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As Russia closes in on Pokrovsk, it could be preparing for new North Korean recruits

The past few days have seen intense fighting happening in the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, with Russia threatening to capture it. In the meantime, reports are coming in that North Korea could be preparing more deployments to Russia. FRANCE 24's Douglas He

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French police detains four over protest at Israeli Philharmonic concert in Paris

French authorities said Friday that four people had been detained after protesters disrupted a concert by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in Paris. The disruption came amid growing anger over Israel's actions in Gaza and the occupied West Bank during i

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Sudan's paramilitary group agrees on truce amid accusations of war crimes

Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, at war with the regular army for more than two years, say they have agreed to a proposal for a humanitarian truce put forward by Emirat, Saudi, Egyptian and US mediators. Two days earlier the Sudanese army had r

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US travellers face shutdown-driven flight cancellations

The longest government shutdown in US history is crippling the country's transportation sector. As airports experience severe staff shortages and air traffic controllers work unpaid, the transport Secretary Sean Duffy has ordered a 10% flight reduction a

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Macron and Lula warn of the dangers of climate disinformation ahead of COP30

The host of the COP30 climate summit Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and French President Emmanuel Macron both warned against climate disinformation as world leaders gathered ahead of the annual UN Conference of Parties climate negotiations that open next week

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Nigeria facing 'multiplicity of security challenges': Communal clashes, separatists, insurgencies

Africa • 9:46 AM

The Nigerian government said it does not tolerate religious persecution, responding to US President Donald Trump's threats of military intervention over the killing of Christians by jihadists in the country. Trump said on social media that he had asked t

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Sudan ceasefire: Political solution without accountability 'will be unstable' and doomed to fail

Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, at war with the regular army for more than two years, announced that they had agreed to a proposal for a humanitarian truce put forward by mediators. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective, François Pica

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COP in Brazil: oil drilling project subverts climate pledges

🇧🇷 As #Brazil hosts #COP30 Amazonia, the country has just authorized oil exploration by the petrol giant #Petrobras at the mouth of the #AmazonRiver.The drilling, which could release more than 13.5 billion tons of CO2 into the atmosphere, is causing conc

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China debuts newest aircraft carrier as naval competition with US intensifies

Pacific Asia • 7:47 AM

China deployed its newest aircraft carrier and most advanced aircraft carrier, the Fujian, this week, state media said on Friday. The Fujian joins China's fleet as Beijing moves to assert dominance in the Pacific and challenge a US-led alliance in the re

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Europa League: Aston Villa back in top eight

Stuttering Aston Villa edged past Maccabi Tel Aviv (2-0) on a challenging evening on and off the pitch to strengthen their position in the Europa League.

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Caught between saving forests and drilling for oil, COP30 puts Lula’s contradictions on display

Despite Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s much-vaunted ambitions to lead the fight against climate change and the deforestation that has ravaged the Amazon, Lula continues to look to the country’s oil industry to build Brazil’s wealth. He a

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Typhoon Kalmaegi hits Vietnam after unleashing deadly destruction in the Philippines

Typhoon Kalmaegi tore across Vietnam early Friday, killing at least five people after leaving a trail of destruction in the Philippines, where authorities said the death toll had climbed to at least 188 following record rains and flooding.

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Elon Musk wins approval for record $1 trillion Tesla pay package

Tesla shareholders voted on Thursday to approve CEO Elon Musk’s record-breaking pay deal – the largest in corporate history – endorsing his ambitious plan to transform the electric carmaker into a powerhouse of artificial intelligence and robotics. The p

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Supreme Court allows Trump's passport sex marker restrictions

The US Supreme Court on Thursday allowed President Donald Trump’s administration to enforce a policy preventing transgender and nonbinary people from selecting passport sex markers that reflect their gender identity, a decision that marks the latest in a

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Peru declares Mexican president unwelcome amid escalating asylum dispute

Peru’s Congress on Thursday declared Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum persona non grata, deepening a diplomatic crisis triggered by Mexico’s decision to grant asylum to former Peruvian prime minister Betssy Chavez. Mexico's government said it rejected

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Kazakhstan to join Abraham Accords, Trump says after call with Tokayev

U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that Kazakhstan will join the Abraham Accords, expanding the normalisation framework between Israel and Muslim-majority nations. The move, confirmed after Trump’s call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin

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Yesterday

Senate Republicans block bid to limit Trump’s war powers on Venezuela

U.S. Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked a resolution that would have barred President Donald Trump from launching military action against Venezuela without congressional approval, underscoring deep divisions over the administration’s escalating campa

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Europa League: Lyon suffers its first European defeat against Betis Sevilla

Les Gones are no longer undefeated. Olympique Lyonnais, with a largely revamped lineup, lost 2-0 to Sevilla on Thursday, suffering their first defeat of the season in the Europa League. However, their goal of finishing in the top eight remains within rea

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China 'focusing on solutions' to combat emissions and climate change, analyst says

Pacific Asia • 10:06 PM

China is the world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases but it is also spearheading a clean energy revolution, with more solar and wind capacity than the rest of the world combined. Speaking on FRANCE 24, Chris Aylett, Research Fellow in the Environment

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China 'focusing on solutions' to combat emissions and climate change, analyst says

China is the world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases but it is also spearheading a clean energy revolution, with more solar and wind capacity than the rest of the world combined. Speaking on FRANCE 24, Chris Aylett, Research Fellow in the Environment

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Satellite image of livestock in Sudan misinterpreted as mass graves

Following reported mass killings at the end of October by Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in the besieged city of El-Fasher, internet users shared a screenshot from Google Earth purporting to show the site of a massacre. But according to satell

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Sudan's RSF agree to truce proposal as new satellite images suggest 'mass graves' in El-Fasher

Africa • 9:28 PM

Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, who have been at war with the regular army for more than two years, have announced that they have agreed to a proposal for a humanitarian truce put forward by mediators. Meanwhile, Yale researchers released a re

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IAEA's Director General Grossi speaks on FRANCE 24

The UN's nuclear chief Rafael Grossi told FRANCE 24 that, despite recent attacks on its nuclear facilities, Iran still has enough highly enriched uranium and the knowledge - to develop a few nuclear weapons, if it chooses to do so. He also said that a de

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Brazil's contradictions: Can COP30 summit host truly go green?

When it came to the Amazon, his predecessor was all for "chop, baby, chop". An easy act to follow if you're hosting the world for a climate summit. Since the return of Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, deforestation has continued but drastica

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Paris launches lottery for burial plots near Piaf, Morrison or Chopin

The French capital has launched a lottery offering residents a chance to be buried in abandoned heritage graves at the iconic Père-Lachaise, Montmartre and Montparnasse cemeteries – provided they agree to pay for their renovation first.

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Airlines likely to adjust load to accomodate passengers as US orders flight reductions, expert says

The Trump administration has ordered flight reductions at major airports due to a shortage of air traffic controllers during the longest U.S. government shutdown in history. Speaking on FRANCE 24, Michael McCormick, Associate Professor and Program Coordi

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Nancy Pelosi won't seek reelection, ending her storied career in the US House

Nancy Pelosi, the first woman to serve as the powerful speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, said on Thursday that she will not run for re-election to Congress in 2026, ending a four-decade career of a progressive Democratic icon often vilified b

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‘We must return to diplomacy’: IAEA's Grossi on Iran, Ukraine and his UN ambitions

The head of the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Mariano Grossi, told FRANCE 24 that Iran still has enough highly enriched uranium – and the necessary knowledge – to develop nuclear weapons, despite recent attacks on its nuclear fac

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Unfinished infrastructure, wasted public funds: Colombia's 'white elephants' exposed

In Colombia, an Instagram account called "White Elephant" exposes unfinished infrastructure (often referred to as “white elephants”), the waste of public funds and irregularities surrounding certain toll booths. The account visits the sites, then posts v

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Pride in Uganda after Mamdani’s victory in the New York mayoral race

Ugandans in Kampala react to the election of Zohran Mamdani as New York’s new mayor. Born in Uganda and now the city’s first Muslim mayor, Mamdani’s victory sparks pride and hope – with many young people inspired by his progressive agenda and stance aga

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COP30: Host city Belem is 'at the heart of the issues' and a gateway to the Amazon

Brazil's port city of Belem will open its doors to 50,000 participants for the COP30 conference on climate change from November 10-21. While President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva intentionally picked the location to be “as close as possible to the heart of

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Narrative that too much "is being made of climate change is increasingly gaining ground"

The COP30 global climate summit is opening on November 10, but the world's top polluters will not be attending - including the US, with Trump calling climate change a "socialist hoax". But while he would have been laughed at a few years ago, the narrativ

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Needs in Gaza remain "overwhelming" despite ceasefire

In Gaza, even if the bombs have stopped, daily life for Palestinians there is still filled with hardship. The World Food Programme says while aid deliveries have increased since a fragile ceasefire came into effect, the needs are still "overwhelming". On

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Pokrovsk could be most significant Russian capture in about two years

Europe • 4:04 PM

Russia's defence ministry said on November 6 that its forces had advanced in the battered Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk and were fighting house-to-house battles in a bid to eject Ukrainian forces from the city. Russia has been threatening Pokrovsk for more

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Cameroon: World’s oldest president sworn in for eighth term

Cameroon’s Paul Biya has been sworn in for his eighth consecutive term after winning last month’s presidential election. Issa Tchiroma Bakary, the other presidential candidate, maintains that he was the rightful winner of the poll and has accused the aut

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What's on the agenda for COP30?

With COP30 opening on November 10, what's on the agenda for world leaders? Aside from marking ten years since the Paris Agreement's ambitious targets - which the world is on track to miss -, the summit should also be looking into Brazilian President's am

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World leaders meet for pre-COP30 talks on funding fight against climate change

Ahead of the global climate summit starting on November 10, pre-talks are starting in Brazil. This preview has three issues on the agenda: efforts to transition to sustainable energy; why the 2015 Paris agreement targets haven't been met; and setting up

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El-Fasher: 'The final battle of the Darfur Genocide that began in 2003'

Africa • 3:30 PM

Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, at war with the regular army for more than two years, announced on Thursday that they had agreed to a proposal for a humanitarian truce put forward by mediators. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective, E

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Paris celebrates Isao Takahata, the pioneer who shaped the soul of Japanese animation

In this episode of arts24, we journey into the enchanting world of Isao Takahata, one of the founding fathers of Japanese animation and the creative force behind Studio Ghibli classics like "Grave of the Fireflies" and "Only Yesterday". From his early da

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Sudan's RSF paramilitary group agrees to US-backed proposal for humanitarian truce

Africa • 3:21 PM

Sudan's Rapid Support Force, a paramilitary group that has been at war with the Sudanese military for over two years, said Thursday it had agreed to a humanitarian truce that was proposed by a US-led mediator group known as the Quad. Sudan's army-aligned

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Climate action in a fractured world: Is there a will 'to cooperate in a world full of conflict'?

As leaders gather for the UN climate summit in Brazil this month, three decades after the world's first annual climate conference, the data charting progress in the fight against global warming tells a sobering story. Despite years of negotiations, pledg

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Louvre security failures exposed in report by France's auditing body

France's court of auditors urged the Louvre museum to speed up its security modernisation plans as a priority, in a report conducted before the jewel heist that noted major delays in the renovation of the world’s most-visited museum. It said the museum's

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Nancy Pelosi, first woman US House speaker, to end storied career in Congress

Nancy Pelosi, a towering figure in Congress over several decades, said Thursday she would not seek reelection in next year's midterm elections, bringing to a close her storied career as not only the first woman to serve as speaker of the House of Represe

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How climate change is affecting our health, and what can be done about it

Ahead of COP30, beginning November 6 in Belém, Brazil, experts say we are seeing unprecedented impacts of climate change on people's health. In light of this, some - including billionaire Bill Gates - are calling on world leaders to focus the climate tal

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COP30 faces early challenge as world's biggest polluters won't be attending

With COP30 opening on November 10, world leaders are already meeting for talks in Brazil to prepare the global climate summit. But those of the world's three biggest polluters - China, India and the United States - will not be attending. They'll be talki

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