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Live : Israel strikes Gaza after Hamas signals support for US-backed plan

Israel launched dozens of air strikes and artillery attacks on Gaza City overnight, Gaza’s civil defence agency said Saturday, despite US President Donald Trump’s call to halt bombardments following Hamas's acceptance of some elements of his plan. At lea

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Japan’s ruling party elects Takaichi, paving way for first woman prime minister

Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Saturday elected Sanae Takaichi as its new leader, positioning her to become the country’s first female prime minister. Takaichi, a former economic security minister, defeated Agriculture Minister Shinjiro Koizu

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Death toll rises to 14 in Indonesia school collapse, dozens still missing

Pacific Asia • 5:23 AM

The death toll from a boarding school collapse in Indonesia rose to 14 on Saturday, as rescuers deployed heavy machinery to search for dozens of people still missing. The multi-storey building collapsed during afternoon prayers on Monday, with experts ci

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Munich airport grounded by drone sightings for second day running

Munich airport was forced to suspend operations for a second consecutive day on Friday after drones were spotted near its runways, disrupting dozens of flights and leaving thousands of passengers stranded. The incidents come amid a wave of drone sighting

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Yesterday

Trump orders Israel to stop bombing Gaza after Hamas accepts peace plan

Hamas responded to US President Donald Trump's 20-point peace plan to end the war in Gaza on Friday, after the president issued the group an ultimatum to answer by Sunday evening. Hamas announced that it was willing to release hostages, but said some ele

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Madagascar president claims "attempted coup"

The President of Madagascar took to Facebook on Friday to make an address to the nation, in an effort to quell nine days of rolling anti-corruption protests. Andry Rajoelina claimed the Gen Z movement, which is demanding his resignation, has been exploit

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No, this jihadist brandishing two severed heads isn’t Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa took the floor at the UN General Assembly on September 24. Simultaneously, a photo claiming to show Sharaa brandishing two decapitated heads circulated on social media – allegedly proof that he committed war crimes back w

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Music mogul Sean 'Diddy' Combs sentenced to over 4 years in prostitution case

Sean "Diddy" Combs was sentenced Friday to four years and two months in federal prison after being convicted of organising drug-fueled, sometimes violent sex parties involving paid sex workers – a dramatic fall from grace for one of hip-hop's most powerf

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Hamas agrees to release hostages under Trump's Gaza plan, other points need negotiating

Hamas on Friday said it was willing to release all hostages held in Gaza under the terms of US President Donald Trump's plan to end the Gaza war. Other issues in the peace proposal concerning Gaza's future and the "inalienable rights of the Palestinian p

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Hamas agrees to release hostages under Trump's Gaza plan, other points need negotiating

Hamas on Friday said it was willing to release all hostages held in Gaza under the terms of US President Donald Trump's plan to end the Gaza war. Other issues in the peace proposal concerning Gaza's future and the "inalienable rights of the Palestinian p

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“Beyond very close” The Gaza peace plan. A crack in the drone wall? Pirate Flags & Gen Z protests

This week US President Trump declared “eternal peace for the Middle East” was within reach as he stood side by side with the Israeli prime minister to unveil a new plan for Gaza, the EU talked about its defense response to suspected Russian violations of

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French photojournalist Antoni Lallican killed by a drone in Ukraine

Europe • 4:59 PM

French photojournalist Antoni Lallican, 37, was killed on Friday in eastern Ukraine's Donbas region in a drone attack, according to European journalists' associations. It was the first time a journalist has been killed by a drone in Ukraine since Russia'

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German police investigates drone sightings after airspace violations

Drone sightings overnight at Germany's Munich airport led to the cancellation and diversion of dozens of flights on the eve of a national holiday, leaving nearly 3,000 passengers stranded and leading politicians to promise tough new measures allowing for

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Hamas has sent out 'mixed messages' in response to Trump's peace plan

US President Donald Trump gave Palestinian Hamas militants until Sunday evening to accept his proposal to end the nearly two-year-old war with US ally Israel in the Gaza Strip. "There have been mixed messages from Hamas", said Noga Tarnopolsky, FRANCE 24

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Drones, sabotage, surveillance: Moscow’s hybrid warfare takes to the high seas

A spate of recent incidents involving Russian-linked ships has put the spotlight on the sea as an increasingly important element in Moscow's hybrid warfare strategy targeting Europe.

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Trump sets Sunday deadline for Hamas to agree to his deal for ending the war in Gaza

U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that Hamas must agree to a proposed peace deal by Sunday evening, threatening an even greater military onslaught nearly two years into the war sparked by the Oct. 7 attack into Israel. Details by FRANCE 24 correspo

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Israeli military intercepts final aid boat as new flotilla sails to Gaza

The Israeli military intercepted the last boat in an aid flotilla attempting to reach blockaded Gaza on Friday, a day after stopping most of the vessels and detaining some 450 activists including Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg. Story by Catherine Viet

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USA: Trump vows cuts to 'Democrat' agencies on day 3 of shutdown

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration froze $2.1 billion in Chicago transit funding on Friday, starving another Democratic city of funds as the government shutdown entered its third day. The administration has now frozen at least $28 billion in fu

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Moldovan election result 'exceptional by European standards': Former deputy PM Popescu

Moldovans have voted in what is arguably the country's most pivotal election since independence in 1991. Our guest says that there was "a big danger that pro-Russian forces might have drawn Moldova into Russia's war against Ukraine". But that danger was

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Human Rights Watch sounds alarm over China's new draft 'ethnic unity' law

Pacific Asia • 3:08 PM

Chinese lawmakers are reviewing a new law that tells parents to teach their children to love the Communist Party and criminalises any activity deemed to be damaging "ethnic unity". Yuka Royer speaks with Human Rights Watch's Asia director, who says the b

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Swifties, rejoice! Taylor Swift releases her 12th album, 'The Life of a Showgirl'

Culture • 2:44 PM

After breaking most music industry records during her "Eras" tour in 2023 and 2024, Taylor Swift is back with the hotly anticipated account of that time in the form of her twelfth studio album. "The Life of a Showgirl" brings in pop princess Sabrina Carp

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Trump issues Hamas a Sunday night ultimatum to accept his Gaza peace plan

President Donald Trump has given Hamas a deadline to agree to his Gaza peace plan. Trump posted on his Truth Social platform on Friday that the agreement must come before Sunday evening or else “all HELL, like no one has ever seen before, will break out”

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Germany: Drone sightings shut down Munich airport overnight

Drone sightings on Thursday, October 2, shut down Munich airport, canceling 17 flights and disrupting 3,000 passengers, before it reopened Friday — the latest such incident in Europe.

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Dinard dishes up the best of British and Irish cinema

The seaside town of Dinard in Brittany is rolling out the red carpet for stars from Ireland and the UK as it hosts its annual film festival. Culture editor Eve Jackson tells us about the dramas, documentaries and horror stories screening there this year,

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'This is the moment to invite the world to reconstruct Gaza': EU Mediterranean Commissioner Suica

Europe • 1:24 PM

Several new portfolios have been created in the current European Commission, to reflect the EU's changing priorities. One of those is a Commissioner for the Mediterranean. This is a crucial region for the EU, as the bloc grapples with difficult issues su

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US government shutdown set to drag into next week after fourth failed Senate vote

The US government shutdown is expected to continue into next week after the Senate on Friday voted for a fourth time to reject spending cuts that will unleash layoffs.

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Illegal trade in rare insects on the rise

The illegal trade in rare insects is booming across Africa, Asia and Latin America. Exotic ants, spiders and beetles are collected and sold as pets. Some species are worth a fortune on the global black market. But scientists are raising alarm bells, as m

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Italians on strike over Israel's arrest of Gaza flotilla activists

Europe • 1:09 PM

Tens of thousands of Italians took to the streets across the country on Friday, as part of a day-long general strike called by unions in support of an aid flotilla carrying food to Gaza that was intercepted by Israel this week. Details by FRANCE 24 corre

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Czech Republic: former PM Babis set for victory in parliamentary elections

Europe • 1:01 PM

Czechs began voting on Friday in an election likely to oust their centre-right government, with polls favouring populist billionaire Andrej Babis to return to power on pledges to raise wages and lift growth while reducing aid for Ukraine. The change woul

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Does Indonesia's Brimob police unit have a licence to kill?

This summer in Indonesia, the Mobile Brigade Corps (Brimob) paramilitary police unit sparked controversy after killing a 21-year-old man during a protest. The elite armed unit, which already had a reputation for misconduct, has often been deployed to ens

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From Kathmandu to Casablanca: How Gen Z Is reimagining political speech and dissent

Pacific Asia • 11:35 AM

As GenZ youth protests are spreading worldwide, Alison Sargent welcomes Dr. D.B. Subedi to get to the heart of the driving force of these new collective protests. Dr. Subedi situates the Moroccan Gen Z protests within a wider range of youth-led movements

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Italians take to the streets, down tools in massive Gaza protests across cities

Hundreds of thousands of Italians joined a nationwide strike and protests across the country Friday in solidarity with the Palestinian cause and a show of support for a Gaza-bound aid flotilla that unsuccessfully tried to break the Israeli blockade. Prim

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Argentina: New setback for Milei as Congress overturns spending vetoes

Argentina's struggling President Javier Milei suffered a new setback Thursday as Congress overturned his vetoes of laws increasing funding for public universities and pediatric care. Story by Daniel Quinlan.

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Morocco's youth-led protests demand better schools and hospitals

Youth-led demonstrators in Morocco took to the streets on Thursday for a sixth straight night despite fears of more violence after police killed three people the night before. Story by Eliza Herbert.

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Church of England picks Sarah Mullally as first female Archbishop of Canterbury

The Church of England on Friday named Sarah Mullally as the new Archbishop of Canterbury, the first time a woman has been appointed to the role in the church's more than 1,400-year history. The former nurse faces the tough challenge of bridging the divid

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One year on, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum enjoys record popularity

One year after her landslide election victory, Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum remains remarkably popular, with around 80 percent of Mexicans backing her policies. The left-wing politician has rolled out nationwide many of the measures she first int

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French PM Lecornu proposes wealth tax to pass budget through fragmented parliament

Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu, France's fifth prime minister in two years, proposed a new tax on financial wealth in a bid to ram the budget through a deeply fragmented parliament. This came after he ruled out using special constitutional powers to pa

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Elections in Czech Republic: meet those behind Russian propaganda

Europe • 9:40 AM

After last weekend’s elections in Moldova, it is now the Czech parliamentary elections that appear to be the target of massive disinformation flows aimed at influencing voters heading to the polls this Friday and Saturday. This disinformation, linked to

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Munich airport resumes flights after drone sightings trigger closure

Europe • 9:37 AM

Germany's Munich airport restarted flights on Friday after several drone sightings forced its closure overnight, the latest in a string of similar aviation disruptions across Europe. Airports in Denmark, Norway and Poland have recently suspended flights

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Two killed in UK synagogue 'terrorist attack' on 'holiest day'

Two people were killed on Thursday and four wounded when a man ploughed a car into a crowd outside a packed Manchester synagogue on a sombre Jewish holiday and then embarked on a stabbing spree. Police said they shot dead the suspect and arrested two oth

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Russia's 'shadow fleet' of aging tankers avoiding Western sanctions

The captain of an oil tanker that authorities in France have detained off the country's Atlantic coast and which President Emmanuel Macron has linked to Russia will go on trial in February over the crew’s alleged refusal to cooperate, a French prosecutor

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Taylor Swift moves into 'Showgirl' era with new pop album

Superstar Taylor Swift's latest studio album, "The Life of a Showgirl," arrives Friday with a promotional blitz that includes midnight sales at Target stores, a release party at movie theaters around the globe and pop-up experiences in New York and Los A

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UK authorities on 'high alert' after Manchester synagogue terror attack

Europe • 8:49 AM

The UK was on "high alert", with increased "police resources" deployed across the country, British Interior Minister Shabana Mahmood said Friday, a day after a deadly terrorist attack outside a Manchester synagogue. Two people were killed in the attack,

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Last flotilla boat sails on towards Gaza after Israel arrests 450 activists

Hundreds of Israeli police officers were deployed Thursday to the southern port of Ashdod to process some 450 international activists detained by Israeli naval forces hours earlier in the Mediterranean Sea, Israeli authorities said. Story by Morgan Ayre.

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Why a Saudi comedy festival drawing big US comedians is no barrel of laughs

PRESS REVIEW – Friday, October 3: We look at reactions in the British papers after a fatal stabbing outside a Manchester synagogue on a holy Jewish holiday. This Friday also marks 35 years since the reunification of East and West Germany, but have the di

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Putin warns supplies of US long-range missiles to Ukraine will badly hurt ties

Europe • 8:26 AM

Russian President Vladimir Putin warned the United States that supplies of long-range missiles to Ukraine will seriously damage relations between Moscow and Washington but will not change the situation on the battlefield, where the Russian army is making

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Elections in Czech Republic could end the country's solidarity towards Ukrainians

Parliamentary elections are taking place in Czechia - the EU country that has taken in the largest number of Ukrainian refugees relative to its population. Nearly 400,000 have been granted residence and work permits there. The opposition is challenging t

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Netanyahu, Hamas under immense pressure: 'Any successful peace deal is a victory for all sides'

The US-Israel peace plan for Gaza is where idealism, ideology, dogma and realpolitik collide. For Hamas, the plan "isn’t a peace deal so much as a conditional capitulation," explains Dr. Nick Westcott, Professor of Practice in the Department of Politics

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