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Manhunt underway after prisoner van ambushed

At least two French prison guards were shot dead and three others seriously injured after heavily armed men ambushed a prison van to free an inmate, French police said, triggering a major manhunt.

France 24

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Blinken makes surprise visit to Ukraine

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Kyiv to reassure the Ukrainian president that Ukraine still has the United States' support. The visit comes weeks after Congress approved a foreign assistance package that includes $60 billion...

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Georgian Parliament adopts controversial law despite protests

The Georgian parliament has approved in the third and final reading a divisive bill that sparked weeks of mass protests, with critics seeing it as a threat to democratic freedoms and the country’s aspirations to join the European Union.

France 24

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Biden sharply hikes U.S. tariffs on China chips, cars

U.S. President Joe Biden has unveiled a bundle of steep tariff increases on an array of Chinese imports including electric vehicles, computer chips and medical products, risking an election-year standoff with Beijing in a bid to woo vote...

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Ex- Trump fixer Michael Cohen takes stand at hush money trial

Trump's former fixer and personal lawyer Michael Cohen takes the stand as a key prosecution witness at the former president's hush money trial. His testimony links the former president to alleged falsifying of business records to cover u...

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Protests, fighting in Gaza mark Israel's Memorial Day

Israel's Memorial Day is typically sombre, but today angry protests over the government's handling of the war disrupted several events. The war itself is getting worse for Palestinians in Gaza as hundreds of thousands have fled the city ...

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UN urges reopening of aid lines as exodus from Rafah continues

The exodus of Palestinians from Gaza’s last refuge accelerated as Israeli forces pushed deeper into the southern city of Rafah. Israel also pounded the territory’s devastated north, where some Hamas militants have regrouped. U.S. Secreta...

France 24

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Sen. Bob Menendez's corruption trial begins

United States Senator Bob Menendez, a Democrat from New Jersey, is on trial with two of the businessmen who allegedly paid him bribes to, among other things, help push U.S. aid and weapons to a foreign government.

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'Streets on fire' in New Caledonia over voting reform

Authorities in the French-ruled Pacific island of New Caledonia shut the international airport, imposed a curfew in the capital and called for police reinforcements after protests over the territory's voting system turned violent.

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Gazans forced to flee as Israel pushes ahead with fighting

Nearly half a million Palestinians have been displaced over the last few days amid escalating Israeli military operations in southern and northern Gaza. The United Nations estimates that many more remain sheltering in Rafah unsure of whe...

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Members of Ati tribe fight for their land in the Philippines

Members of the Ati tribe in the popular Philippine resort town of Boracay say they've been forced out of their land by developers. The government had given the island's original inhabitants the property, but it now says it is better suit...

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Michael Cohen returns to witness stand in Trump trial

The first day he took the stand, Michael Cohen tied Donald Trump directly to the hush money scheme. Trump's former lawyer and personal "fixer" will face cross-examination by defense attorneys after prosecutors finish questioning him as h...

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Iranian filmmaker flees to Europe ahead of his Cannes premiere

After being sentenced to eight years in prison, the award-winning Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof says he's fled to Europe shortly ahead of the Cannes Film Festival premiere of his latest film.

France 24

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Israel marks toned down Independence Day amid war

Israel began toned down Independence Day celebrations at sundown on Monday, with hopes for an end to the seven-month-old Gaza war dim, anti-government protests growing and internal divisions festering.

France 24

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Hollywood heads to Cannes for film festival

Hollywood stars jetted into Cannes as the world's premier film festival got under way in dramatic circumstances, including a fugitive director's daring escape from Iran, and a looming cloud of fresh #MeToo allegations.

France 24

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Record 76 million people displaced globally in 2023

A record number of people around the world were internally displaced last year, according to a watchdog. Fighting in Gaza, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo accounted for almost two-thirds of the 76 million people who had to fle...

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Rescuers search after deadly billboard fall in Mumbai

At least 14 people died, and 75 others were injured after a billboard bigger than an Olympic swimming pool fell on them during a thunderstorm in India's financial capital Mumbai, authorities said, with dozens still feared trapped.

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Lessons begin at Ukraine's first underground school

Hundreds of children descended into the bunker at Ukraine's first underground school this week in the northeastern city of Kharkiv, going down steep staircases to get to classrooms designed to protect them from Russian drone and missile ...

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Georgia set to adopt 'foreign influence' bill amid mass protests

Georgia was set to adopt a "foreign influence" bill despite mass protests against a law criticised for mirroring repressive Russian legislation.

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Israel pushes into Gaza's northern, southern areas

Israeli forces pushed deep into the ruins of Gaza's northern edge to recapture an area from Hamas fighters, while in the south tanks and troops pushed across a highway into Rafah, leaving Palestinian civilians scrambling to find safety.

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Blinken visits Ukraine in show of U.S. support

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Kyiv in an unannounced diplomatic mission to reassure Ukraine that it has American support as it struggles to defend against increasingly intense Russian attacks.

France 24

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Turkish Greeks caught in tension between the two countries

The leaders of Greece and Turkey met for talks aimed at underlining their efforts to put aside decades-old disputes, but they also revealed deep divisions over the Israel-Hamas war.

France 24

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Pro-independence protests in New Caledonia turn violent

New Caledonia's high commissioner said that shots had been fired at security forces during a night of riots in the French Pacific territory that saw vehicles torched and shops looted.

France 24

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China furious as U.K. arrests 'spies' working for Hong Kong intelligence

China accused Britain of "cooking up" charges after three suspects appeared before a U.K. court accused of assisting Hong Kong's intelligence services, in the latest Chinese-linked alleged espionage case in Europe.

France 24

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Brazil floods raise specter of climate migration

Devastating and ongoing flooding in southern Brazil is forcing some of the half million displaced residents, like Cassiano Baldasso and Mari Venancio, to consider uprooting their lives from inundated towns to rebuild on higher ground.

Reuters

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University of Amsterdam staff join pro-Palestine protests

The University of Amsterdam will remain closed for two days after police once again used force to remove protesters from a rally on campus. Students and staff at several Dutch universities have been demonstrating in solidarity with Pales...

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Russian Army captures four villages in Ukraine's Kharkiv region

Russia said it had captured four more villages in Ukraine's Kharkiv region, as thousands of residents were evacuated from the offensive in an area where Russian troops were repelled in 2022.

France 24

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White House denies genocide is occurring in Gaza

US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan says the Biden administration does not view the killings of Palestinians in Gaza by Israel as a genocide. “We do not believe what is happening in Gaza is a genocide. We have been firmly on recor...

Al Jazeera

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Harassment blamed as Japan's military lacks women

As Japan embarks on a major military build-up, it's struggling to fill its ranks with the women that its forces need and its policymakers have pledged to recruit, and some victims say an entrenched culture of harassment is the reason.

Reuters

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Panama Canal faces water crisis amid drought, growing demand

A severe drought in Panama has drastically reduced the canal’s water levels this year, impacting one of the world's busiest trade passages. It has forced authorities to restrict shipping, which is disrupting global trade.

Al Jazeera

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Michael Cohen testifies in Trump hush money case

Donald Trump’s former lawyer and personal fixer Michael Cohen took the stand as the trial entered its fourth week Monday. Witnesses, text messages, notes and audio recordings have taken center stage to illustrate what prosecutors have sa...

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U.S. trade war with China intensifies

Liza Tobin, senior director of research and analysis for economy at the Special Competitive Studies Project, joins Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow to discuss President Joe Biden's plan to quadruple tariffs on Chinese EVs and sharply increase...