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Macron to host Palestinian Authority leader Abbas to discuss Gaza ceasefire
Macron to host Palestinian Authority leader Abbas to discuss Gaza ceasefire
French President Emmanuel Macron is to host the head of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas in Paris on Tuesday to discuss the future of Gaza after the US-brokered agreement that implemented a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
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November 11, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Macron to host Palestinian Authority leader Abbas to discuss Gaza ceasefire
Lebanon frees frees Hannibal Kadhafi, son of Libya’s ex-leader, held for a decade
Lebanon frees frees Hannibal Kadhafi, son of Libya’s ex-leader, held for a decade
The youngest son of former Libyan leader Muammar Kadhafi has been released from jail in Lebanon after nearly a decade in pre-trial detention for allegedly withholding information about a missing Lebanese cleric.
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November 11, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Lebanon frees frees Hannibal Kadhafi, son of Libya’s ex-leader, held for a decade
France probes plot linked to ex-girlfriend of Paris attacks convict
France probes plot linked to ex-girlfriend of Paris attacks convict
French magistrates are investigating the ex-girlfriend of Salah Abdeslam, a man convicted for the deadly 13 November 2015 Paris attacks, prosecutors said. But the national anti-terror prosecutor's office said Abdeslam himself was not involved in any new plot.
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November 11, 2025 at 7:03 AM
France probes plot linked to ex-girlfriend of Paris attacks convict
Women working 'for free': gender pay gap not narrowing fast enough, says study
Women working 'for free': gender pay gap not narrowing fast enough, says study
As of Monday, 10 November, women in France are working for free through the end of the year, according to an annual report that uses calculates the exact day and time that men start being paid more than women, based on salary statistics, which show the gender pay gap is narrowing slightly, but not quickly.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Women working 'for free': gender pay gap not narrowing fast enough, says study
France boss Deschamps sends for Thauvin after Kolo Muani injury
France boss Deschamps sends for Thauvin after Kolo Muani injury
France football head coach Didier Deschamps drafted in Lens striker Florent Thauvin for the 2026 World Cup qualifiers against Ukraine and Azerbaijan after his first choice forward Randal Kolo Muani was ruled out with injury.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
France boss Deschamps sends for Thauvin after Kolo Muani injury
Cop30 opens in Brazil, exposing global rifts on fossil fuels and finance
Cop30 opens in Brazil, exposing global rifts on fossil fuels and finance
The 30th UN climate summit opens in the Brazilian Amazon on Monday as nations fall short on emissions pledges and the world edges closer to dangerous warming. Fewer than half of all countries have updated their climate plans, while political rifts cloud hopes of progress on phasing out fossil fuels.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Cop30 opens in Brazil, exposing global rifts on fossil fuels and finance
Former French president Sarkozy released from prison, pending appeal
Former French president Sarkozy released from prison, pending appeal
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been granted early release from prison, just weeks after he started a five-year sentence for conspiring to raise campaign funds from Libya.
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November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Former French president Sarkozy released from prison, pending appeal
Wife, son of ex Gabon leader Ali Bongo on trial over treason, corruption
Wife, son of ex Gabon leader Ali Bongo on trial over treason, corruption
The wife and son of former Gabonese president Ali Bongo, along with eleven of their close associates who held key positions at the end of his presidency, go on trial in Gabon on Monday, charged with treason and corruption.
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November 10, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Wife, son of ex Gabon leader Ali Bongo on trial over treason, corruption
AU voices concern about Mali as as France urges citizens to leave
AU voices concern about Mali as as France urges citizens to leave
The president of the African Union Commission has expressed “deep concern” over the security situation in Mali and an ongoing jihadist blockade that has impacted civilians, and called for “urgent international action”. Given the situation, France has recommended its citizens leave the country as soon as possible.
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November 10, 2025 at 12:22 PM
AU voices concern about Mali as as France urges citizens to leave
France marks decade of 2015 Paris attacks
France marks decade of 2015 Paris attacks
France marks a ten years since its worst ever attack on 13 November 2015 when jihadists killed 130 people at the Bataclan concert hall and around Paris.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:12 AM
France marks decade of 2015 Paris attacks
What the Democrats' resurgence in US elections spells for the 2026 midterms
What the Democrats' resurgence in US elections spells for the 2026 midterms
The United States' Democratic Party make decisive gains in local elections last week, hinting at new political fault lines in an unsettled electorate. Political scientist Charles Bullock of the University of Georgia, a veteran observer of US elections, analyses the implications for the 2026 midterms.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:04 AM
What the Democrats' resurgence in US elections spells for the 2026 midterms
New app illuminates secrets of stained glass windows at Chartres Cathedral
New app illuminates secrets of stained glass windows at Chartres Cathedral
From next week, visitors to France's Chartres Cathedral will be able to plunge into the stories unfolding across dozens of medieval stained glass windows courtesy of a unique AI-driven app.
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November 9, 2025 at 5:02 PM
New app illuminates secrets of stained glass windows at Chartres Cathedral
France's new overseas minister due in New Caledonia to revive dialogue
France's new overseas minister due in New Caledonia to revive dialogue
France’s overseas minister Naïma Moutchou faces a tough debut in New Caledonia, where economic hardship and political tensions are testing Paris’s resolve to rebuild trust in the South Pacific territory.
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November 9, 2025 at 5:02 PM
France's new overseas minister due in New Caledonia to revive dialogue
Four charged after disturbances at Israel Philharmonic concert in Paris
Four charged after disturbances at Israel Philharmonic concert in Paris
French prosecutors have opened a judicial inquiry after a Paris concert by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra was marred by protest and violence.
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November 9, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Four charged after disturbances at Israel Philharmonic concert in Paris
Scottish universities a haven for US students fleeing Trump's college crackdown
Scottish universities a haven for US students fleeing Trump's college crackdown
Scotland has become an increasingly popular destination for students from the United States in the wake President Donald Trump's interventions in higher education. RFI spoke to Americans enrolled at the University of Edinburgh, where one in 10 students is now from the US.
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November 9, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Scottish universities a haven for US students fleeing Trump's college crackdown
Sudan’s civilians flee mounting atrocities as Darfur’s war deepens
Sudan’s civilians flee mounting atrocities as Darfur’s war deepens
Tens of thousands of Sudanese are on the move once again, fleeing reported atrocities after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) captured the key western city of el-Fasher late last month.
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November 9, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Sudan’s civilians flee mounting atrocities as Darfur’s war deepens
'Centuries of patriarchal history': why trans rumours are wielded against women
'Centuries of patriarchal history': why trans rumours are wielded against women
Emmanuel Macron's wife Brigitte has frequently been the target of rumours that she is transgender, with 10 people currently on trial in France for spreading such stories online. France's first lady is far from the only victim of this type of attack, says feminist historian Christine Bard, who explains that it aims to undermine women in positions of power.
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November 9, 2025 at 8:15 AM
'Centuries of patriarchal history': why trans rumours are wielded against women
France Antarctique, the forgotten French outpost on the coast of Brazil
France Antarctique, the forgotten French outpost on the coast of Brazil
Almost 500 years ago, French ships landed in what is now Brazil with a mission to found 'France Antarctique', a new colony on South America's Atlantic coast. Riven by religious divisions and stormed by Portuguese rivals, the project lasted just a few years – but would end up reshaping Europeans' understanding of the so-called New World.
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November 8, 2025 at 4:43 PM
France Antarctique, the forgotten French outpost on the coast of Brazil
From crisis to hope, the Amazon’s call for climate justice defines Cop30
From crisis to hope, the Amazon’s call for climate justice defines Cop30
From rising seas to raging floods, global leaders in Belem are confronting the human cost of climate change – and the chance to chart a fairer future.
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November 8, 2025 at 4:43 PM
From crisis to hope, the Amazon’s call for climate justice defines Cop30
Polish tobacco producers protest as EU weighs up cutting funding to farms
Polish tobacco producers protest as EU weighs up cutting funding to farms
Ahead of a meeting later this month where the EU will decide whether to adopt World Health Organization recommendations to cut funding to European tobacco farms, Polish producers are making their voices heard.
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November 8, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Polish tobacco producers protest as EU weighs up cutting funding to farms
French authorities probe possible terror plot linked to Paris attacks convict
French authorities probe possible terror plot linked to Paris attacks convict
French prosecutors have widened an investigation linked to Paris attacks convict Salah Abdeslam, as fresh anti-terror arrests raise concern ahead of the 10th anniversary of the 2015 massacres.
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November 8, 2025 at 12:42 PM
French authorities probe possible terror plot linked to Paris attacks convict
Three women charged in France over suspected jihadist plot
Three women charged in France over suspected jihadist plot
French anti-terror prosecutors have charged and jailed three young women suspected of plotting a jihadist attack – the first alleged plot involving female suspects in several years.
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November 8, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Three women charged in France over suspected jihadist plot
Congo-Brazzaville returns to global stock markets after almost 20 years
Congo-Brazzaville returns to global stock markets after almost 20 years
The Republic of the Congo this week entered the international bond market for the first time since 2007, signalling a new confidence in its economic reforms and fiscal management.
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November 8, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Congo-Brazzaville returns to global stock markets after almost 20 years
France rugby boss Galthié hails South Africa and plays down World Cup loss
France rugby boss Galthié hails South Africa and plays down World Cup loss
France head coach Fabian Galthié refused to dwell on the 2023 World Cup quarter-final defeat to South Africa preferring to laud them as the best team on the planet as his players went through their final paces for Saturday's Test match at the Stade de France.
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November 7, 2025 at 5:23 PM
France rugby boss Galthié hails South Africa and plays down World Cup loss
Two years on from EU deal, violence against migrants in Tunisia remains rife
Two years on from EU deal, violence against migrants in Tunisia remains rife
Tunisia’s migration policy is under scrutiny two years on from a deal with the European Union intended to discourage illegal migration from the North African country, and from a "replacement theory" speech the same year by President Kais Saied on the "dangers" of black migration. A recent Amnesty International report has highlighted widespread human rights violations in the country.
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November 7, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Two years on from EU deal, violence against migrants in Tunisia remains rife