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US Secret Service finds security ‘breaches’ in its review of Trump assassination attempt

The US Secret Service on Friday identified a series of failures in how it planned for and responded to the July 13 Pennsylvania rally where a shooter attempted to assassinate Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. The US agency’s Acting Director R

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How two Colombians wound up in a Russian prison after fighting in Ukraine

The last time Otilia Ante, 78, heard from her son Alexander he was telling her to put aside some of the hearty meat and corn stew on which he was raised in western Colombia. Alexander, a former soldier, was in neighbouring Venezuela at the time, on his w

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Online misogyny and the US election: How to counter the war of disinformation

How the US presidential election has been blighted by a campaign of online disinformation including misogynist and racist content. Annette Young talks to American disinformation specialist, Nina Jankowicz about how governments need to step up to prevent

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Harris and Oprah hold star-studded US election rally

A star-studded virtual event hosted by Oprah Winfrey Thursday night to build enthusiasm for Kamala Harris' campaign was marked by teary moments and celebrity endorsements, drawing hundreds of thousands of viewers across social media.

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Titan submersible malfunctioned days before fatal Titanic dive, scientific director says

The submersible that imploded in June 2023 on its way to visit the Titanic malfunctioned days before its final voyage, the scientific director of the company that owned the craft said during a US Coast Guard investigation. Other testimonies indicate a la

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Trump ally refuses to leave governor's race after 'Black Nazi' comments emerge on porn site

A Republican candidate for governor in North Carolina has rejected calls to drop out of the race after a report that he made controversial comments about slavery and called himself a 'Black Nazi' on a porn website more than a decade ago.

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Yesterday

Trump's devout followers: How Christian nationalists could sway the US election

Donald Trump is eager to keep the hearts of Christian nationalists, who overwhelmingly voted for him in 2016 and 2020. The former US president has given this community many reassurances, including appointing two conservative judges to the Supreme Court.

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Musk’s X to face $900,000 daily fine in Brazil as top court orders it to respect ban

Brazil’s top court on Thursday said social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, would be hit with a daily fine of over $900,000 if it does not comply with a ban the court imposed last month. Access to the platform returned for many Brazilian user

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Politics and identity: Racism on the US campaign trail

From comments on curry to fried chicken, we take a look at how racially charged views have gone viral in the US presidential campaign. We find out how the controversy began with a tweet by a right-winger influencer, Laura Loomer. We also dive into how ra

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Wednesday, september 18, 2024

US says Iran hackers offered 'stolen' Trump campaign material to Biden team

US officials say Iranian hackers offered Joe Biden's campaign hacked information from Donald Trump’s electoral team in late June and early July, according to the FBI and intelligence agencies. The unsolicited emails were sent before Biden dropped out of

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US Federal Reserve lowers interest rates weeks before presidential election

The Federal Reserve slashed US interest rates by 50 basis points, its first cut in four years, lowering the benchmark rate to 4.75-5.00 percent. The move, double the typical 25 basis point adjustment, signals heightened concern about economic growth as i

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Teamsters union declines to endorse Trump or Harris for president

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, one of the largest and most influential US labour unions, declined Wednesday to make a presidential endorsement, breaking with a quarter-century tradition of backing Democratic White House hopefuls. FRANCE 24's

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Sean 'Diddy' Combs jailed by judge after sex trafficking indictment

Sean “Diddy” Combs headed to jail Tuesday to await trial in a federal sex trafficking case that accuses him of presiding over a sordid empire of sexual crimes protected by blackmail and shocking acts of violence. The music mogul is charged with racketeer

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Trump holds first campaign event since an apparent assassination attempt

Donald Trump resumed campaigning Tuesday for the first time since a second apparent attempt on his life, boasting "only consequential presidents get shot at" while praising Kamala Harris for making a phone call to check on him.

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US rap mogul Sean 'Diddy' Combs denied bail on racketeering, sex trafficking charges

Superstar producer and businessman Sean "Diddy" Combs will remain in jail after a judge denied his release on bail on Tuesday, facing charges of sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy – accusations that follow numerous others grounded in events from

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Tuesday, september 17, 2024

No, JD Vance did not kill his family cat

Amid the fallout over Donald Trump's false claims about Haitian pet-eating immigrants in Springfield, Trump's running mate, JD Vance, is himself accused of killing his own cat in a viral post circulating on X. We tell you more in this edition of Truth or

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Second attempt on Trump’s life raises new concerns over security protocols

Donald Trump escaped a suspected assassination attempt on Sunday, two months after he was shot at during a rally in Pennsylvania. The FBI announced the arrest of a man suspected of targeting the former president on a golf course in Florida, once again ra

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Trump back on the campaign trail after weekend assassination attempt

Former US president and Republican party candidate Donald Trump will return to the campaign trail Tuesday following what seems to have been a second attempt on his life in the increasingly tense lead-up to the November election. Trump and his rival Kamal

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Meta bans Russian state media outlets for social media 'interference' campaigns

US tech giant Meta said late Monday that it was banning Russian state media outlets from its apps, including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Threads, following US prosecutors' allegations that RT had covertly funded influence campaigns through social m

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US woman died after abortion law delayed urgent medical care

A Georgia woman died from delayed life-saving surgery caused by the US state's restrictive abortion law, ProPublica revealed on Monday, sparking outrage from reproductive rights groups. Amber Nicole Thurman, 28, experienced a rare complication after taki

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Sean 'Diddy' Combs arrested amid assault lawsuits and sex trafficking allegations

Rap mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs was arrested by federal agents in Manhattan late Monday, with a district attorney saying the arrest stemmed from a sealed indictment. Combs' homes were raided in March by federal agents, and the rapper has been named in a num

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Brasilia wildfire rages across national park, threatening protected environments

Wildfires engulfed the conservation area of Brasilia National Park on Monday and smothered the capital in smoke as the country grapples with a historic drought. The fire was reported to be human-caused, according to the government agency that manages the

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Peruvian city of Iquitos, a hotbed for wildlife trafficking in Amazon

Iquitos is a city of over 400,000 inhabitants located at the heart of the Peruvian Amazon and accessible only by boat or plane. In recent years, it has become a hotbed of wildlife trafficking in one of the world’s most biodiverse areas. More than 300 spe

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Monday, september 16, 2024

Was Donald Trump's latest assassination attempt staged?

Anti-Trump users on X are falsely claiming that the Trump campaign sent out fundraising emails "immediately" after the assassination attempt on Donald Trump at his Florida golf club on Sunday. We tell you more in this edition of Truth or Fake.

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Trump targeted again: How violent is US politics?

How violent are liberal democracies these days? Authorities in the US are investigating what is possibly the second assassination attempt against Donald Trump of this presidential election campaign.

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What we know about the latest apparent assassination attempt on Donald Trump

Former US president and Republican Party presidential nominee Donald Trump appears to have been targeted by another assassination attempt while playing at his golf course in Palm Beach, Florida on Sunday. Here’s what we know so far.

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'Shogun' breaks Emmys record as 'The Bear', 'Baby Reindeer' rack up big wins

Japan-set historical epic "Shogun" broke records at the Emmy Awards on Sunday, with 14 minor category wins and one major gong for best drama series directing. It is poised to become the first non-English-language best drama series winner. "The Bear" and

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Mexico's Obrador enacts judicial reforms to elect judges by popular vote

A controversial judicial reform enabling Mexican voters to elect judges officially came into effect on Sunday after President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador signed the decree in a video posted on social media. Lopez Obrador has long argued that the current

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Sunday, september 15, 2024

'Conflicting pieces of information coming in at the moment'

There are "conflicting pieces of information emerging at the moment", with the spokesperson for the Trump campaign confirming that Donald Trump is safe, reported FRANCE 24's Correspondent in Washington D.C. Fraser Jackson. The Secret Service are investig

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FBI investigating apparent assassination attempt on Trump at golf course

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Sunday survived what "appears to be an attempted assassination" outside his golf course in Palm Beach, Florida, the FBI said, just nine weeks after a previous attempt on his life. In an email to supporter

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Honduran anti-mining activist who fought to save forests, rivers is killed

An environmental activist who protested mining and hydro-electric projects in northern Honduras in an effort to preserve tropical forests and rivers has been killed, police said on Sunday.

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'Trump-proof' support for Ukraine: US may allow Kyiv to use long-range missiles against Moscow

The US appears to be considering the possibility of allowing Ukraine fire long-range Western-supplied missiles into Russia, which would represent a shift in its long-standing policy regarding Moscow, FRANCE 24’s Kethevane Gorjestani said, pointing to Pre

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Polaris Dawn: Billionaire returns to Earth after first private spacewalk

A billionaire spacewalker returned to Earth with his crew on Sunday, ending a five-day trip that lifted them higher than anyone has traveled since NASA’s moonwalkers. SpaceX’s capsule splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico near Florida's Dry Tortugas in the

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Biden to use rest of term putting Ukraine in 'best possible' position to prevail, adviser says

US President Joe Biden will use the rest of his term in office "to put Ukraine in the best possible position to prevail" against Russia, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said Saturday during a speech given remotely to a forum in Kyiv. Sullivan als

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US, Spanish, Czech citizens detained over alleged plot to 'destabilise' Venezuela

Venezuela detained three US citizens, two Spaniards and a Czech national over an alleged plot to destabilise the South American country, the government said on Saturday. Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello said the foreign nationals were being held on sus

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Saturday, september 14, 2024

2024 presidential election: US early voting process explained

Millions of voters are set to cast their ballots in the upcoming weeks leading up to the US presidential election due in November thanks to early voting, a process that varies from state to state. FRANCE 24 International Affairs Editor Kethevane Gorjesta

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Boeing factory workers on strike after rejecting pay deal

Blue-collar workers from Boeing walked picket lines in the Pacific Northwest instead of building airplanes on Friday after they overwhelmingly rejected a proposed contract that would have raised their wages by 25% over four years.The strike by 33,000 mac

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Schools and offices close in US city after receiving bomb threats

Bomb threats prompted the evacuation of schools and government buildings for a second day on Friday in an Ohio community that has been the focus of unwanted attention after former President Donald Trump amplified false rumors that Haitian immigrants are

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Trump vows to deport Haitian immigrants after spreading false claims

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump pledged on Friday to conduct mass deportations of Haitian immigrants from the Ohio city of Springfield, even though the majority of them are in the United States legally. The city for days has found itself a

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Friday, september 13, 2024

Did Kamala trump Donald? EU in the looking glass, the next phase of Ukraine's war

This week has seen another US presidential debate take place. The last 90 minutes cost President Joe Biden his job. This time it started with niceties; an extended hand from Kamala Harris that has become known as the "power move handshake": look it up on

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‘Like torture, like rape’: Greenland urges Denmark to confront its dark past

Since the first victim account went public five years ago, Denmark's forced contraception scandal in Greenland has snowballed. The territory is urging its former colonial power to acknowledge the widespread trauma. "It has violated a number of human righ

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Trial of Maradona medical team for negligence postponed until 2025

The trial of seven medical professionals accused of negligence in the death of Argentina football legend Diego Maradona has been postponed until next year. Maradona died in 2020 while recovering from brain surgery for a blood clot, after battling for yea

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Mexico: Ten years after disappearance of 43 student teachers, questions remain unanswered

It's the biggest mystery and probably the biggest scandal to hit Mexico in the past decade. On September 26, 2014, in the southern town of Iguala, police officers fired on several buses carrying students from the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers' College. In th

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Colombia's Indigenous Nasa people fight back against guerrilla groups

In the Cauca mountains of southwestern Colombia, the Indigenous Nasa people have been on the receiving end of Colombia's armed conflict for decades. Sandwiched between several fronts, they oppose the presence of both the rebels and the army, which is try

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Jamaican soldiers and police arrive in Haiti to help fight gangs

Two dozen soldiers and police officers from Jamaica arrived in Haiti on Thursday to join a U.N.-backed mission led by Kenya to fight powerful gangs.

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Boeing workers in northwest US begin strike after rejecting pay deal

More than 30,000 Boeing workers in the Seattle region have gone on strike after they overwhelmingly rejected a proposed contract that included a 25 percent pay rise. Workers seeking a 40 percent hike criticised the deal as “misleading” since it eliminate

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From discrimination to respect: The story of Bolivia's 'cholitas'

The rise of Bolivia's "cholitas" and how the nation's Indigenous women have gone from being socially marginalised to being widely respected and accepted. Also he was a monk much beloved in France for his extraordinary charity work. But further allegation

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Los Angeles wildfires slow, still threaten suburbs

Wildfires that have burned dozens of mountain homes near Los Angeles slowed on Thursday with cooler temperatures but authorities warned the blazes still threatened suburbs.

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Thursday, september 12, 2024

Toronto festival cancels screenings of film ‘Russians at War’ over ‘significant threats’

The Toronto International Film Festival announced Thursday it was cancelling all screenings of the documentary “Russians at War” due to "significant threats" to public safety and festival operations. Directed by Anastasia Trofimova, the film follows a Ru

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US government faces shutdown as Congress grapples with funding bill

The US federal government is on the verge of a shutdown as Republicans in the House of Representatives struggle to agree on a funding bill. A new hurdle has emerged with former President Donald Trump pushing for voter ID requirements to be linked to the

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Was Kamala Harris using an earpiece during the presidential debate?

Far-right accounts on X are spreading the rumour that Kamala Harris was wearing an earpiece during her debate against Donald Trump on Tuesday. This accusation is a classic when it comes to conspiracy theories surrounding debates. We debunk these claims i

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Trump rules out a second debate against Kamala Harris

Former president Donald Trump on Thursday ruled out taking part in another election debate against his rival for the White House, Vice President Kamala Harris. Trump said he thought he had won the debate, but several surveys showed that respondents thou

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Will directly electing judges help Mexico fight corruption in its justice system?

Mexico’s outgoing President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has used his party's overwhelming democratic mandate to pass a series of reforms that will make the country the first in the world to elect almost all of its judges by popular vote. It’s a reform th

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US imposes new sanctions on Venezuelan officials over 'election fraud'

The US Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on 16 senior Venezuelan officials allied to President Nicolas Maduro for preventing "a transparent electoral process" in the July 28 presidential election and for the "brutal crackdown on free expression"

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Reclusive Peruvian tribe Mashco Piro under threat: 'Their land has to be protected'

Two loggers, part of a team of people who had a license to cut down trees in the Peruvian Amazon, have been killed by bow and arrow after they allegedly encroached too far into land inhabited by the largest uncontacted tribe on the planet, the Mashco Pir

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SpaceX crew make first-ever private spacewalk amid Polaris Dawn mission

A SpaceX crew made up of four non-professional astronauts on Thursday became the first civilians to perform spacewalks as NASA hailed “a giant leap forward” for the commercial space industry. Led by fintech billionaire Jared Isaacman, who was the first t

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US presidential election: How significant is Taylor Swift's endorsement of Kamala Harris?

US pop superstar Taylor Swift came out last night in support of Vice President Kamala Harris in the US presidential race, ending speculation about whether the singer-songwriter would share her political views ahead of November's election. The move is spa

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Hurricane Francine batters US state of Louisiana

Hurricane Francine slammed into Louisiana Wednesday with potential for life-threatening flooding and storm surge as residents of the southern US state were advised to hunker down indoors.

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Argentine Congress upholds Milei veto of pensions increase amid protests

Argentina's Congress on Wednesday upheld a veto by President Javier Milei of a bill to increase pensions, as protesters clashed with police outside the building.

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Peru's polarising ex-president Alberto Fujimori dies at 86

Peru's former president Alberto Fujimori, who ruled his country with an iron fist and then spent 16 years in prison for crimes against humanity, died on Wednesday at age 86 in the capital Lima.

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