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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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What the operation to blow up Hezbollah’s pagers tells us about Israel’s spy agencies

The mass explosions of pagers and walkie-talkies believed to belong to members of the Iran-backed Shiite group Hezbollah in Lebanon have widely been attributed to Israel’s intelligence services. The attacks, which killed dozens of people and wounded thou

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French judge limits of screenings of ‘shocking’ videos in Pelicot mass rape case

A French judge on Friday ruled that videos of men raping Gisele Pelicot while she was drugged could be shown at the request of the prosecution or defence, but not as a matter of course due to the disturbing content. Pelicot had urged that the footage be

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Taiwan tries to curb deadly addiction to betel nut

It’s known as “Taiwan's chewing gum”. Betel, a nut as hated as it is loved, occupies a special place in the island's culture. This stimulant is consumed by hundreds of thousands of people, mainly from working-class backgrounds, and supports just as many

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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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Taiwan questions two in probe into Lebanon pager attack

Taiwan said on Friday that hundreds of pagers that exploded in Lebanon on Tuesday were not made in Taiwan after prosecutors questioned two people associated with Gold Apollo, the Taiwanese company that produced the communication devices.

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‘I was convinced it was a game': Defendants begin testifying at Pelicot rape trial gripping France

The trial of 51 men for the rape of Gisèle Pelicot began in earnest on Thursday as the first defendants took the stand. Their testimony included expressions of regret along with more ambiguous statements regarding their awareness of their victim’s vulner

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Israel says it killed Hezbollah commander in Beirut strike

The Israeli military on Friday said its air strike in the southern suburbs of Beirut killed top Hezbollah commander Ibrahim Aqil and other senior commanders of the movement's Radwan special forces. Hezbollah has not confirmed the killing. The massive str

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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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Two missing, 1000 evacuated as Storm Boris brings flooding to northern Italy

Two people are missing and some 1,000 people have been evacuated from their homes after heavy flooding and landslides hit the northeastern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna. The mayor of the city of Ravenna described the situation as a "full emergency".

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Dozens of women accuse late Harrods boss Mohamed Al Fayed of sexual assault

Dozens of women say they were sexually abused by the late businessman Mohamed Al Fayed while working at his London department store Harrods. Lawyers representing the women described their cases as "horrific" and said many were girls when the abuse occure

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Yesterday

Champions League: Barca lose to Monaco as Arsenal draw with Atalanta

On the opening matchday of the 2024-2025 Champions League, Barcelona dropped points, Manchester City and Arsenal lost and there were some banner results. Bayern Munich scored nine goals.

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French PM Barnier presents new cabinet picks to Macron

Following a meeting with the leaders of French conservative and centrist parties and parliamentary groups, French Prime Minister Michel Barnier on Thursday presented his new cabinet choices to President Emmanuel Macron. The new premier, a seasoned politi

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Major jihadist attack in Mali’s capital killed more than 70, security source says

A major attack by an al Qaeda-linked group on a military police training camp and nearby airport complex in Bamako earlier this week killed more than 70 people and wounded more than 200, a Malian security source said Thursday. News from the West African

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Migrant women face ‘second trauma’ when reporting sexual abuse in France

A recent report from Amnesty International reveals that undocumented women in France face significant barriers when reporting sexual violence, often encountering hostility from the institutions meant to help them. French NGOs say law enforcement has incr

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‘I feel humiliated’: Gisèle Pelicot outraged by suggestions of complicity at France mass rape trial

In the courthouse in the southern French city of Avignon, Gisèle Pelicot spoke out once again on Tuesday about the rapes she suffered at the hands of scores of men while heavily sedated, assaults that were instigated by her husband over a decade. The vic

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Hezbollah chief Nasrallah says Israel crossed ‘red lines’ by detonating electronic devices

Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah on Thursday blamed Israel for the deadly attacks targeting the group’s electronic devices in Lebanon, calling them a “massacre” that crossed a “red line”. In his first speech since the attacks, Nasrallah vowed not to give

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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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'Giant performance': Man City blunted by Inter Milan in Champions League stalemate

Inter Milan coach Simone Inzaghi praised his team's "giant performance" after holding Manchester City to a 0-0 draw in their Champions League opener. The expanded tournament format, designed to pit Europe’s top clubs against each other more frequently, s

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Despite cosy relations with Russia, India’s munitions enter Ukraine

Indian munitions are being diverted by European intermediaries to support Ukraine's defence against Russia, according to government and defence sources and customs data. Despite Indian arms export regulations and protests from Moscow, transfers of Indian

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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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Two killed in New Caledonia during French security forces operation

Two men were killed during a French security forces operation in New Caledonia overnight, raising the death toll to 13 after four months of unrest. Clashes continue in Saint Louis, a stronghold of the independence movement south of Noumea, as tensions pe

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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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French mass rape survivor says 'humiliated' by lawyers' claims of complicity in her abuse

Gisele Pelicot expressed feeling humiliated during the trial of her ex-husband, after defense lawyers accused her of complicity in the abuse. She described the experience in court as degrading. Dominique Pelicot has admitted to drugging Gisele with sedat

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What we know about Lebanon’s exploding devices

One day after hundreds of pagers widely used by Hezbollah simultaneously exploded in Lebanon, two-way radios used by the group detonated on Wednesday in what appeared to be a second wave of sophisticated, deadly attacks. The unprecedented series of explo

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Russian advance in Kursk 'stopped', says Ukraine military official

A spokesman for the Ukrainian army said on Wednesday that the Russian counter-offensive in the Kursk region had been halted and that parts of that zone remained "under Ukrainian control". In western Russia, Ukrainian drones "destroyed" a warehouse contai

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Indian-administered Kashmir holds first local election after losing autonomy

Five years after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government stripped Jammu and Kashmir of its statehood, the northern Indian region voted Wednesday in its first local election in a decade. The disputed Kashmir Valley has experienced profound change

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Google wins EU court bid to overturn €1.49 billion antitrust fine

Google on Wednesday won a court challenge against a €1.49-billion fine levied by the European Union for abuse of dominance over online advertising in the latest in a series of legal clashes between the tech giant and the European Bloc. EU courts scrapped

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France's budgetary situation is 'very serious', new PM Barnier says

France has a "very serious" budgetary deficit, Prime Minister Michael Barnier said, weeks after France was placed on a formal procedure for violating European Union budgetary rules. Barnier, who was appointed to lead the French government on September 6

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Israel planted 5,000 pager explosives months before deadly blasts, Lebanese security sources say

Israel’s spy service injected explosive materials activated by coded messages into thousands of pagers during production, months before they were imported by the Lebanese group Hezbollah, a senior Lebanese security source said. Hezbollah fighters were us

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At least 20 killed, 450 wounded in fresh wave of Lebanon device explosions

Communication devices used by Lebanon's armed group Hezbollah detonated late Wednesday afternoon across the country's south and in the southern suburbs of the capital Beirut, killing at least 20 people and wounding 450, according to the Lebanese health m

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North Korea launches second set of short-range ballistic missiles in a week

North Korea continued a series of provocative maneuvers early Wednesday when, for the second time since Thursday, it fired a second round of short ballistic missiles – a move experts say could be linked to the isolated country's suspected illicit supplyi

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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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Bayern, Liverpool and Mbappé shine as new UCL 'league phase' kicks off

European football's most coveted competition debuted its new format on Tuesday, foregoing its classic 'group stage' games for a giant league compromised of all 36 teams. Bayern Munich scored a record-breaking nine goals against Dinamo Zagreb and Real Mad

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Associate of Frenchman in mass rape trial admits to copycat abuse on his own wife

An associate of Dominique Pelicot, the Frenchman man who drugged his wife and invited dozens of men to rape her in a case that has shocked France and the world, told a court that he committed similar crimes against his own wife under Pelicot's influence.

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Tuesday, september 17, 2024

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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'We are getting close' to taking action against Hezbollah, Israeli ambassador to UN says

FRANCE 24 spoke to Israel's new ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon. Earlier this Tuesday, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu made the safe return of residents to the north of Israel – which is facing near-daily attacks by Hezbollah from neighbo

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Al Qaeda-linked group claims attack on military police base in Mali’s capital

Al Qaeda-linked group Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen (JNIM) on Tuesday claimed responsibility for an attack on a military police base in Mali’s capital Bamako. Mali's army said in a statement that it had control of the situation in the capital aft

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'I am a rapist,' says Frenchman accused of inviting scores of men to rape his drugged wife

Dominique Pelicot, the 71-year-old Frenchman accused of drugging and raping his then-wife Gisèle and recruiting dozens of other men online to come to their home and rape her while she was unconscious, told a hearing Tuesday morning that the 50 defendants

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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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Hezbollah blames Israel after several killed, thousands wounded by pagers exploding across Lebanon

Hezbollah blamed Israel for the explosion of pagers across Lebanon on Tuesday that killed at least nine people and wounded 2,750 more, according to the Lebanese health minister. Hundreds of Hezbollah members were among the wounded, security sources said.

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European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen reveals EU's new top line-up

European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen revealed her top team Tuesday, appointing French candidate Stéphane Séjourné to the powerful post of executive vice president overseeing industrial strategy. Von der Leyen also raised eyebrows with her decisi

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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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Monday, september 16, 2024

Israeli military recruits African asylum-seekers for war in Gaza

The Israeli military has reportedly been recruiting African asylum-seekers to support its war efforts in Gaza, offering promises of permanent residency in return. But refugee advocacy groups say they have reason to doubt that recruits are receiving what

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Hamas leader says group ready for ‘long battle of attrition’ against Israel

Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar said on Monday that the Palestinian militant group was ready for “a long battle of attrition” against Israel, adding that the group had abundant resources to sustain its fight.

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The other D-Day: France's forgotten colonial troops and the Provence landings

It's one of the untold stories of World War II: how France whitewashed its colonial troops during the liberation from Nazi rule. On August 15, 1944, experienced fighters who came from all corners of the French empire landed in southern France and won key

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Two years after the death of Mahsa Amini, a ‘quiet revolution’ is still under way in Iran

The scale of the protest movement that erupted after the 2022 death of Mahsa Amini and the brutal repression of those demonstrations have left an indelible mark on Iranian society. More and more women are flouting the veil requirement when out in public

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French jihadist linked to Charlie Hebdo attackers stands trial for terrorism-related offences

French jihadist Peter Cherif, who was in regular contact with the brothers who carried out the 2015 attack on satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, went on trial in Paris Monday. Cherif, who has not been formally charged over the attack, is on trial for terr

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UK’s Starmer praises Italy’s Meloni for ‘remarkable progress’ in stemming illegal migration

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday praised Italian PM Giorgia Meloni for her efforts to go after gangs that profit from illegal immigration, which he said have contributed to a 60-percent drop in the number of illegal migrants arriving in Italy by

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France's Breton resigns as EU commissioner in public clash with Ursula von der Leyen

French European commissioner Thierry Breton announced he was standing down from his role effective immediately Monday, publicly accusing European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen of having tried to block him from being reappointed. Breton, one o

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Death toll rises as more rivers burst their banks in central European floods

Intense flooding caused by heavy rain across central Europe has killed at least 18 people, with more rivers bursting their banks on Monday. More than 12,000 people have been evacuated in the Czech Republic, the country's prime minister said Sunday evenin

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Beijing frees US pastor imprisoned in China for almost 20 years

David Lin, a US pastor jailed in China since 2006 on charges of contract fraud, has been released, the State Department said Sunday. Washington has for years urged Beijing to release Lin, who the US maintains was wrongfully detained.

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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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Shanghai hit by strongest typhoon in more than 70 years as Bebinca makes landfall

Typhoon Bebinca, the strongest storm to hit Shanghai in 70 years, made landfall on Monday, state media reported. Flights were canceled, highways closed, and coastal residents evacuated as the city grappled with strong winds and heavy rain. A red alert re

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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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London Olympics chief Coe, international cycling head Lappartient in race for IOC presidency

The head of the 2012 London Olympics, Briton Sebastian Coe, and the chief of international cycling, Frenchman David Lappartient, are among the names being mentioned as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) looks to elect its new president. Zimbabwe’s

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