Israel army carries out rare West Bank air strike, killing 'three terrorists'

• 5:14 PM

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Israel's military said it carried out an air strike in the Jenin area in the West Bank on Friday that killed a ​Palestinian it described as a Hamas militant operative as well as two of his accomplices, in a rare use of deadly Israeli air power in the occ

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🔴Nepal-Tibet floods live: Death toll passes 580, nearly 2,500 people missing

• 5:06 PM

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Nepal: 'Region has hundreds of high-altitude lakes prone to unleashing enormous volumes of water'

• 4:57 PM

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William Hilderbrandt is pleased to welcome David Fisher, Head of Delegation, Nepal International Federation of Red Cross. The scale of Nepal’s disaster cannot yet be fully measured. Entire communities remain difficult to reach, tens of thousands of peopl

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Nepal: Families cling to hope as nearly 1,000 remain missing

• 4:56 PM

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Nepal's confirmed death toll has risen to at least 538, but families are still searching hospitals and disaster zones in the hope their loved ones will be found alive, with nearly 1,000 people still missing. More than 3,700 people have been rescued so fa

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Norway mourns King Harald as Haakon prepares to take the throne

• 4:31 PM

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Norway is mourning King Harald V after the country's longest-serving monarch died at the age of 89, with tributes pouring in from across Europe. His death paves the way for Crown Prince Haakon to become king, as the royal family faces renewed scrutiny ov

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Nepal: Relief camp shelters grieving families

• 4:20 PM

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Around 500 people are sheltering at a monastery-turned-relief camp in northern Kathmandu, where many families are still in shock after losing their homes and loved ones in the devastating Nepal floods. FRANCE 24's Shahzaib Wahlah reports from the camp as

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Greenland to open truth commission over forced contraception scheme

• 4:05 PM

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Greenland's government said Friday it would ⁠establish a Truth and Reconciliation Commission to shed light on a campaign of forced contraception carried out by Danish authorities from the 1960s to 1990, after experts failed to agree on whether the practi

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Austria: Anger over a business park being built on top of former Nazi camp

• 3:50 PM

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Anger is growing in #Austria over the planned construction of a business park on top of what was a #Nazi concentration camp during the #SecondWorldWar. Around six million #Jewish people were murdered in the Holocaust, around half of them in concentration

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There is no proof that this video shows a plane crash in Tel Aviv

• 3:31 PM

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A video showing an airplane rammed into the side of a building has been circulating widely on social media. While social media users are claiming that the video shows a plane that crashed in Tel Aviv after an Iranian attack, its origin remains unknown an

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Spanish government urges calm after Ceuta anti-migrant protesters clash with police

• 2:44 PM

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Spain's left-wing government called for calm in the North African enclave of Ceuta on Friday after protests over security escalated into clashes between locals and police, a month after a mass influx of migrants from Morocco triggered a Europe-wide alert

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Rescuers grapple with mountain of challenges after the Nepal-Tibet floods

• 2:14 PM

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Emergency services are rushing to find survivors and treat the wounded after a devastating flash flood on the border of Nepal and Tibet on Wednesday killed more than 500 people, with over a thousand still missing. But the remote and rugged terrain, as we

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Marseille and Lyon to face Leverkusen in Europa League, Rennes take on Juventus

• 2:01 PM

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Marseille and Lyon were both drawn against Bayer Leverkusen in the group stage of the Europa League on Friday, while fellow French club Rennes will take on Italian giants Juventus. The draw in Monaco also handed English duo Bournemouth and Sunderland a g

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Céline Dion returns to 'second home' Paris ahead of sold-out comeback dates

• 1:41 PM

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Céline Dion blew kisses and made a love-heart shape with her hands as she swept into the French capital on Friday ahead of her first series of concerts since revealing her diagnosis with Stiff Person Syndrome, an incurable autoimmune disorder. 

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Rock en Seine: Visually impaired spectators enjoy festival with audio description

• 1:02 PM

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At Paris's Rock en Seine, visually impaired festival-goers can enjoy concerts through live audio description. The festival is offering dedicated platforms, as well as headphones and receivers provided by the Valentin Haüy Association, a pioneer in audio

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'They were legends': Humpback whales make spectacular comeback off Brazil's coast

• 11:59 AM

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Once driven to the brink of extinction, humpback whales have thrived in the South Atlantic since a worldwide moratorium on commercial whaling came into force in 1986, offering a bonanza to scientists who come each year to Brazil's Abrolhos archipelago to

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'Ran for our lives': Flood survivors recount terrifying escape from Nepal-Tibet disaster

• 11:55 AM

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Survivors of the catastrophic flash floods in Nepal and Tibet, some still missing friends and family members, shared harrowing accounts of their escape from raging floodwaters that brought devastation to the Himalayan border region, leaving more than 550

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Nepal and Tibet : around 93,000 people affected, according to the Red Cross

• 11:42 AM

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The death toll continues to rise in the Nepal and Tibet floods as the situation remains fast-moving. The Red Cross says around 93,000 people have been affected. International aid is arriving from several countries, but rescue efforts have been hampered b

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Serbian war criminal Mladic to be buried with 'state honours'

• 11:40 AM

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Convicted genocidaire Ratko Mladić has died at the age of 84 in a UN prison in The Hague, where he was serving a life sentence. He was found guilty of leading the siege of Sarajevo and orchestrating the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, in which more than 8,000

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Nepal: Army rescues hundreds trapped in tunnel as flood risk reignites

• 10:36 AM

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#Rescue operations are underway in #Nepal after devastating #floods killed hundreds and left more than 1,400 missing. The #RedCross has also raised concern over humanitarian #aid, as it estimates nearly 100,000 people were affected by the #disaster.

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Uganda's King of Tooro, once world's youngest reigning monarch, dies at 34

• 9:52 AM

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King Oyo Nyimba, leader of the Tooro kingdom in western Uganda, has died at the age of 34, the region's prime minister of his kingdom announced Thursday. Crowned at three years old, he became the world's youngest reigning monarch in 1995.

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Nepal flash floods: 'Very challenging' for survivors who have lost their homes and their families

• 9:50 AM

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Alison Sargent is pleased to welcome Sunita Sharma, Head of Programs of Karuna-Shechen. While Nepal has considerable experience responding to natural disasters, the scale of the present devastation exposes a deeper challenge: Placing greater emphasis on

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El Niño, paired with climate change, 'just makes everything so much more dangerous'

• 9:35 AM

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Annette Young is pleased to welcome Gareth Redmond-King, Head of the International Programme at the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit. He warns we are entering a period in which climate change is not only intensifying extreme weather but adding greate

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Nepal flood disaster reconstructed minute by minute

• 9:22 AM

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New satellite imagery and video analysis show the deadly Nepal floods began when part of a glacier near the Chinese border collapsed, triggering a debris flow that raced downstream at up to 150 km/h and devastated communities over more than 80 kilometres

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China's lost children: Adoptees search for answers

• 9:19 AM

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At the height of China's controversial one-child policy, children were torn away from their birth families and put up for adoption. FRANCE 24's Yena Lee follows one adoptee, now an adult, who is on a quest to find out more about her background.

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In Tibet and Nepal, 'the most pressing fear is that the death toll could rise'

• 9:16 AM

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At least 472 people have been killed and more than 1,500 remain missing after devastating flash floods hit the Himalayan border between Nepal and China, where over 3,250 people have already been evacuated by helicopter. As rescuers race to find survivors

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EU wants Meta to extend US teen safety restrictions to Europe

• 9:13 AM

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The EU is pressing Meta to introduce the same protections for under-18s in Europe that it agreed to in a landmark US settlement, including screen-time limits and stronger parental controls on Facebook and Instagram. Brussels is also demanding additional

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US : Tate brothers remain in jail as judge delays bail decision

• 9:10 AM

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Andrew and Tristan Tate will remain in custody in Miami after a federal judge declined to rule on their bail request as they fight extradition to the UK, where they face charges including rape, assault, human trafficking and money laundering. The UK has

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UEFA prepares complaint against FIFA president Infantino

• 9:08 AM

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UEFA is preparing a legal complaint against FIFA president Gianni Infantino over what it calls "unfair management" linked to his abandoned plan to open the World Cup to private investors. The European governing body has meanwhile suspended its threat to

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Spain's Villena Treasure stolen in four-minute museum heist

• 9:04 AM

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Almost the entire Villena Treasure, one of Europe's most valuable Bronze Age collections, was stolen from a museum in eastern Spain in a four-minute raid after thieves smashed through a window and bulletproof glass. Police believe several people and vehi

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Countries step up aid for Nepal flood disaster

• 9:00 AM

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Countries including South Korea, India, China, the UK and the EU are ramping up rescue efforts and humanitarian aid after the devastating Nepal-China floods, with hundreds of foreign nationals still missing. Relief operations remain difficult in the Hima

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Israel's 'retrospective incrimination: First we shoot, we kill & then find a reason why it happened'

• 8:58 AM

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Liza Kaminov is pleased to welcome Nadav Weiman, Executive Director of Breaking the Silence. He says there is a troubling gap between how Israeli military operations in Gaza are publicly explained and what soldiers experience on the ground. Testimonies c

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King Harald's death puts focus on Norway's future king

• 8:55 AM

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Following King Harald's death, attention is turning to Crown Prince Haakon, who is set to become Norway's next king after a turbulent year for the royal family. His wife, Crown Princess Mette-Marit, underwent a lung transplant in June and has faced scrut

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Serbian war criminal Ratko Mladic to be buried with 'state honours'

• 8:51 AM

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Former Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic, known as the “Butcher of Bosnia" for his role in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, will be given a funeral with “military and state honours”, Serbian Justice Minister Nenad Vujic said Friday. Mladic died Thur

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Norway's King Haakon VIII, the new face of a monarchy beset by woe and scandal

• 7:51 AM

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Norway's King Haakon VIII automatically succeeded to the throne after his father, King Harald, passed away on Friday. He is the new face of a monarchy long praised for its modernity and modesty, but in recent years it has been beset by woe and scandal, i

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🔴 Europe's oldest monarch, King Harald V of Norway dies at 89

• 7:03 AM

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Norway's King Harald V dies at 89, his son becomes King Haakon VIII

• 6:57 AM

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King Harald V of Norway, who was Europe's oldest reigning monarch, died at the age of 89, the palace announced on Friday. He is automatically succeeded by his son, King Haakon VIII, the former crown prince.

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🔴 French Foreign Legion soldier kidnapped in Colombia

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French Foreign Legion soldier kidnapped in Colombia

• 5:24 AM

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Colombian military announced Thursday that a French-Colombian soldier from the French Foreign Legion was kidnapped in early August while travelling in the department of Narino. The kidnappers are believed to be members of the Estado Mayor Central, dissid

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Champions League draw: PSG to face Barcelona and Man City

• 5:14 AM

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As part of the ongoing Champions League, two-time European champions PSG will host Barça and travel to England. Meanwhile, a host of meetings are set to take place including José Mourinho and his former clubs, Olivier Giroud with Arsenal and Yan Diomandé

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🔴 Nepal-Tibet live: China halts rescue at disaster epicentre over flood risk

• 5:03 AM

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Nepal-Tibet live: Rescue operations resume after lake overflow risk decreases

• 3:03 AM

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Nepalese authorities have resumed rescue operations in the region ‌hit by ‌a devastating flood this week, ‌after a brief suspension due to water breaking through a lake dam. The devastating flooding in Nepal and Tibet has claimed more than 500 lives and

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OpenAI, Anthropic join global call to strengthen cyber defences

• 1:05 AM

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More than 100 organisations, including OpenAI and Anthropic, called governments and technology companies Thursday to strengthen cyber defences against increasingly sophisticated AI-powered attacks. The open letter warned of widespread threats in coming m

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Nepal floods explained: The chain of events behind the disaster

• 12:48 AM

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A glacier broke apart. An ice and rock avalanche followed. Then came an earthquake, before a landslide triggered devastating floods that tore through kilometres of valley. This is what happened along the Nepal-China border, where rescue teams are still t

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Japan's controversial WWII heroes: How one kamikaze pilot escaped certain death

• 12:42 AM

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Towards the end of World War II, as US troops advanced across the Pacific, Japan resorted to a desperate strategy: kamikaze attacks. Thousands of Japanese pilots, with an average age of just 21, were ordered to crash their explosive-laden planes into ene

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Nepal flood survivors rescued from hydropower tunnel

• 12:38 AM

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Nepali soldiers rescued around 100 people trapped inside a flooded hydropower tunnel as the death toll from the Nepal-China floods continued to climb, with more than 1,500 people still missing. Rescue efforts were briefly suspended over fears that an ove

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Nepal: A newly formed lake is sparking fears of more flooding along the Chinese border

• 12:36 AM

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Rescue operations are continuing after the devastating Nepal-China floods, but authorities have ordered emergency teams to stay on high alert as a newly formed upstream lake threatens to burst and trigger fresh flooding. Satellite imagery suggests the la

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US-CANADA: Trump signs order renaming Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’

• 12:16 AM

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US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on August 27 to rename Lake Ontario as 'Lake America', a change he said would take effect immediately. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney took to X, writing the Great Lake's name will remain 'now and a

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