No deal in Brussels as Belgium holds out on frozen Russian assets

• 8:17 PM

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EU leaders failed to come to a formal agreement on the use of frozen Russian assets to fund a massive loan to Ukraine, after objections from Belgium, where the bulk of the Russian central bank funds are held. EU leaders pushed a formal decision to Decemb

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Louvre jewel heist: fake AI videos of the robbery circulate online

• 7:54 PM

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Since the robbery ofthe world's most-visted museum - that saw thieves take off with France's priceless crown jewels - multiple videos on social media claim to show CCTV footage of the heist taking place. These videos vary in their depiction of the burgla

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The US seems to be willing to go after just about anyone within South America, expert says

• 7:52 PM

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By striking alleged drug-trafficking boats, Colombian President Gustavo Petro said Washington was "carrying out extrajudicial executions" that "violate international law". Speaking on FRANCE 24, Gabriel Hetland, Assistant Professor in Latin American Stud

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Colombian president accuses US of 'executions' in Caribbean, Pacific

• 7:05 PM

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Colombia's leftist president on Thursday renewed his criticism of US military strikes in the Caribbean and Pacific, fueling a spat with President Donald Trump that has shattered ties between the two nations. FRANCE 24's Monte Francis takes a look at what

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France poised to define rape as lack of consent

• 6:29 PM

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France's lower house of parliament on Thursday approved a bill to define rape as any non-consensual sexual act, paving the way for its final adoption by the Senate next week. The move comes after the shocking case of Frenchwoman Gisele Pelicot, drugged b

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Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu 'has been put in his place quite publicly by the American visitors'

• 6:27 PM

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US President Donald Trump issued a stark warning to Israel over annexing the West Bank in an interview published Thursday, as Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in the country to bolster his Gaza truce. FRANCE 24's Noga Tarnopolsky reports from Jerus

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When does Putin feel the pinch?

• 6:17 PM

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It's been a long seven days, even by Russia-Ukraine standards. Last week at this time, the talk was of Tomahawks. But instead of delivering missiles, Donald Trump instead gave a closed-door earful at the White House to Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Then came ta

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Putin says Russian response to Ukrainian use of Tomahawks would be 'overwhelming'

• 4:42 PM

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Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that if Ukraine gets and uses US Tomahawk missiles the response from Russia would be "very serious, if not overwhelming". At the same time, the Russian president pledged to continue dialogue with the US,

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JD Vance rejects any West Bank annexation by Israel

• 4:23 PM

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During a two-day trip to #Israel, US Vice President JD #Vance rejected any idea of an Israeli annexation of the occupied West Bank.

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Zelensky urges EU to use frozen Russian assets to arm and rebuild Ukraine

• 3:41 PM

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President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine should be allowed to use frozen Russian assets to fund domestic weapons production and purchase arms from Europe and the U.S. Speaking at a press conference in Brussels, he urged the EU to approve a major “repara

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REPLAY: Ukrainian President Zelensky addresses reporters after EU Summit

• 3:35 PM

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During his speech at the European Parliament on Thursday, Ukrainian President Zelensky said Ukraine should be able to use Russian frozen assets for domestic weapons production. Here’s the replay of his address.

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Israel calls ICJ Decision 'Shameful'

• 3:21 PM

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Israel is rejecting a ruling by the International Court of Justice that orders it to ease the passage of aid into Gaza. The UN aid agency has been effectively barred from operating in the enclave since January. The decision comes as humanitarian organiza

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Zelensky calls for EU decision on frozen Russia assets as soon as possible

• 3:08 PM

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President Volodymyr Zelensky urged European allies on Thursday to supply Ukraine with long-range weapons after failing to secure a promise from US President Donald Trump to provide Kyiv with powerful Tomahawk missiles. Zelensky, who addressed European Un

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Mistake in AI-generated Community Note sparks controversy about anti-Trump protest

• 2:55 PM

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After Americans opposed to President Donald Trump took to the streets in protests on October 18, right-wing social media users began to claim that photos of the large protest in Boston were fake, basing their claims on a “Community Note”. It turns out, h

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Migrating crabs crawl over Christmas Island

• 2:43 PM

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Christmas Island is crawling with tens of millions of #crabs, migrating towards the shoreline for #breeding season.

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France issues new arrest warrant against Syria's ex-leader Assad for chemical attacks

• 2:42 PM

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French authorities have issued a new arrest warrant for Syrian ex-president Bashar al- Assad over the suspected Syrian government chemical attacks on Adra and Douma outside Damascus and in Eastern Ghouta in August 2013. Nearly 1,500 people were killed or

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King Charles is first head of Church of England to pray with Pope: Analysis by Hendro Munsterman

• 2:30 PM

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King Charles has become the first head of the Church of England to pray publicly with the Pope. Journalist and theologian Hendro Munsterman gives his insights about this historic visit.

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British royals in Vatican for historic visit to Pope Leo

• 2:07 PM

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King Charles III met on Thursday with Pope Leo XIV during a state visit to the Vatican, where he made history as the first head of the Church of England to pray publicly with a pontiff in a service broadcast live on Vatican media. France24's Camille Knig

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King Charles becomes first head of Church of England to pray with Pope

• 2:05 PM

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King Charles has become the first head of the Church of England to pray publicly with the Pope. Journalist and theologian Hendro Munsterman gives his insights about this historic visit.

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Jeffrey Gibson invites us into a luminous, layered world of art

• 2:01 PM

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His latest exhibition, Dedicated to the One I Love, reflects what Jeffrey Gibson describes as a journey much like a loving relationship — marked by ups and downs, moments of great joy, and times of difficulty. As the first Indigenous artist to represent

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Ivory Coast combats uptick in disinformation campaigns around elections

• 1:50 PM

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The election campaign in Ivory Coast has come with an upsurge in disinformation on social media. Supporters of both the ruling and opposition parties have circulated fake news about presidential candidates and Abidjan is concerned about destabilisation a

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EU poised to agree on using frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine in war

• 1:44 PM

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President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday urged European allies to provide Ukraine with long-range weapons after failing to secure a commitment from U.S. President Donald Trump to supply Tomahawk missiles. Speaking to EU leaders in Brussels, Zelensky also

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French MPs vote to define rape as any non-consensual sexual act

• 1:43 PM

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French MPs on Thursday voted to change the legal definition of rape to include any non-consensual sexual act, bringing France in line with other European nations that have introduced consent-based legislation. The bill is expected to be passed by the Fre

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EU joins US in heaping more sanctions on Russia to push Putin into Ukraine peace talks

• 1:42 PM

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The European Union on Thursday imposed new economic sanctions on Russia, following U.S. President Donald Trump’s additional measures targeting the Russian oil sector a day earlier. Russian officials and state media downplayed the impact, calling the West

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In conversation with Naomi Beckwith, one of the world's top curators

• 1:37 PM

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The Deputy Director and Chief Curator of one of the world’s leading art museums — the Guggenheim in New York — has spoken to France 24 about how her new exhibition in Paris is her love letter to France. Naomi Beckwith is currently in Paris, working tempo

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Ivory Coast: In Abidjan’s Yopougon district, residents want ‘peace’ above all else

• 1:34 PM

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From our correspondent in Abidjan – In the Abidjan district of Yopougon, a historic stronghold of former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo, some residents reject politics, which they see as a divisive force. Others have decided to get involved, convinced

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US carries out two strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats in the Pacific

• 1:32 PM

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The United States has conducted two military strikes on vessels alleged to be carrying illicit drugs across international waters, killing five people. For the first time the boats in question were not in the Caribbean Sea but instead in the Pacific Ocean

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'A new war'?: Papers discuss Trump's 'armed conflict' with drug trafficking boats

• 1:28 PM

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PRESS REVIEW – Thursday, October 23: Papers discuss US President Donald Trump's expanding operation in the Caribbean Sea. Next: Iranian woman held in France conditionally released in a potential prison swap. Also: The Islamic State is resurging again in

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France’s pension reform suspended, what is ahead for Lecornu government?

• 1:13 PM

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French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has agreed to suspend France's controversial pension reform in a bid to garner more support from MPs. It is now a race against time as France has to pass a budget before the end of the year. FRANCE 24's Clovis Casa

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King Charles and Pope Leo pray together in Vatican in historic first

• 1:11 PM

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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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Syrian forces negotiate truce with French-led jihadist group holed up in camp

• 1:09 PM

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Syrian authorities on Thursday negotiated a ceasefire with a group of foreign jihadists led by Frenchman Oumar Diaby in northwestern Syria, according to sources. Laurent Berstecher and Etienne Paponaud report.

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US takes aim at Russia's war chest with sanctions on Rosneft and Lukoil

• 1:06 PM

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The Trump administration announced on Wednesday that it was placing Russia’s two largest oil producers — Lukoil and Rosneft — on the U.S. Treasury Department’s sanctions list. The move is aimed at targeting Russia’s war finances, as the two companies acc

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Syrian forces negotiate truce with French-led jihadist group holed up in camp

• 11:56 AM

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Syrian authorities on Thursday negotiated a ceasefire with a group of foreign jihadists led by Frenchman Oumar Diaby in northwestern Syria, according to sources.  

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New York protests against ICE raids

• 11:27 AM

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After the arrest of street vendors in central New York, dozens gathered in the city on October 22 to #protest against the presence of #ICE, the #immigration police.

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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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Tour de France 2026 route heavy on peaks and passes with final climb in Montmartre

• 10:45 AM

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Organisers on Thursday revealed the 2026 Tour de France will start in Barcelona before the peleton tackle a route heavy on mountain racing with a final stage climb in Paris's Montmartre neighbourhood.

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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 pray together at Sistine Chapel in historic first

• 9:17 AM

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Britain's King Charles III on Thursday prayed publicly with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican, marking the first joint prayer meeting between the heads of the English and Roman Catholic Churches since English monarch Henry VIII broke with Rome in 1534.

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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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Vance slams Israel’s West Bank annexation vote as ‘insult’ and ‘stupid political stunt’

• 8:11 AM

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Wrapping up his visit to Israel Thursday, US Vice President JD Vance criticised the Knesset's vote advancing an Israeli annexation of the occupied West Bank as a "very stupid political stunt" and a personal "insult". His remarks came as US Secretary of S

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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: Zelensky calls for EU decision on Russian frozen assets ‘as soon as possible’

• 5:30 AM

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday urged EU leaders gathered at a summit in Brussels to agree on a plan to use frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine "as soon as possible". Ahead of the summit, the adopted its 19th package of sanctions

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

• 12:49 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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British ex-soldier acquitted of murder in 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre

• 12:26 AM

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A Belfast judge on Thursday acquitted a former British paratrooper known as “Soldier F” of murder in the 1972 “Bloody Sunday” killings, citing insufficient evidence he fired on unarmed civilians. The verdict dealt a heavy blow to victims’ families who ha

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