France’s outgoing PM is hopeful on budget, says snap election unlikely
• Oct 8, 2025, 3:33 PM
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Caretaker French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu expressed cautious optimism on Wednesday, suggesting that a budget deal could be reached, which would reduce the likelihood of a snap election. His comments came as he prepared to conclude talks with various parties and update President Emmanuel Macron on potential solutions to end France’s most severe political crisis in decades. France24 International Affairs Editor Angela Diffley gives her insights.
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Gaza deal: Israelis and Palestinians celebrate agreement
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Iran releases French-German 19 year-old cyclist Lennart Monterlos
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Iran has released a teenage French-German cyclist who disappeared in June while riding across the country, the French foreign minister said Wednesday.
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Honouring former french justice minister Robert Badinter's legacy
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President Emmanuel Macron will on Thursday inaugurate a cenotaph in memory of Robert Badinter at the Pantheon, a mausoleum in central Paris where some of France's most prominent national heroes are buried.
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German MEP Andresen: 'Even people close to Macron don’t really understand what he is doing'
• 10:22 AM
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Trump says Israel and Hamas have agreed to the 'first phase' of his peace plan
• 10:18 AM
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U.S. President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that Israel and Hamas have agreed to the “first phase” of his peace plan to pause fighting and release at least some hostages and prisoners, in a major breakthrough in the two-year-old war.
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China further tightens export rules for rare earth elements crucial to tech sector
• 10:18 AM
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China's commerce ministry has announced it is imposing new rules limiting the export of rare earths and associated technology, including related to overseas companies using Chinese rare earths. The move comes amid long-standing trade talks with the Unite
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France's political crisis: Who will be Macron's next Prime minister ?
• 10:06 AM
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Israel and Hamas agree to first phase of US-brokered ceaserfire
• 9:56 AM
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Andrew Hilliar gives us his analysis.
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France's political crisis: Macron will name a new prime minister shortly
• 9:25 AM
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French President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday that he will name a new prime minister in the next 48 hours, for now rejecting other options in the face of a political storm. Clovis Casali, our reporter, has more.
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German federal police will in future be allowed to shoot down drones
• 9:15 AM
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Germany will grant police the power to shoot down rogue drones like those that have disrupted airports across Europe and that some European leaders have attributed to a hybrid war being waged by Russia.
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Videos show the Sudanese army's use of chlorine gas as a weapon
• 9:11 AM
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On May 22, 2025, the US accused the Sudanese army of using chemical weapons in its war against the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia. The US presented no evidence to support the allegations, which the Sudanese army denied. But the FRANCE 24 Observers te
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Battling cancer made Vendee Globe win 'more complicated', says skipper Dalin
• 9:10 AM
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French skipper Charlie Dalin, whose book "The Power of Destiny" ("La Force du Destin") was published on Thursday, revealed that he was suffering from a rare form of gastrointestinal cancer as he steered his boat Macif to victory in a record 64 days.
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In Madagascar, protesters call for a general strike against government
• 9:05 AM
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The youth-led movement behind nearly two weeks of anti-government protests in Madagascar rejected dialogue with President Andry Rajoelina and called a strike and new demonstration for Thursday.
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Cameroon's president makes public appearance to campaign for reelection
• 8:58 AM
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Cameroon’s 92-year-old President Paul Biya appeared Tuesday at his first campaign rally for the upcoming election in which the world’s oldest head of state is seeking his eighth term.
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War in Gaza: Hamas and Israel have agreed to a ceasefire and hostage deal
• 8:53 AM
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Israelis and Palestinians rejoiced on Thursday after a ceasefire and hostage deal were announced under the first phase of U.S. President Donald Trump's initiative to end the war in Gaza.
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Trump says Israel and Hamas have agreed to the 'first phase' of his peace plan
• 8:49 AM
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U.S. President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that Israel and Hamas have agreed to the “first phase” of his peace plan to pause fighting and release at least some hostages and prisoners, in a major breakthrough in the two-year-old war.
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Left fatherless by the Holocaust, Robert Badinter waged a lifelong fight for justice
• 7:30 AM
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Former justice minister Robert Badinter will be inducted into the Panthéon mausoleum in Paris – alongside the likes of Voltaire and Jean-Jacques Rousseau – on October 9. After his life was indelibly marked by the deportation of his father during the Nazi
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What the EU's new biometric border rules mean for non-EU travellers
• 7:20 AM
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Non-EU citizens travelling to and from the Schengen area will now have to pass through a new biometric Entry/Exit System (EES), which starts operations from Sunday. The new system removes the requirement to manually stamp passports and instead creates di
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UN to slash global peacekeeping force by 25% amid US funding strains
• 3:57 AM
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The United Nations will cut a quarter of its global peacekeeping force in coming months due to US funding reductions, a senior UN official said Wednesday. Thousands of troops will leave missions worldwide as Washington aligns its contributions with Presi
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Prisoner-hostage swap, aid surge: What we know about the new Gaza deal
• 2:09 AM
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The first phase of the Gaza peace plan, which is set to be signed Thursday in Egypt, entails the release of 20 living Israeli hostages from Hamas captivity while Israel will release nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners, most of whom were detained at the st
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Argentina's Congress curbs Milei’s decree powers in major blow to libertarian leader
• 1:43 AM
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Argentina’s Congress voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to curb President Javier Milei’s power to rule by decree, marking another setback for the right-wing libertarian. Milei, whose party holds a minority in parliament, has issued more than 70 decrees si
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How Donald Trump engineered the Gaza deal
• 1:11 AM
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Seeking an unlikely Nobel Peace Prize and keen to bolster his legacy, President Donald Trump shifted from giving Israel a "blank check" to putting on the thumbscrews. At a White House unveiling of a 20-point peace plan with Prime Minister Benjamin Netany
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