French court rules TotalEnergies misled consumers in greenwashing trial

• 11:11 AM

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A French court on Thursday ruled oil and gas giant TotalEnergies had engaged in "misleading commercial practices" by overstating its climate pledges in the first decision applying France's greenwashing law to an energy company.

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Life after al-Hol camp: Women of IS group try to reintegrate into Syrian society

• 11:05 AM

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When the Islamic State group was defeated in 2019, more than 40,000 men, women, and children were held in the al-Hol camp in northeastern Syria. Alongside civilians fleeing the fighting, families of Islamic State group members were also detained. Faced w

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European leaders are meeting in Brussels to discuss about Ukraine support

• 10:49 AM

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European leaders are set to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Brussels to reaffirm their support for Kyiv amid uncertainty over stalled US peace efforts with Russia. The EU has agreed on a new sanctions package targeting Moscow, including a

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US military strikes suspected drug vessels in the eastern Pacific ocean

• 10:06 AM

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The US military killed five alleged drug smugglers in strikes against two vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Wednesday, in an expansion of the Trump administration's use of the armed forces in its counter-narc

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Investigation into sudden death of Mango’s founder Andic is ongoing

• 10:03 AM

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Spanish police confirmed on Friday that the investigation into the sudden death of Isak Andic, founder of the clothing giant Mango, is still ongoing. Andic passed away last year while hiking near Barcelona with his son, who, according to Spanish media, i

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Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time as climate crisis warms the country

• 9:59 AM

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Iceland has been one of the few places on Earth blissfully free of mosquitoes, but three specimens have now been discovered in the Island nation, in what could be a warning sign of a warming world. Yinka Oyetade has more.

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SpaceX suffers massive financial losses each time a starship explodes

• 9:39 AM

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On June 18, 2025, at 11 p.m., SpaceX engineers began what was expected to be a routine six-engine static fire test—a ground test for an upcoming launch—at Starbase’s Massey test site. However, Ship 36 suffered a catastrophic failure during propellant loa

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Italy: UK King Charles to meet Pope in display of unity between churches

• 9:37 AM

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King Charles and Queen Camilla arrived in Rome on Wednesday for a historic state visit to the Vatican, where they will meet Pope Leo in a gesture of unity between the Church of England and the Catholic Church. A statement from the King’s spokesman descri

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EU rallies behind Ukraine at summit and adopts new sanctions against Russia

• 9:35 AM

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The Russian foreign ministry said EU sanctions against Moscow mainly harm the bloc itself, accusing EU leaders of refusing to admit their measures are ineffective. Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova also denounced new US energy sanctions as “counterproductive”

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France: Louvre director admits security failures and insufficient camera coverage after heist

• 9:32 AM

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Louvre director Laurence des Cars acknowledged on Wednesday, October 22, that the museum’s exterior walls lacked sufficient security camera coverage, just days after a daring daytime theft shocked Paris. During a Senate hearing, she faced questions over

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Gaza: 54 unidentified Palestinian bodies returned for mass burial

• 9:28 AM

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A collective funeral was held on Wednesday in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, for 54 unidentified Palestinians whose bodies were returned from Israel, the Palestinian Civil Defense (PCD) said. The PCD noted that many of the bodies could not be identified by

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King Charles, Pope Leo hold first-ever joint prayer meeting of Church of England head and pontiff

• 9:17 AM

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On his visit to the Vatican, Britain's King Charles III on Thursday prayed publicly with Pope Leo XIV, marking the first ever joint prayer meeting between the heads of the Church of England and the Roman Catholic Church since English monarch Henry VIII b

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Italy’s PM Meloni marks three years in office: Analysis by YouTrend founder Lorenzo Pregliasco

• 8:35 AM

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Three years ago, on October 22nd, 2022, Giorgia Meloni was sworn in before the President of the Republic and stood before Parliament, pledging “freedom, justice, prosperity, and security for all Italians.” Since then, the prevailing narrative has depicte

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US Secretary of State Rubio to visit Israel as US tries to shore up Gaza ceasefire

• 8:33 AM

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Chief US diplomat Marco Rubio was due in Israel on Thursday, the latest Washington official to visit as President Donald Trump's administration kept up efforts to cement the fragile truce between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. His visit comes after the Intern

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Ukraine - Russia war: Polish citizens prepare for war

• 8:30 AM

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In Poland, residents near the Ukrainian border have grown more alert to the threat of aerial attacks since September 9th, when about 20 Russian drones violated Polish airspace. Three days later, as air raid sirens sounded across eastern Poland, people in

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European Union split over whether to let Ukraine use €140B loan to buy US weapons

• 8:14 AM

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European Union officials could reach a political agreement as soon as Thursday on a plan for a huge loan to Ukraine backed by Kremlin money frozen in a Belgian financial institution. France24 correspondent Dave Keating reports the latest from Brussels.

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Israel's West Bank annexation vote ‘potentially threatening’ Gaza truce, Rubio warns

• 8:11 AM

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Shortly before leaving for Israel, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned that the Knesset's vote on Wednesday advancing an Israeli annexation of the occupied West Bank "potentially" threatens the Gaza ceasefire deal. Rubio is the latest US official to

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Drone attacks target Sudanese capital, Khartoum airport

• 7:11 AM

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For a third day in a row, drones targeted the army-held Sudanese capital and the Khartoum international airport in attacks blamed on the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which the country's regular military has been battling since April 2023.

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Live: EU adopts new sanctions against Russia ahead of Brussels summit

• 5:30 AM

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The EU on Thursday adopted a 19th package of sanctions against Russia for its war against Ukraine that includes a ban on Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports. It came as EU leaders are meeting at a summit in Brussels in a bid to shore up support f

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Russian court releases French endurance cyclist Sofiane Sehili

• 5:29 AM

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A Russian court on Thursday freed French endurance cyclist Sofiane Sehili after finding him guilty of illegally crossing the Russian border, state news agency RIA reported. Sehili was arrested in early September.

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Marseille drop points with last-minute defeat in Lisbon

• 5:22 AM

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Despite a valiant second half, Marseille were caught off guard by Sporting Portugal in the final minutes. “It’s scandalous,” said Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, OM’s Gabonese striker. Marseille had been riding high after an almost perfect first half, but the

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Bialowieza Forest at threat from military tensions along the Poland-Belarus border

• 5:17 AM

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Poland’s militarisation of the border zone with Belarus is threatening the exceptional biodiversity of Europe’s last primeval forest, a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1979. Human relationships with nature may also be impacted by the fortification of th

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Former French president Sarkozy hit with death threats in prison

• 1:34 AM

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French prosecutors have launched an investigation after a video surfaced showing an inmate at Paris' La Santé prison making death threats against former president Nicolas Sarkozy, who began serving a five-year sentence there this week for illegal campaig

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Iran announces 'conditional release' for citizen in France linked to prisoner swap

• 12:09 AM

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Iranian citizen Mahdieh Esfandiari, detained in France since February on charges of promoting terrorism online, was conditionally released Wednesday, Iran's foreign ministry said, as Tehran pushes for her return in a potential prisoner swap for two Frenc

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