Morocco king urges speedy social reforms following youth-led protests

• 4:08 PM

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Morocco's King Mohammed VI on Friday said improving public education and healthcare was a priority, but made no reference to the youth movement that has been staging nationwide protests for sweeping social reforms. The royal speech had been much anticipa

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Déjà vu as French President reappoints Sébastien LeCornu Prime Minister

• 3:40 PM

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It's been quite a week in French Politics.  Sébastien LeCornu stepped down from his post as Prime Minister on Monday, on Friday President Emmanuel Macron reappointed him. In between, there have been meetings with the various political parties. The Nation

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More than 500,000 Palestinians return to ruined Gaza City as truce holds

• 3:17 PM

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More than half a million displaced Palestinians have returned to Gaza City since a ceasefire came into effect Friday, Gaza's civil defence agency said on Saturday. Many displaced Palestinians returning home were left stunned by the destruction while othe

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Madagascar soldiers join protestors, refuse orders to shoot demonstrators

• 2:43 PM

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Groups of Madagascar soldiers joined youth-led protests in the capital of Antananarivo on Saturday after police used stun grenades and tear gas. The soldiers, who said that they would refuse any orders to shoot demonstrators, arrived at the heart of the

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‘Pawns in Putin’s war game’: African women lured into drone factories

• 2:37 PM

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Russia has been accused of making false promises to recruit young women from across Africa to work in drone-assembling factories. The women were coerced into assembling Shahed-136 kamikaze drones in a dangerous area that has been repeatedly bombed by Ukr

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Trump lays off thousands of US government workers amid govt shutdown

• 2:34 PM

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President Donald Trump on Friday blamed Democrats for his decision to lay off thousands of workers across the US government as he followed through on his threat to cut the federal workforce during the government shutdown. 

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Returning PM Lecornu says wants govt free from party jockeying

• 2:30 PM

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France's reappointed Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said Saturday he was to form a government "not imprisoned by the parties" to tackle a political crisis "painful for everyone". Speaking publicly for the first time since his reappointement, Lecornu un

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RSF drone strike kills at least 60 in Sudan displacement camp

• 1:07 PM

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A drone and military attack killed at least 60 people at the Dar al-Arqam displacement camp in Sudan's El-Fasher on Saturday as the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) intensifies its assault on the besieged western city. The RSF has been at war with

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Tens of thousands flock to China's Palace Museum on 100th anniversary

• 10:44 AM

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Tens of thousands of tourists lined up Friday to visit China's Palace Museum, also known as the Forbidden City, as it marks 100 years since its founding. Built in the early 15th century, the Forbidden City in Beijing only opened to the public in 1925. FR

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Russian attack on Ukraine's energy facilities plunges thousands into darkness

• 10:41 AM

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Large parts of Kyiv were plunged into darkness in the early hours of Friday after Russian drones and missiles struck Ukrainian energy facilities, cuttingpower and water to homes and halting a key metro link across the Dnipro river.

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Reappointed French PM Lecornu says new cabinet 'must not be hostage to partisan interests'

• 10:09 AM

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France's reappointed Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu warned on Saturday that his next cabinet must not be "held hostage" by political parties as he vowed to tackle a deepening political crisis. Lecornu, who was reinstated just days after resigning, now

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Thousands of Gazans return home as ceasefire takes effect

• 9:24 AM

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Tens of thousands of Palestinians headed back to the heavily destroyed northern Gaza Strip on Friday as a U.S.-brokered ceasefire came into effect in a deal that raised hopes for ending the Israel-Hamas war. All the remaining hostages were set to be rele

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'The clock is ticking': Lecornu faces tight deadline to form government

• 9:23 AM

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Sébastien Lecornu, recently reappointed as prime minister, is scrambling to assemble a new cabinet amid deep political uncertainty. FRANCE 24’s Olivia Bizot says “the clock is ticking,” noting that Lecornu has only until Sunday evening to form a governme

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Pakistani Taliban attacks on security forces kill more than 20 in restive northwest

• 8:56 AM

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Pakistani Taliban militants have claimed responsibility for separate attacks that killed 20 security officers and three civilians in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province that borders Afghanistan. Friday's attacks came hours after the Afghan Talib

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Trump announces additional 100 percent tariff on Chinese imports

• 8:52 AM

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US President Donald Trump announced an additional 100 percent tariff on China Friday and threatened to cancel a summit with Xi Jinping, reigniting his trade war with Beijing in a row over export curbs on rare earth minerals. FRANCE 24's Fraser Jackson re

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President Macron reappoints Lecornu as French PM

• 8:49 AM

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French President Emmanuel Macron reappointed Sebastien Lecornu as prime minister on Friday just days after he quit the job, a move that enraged some of the president's fiercest political opponents who pledged to vote out the new government.

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Kylian Mbappé leads France against Azerbaijan but gets injured

• 8:10 AM

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Following his goal and assist in France's 3-0 victory over Azerbaijan, Kylian Mbappé will not be closing in on Olivier Giroud's national team scoring record this October. The French team captain is leaving the squad due to injury. Meanwhile, the French a

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Gaza live: Israel moves prisoners ahead of ceasefire deal exchange

• 7:34 AM

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Israel has begun transferring prisoners to two jails ahead of their release as part of the Gaza ceasefire deal, the prison service said Saturday. Under the ceasefire deal Israel is supposed to release 250 prisoners, in exchange for the 48 remaining Israe

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Venezuela is not Eastern Europe: Maduro regime a 'thoroughly corrupted and hollowed out government'

• 7:17 AM

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Awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to María Corina Machado might serve as a watershed moment for Venezuela’s long slide toward authoritarianism and force a reckoning within elite circles. Christopher Sabatini, Senior Research Fellow for Latin America at Chat

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Mbappé scores but limps off late as France beat Azerbaijan in World Cup qualifier

• 6:12 AM

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France moved three points closer to qualification for next year's World Cup with Kylian Mbappé, Adrien Rabiot and Florian Thauvin all on target in a comfortable 3-0 Group D win over Azerbaijan at the Parc des Princes in Paris on Friday. Mbappé is set to

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Trump threatens to impose additional 100% tariff on China and scrap Xi talks

• 5:41 AM

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US President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to place an additional 100 percent tariff on Chinese imports starting on November 1 or sooner, expressing frustration with new export controls placed on rare earth elements by China. Trump also cast doubt on

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France's reappointed PM Sébastien Lecornu faces immediate budget challenge

• 5:24 AM

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French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu, freshly reappointed late on Friday just days after resigning, faces a race against the clock to deliver a 2026 budget bill by Monday and attempt to sway a fractious parliament, with opponents on the left and the f

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Blast at Tennessee explosives plant leaves dozens missing and feared dead

• 12:47 AM

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A blast leveled an explosives plant Friday in rural Tennessee, leaving behind a mass of twisted metal, burned-out shells of cars and at least 18 people missing and feared dead, authorities said. “There’s nothing to describe. It’s gone,” Humphreys County

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‘Worst job in France’: Sébastien Lecornu reprises role as prime minister

• 12:44 AM

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Outgoing Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu is back in his role after French President Emmanuel Macron reappointed him on Friday. Described by some as having the “worst job in France,” Lecornu once again faces the tough task of forming a government amid po

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