Liberated Ukrainians still bear the scars of time in Russian prisons

• 5:16 PM

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Over 6000 Ukrainian prisoners have been liberated from Russian prisons since the beginning of the war. But behind the scenes of their touching reunions with loved ones is their hidden traumas- both physical and mental. For former detainees, the long road

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AKAA 2025, the Parisian arts fair honouring African artists and art

• 4:24 PM

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In this show dedicated to the 10th edition of Also Known As Africa (AKAA), Dheepthika Laurent talks to Zimbabwean mixed-media artist Victor Nyakauru, known for being a “found-object” sculptor. He tells us why he is passionate about breathing new life int

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Al Qaeda-linked jihadist group targets fuel convoys in Mali

• 4:14 PM

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Al Qaeda-linked Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM) has been targeting fuel convoys in Mali since September 2025. The attacks are causing fuel shortages at the pump, with long lines for petrol. The FRANCE 24 Observers team spoke to Bakary S

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French court gives Algerian woman life sentence for murdering Paris schoolgirl

• 4:07 PM

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A French court on Friday gave an Algerian woman a life sentence without the possibility of early release for the 2022 murder of 12-year-old schoolgirl Lola Daviet, with the judge citing the "extreme cruelty" of the crime. Daviet was raped and torutured b

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What’s at stake for the Netherlands and the EU? A closely watched Dutch election

• 4:06 PM

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It was described as an unhappy marriage — and it ended in June. The four-party government in the Netherlands collapsed when far-right leader Geert Wilders pulled his PVV party out of the coalition, citing his partners’ inaction on migration and asylum is

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EU Cohesion in the Azores by numbers

• 3:58 PM

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In our report on the show, we take a look at how EU Cohesion projects play a vital role in sustaining life on the islands. Charlotte Prudhomme and Renaud Lefort show just how important this is — meeting local business owners who rely on the funds to grow

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Bombs pour on the city of Kherson

• 3:46 PM

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Posted by the Ukrainian army, these images show the city of #Kherson, in south #Ukraine, being heavily bombed by #Russia, killing two people and injuring 22 others on October 24, 2025.

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Cyprus has "completely turned the page" on Russian money: Cypriot Deputy Europe Minister Raouna

• 3:45 PM

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At a jam-packed EU summit in Brussels on 23 October, dominated by the thorny issue of using frozen Russian assets, we caught up with the Deputy Minister for European Affairs of Cyprus, Marilena Raouna. Although Belgium was at the centre of haggling over

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The roots of the French croissant

• 3:39 PM

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🥐 When you think of France, you probably think of the Eiffel Tower, the French Riviera, fashion... and of course, croissants. 😲 But, did you know that croissants aren't actually French? At least, not to begin with. FRANCE 24's Tanishk Saha has the bu

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US strikes on alleged drug traffickers are “positive” and “lawful” says ex Colombian President Ivan Duque

• 3:32 PM

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In an interview with FRANCE 24, former Colombian president Iván Duque defended US military strikes against alleged drug-trafficking boats, rejecting current president Gustavo Petro’s denunciation of the operations as “murder”. “If the US uses its capacit

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Sweden’s crowd-forecasting platform ‘Glimt’ helps Ukraine make wartime predictions

• 3:30 PM

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Sweden has been stepping up its support for Ukraine, including signing a letter of intent this week on up to 150 Gripen fighter jets. Ukraine is even using its online crowd-forecasting platform, which uses thousands of user responses to predict future ev

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Rediscovered Picasso portrait presented in Paris ahead of auction

• 3:28 PM

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A brightly colored 1943 Picasso portrait of his muse and partner Dora Maar, titled Bust of a Woman with a Flowered Hat (Dora Maar), is set to be auctioned in Paris on Friday after more than 80 years out of public view. Painted as their seven-year relatio

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Trump ends trade talks with Canada over ad

• 3:23 PM

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US President Donald #Trump ended trade talks with Canada after an anti-#tariff advertising campaign funded by Ontario, a Canadian province, aired excerpts of a speech by ex-President Ronald Reagan warning against the dangers of #trade wars. The decision

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Trump corners Modi on trade

• 3:17 PM

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On the show this week, we explore where things stand between the US and India, as reports emerge that the two sides are nearing a trade agreement. We ask our expert whether trust can be restored with Washington, and examine what lies ahead for relations

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Women, war and peace

• 2:54 PM

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It is 25 years since the UN Security Council signed a historic agreement linking gender equality to the maintenance of international peace and security. But the world is now facing the highest number of active conflicts since 1946, creating unprecedented

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Starmer says allies should bolster Ukraine’s long-range capability

• 2:27 PM

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During a meeting in London, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer told President Volodymyr Zelensky that Western allies could do more to strengthen Ukraine’s long-range missile capabilities. Hosting Zelensky at Downing Street ahead of a summit of Ukraine’s

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Trump says trade talks with Canada 'terminated' over anti-tariffs advert

• 2:23 PM

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US President Donald Trump has abruptly ended all trade talks with Canada after Ontario’s government aired an advert criticizing his tariffs, quoting Ronald Reagan’s warning that such measures “hurt every American.” Calling the advert “fake” and “egregiou

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An impossible choice: The ordeal of Afghan refugees in Pakistan

• 2:04 PM

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Pakistan has become inhospitable for the 2.8 million Afghan refugees who have lived there for decades. In the name of fighting terrorism, Islamabad has been pursuing a policy of mass deportation, expelling more than 660,000 Afghan refugees since the begi

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Nicolas Maduro calls for peace while mimicking Donald Trump

• 2:01 PM

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As #tensions between the #UnitedStates and #Venezuela reach their peak, President Nicolas #Maduro has called for peace while mimicking Donald #Trump.

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2005 riots: Have Paris's underprivileged suburbs left their violent past behind?

• 1:39 PM

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It’s been two decades since a wave of riots in France was sparked by the tragic death of two young men fleeing a police patrol in the Paris suburb of Clichy-sous-Bois. Have lessons been learnt, or could tensions over youth unemployment and police harassm

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Rubio urges quick deployment of international 'stabilisation' force in Gaza

• 1:07 PM

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday said it was critical for the ceasefire deal in Gaza that an international stabilisation force be deployed "as soon as it possibly can", with Israel potentially able to veto participants. Rubio is the latest hig

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Ireland votes for new president: Left-wing independent Connolly expected to beat challenger

• 1:07 PM

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Voters across the Republic of Ireland are casting their ballots to elect the country’s next president, who will succeed current head of state Michael D. Higgins as Ireland’s 10th president. Although Jim Gavin has withdrawn from the race, his name remains

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NBA faces illegal sports betting and poker schemes scandal

• 1:05 PM

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Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heats player Terry Rozier were arrested on October 23 along with more than 30 other people in the takedown of two sprawling #gambling operations. Authorities said they were respectively accused

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Voters head to the polls to decide new Irish president

• 1:03 PM

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Voters across the Republic of Ireland are casting their ballots to elect the country’s next president, who will succeed current head of state Michael D. Higgins as Ireland’s 10th president. Although Jim Gavin has withdrawn from the race, his name remains

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Ukraine's Zelensky meets King Charles III at Windsor

• 1:01 PM

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King Charles III is hosting President Volodymyr Zelensky at Windsor today, ahead of the Ukrainian leader’s meetings in London with European counterparts to discuss ramping up pressure on Russia. It marks the third time this year the 76-year-old monarch h

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French PM urges lawmakers to reach compromise over 'imperfect' austerity budget

• 11:15 AM

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France's Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said parliament must reach a compromise over the government's "imperfect" national budget proposal, as socialist MPs demanded he include a tax on the ultra-rich or risk seeing his government ousted.

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Israeli-Palestinian peace activist seeks to bring measure of 'sanity to her people and her country'

• 11:11 AM

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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 visiting Secretary of State Marco Rubio voiced confidence that a US-backed ceasefire in Gaza would hold. All the while, Israeli

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$70 billion needed to rebuild Gaza, says UN

• 11:04 AM

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This week, Charles Pellegrin talks to Jaco Cilliersd, the UN development programme's representative for Palestine about the arduous task of trying to clear the millions of tonnes of rubbles from Gaza and preparing the stage for reconstruction amid a tenu

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Vance and Rubio criticise Israeli parliament's vote on West Bank annexation

• 11:04 AM

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Israel on Thursday and met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as US President Donald Trump said Israel would lose US support if it went ahead with possible plans to annex the West Bank. Rubio is th

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EU accuses Meta, TikTok of breaching rules under landmark digital content law

• 10:27 AM

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The EU on Friday accused TikTok and Facebook founder’s Marc Zuckerberg’s Meta empire of violating transparency rules under the Digital Services Act (DSA), the bloc's new online content law that has drawn the Trump administration's ire. If the social medi

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'Inequality & division: Ouattara offers 'stability at exclusion of Ivorians from electoral process'

• 10:08 AM

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Candidates in Ivory Coast’s presidential election held their final rallies as the campaign officially concluded in the West African nation of 30 million people. The country goes to the polls with incumbent President Alassane Ouattara seeking a fourth ter

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NBA coach and player arrested in massive mafia-linked sports rigging and gambling probe

• 9:58 AM

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FBI Director Kash Patel announced charges in a massive mafia-linked gambling and sports rigging probe that led to the arrests of Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups. Simon Moritz has this story.

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Trump terminating Canada trade talks over anti-tariff Reagan ad campaign

• 9:56 AM

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US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he was immediately ending all trade talks with Canada, accusing Ottawa of misquoting former president Ronald Reagan in an anti-tariff ad campaign. France24's Liza Kaminov reports.

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How Belgium’s De Wever derailed the EU’s ‘insane’ €140B Ukraine loan plan

• 9:54 AM

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The EU’s €140 billion loan for Ukraine remains stalled after Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever resisted plans to use frozen Russian assets to fund it. Belgium, home to most of those assets, warned of major financial and legal risks. At a Brussels summ

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Over the past decade, dismissed rape cases increased from 82% to 94 %, according to 2024 IPP report

• 9:53 AM

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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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‘We want everyone to feel safe’: The Chicago businesses barring ICE agents

• 9:44 AM

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The Trump administration launched an aggressive Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operation in Chicago in September. The city’s Democratic mayor, Brandon Johnson, pushed back by enabling the imposition of “ICE-free zones”, which a number of busin

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Turkish court throws out case seeking to oust main opposition party leader Ozel

• 9:25 AM

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An Ankara court on Friday rejected a bid to oust Turkey’s main opposition leader, Ozgur Ozel, and annul his party’s 2023 congress. The courtroom broke into applause as the judge read out the ruling, saying accusations of vote buying “had no basis”.

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Paris Louvre heist: Video shows jewel thieves escaping

• 9:20 AM

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Video has emerged appearing to show the alleged thieves behind the Louvre heist making their escape on a mechanical ladder in broad daylight. Two people can be seen looking around frantically as they slowly descend, minutes after the famed Paris museum w

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US sanctions 'will not stop Russia,' West has to 'open its negotiating position'

• 9:03 AM

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PRESS REVIEW – Friday, October 24: Papers react to Donald Trump's sanctions on Russia's energy sector. Next, NBA head coach and player were arrested in a takedown of gambling operations. Finally, we take a look at the finalists of the Comedy Wildlife awa

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Hungary's Orban seeks to boost support, opposition holds rival rally on 1956 anniversary

• 8:51 AM

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On Thursday, nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán accused the European Union of seeking to install a “puppet” government in Hungary, framing next year’s election as a decision between peace and a war that would mean “dying for Ukraine.” Addressing ten

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US pressures Israel on West Bank as Rubio begins visit

• 8:48 AM

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Israel on Thursday and met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as US President Donald Trump said Israel would lose US support if it went ahead with possible plans to annex the West Bank. Rubio is th

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‘Coalition of the willing’ meet in London as Kyiv presses for more missiles

• 8:29 AM

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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky is in London this Friday for a meeting of the country’s key supporters, where Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to call on Europe to deliver more long-range missiles to help Kyiv maintain its momentu

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EU tasks Commission with Ukraine funding plan, eyes loan from frozen Russian assets

• 8:27 AM

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EU leaders on Thursday asked the European Commission to prepare options to fund Ukraine for two more years, keeping open the possibility of a loan backed by frozen Russian assets. After a summit in Brussels, they deferred a final decision on the proposed

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‘Considerable’ chance for Trump-Kim meeting next week, South Korea says

• 6:33 AM

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There is a “considerable” chance that President Donald Trump will meet North Korea's Kim Jong-un next week during the US leader's visit to South Korea for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, Seoul said on Friday.

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French clubs Lyon, Lille and Nice end Europa League night with mixed emotions

• 6:19 AM

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Lyon climbed the overall rankings after winning the Europa League for the third time, while Nice sank once again. Meanwhile, Lille delivered a spectacular performance against Greek side PAOK. They put up a brave fight to get back into the game after a to

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Live: 'Coalition of the willing' eyes push to supply Ukraine more long-range missiles

• 5:58 AM

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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Friday hosts a meeting of the “coalition of the willing”, comprised of more than 20 Ukraine allies, in London, where he is set to call on Europe to supply Kyiv more long-range missiles. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr

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Trump terminating Canada trade talks over anti-tariff Reagan ad campaign

• 3:26 AM

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US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he was immediately ending all trade talks with Canada, accusing Ottawa of misquoting former president Ronald Reagan in an anti-tariff ad campaign. 

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Lithuania slams airspace breach after two Russian jets enter its territory

• 3:08 AM

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Lithuania summoned a Russian diplomat on Thursday to protest what it said was a brief incursion of two Russian military aircraft into its airspace. The defence ministry said a Sukhoi SU-30 fighter and an IL-78 tanker from Kaliningrad crossed 700 metres i

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Maduro warns US against 'crazy war' after Trump authorises covert Venezuela action

• 2:52 AM

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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro appealed Thursday for calm as tensions rose with Washington, saying in English: “No crazy war, please!” His plea followed US President Donald Trump’s announcement that he had authorised covert action against Caracas am

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Trump pardons Binance crypto founder Changpeng Zhao

• 1:27 AM

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US President Donald Trump on Thursday pardoned Binance co-founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, who was convicted of violating anti-money-laundering laws, the White House said. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt accused former president Joe Biden of bei

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Starmer and Zelensky speak ahead of a Coalition of the willing meeting

• 12:59 AM

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The prime minister says he thinks there's more that can be done to help Ukraine with long-range weapons capability.

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Zelensky will meet with the coalition of the willing to seeks more arms

• 12:57 AM

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Zelensky hopes to build on the momentum from yesterday’s European Council talks in Brussels, where he welcomed progress on strengthening Ukraine’s air defences and the addition of Finland and Spain to the coalition purchasing weapons for Kyiv. However, U

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EU leaders push for 10-year carbon-cut deal ahead of UN climate summit

• 12:44 AM

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EU leaders launched a final push Thursday to agree on a 10-year carbon-cutting target ahead of a key UN climate summit, balancing climate ambitions with industrial concerns. Meeting in Brussels, the 27 leaders sought a deal that supports struggling busin

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Tensions rise in Caribbean as families of fallen men accuse Trump of unjust killings

• 12:36 AM

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Relatives of a Trinidadian man who say he was killed in a US military strike in the Caribbean are demanding evidence to back up Trump's allegations that those who died were trafficking drugs. Alice Brogat and Siobhan Silke tell us more.

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Maduro warns US against 'crazy war' after Trump authorises covert Venezuela action

• 12:02 AM

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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro appealed Thursday for calm as tensions rose with Washington, saying in English: “No crazy war, please!” His plea followed US President Donald Trump’s announcement that he had authorised covert action against Caracas am

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