Israel launches air strike in Gaza allegedly targeting Islamic Jihad militant

• 6:16 PM

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Israel's military on Saturday said it had launched an air strike in the Gaza Strip despite the ongoing US-brokered ceasefire, saying it was targeting a "terrorist" allegedly belonging to the Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group. 

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Liberia says it will take Kilmar Abrego Garcia if US deports him

• 5:59 PM

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Liberia, a west African nation founded to take in freed American slaves, has said it would be willing to accept Salvadoran national Kilmar Abrego Garcia if the US deports him. The US wrongly deported Abrego Garcia in March, where he was incarcerated in E

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Search for stolen Crown Jewels as investigators piece together timeline of Louvre break-in

• 3:49 PM

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It's been nearly a week since robbers stole around 88 million euros worth of jewelry from the Louvre Museum.  The brazen day-time break-in has shaken the world, and investigators are still piecing together the timeline of the theft – as they search for t

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FRANCE 24's Elena Volochine wins top French journalism prize for book on Putin propaganda machine

• 3:38 PM

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The Albert Londres book prize, France’s equivalent of the Pulitzer, has been awarded to Elena Volochine for "Propagande : l’arme de guerre de Vladimir Poutine" (Propaganda: Vladimir Putin's weapon of war). Volochine is FRANCE 24's Moscow bureau chief.

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Ontario premier’s Reagan ad rekindles tensions with Trump

• 3:21 PM

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The premier of Canada’s mostpopulous province has again complicated the country’s delicate trade negotiations with the US, this time with a political ad targeting Americans that has drawn the ire of US President Donald Trump. The ad, commissioned by Doug

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Many Gazans still unable to return home despite ceasefire

• 3:20 PM

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His house in Gaza was destroyed by the war, but Hani Abu Omar still dreams of returning now that a ceasefire has taken hold. However, like thousands of others, the 42-year-old Palestinian remains stuck in a tent with his family because it is too dangerou

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Voters in Ivory Coast cast ballots to elect new leader

• 3:20 PM

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Voters in Ivory Coast cast ballots Saturday to elect a new leader as longtime President Alassane Ouattara seeks a fourth term, while his key contenders were barred from the race. The election is the latest example of aging men continuing to hold power in

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‘What the US really wants is regime change’: US military build-up in the Caribbean

• 3:08 PM

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The Pentagon on Friday ordered the deployment of an aircraft carrier strike group to counter drug-trafficking organisations in Latin America, marking a major escalation in a US military build-up that Venezuela’s leader warned was aimed at “fabricating a

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Ireland's left-wing independent Connolly wins presidential election in landslide

• 2:16 PM

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Left-wing independent Catherine Connolly is set to become Ireland's new president after winning a landslide victory on Saturday, beating her centrist rival Heather Humphreys with more that 63 percent of the ballots.

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French government's fate in the balance as lawmakers set to vote on wealth tax

• 1:55 PM

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France may see another government fall as early as next week as lawmakers debated budgetary amendments on Saturday, including a proposed 2 percent levy on France's ultra-rich known as the "Zucman tax". The centre-left Socialist Party has threatened to us

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'Every reason' to expect attacks inside Venezuela, expert warns as US escalates operations

• 1:53 PM

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The Pentagon has deployed an aircraft carrier strike group to counter what it claims are drug-trafficking organisations in Latin America, escalating a military build-up that has fuelled fears of conflict. Earlier, the US targeted boats in international w

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French court sentences Algerian woman to life for murdering schoolgirl

• 11:11 AM

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A French court on Friday sentenced an Algerian woman to life imprisonment without parole for raping, torturing and murdering a schoolgirl in Paris, making her the first woman to receive this maximum sentence. Dahbia Benkired was handed an "irreducible li

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French government faces threat of censure amid wealth tax row

• 11:08 AM

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France's prime minister on Friday urged lawmakers to reach a compromise to pass an austerity budget, after leftists threatened to oust his government if it did not include a tax on the very wealthy. Sebastien Lecornu has promised to get a spending bill t

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Tensions simmer at Thailand-Cambodia border despite ceasefire

• 9:40 AM

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Tensions remain high between Thailand and Cambodia, which continue to dispute territories along their shared border. In Thailand, hundreds of Cambodian families living in the contested zones have been ordered to leave. The ceasefire agreed on 28 July has

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From menace to fertiliser: The women fighting back against Cape Verde's seaweed surge

• 9:21 AM

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Cape Verde’s once-turquoise coastline has taken on a reddish hue in recent years, as warming waters fuel the spread of invasive seaweed. But rather than stand by, local women have decided to act. Each day they gather the seaweed from the shore, lay it ou

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Where the jewels stolen from the Louvre might end up

• 9:18 AM

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Just days after a stunning heist at the Louvre Museum in Paris, speculation is growing around where the lavish, stolen jewels that once adorned France's royals might end up. A handful of experts warn that the artifacts valued at more than $100 million (8

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Milei promises change in Argentina ahead of mid-term elections

• 9:16 AM

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Argentina's President Javier Milei concluded his mid-term election campaign on Thursday with a promise for change as a persistent financial crisis weighs on the country. The legislative elections will determine whether the budget-slashing incumbent, whos

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Pentagon sends US carrier to Latin America amid fears of war

• 9:13 AM

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The Pentagon on Friday ordered the deployment of an aircraft carrier strike group to counter drug-trafficking organizations in Latin America, a major escalation of a US military buildup that Venezuela's leader warned was steered at "fabricating a war." S

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'People look very eager to cast their ballot' after a tumultous build-up to the election

• 8:42 AM

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Polls opened in the Ivory Coast on Saturday to elect a new leader as longtime President Alassane Ouattara seeks a fourth term after key contenders were barred from contesting. Reporting from the densely populated neighbourhood of Treichville, FRANCE 24 J

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US sends aircraft carrier to South America as tensions mount

• 7:57 AM

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The Pentagon on Friday ordered the deployment of the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier and its strike group to an unidentified location off South America, a dramatic increase in regional combat power that the White House says is aimed at disrupting dru

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Ivory Coast heads to the polls for presidential elections

• 6:55 AM

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Ivorians headed to the polls to vote in the country's presidential elections on Saturday. Five candidates – among them President Alassane Ouattara – are competing for the top job, while several key rivals have been excluded from the race. 

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Moody’s maintains French credit rating but warns of ‘negative’ outlook

• 5:15 AM

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Credit ratings agency Moody’s on Friday maintained France’s Aa3 sovereign rating but downgraded its outlook to “negative” from “stable”, warning that mounting political fragmentation could hinder efforts to rein in the country’s swelling deficit.

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The Bright Side: Photo of well-dressed mystery man goes viral in wake of Louvre jewel heist

• 12:14 AM

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A photo of French police sealing off the Louvre after last weekend’s crown jewel heist has taken on a life of its own, after social media users took interest in an unidentified, well-dressed man caught in the foreground.

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Trump heads to Asia for talks with China's Xi amid trade tensions

• 12:01 AM

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US President Donald Trump on Saturday headed for Asia and high-stakes trade talks with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, saying that he would also like to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on his trip. FRANCE 24 speaks to Robert Manning, Distinguished F

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