politicised, far left: Who are France's ‘Block Everything’ protesters?

• 2:11 PM

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Supporters of France's “Block everything” (“Bloquons tout”) movement have been preparing for their day of action on September 10, vowing to shut down the country. While their online call to protest echoes the Yellow Vests uprising of 2018, their profile

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Eighty-eight postal operators stop sending mail to the US over tariffs

• 1:31 PM

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Some 88 postal operators have either fully or partially stopped sending mail to the US due to President Donald Trump's cancellation of a tax exemption for small packages, the Universal Postal Union said Saturday. In the week since the new rule was introd

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In pictures: Crowds and fashion royalty bid farewell to Giorgio Armani

• 1:03 PM

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Crowds in Milan on Saturday waited in line to see the coffin of late fashion designer Giorgio Armani, who died this week aged 91 and is now lying in state for two days. Among the mourners were Italian fashion designer Donatella Versace, mayor of Milan Gi

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'Father's Day', a raw, moving film about absent fathers in Black communities

• 11:59 AM

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The fifteenth edition of the African Diaspora International Film Festival has kicked off in Paris. 11 powerful films from across the globe are being showcased. One of the pieces in the spotlight this year is "Fête des pères" or "Father’s Day" by Ayana O’

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US-Venezuela standoff deepens, as Trump sends jets and weighs strikes

• 11:55 AM

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Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro on Friday called for dialogue with Washington, hours after President Donald Trump threatened to shoot down Venezuelan military jets if they pose a danger to US forces. Tensions between the two countries soared in recent d

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Thailand’s political crisis: What you need to know

• 11:36 AM

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🇹🇭 What’s happening in Thailand?  🗳️Construction tycoon Anutin Charnvirakul was elected prime minister on Friday after breezing through a parliamentary vote. ✈️ But on Thursday, former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra suddenly left the country. The

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Trump weighs strikes targeting cartels inside Venezuela

• 11:30 AM

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U.S. President Donald Trump is weighing options for carrying out military strikes targeting drug cartels operating inside Venezuela, including possible strikes within the country. Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro called for dialogue with Washington, hour

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Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky urges Slovak PM Robert Fico to cut Russian oil imports

• 11:24 AM

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico on Friday to cut off oil supplies from Russia, which uses the export revenues to fuel its three-and-a-half year-old war. Analysis by Peter Zalmayev, director of the Eurasia De

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France kick off World Cup qualifying campaign with win over Ukraine

• 11:21 AM

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Michael Olise and Kylian Mbappé found the net as France kicked off their World Cup qualifying campaign with a 2-0 win over Ukraine in Wroclaw on Friday night. Les Bleus skipper Mbappé also drew level with Thierry Henry as the national team's second all-t

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French counter-espionage memo alerts defense companies on spying by Russia

• 11:04 AM

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This week, France's security agency sent a memo to defense companies warning them to be on the lookout for potential foreign spying, notably from Russia. Among the signs, they tell employers to watch out for are if one of their employees starts a new rom

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Ukraine gamifies combat, as soldiers start killing for points and rewards

• 10:54 AM

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In Ukraine, the war is increasingly dominated by drones, but a new programme launched by Ukraine's military is now awarding points to pilots who steer drones with controllers, crash into targets and upload recordings of their killings. The effort is part

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DR Congo: UN probe suggests war crimes by M23 and Congolese forces

• 10:53 AM

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The Rwandan-backed rebel group M23, Congolese armed forces and other armed groups have committed serious rights violations in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, some of which may amount to war crimes.

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Deauville Film Festival 2025: highlights from America's cinema

• 10:36 AM

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In Normandy, the 51st edition of the Deauville American film festival has just gotten underway. The beach town is welcoming Hollywood heavyweights Kristen Stewart, Pamela Anderson and Kim Novak alongside indie talents. FRANCE 24’s Genie Godula brings us

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Will Greece save itself from a lionfish invasion by making carpaccio?

• 10:33 AM

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As human-induced climate change intensifies, waters are warming and the sea life within is beginning to change its behaviour. For the past couple of years, the Mediterranean sea has been attracting a litany of invasive fish prone to more tropical climate

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UK's Starmer reshuffles top team to restore authority after Rayner blow

• 10:31 AM

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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer brought in a new deputy and foreign and interior ministers on Friday in a sweeping reshuffle intended to restore his authority after the resignation of his deputy, Angela Rayner. Starmer could do little to protect Rayn

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Tear gas fired at thousands of protesters in Serbia demanding free elections and justice

• 10:29 AM

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Baton-wielding riot police in a northern Serbia town on Friday fired tear gas and charged at thousands of peaceful protesters who were demanding free elections and justice after months of demonstrations against the autocratic rule of President Aleksandar

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Trump rebrands the Department of Defense as the 'Department of War'

• 10:28 AM

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After months of campaigning for the Nobel Peace Prize, President Donald Trump sent a sharply different message on Friday when he signed an executive order aimed at rebranding the Department of Defense as the Department of War. Story by Laurent Berstecher

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Lebanon says army will begin disarming Hezbollah

• 10:25 AM

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The Lebanese military will begin implementing its plan to disarm Iran-backed Hezbollah, the government said on Friday following a cabinet meeting, amid opposition from the group and its allies. Story by Charlotte Hughes.

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Israel tells famine-stricken Gaza City residents to leave ahead of offensive

• 10:25 AM

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The Israeli army told Gaza City residents to flee to a "humanitarian zone" in the south on Saturday ahead of a planned offensive to capture the territory's largest urban centre. The military gave no timeline for the assault, and has previously indicated

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Donald Trump threatens retaliation on EU after Google hit with antitrust fine

• 10:23 AM

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Alphabet's Google was hit with a 2.95-billion-euro ($3.45 billion) European Union antitrust fine on Friday for anti-competitive practices in its lucrative adtech business, a sharp sanction that riled up U.S. President Donald Trump. Story by Peter O'Brien

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Google hit with massive fine from European Union in ad-tech antitrust case

• 9:34 AM

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European Union regulators on Friday hit Google with a 2.95 billion euro ($3.5 billion) fine for breaching the bloc’s competition rules by favoring its own digital advertising services, but the bloc's latest move to crack down on Big Tech companies drew o

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"We sail to Gaza to break the seige", activists and celebrities set to join the Sumud flotilla

• 9:33 AM

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Nelson Mandela's grandson and French actress Adele Haenel are the latest addition to the Global Sumud Flotilla as it sets sail for Gaza. Dozens of vessels are expected to set sail from the ports of Catania in Sicily and Tunis, joining the Barcelona fleet

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US immigration agents arrest hundreds at Hyundai plant, mostly Koreans

• 9:28 AM

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Hundreds of workers at a Hyundai Motor car battery facility under construction in Georgia were detained in a raid by U.S. authorities on Thursday, stopping work on a plant that is one of the Korean automaker's major investments in the U.S. President Dona

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As Trump invokes Alien Enemies Act for deportations, is admin pursuing regime change in Venezuela?

• 8:43 AM

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The United States is sending ten F-35 fighter jets to Puerto Rico as part of President Donald Trump's vow to crack down on drug cartels in the Caribbean. The deployment of the aircraft to the US territory comes amid growing tensions over Washington's bui

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Israel destroys another Gaza City high-rise after urging residents to move to ‘humanitarian zones’

• 8:07 AM

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The Israeli military on Saturday said it struck a high-rise building in Gaza City that was being used by Hamas. Witnesses however said it was a residential building housing displaced families. The strike came hours after the IDF urged Palestinians in the

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Serbian police use tear gas to disperse anti-government protesters in Novi Sad

• 6:43 AM

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Baton-wielding riot police in the northern Serbian city of Novi Sad on Friday night fired tear gas and charged protesters demanding early elections and President Aleksandar Vucic's resignation.  

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Seoul ‘deeply concerned’ over ICE arrest of South Koreans at US Hyundai plant

• 5:54 AM

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South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun on Saturday said Seoul was "deeply concerned" over the arrest of more than 300 of its nationals during a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid on a Hyundai plant, hailed as "the largest development proje

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Trump signs executive order rebranding Pentagon as 'Department of War'

• 5:01 AM

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US President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order to rename the Department of Defense as the "Department of War", reverting to a title it held until after World War II. The switch was a signal that the department was "a force to be reckoned w

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Japanese prince comes of age, delaying the male-only succession debate

• 2:55 AM

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Japan’s Prince Hisahito, the nephew of Emperor Naruhito, received a traditional black silk and lacquer crown to mark his 19th birthday Saturday. His birth in 2006 marked an end to a brief debate on the country's male-only succession rule since the empero

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Morocco: one of the most modern stadiums in the world opens in Rabat

• 12:00 AM

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Morocco has the ambition to become what of the nations of the football elite with A class venues. Proof of this, the stadium of Rabat ready to open its doors in style. Details by FRANCE 24 reporter Natalia Ruiz Giraldo.

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