Fancy an avocado? Try a French one!

• 2:08 PM

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Celebrated as a superfood, avocados are so popular in Europe and North America that global production has tripled in two decades. But their farming and transport worldwide raise environmental concerns. As Europe's top consumer, France is now growing its

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Three years on: The impact of war on Ukraine's children

• 1:46 PM

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On the third anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, an expert has spoken to us from Kyiv about the impact of the war on children. In the spring of last year, UNICEF reported that nearly 2,000 children had been killed or injured in the co

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Syria: why is the US conducting an unprecendented number of strikes on former al-Qaeda?

• 1:43 PM

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There's been an increase in US forces' drone attacks on former Al Qaeda operatives in the Syrian province of Idlib since the fall of Bachar al-Assad's regime. Analysis by FRANCE 24's Wassim Nasr.

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Paedophile French surgeon goes on trial for abusing nearly 300 patients

• 1:35 PM

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A former French surgeon went on trial Monday charged with raping or sexually assaulting almost 300 patients, most of them children and some of them unconscious at the time, in one of the country's largest child sex abuse cases. Details by FRANCE 24 journ

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DR Congo : M23 rebels say that over 2,000 police officers have surrendered

• 1:06 PM

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In the eastern DR Congo, M23 rebels backed by Rwanda have been consolidating their control in the towns they've captured during their lightning offensive. The rebels say that more than 2,000 Congolese police officers have surrendered and joined their mov

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Jane Fonda supplies SAG Awards with a moment of fiery political resistance

• 11:55 AM

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The 31st Screen Actors Guild Awards showered yet more awards on “Shōgun," handed “A Real Pain” co-star Kieran Culkin another supporting actor win and featured a fiery moment of political resistance from Jane Fonda.

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Israel sends tanks into West Bank for first time in decades, says fleeing Palestinians can't return

• 11:48 AM

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Israeli tanks moved into the occupied West Bank on Sunday for the first time in decades in what Palestinian authorities called a “dangerous escalation,” after the defense minister said troops will remain in parts of the territory for a year and tens of t

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German economy: what the newly elected Friedrich Merz has to deal with

• 11:46 AM

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As Germans went to the polls on Sunday, the country's shrinking economy was high on their list of priorities. It is now up to a new government to get the German economy back on track. Story by Caroline Baum.

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Child labour in Bangladesh: The dark side of the leather industry

• 11:44 AM

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Bangladesh is the world's second-largest leather-exporting country. A quarter of the country's leather workers are children, according to a study by the University of Sussex. These youngsters are paid just €35 a month, come into contact with chemicals an

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Ukraine: three years later, this family comes back to Irpin, one of the first cities which fell

• 11:41 AM

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Three years ago, one of the first major towns in Ukraine to fall was that of Irpin close to the capital, Kyiv. Nowadays, however, it is a long way from the front, where many are hoping Ukraine can still win victory in its battle against the Russian invas

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Rio de Janeiro: a pre-Carnival before the Carnival

• 11:36 AM

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Just a few days until the official start of Carnival, and the streets of Rio de Janeiro are already already heaving with people warming up for next weekend. The sounds of drums is already echoing through the streets, as people are trying out their costum

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French surgeon on trial accused of raping or abusing 299 child patients

• 11:19 AM

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A former surgeon is set to stand trial in France for the alleged rape or sexual abuse of 299 victims, most of them children who were his patients, in what investigators and his own notebooks describe as a pattern of violence spanning over three decades.

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Who is the leader of AfD, the far-right party in Germany?

• 11:13 AM

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Germany’s conservative CDU party has won the election, securing Friedrich Merz as the next chancellor. However, right behind them, the far-right AfD has surged to second place, capturing more than 20% of the vote—doubling its support compared to the prev

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Next German government faces task of reviving economy in decline

• 11:08 AM

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Once the powerhouse of Europe, Germany's economy has seen no real growth in five years as its industrial export model has been battered by structural changes in the Chinese market and the end of cheap energy from Russia. Public investment that could chan

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Despite tough economic times, Ukrainians continue donating time and money to their army

• 11:06 AM

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Three years ago Ukrainians sprang into action to help with the war effort. Since then, people’s day jobs have caught up with them and tough economic times make it harder to keep donating. But whether it’s asking for donations on your birthday, or giving

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Why Chinese warships near Australia and New Zealand have prompted alarm

• 10:38 AM

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Leaders in Australia and New Zealand say China should have given them more warning before its navy conducted an unusual series of live fire exercises in the seas between the two countries, forcing flights to divert on short notice. Explanation by Yena Le

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Syria holds national dialogue conference, discussing future of the nation after Assad outing

• 10:19 AM

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Syria holds a two-day national dialogue conference, months after an Islamist-led coalition ousted Bashar al-Assad. The conference will focus on "transitional justice, the constitution, institutional and economic reform, Syria's territorial unity as well

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What is the impact of the German election on the rest of the world?

• 10:12 AM

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Germany's mainstream conservatives won the country's national election, while a far-right party surged to become the nation’s second-largest party, according to provisional results following the election. What will be the impact from an international poi

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Poland's support for Ukraine shifts as war enters its third year

• 10:09 AM

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Three years after opening their borders to hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian refugees, Poles are becoming rather less welcoming. With a presidential election coming up, candidates have been surfing on anti-Ukrainian sentiment, suggesting that they are a

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Conservatives win German election while far-right party surges to second place after record gains

• 10:08 AM

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Provisional results confirmed that mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won Germany’s national election, while a far-right party surged to become the nation’s second-largest. Friedrich Merz has vowed to prioritize European unity and the contine

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On third anniversary of Ukraine war, demonstrations take place around the world

• 9:56 AM

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A dozen leaders from Europe and Canada visited Ukraine's capital to mark the third anniversary of the country's war with Russia in a conspicuous show of support for Kyiv amid deepening uncertainty about the Trump administration’s commitment to helping it

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🔴 Three explosive devices thrown at the Russian Consulate General in Marseille, France

• 9:50 AM

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Three explosive devices thrown at the Russian consulate in Marseille, France

• 9:17 AM

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French police confirmed three projectiles were thrown at the perimeter wall of Russia's consulate in the southern city of Marseille on Monday, but no one was injured. Only two of the three devices detonated in the attack that coincides with the third ann

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War in Ukraine: Three years on, the life of Ukrainian refugees in France

• 8:10 AM

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The war in Ukraine has forced some six million Ukrainians to flee to other countries in Europe since February 2022. Three years on, how are the refugees who fled to France getting on and what is their daily life like? Liza Kaminov and Mandi Heshmati went

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French surgeon Joël Le Scouarnec faces court in historic child sexual abuse trial

• 7:57 AM

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The biggest child sex abuse trial ever tried in France opens in Vannes on Monday in which 74-year-old former surgeon Joël Le Scouarnec faces charges of allegedly raping or sexually abusing 299 patients, most of them children in his care, across a dozen h

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French President Macron to present Trump with 'proposals' on peace in Ukraine

• 7:03 AM

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French President Emmanuel Macron has arrived in Washington Monday for talks with his US counterpart Donald Trump armed with proposals to address Russia's military posturing in Europe and to forge a path to peace in Ukraine. 

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'Who can save Ukraine?': Papers reflect on three years of war

• 6:54 AM

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PRESS REVIEW – Monday, February 24: The German press has reaction to and analysis of the conservative CDU-CSU bloc's election victory, as the far-right AfD win their most votes ever. Elsewhere, it's three years since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukrai

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Ukranian hopes for 'acceptable' Trump peace plan 'fading rapidly'

• 6:48 AM

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On the third anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, hopes for a peace plan that would be "acceptable" to Ukrainians brought about by US President Donald Trump's negotiations with Russia are "fading rapidly" says FRANCE 24's Gulliver Crag

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Zelensky hails Ukraine's 'heroism' as EU chiefs mark war’s third anniversary in Kyiv

• 6:29 AM

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President Volodymyr Zelensky has hailed his country's "resistance" and "heroism" as a dozen leaders from Europe and Canada travelled to Ukraine's capital on Monday in a show of solidarity with Kyiv on the third anniversary of Russia's invasion.

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Live: Russia will ‘stop hostilities’ in Ukraine when peace deal ‘suits’ Moscow, FM says

• 3:46 AM

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Russia will stop fighting in Ukraine when negotiations produce a peace deal that “suits” Moscow, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday, on the third anniversary of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The announcement came as foreign leaders gathe

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German vote winner Merz faces tough talks to build coalition government

• 2:59 AM

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Germany's Friedrich Merz, whose conservative party won 28 percent of the vote in Germany's elections, on Monday pledged to form a coalition government without the far-right AfD party, who placed second in the vote, as "quickly as possible". To do so he w

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US agencies push back against Musk, telling workers not to reply to his email

• 12:55 AM

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Key US agencies, including the FBI, State Department and the Pentagon, have instructed their employees not to respond to an email from cost-cutting chief Elon Musk ordering federal workers to explain what they accomplished last week — or risk losing thei

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Hamas says no more talks with Israel unless Palestinian prisoners released as agreed

• 12:30 AM

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Hamas has said that it will not continue negotiations with Israel on a ceasefire agreement unless Palestinian prisoners are released as agreed. Israel announced on Sunday that it was delaying the liberation of hundreds of prisoners until Hamas held up it

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Netanyahu says Israel won't allow Syrian forces 'south of Damascus'

• 12:03 AM

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will not allow Syria’s new army or the insurgent group that led the ouster of former President Bashar Assad to “enter the area south of Damascus” as his government made clear Israeli forces would stay

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