Israel hostages forum urges probe into Netanyahu aide’s secret document leak

• 11:28 PM

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Gaza hostages group urges probe after ex-aide to Israeli PM Netanyahu allegedly leaked confidential documents, potentially hindering hostage release efforts. Ex-aide Eliezer Feldstein and three others detained Sunday, sparking opposition calls for Netany

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What Africa stands to gain or lose after the US presidential election

• 10:46 PM

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As all attention turns to the United States ahead of the presidential election, we examine what's at stake for African nations. The vote could have large implications for the continent, given the economic and political influence that Washington holds. So

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Gender and education gap are key in latest US election polls

• 9:49 PM

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FRANCE 24's Yinka Oyetade speaks to John Zogby, pollster and author of "Beyond the Horse Race: How to Read the Polls and Why We Should." He says that the gender and education gap are the major factors in splitting support for the two candidates.

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US housing crisis in focus as voters prepare to choose next president

• 9:46 PM

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The US economy is humming with GDP expected to grow at a healthy clip, unemployment low and inflation coming down closer to the Federal Reserve's 2% target. But polls have shown American voters are worried about the state of the economy. Home prices have

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No, 'illegal Haitian immigrants' are not voting for Kamala Harris

• 9:34 PM

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A viral video claims to show Haitian immigrants committing voter fraud, and voting several times for Democratic nominee, Kamala Harris. We explain in this edition of Truth or Fake.

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Israel hostages forum demands probe into secrets leak case

• 8:22 PM

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An Israeli group campaigning for the release of hostages held in Gaza called on Monday for a probe into the alleged leak of confidential documents by an ex-aide to the prime minister, which may have undermined efforts to secure the captives' release. An

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America has inched closer than ever to authoritarianism, historian says

• 8:18 PM

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FRANCE 24's Mark Owen speaks to Rick Perlstein, historian and author of the book "Reaganland: America's Right Turn". He says that America has inched closer to authoritarian governance than it has at any time in its history, except for the states in the S

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Harris and Trump in final push ahead of Tuesday vote

• 7:54 PM

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A presidential campaign that has careened through a felony trial, an incumbent president being pushed off the ticket and multiple assassination attempts comes down to a final sprint across a handful of states on Election Day eve. FRANCE 24's Fraser Jacks

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Legendary producer Quincy Jones dies at 91

• 7:49 PM

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Quincy Jones, the polymath hitmaker who ruled the American music industry with a magic touch for well over half a century, has died. He was 91 years old. FRANCE 24's Mark Owen speaks to Vanity Fair magazine contributing editor Mark Rozzo.

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Tale of two candidates: Harris speaks in 'cliches, bromides', Trump 'feeds into idea he's a fascist'

• 7:36 PM

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As Kamala Harris and Donald Trump launch a final frenzied campaign blitz, and Americans brace for election unrest, FRANCE 24's Nadia Massih welcomes the President and Publisher of Harper's Magazine John R. MacArthur. Trump's "self-defeating" campaign is,

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Down to the Wire: What to expect in the US presidential elections?

• 7:17 PM

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On Election Day eve, “The Debate” focuses in on the presidential candidates’ final messages and the state of the vote. Charli James is joined in studio by Paul Reen, President of "Republicans in France," Donna Ghosh, delegate for Democrats Abroad, and US

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Suspect in Paris student murder to be extradited to France on Wednesday

• 6:22 PM

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A 22-year-old Moroccan national, accused of murdering a Paris university student identified only as Philippine, will be handed over to France from Switzerland on Wednesday, authorities said. Following the killing, French politicians have called for a cra

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How Trump is preparing the ground to challenge the US election

• 5:58 PM

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As election day approaches, President Donald Trump has ramped up his rhetoric questioning the integrity of the electoral process, echoing his baseless fraud claims from 2020. Facing a close race against Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump and his allies

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Music icon Quincy Jones dies at 91

• 4:49 PM

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FRANCE 24 Journalist Jenny Ben Brahim tells us more about Quincy Jones, the superstar producer behind Michael Jackson's thriller album, who died at 91. Born in Chicago, Jones’ decades-long career started in smoky jazz clubs where he collaborated with jaz

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2024 Prix Goncourt awarded to Kamel Daoud for his novel 'Houris'

• 4:31 PM

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The 2024 Prix Goncourt, France’s top literary prize, was awarded Monday to French-Algerian writer Kamel Daoud for his novel “Houris” (ed. Gallimard) that looks back at the Algerian Civil War in the 1990s. Executive Director at the American Library in Par

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Music show: Okay Kaya and Ziyad Al-Samman bring their musical universes to France

• 4:17 PM

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On today’s music show on arts24, Jennifer Ben Brahim is joined on set by Norwegian-American singer Okay Kaya and Syrian-British musician Ziyad Al-Samman. Okay Kaya is known for juxtaposing her sweet vocal melodies with her unfiltered take on the human ex

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Two young Americans, each 100% behind their presidential candidates

• 3:49 PM

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Deena Stout campaigns six days a week for the Democrats. Charles Venezia supports Donald Trump and has been following his rallies since 2016. FRANCE 24 met with these two young people who are 100% committed to the US presidential campaign.  

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Woman strips off clothes at Iran university in apparent protest

• 3:32 PM

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A young woman stripped to her underwear at an Iranian university on Saturday in an apparent protest against the country's strict Islamic dress code, according to online videos and media reports. A video posted on social media showed security guards at a

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USA 2024: Where Trump and Harris stand on climate

• 3:31 PM

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The US election comes amid record and unseasonal heat across much of the United States. It also follows hurricanes Helene and Milton caused widespread destruction in southeastern states last month. FRANCE 24’s Environment Editor Valerie Dekimpe tells us

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'Knife-edge election': On foreign policy, Harris remains 'coy' while Trump makes 'wild' statements

• 3:26 PM

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US Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump are hurtling toward their November 5 election showdown, one of the closest contests in modern American history. As a mere seven swing states are set to decide the US presidency for the ent

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USA 2024: Harris and Trump make furious last-day push before Election Day

• 3:23 PM

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A presidential campaign that has careened through a felony trial, an incumbent president being pushed off the ticket and multiple assassination attempts comes down to a final push across a handful of states on the eve of Election Day. Kamala Harris will

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Israeli strikes kill 10 people in Gaza, keep up pressure on north

• 3:02 PM

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Israeli airstrikes killed at least 10 Palestinians in Gaza on Monday, with seven dead in an attack on two houses in the north Gaza town of Beit Lahiya and three fatalities in a strike on a house in Nuseirat camp in the enclave's centre, medics told Reute

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FRANCE 24 report: Arizona to vote on enshrining abortion rights in state constitution

• 2:56 PM

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As well as voting in the presidential election this year, in the state of Arizona abortion is also on the ballot – in a separate referendum. A win for the “yes” camp would enshrine abortion as a fundamental right in the state. FRANCE 24’s Wassim Cornet h

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Middle East crisis could cost Kamala Harris precious votes in US election

• 2:42 PM

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Many young American Democrats want Kamala Harris to be more committed to resolving the conflict in the Middle East. This sentiment could cost the presidential candidate precious votes in certain swing states like Pennsylvania.

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Makeup of the US Congress is also in the hands of voters on Election Day

• 2:23 PM

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US voters head to the polls on Tuesday with US Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump in a dead heat. But the future of the US Congress is also up for grabs, with voters choosing all 435 members of the House of Representatives and

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Crowds hurl mud at Spanish king on visit to flood disaster town

• 2:13 PM

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Furious locals hurled mud and insults at Spain's king, queen and prime minister on Sunday in a startling show of anger in the worst hit town in the flood disaster that has killed more than 210 people. More heavy rain fell on the Valencia region after Kin

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Eight people go on trial over French teacher's 2020 beheading

• 2:10 PM

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Eight people went on trial in France on Monday charged with contributing to the climate of hatred that led to an 18-year-old Islamist radical of Chechen origin beheading teacher Samuel Paty outside Paris in 2020. Seven men and one woman are appearing in

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USA 2024: FRANCE 24 on the trail of Kamala Harris' roots in California, in the Bay Area

• 2:07 PM

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Kamala Harris may be a familiar face in Washington, but her roots run deep on the other side of the country, in California, in the Bay Area. That’s where her early years and career laid the foundation for her political ascension. FRANCE 24’s Wassim Corne

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Spain deploys 7,500 troops to flood zone where anger rises at slow help

• 1:44 PM

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Spain is deploying 7,500 troops to its eastern region hit by devastating floods, the government said on Monday in the face of rising discontent over the response to the catastrophe that has killed at least 217 people.Fatalities from Spain's worst flash f

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USA 2024: Harris campaign races to get the vote out on eve of election

• 1:26 PM

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A presidential election unlike any other in U.S. history enters its last full day on Monday with Donald Trump, Kamala Harris and their campaigns scrambling to get supporters to the polls in a contest each portrays as an existential moment for America.

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US Election 2024: What issues are important to young people?

• 1:02 PM

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Just a few days to go until millions of Americans will vote in the US election. In a tight 2024 race, young voters could play a crucial role in deciding the next US president. What issues are important to young people?

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Prix Goncourt: Kamel Daoud wins France's literary prize for Algerian Civil War novel ‘Houris’

• 11:54 AM

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French-Algerian writer Kamel Daoud has won the Prix Goncourt, France's most prestigious literary prize, for his novel set during the bloody "Black Decade" that tore apart his native Algeria at the end of the 20th century.

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Israel's move to ban UNRWA raises alarm about aid to Palestinian territories

• 11:36 AM

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Israeli legislation cutting ties with the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees raised fears that the largest provider of aid to Gaza could be shut out of the war-ravaged territory, even as the implications of the new laws remained unclear Tuesday. UNRWA

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'From one World to Another': Dominique Trinquand on the axes of humanity

• 11:27 AM

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If you think of the major axes of the world, the big borderlines, you might think of migratory routes like through Africa into Europe, or through the Americas. You might also think of trade routes, like the Silk Road, or you might even think of the route

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Quincy Jones, music titan who worked with everyone from Frank Sinatra to Michael Jackson, dies at 91

• 11:25 AM

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Quincy Jones, the multi-talented music titan whose vast legacy ranged from producing Michael Jackson’s historic “Thriller” album to writing prize-winning film and television scores and collaborating with Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles and hundreds of other r

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Harris tops Trump in latest Iowa poll, marking turnaround

• 11:09 AM

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US Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris has surpassed Republican Donald Trump in a new poll in Iowa, with likely women voters responsible for the turnaround in a state that Trump easily won in 2016 and 2020, according to the Des Moines Registe

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Asia view: Fewer Chinese students attend US schools

• 10:26 AM

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We delve into life in Asia in our weekly “Asia View” segment with FRANCE 24’s Beijing correspondent Yena Lee. She explains why the number of Chinese students studying in the US is dropping.

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Samuel Paty: Terror trial opens over beheading of teacher who showed prophet cartoons

• 10:18 AM

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Eight people go on trial in Paris on terrorism charges on Monday over the gruesome 2020 murder of the French teacher who had shown his pupils a caricature of the Prophet Mohammed as part of a class on freedom of expression. The trial comes a year after s

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Iran arrests female student who stripped to protest harassment

• 10:15 AM

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Iranian authorities arrested a female student on Saturday after she staged a solo protest against harassment by stripping to her underwear outside her university, reports said. The woman, who has not been identified, had been harassed inside Tehran's pre

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Inside Nebraska's key battleground district for the 2024 US election

• 10:03 AM

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If Donald Trump and Kamala Harris tie in the number of electors, the race for the White House could come down to Omaha County, Nebraska's 2nd district. This is due to a specific feature of the state, which is one of only two – along with Maine – to alloc

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Caught in the crossfire: FRANCE 24 speaks to the family of a fallen Lebanese soldier

• 10:01 AM

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As Israel and Hezbollah are at war, UN peacekeepers and Lebanese Army soldiers have been caught in the crossfire. 4,000 Lebanese soldiers, often powerless observers, are deployed in the south. At least 11 of them have been killed. FRANCE 24’s Achraf Abid

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Boeing workers to vote on new company offer to end 7-week strike

• 9:49 AM

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Union machinists vote Monday on whether to accept Boeing's latest contract offer of a 38 percent pay raise over four years and increased 401(k) contributions. Workers are fighting for the return of the company's pension plan, jettisoned in 2014 over cost

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USA 2024: Harris vows Gaza peace, Trump tone darkens in final hours

• 9:37 AM

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Kamala Harris courted voters angered by the Gaza war while Donald Trump doubled down on violent rhetoric with a comment about journalists being shot as the tense US election campaign entered its final hours. The Democratic vice president and the Republic

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Parents of French teenagers who took own lives sue TikTok over harmful content

• 9:28 AM

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Seven French families have filed a lawsuit against TikTok over its alleged failure to remove harmful content they say led two 15-year-olds to take their own lives, in the latest legal challenge facing the social media giant.

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US electorate: In search of a 'shared & collective humanity in midst of hopelessness, polarisation'

• 8:48 AM

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On the eve of election day, the US Presidential Election represents the final chapter in one of the most bewildering, unpredictable and consequential sagas in political history. For once, the word “unprecedented” has not been overused. For in-depth analy

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Paris prosecutors drop sexual harassment case against former French football chief Noël Le Graët

• 8:38 AM

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Paris prosecutors have dropped sexual harassment charges against Noël Le Graët, the longtime head of the French Football Federation, who stepped down in February last year following a damning report commissioned by the sports ministry.

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Two members of Iran's Revolutionary Guards killed in helicopter crash

• 8:29 AM

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Two of Iran's Revolutionary Guards have died in a helicopter crash during an anti-terror operation in the country's restive southeast, state media said Monday, adding that the fatalities included a general in the elite force.

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Quincy Jones, music legend who worked with Michael Jackson and Frank Sinatra, dies at 91

• 7:53 AM

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Quincy Jones, a titan of American music who worked with artists ranging from Count Basie to Frank Sinatra and who then reshaped pop music by collaborating with Michael Jackson on "Thriller", died on Sunday at the age of 91, his publicist said.

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Terrorism trial opens in Paris for Islamists accused of beheading teacher Samuel Paty

• 7:50 AM

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Eight people went on trial in Paris on terrorism charges on Monday over the gruesome 2020 murder of the French teacher who had shown his pupils a caricature of the Prophet Mohammed as part of a class on freedom of expression. The trial comes a year after

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Turkey sacks three more mayors in Kurdish-majority southeast

• 7:03 AM

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The Turkish government stripped three elected pro-Kurdish mayors of their posts in southeastern cities on Monday and replaced them with state officials, citing charges on terrorism-related offences.

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Live: UNRWA says Israeli ban would lead to 'collapse' of Gaza humanitarian work

• 6:10 AM

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The UN agency supporting Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said on Monday that Israel's ban on its operations would lead to the "collapse" of humanitarian work in the war-torn Gaza Strip after Israel formally told the UN it had severed ties with the agency th

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UK's Starmer to double border security funding to curb Channel migrant crossings

• 4:47 AM

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Prime Minister Keir Starmer will announce plans on Monday to double UK border security funding and treat people-smuggling gangs as terror networks to curb Channel crossings. Addressing Interpol, he will call the gangs a “serious threat to global security

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Moldova pro-EU leader Sandu wins re-election despite Russian meddling allegations

• 3:33 AM

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Moldova's pro-Western President Maia Sandu has secured a second term, defeating a Russia-aligned rival amid allegations of Russian interference, voter fraud, and intimidation. The win bolsters the pro-Western government’s EU integration agenda.

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Harris appeals to Gaza war critics as Trump intensifies violent rhetoric

• 1:39 AM

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In the final hours before US Election Day, Kamala Harris appealed to voters upset by the Gaza war, while Donald Trump intensified his violent rhetoric with a comment about journalists being shot. Both candidates aggressively campaigned across swing state

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Moldova pro-EU leader Sandu wins re-election despite alleged Russian meddling

• 1:11 AM

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Moldova’s pro-EU President Maia Sandu won a tense runoff vote, defeating her pro-Russian rival. In a conciliatory victory speech, she said "no one lost". The election, held amid claims of interference from Moscow, follows a narrow referendum supporting E

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Moldova's pro-EU President Maia Sandu wins re-election

• 1:10 AM

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