French mass rape survivor says 'humiliated' by lawyers' claims of complicity in her abuse
Gisele Pelicot expressed feeling humiliated during the trial of her ex-husband, after defense lawyers accused her of complicity in the abuse. She described the experience in court as degrading. Dominique Pelicot has admitted to drugging Gisele with sedat
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Ukrainian drone attack triggers earthquake-sized blast at arsenal in Russia's Tver region
A large-scale Ukrainian drone attack on Russia triggered an earthquake-sized blast at a major arsenal in the Tver region on Wednesday, forcing the evacuation of a nearby town, according to war bloggers. FRANCE 24's Catherine Norris Trent reports from Kyi
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Russian advance in Kursk 'stopped', says Ukraine military official
A spokesman for the Ukrainian army said on Wednesday that the Russian counter-offensive in the Kursk region had been halted and that parts of that zone remained "under Ukrainian control". In western Russia, Ukrainian drones "destroyed" a warehouse contai
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Google wins EU court bid to overturn €1.49 billion antitrust fine
Google on Wednesday won a court challenge against a €1.49-billion fine levied by the European Union for abuse of dominance over online advertising in the latest in a series of legal clashes between the tech giant and the European Bloc. EU courts scrapped
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France's budgetary situation is 'very serious', new PM Barnier says
France has a "very serious" budgetary deficit, Prime Minister Michael Barnier said, weeks after France was placed on a formal procedure for violating European Union budgetary rules. Barnier, who was appointed to lead the French government on September 6
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Portugal battles ferocious wildfires as toll rises
Thousands of firefighters on Tuesday battled wildfires in Portugal that have killed seven people and burnt more land in a matter of days than the rest of the summer combined.
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Ukrainian 'victory plan' based on 'coercive instruments'
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky last month said the country had a “victory plan” for ending the war with Russia on its own terms, but that plan has so far been kept under wraps. Now, however, Mykhailo Podolyak, the Ukrainian advisor to the preside
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Associate of Frenchman in mass rape trial admits to copycat abuse on his own wife
An associate of Dominique Pelicot, the Frenchman man who drugged his wife and invited dozens of men to rape her in a case that has shocked France and the world, told a court that he committed similar crimes against his own wife under Pelicot's influence.
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