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‘Gold medal’: France wins plaudits for security after high-risk Olympic Games

Amid rising tensions over the wars in Gaza and Ukraine, threats from the Islamic State group, and France’s history of homegrown Islamist terror plots as well as far-right extremism, there were real concerns about France’s ability to ensure adequate security during the 2024 Paris Olympics. However, French security services managed…

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‘Russia brought war to others, now it’s coming home,’ Zelensky warns

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday that Russia must be forced to make peace after Kyiv’s major cross-border assault into the western Russian region of Kursk. "Russia brought war to others, now it’s coming home," Zelensky warned. Ukraine now controls 28 Russian settlements, in its largest incursion yet into…

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Russia evacuates 121,000 people from Kursk region as Ukraine advances

Russia continued evacuating residents from the Kursk region near the border with Ukraine on Monday, with the regional governor saying some 121,000 people had already left.

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US boosts military presence in Mideast amid fears of Iranian attack on Israel

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered a guided-missile submarine and the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier to deploy to the Middle East amid reports that Iran is planning an attack against Israel in the coming days. Read our liveblog to see how all the day's events unfolded.

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Paris's closing ceremony pits Old World splendour against Hollywood spectacle

Paris passed the Olympic torch to Los Angeles in a cryptic and sometimes chaotic closing ceremony in the Stade de France Sunday night, with hundreds of athletes unexpectedly mobbing the stage during a performance by French indie rock band Phoenix. American action star Tom Cruise rappelled in from the top…

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Fire at cooling tower of Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant

Kyiv and Moscow traded blame on Sunday after a fire broke out at a cooling tower of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, under the control of Russian forces.

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A wildfire near Greece's capital darkens the skies over Athens and moves fast

Greece was battling a wildfire northeast of Athens on Sunday, with smoke covering parts of the capital in a haze, amid warnings for extreme weather conditions for the rest of the week.

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France lose to US in thrilling women’s basketball final at the Paris Games

The United States won a 67-66 thriller over France in the women's basketball final on Sunday, claiming an historic eighth consecutive Olympic crown while denying the hosts the golden finish to the Paris Games that seemed within their grasp.

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Paris bids triumphant 'au revoir' to Olympics in closing ceremony

Paris bid a triumphant "au revoir" to the Olympics on Sunday as the curtain came down on its widely praised staging of the global sporting spectacular. A star-studded closing ceremony got under way in front of around 71,500 spectators at the Stade de France to crown an event that has…

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Israeli military orders more evacuations in southern Gaza after deadly school strike

The Israeli military ordered more evacuations in southern Gaza early Sunday after a deadly air strike on a school-turned-shelter in the north on Saturday killed at least 90 Palestinians, according to the territory's civil defence agency. Israel said the strike targeted a militant command post and killed at least 19…

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Ukraine says two killed in Russian drone and missile attack on Kyiv region

A four-year-old boy and his 35-year-old father died when debris from a downed Russian weapon fell on their home near the capital Kyiv, Ukrainian officials said Sunday. A 13-year-old child was also injured in the attack, Ukraine's emergency services said on the Telegram messaging app.

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Magic dance: Canadian b-boy Phil Wizard wins the first – and maybe last – Olympic gold in breaking

This year's Games have marked the Olympic debut of breaking, with hip-hop fans flocking to the pop-up Urban Park at Paris's Place de la Concorde to watch the world's best b-boys and b-girls show off their moves. But with the Los Angeles Olympics organisers having decided to leave breaking off…

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From Simone Biles to Novak Djokovic: Stars of the Paris Olympics

Many athletes had starring roles at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, capturing the interest and admiration of the French and fans from all over the world. The US’s Simone Biles and Noah Lyles, France’s Leon Marchand and Antoine Dupont, and Serbia’s Novak Djokovic were just a few.

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Anti-racism rallies sweep across UK after recent anti-immigration riots

Thousands of counter-protesters gathered across the UK on Saturday in response to rioting fuelled by the far right that took cities and towns by storm following the Southport knife attack in which three children were killed last week. Confrontations with anti-immigration protesters did not take place as expected, but a…

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Brazil scrambles to identify bodies and find cause of deadly plane crash

Brazilian authorities on Saturday worked to determine the cause of the Voepass plane crash that killed 62 people on Friday. Rescue workers have also been trying to recover and identify the bodies of those lost in the accident, which took place in a gated community in Sao Paulo state. It…

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Bangladesh's chief justice resigns after fresh protests at Supreme Court

Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan handed in his resignation on Saturday, two days after Bangladesh’s new interim government led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus was sworn in. The resignation came after fresh protests broke out on the premises of the Supreme Court, with demonstrators calling for top judges to step down.

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Russia evacuates tens of thousands in Kursk region amid Ukraine offensive

Russia said it evacuated more than 76,000 people from its western Kursk border region on Saturday, according to the state-run TASS news agency, as Ukraine pressed on with its biggest attack on Russian soil since the war began almost two and a half years ago. In response to the incursion,…

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Deadly Israeli strike on Gaza City school draws international condemnation

At least 90 people were killed on Saturday in an Israeli strike on a school housing displaced people in Gaza City, the Palestinian territory’s civil defence agency said. The attack drew widespread condemnation across the globe, including from Turkey, France and the US, who expressed "deep concern" and underscored the…

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Henry hails 'magical' France as hosts fall short in rollercoaster Olympic football final

France coach Thierry Henry described his team's Olympic performance as "magical" despite their agonising extra-time defeat against Spain in the men's football final in Paris on Friday.

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What's going on: Italian track cyclists emerge triumphant from the Madison relay maelstrom

Italian track cyclists Chiara Consonni and Vittoria Guazzini won a gruelling victory in the women's Madison relay at the National Velodrome west of Paris Friday night, stealing a lap late in the race and leaving the reigning British champions in second place. It was only the second time the event…

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Fugitive Catalan separatist leader Puigdemont in Belgium after evading arrest

Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont left Spain for Belgium on Friday after appearing at a rally in Barcelona, despite a warrant for his arrent in Spain, his party said.

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'No survivors' as plane carrying 61 crashes in Brazil's Sao Paulo state

An airliner with 61 people on board crashed in a residential area of Sao Paulo state in Brazil on Friday. The mayor of Vinhedo, where the aircraft crashed, said that there were no survivors.

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Tahitian surfing champion Kauli Vaast takes victory lap along the Seine

After winning the gold medal in surfing at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Kauli Vaast thrilled fans again by surfing along France's iconic River Seine. The 22-year-old was pulled by a boat, and surfed the small waves it created with the Eiffel Tower in the background.

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Incursion into Russia’s Kursk region: A risky gamble for Ukraine?

Russia on Friday raised the emergency level in the Kursk region to “federal” as Ukraine pressed on with a major cross-border incursion. Launched on Tuesday, Kyiv’s offensive is the most significant attack on enemy soil since the Ukraine war started in 2022 and could prove to be either very profitable…

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Russia's Kursk region declares state of emergency amid Ukrainian offensive

Russia sent reinforcements to the Kursk region on Friday and declared a national state of emergency in response to what appeared to be Kyiv’s biggest attack on Russian soil since the war began. Fighting was reported in the western outskirts of Sudzha, a town that has an important pipeline transit…

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