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After Syria trip, ICRC head says Assad 'aware of pressure of international environment'

Eleven years after the start of the conflict in Syria, the COVID-19 pandemic and the consequences of the war in Ukraine have made the economic situation in the war-torn country even worse. FRANCE 24 interviewed Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, who recently met President…

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Hungary 'holding EU decision makers hostage' over Russia oil embargo: Lithuanian FM

Hungary's government is "holding European Union decision makers hostage" by refusing to join an EU-wide embargo on Russian oil, according to Lithuania's foreign minister. This comes as EU leaders continue their efforts to gather support for a sixth sanctions package on Russia from all 27 EU member states. The government…

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EU's Sefcovic 'appeals to UK to return to negotiations' over N. Ireland Protocol

As the British government indicates it is preparing to deviate from the Northern Ireland Protocol – a key part of the Brexit deal – the European Commissioner overseeing EU-UK relations tells FRANCE 24 he is "appealing to the UK government to come back to the negotiating table". Maros Sefcovic spoke…

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Lisbon: How African music is breaking down racial barriers

This year, France is celebrating Portuguese culture with concerts, exhibitions and performances from the country's top artists. To mark the occasion, FRANCE 24's culture show Encore! takes you on a musical voyage to Lisbon. The Portuguese capital has a sound like no other European city, where a boom in music…

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Thiaroye 44: Investigating a colonial-era massacre in Senegal

Thousands of West African soldiers fought for France against the Nazis during World War II. But on December 1, 1944, scores of them were gunned down in unclear circumstances by the very French forces they fought alongside. What really happened on that fateful day at the Thiaroye military camp near…

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Inflation inequality: Soaring prices weigh on low-income households

Inflation is at its highest level in decades in many parts of the world. In the US, consumer prices were 8.3 percent higher in April than a year earlier. In the eurozone, they rose by around 7.5 percent. Energy prices have been driving the surge, with Russia's war in Ukraine…

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Live: EU ramps up military aid to Ukraine as diplomatic efforts intensify

The EU pledged an additional €500 million in military aid to Ukraine at a meeting of G7 nations on Friday while diplomatic efforts intensified with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin both calling on their Russian counterparts to agree to an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine.…

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Ukrainians take stock of what remains of their village after Russian forces retreat

Russian forces are being pushed back to the east and north but the front line remains fluid, with the fight shifting from village to village, day by day. FRANCE 24 reporters Nadia Massih, Bastien Renouil and Raid Abu Zaideh spoke to some of the civilians who remained in Dokuchaievske, Kharkiv…

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Biden signs Ukraine lend-lease act, a programme resurrected from WWII

The US has pledged tens of billions of dollars for Ukraine. With time of the essence, President Joe Biden signed legislation that was last used during World War II. We take a closer look at the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022 and get analysis from FRANCE 24's International…

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EU to help break blockade on Ukraine’s Odesa to free up grain exports

The European Commission said Thursday it would help Ukraine break the Russian blockade on the port city of Odesa, where thousands of tonnes of grain destined for the global market remains trapped. UN and EU officials have warned that Russia’s continuing siege of the southern port risks causing a global…

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Explainer: How do France's legislative elections work?

Close on the heels of April's presidential vote, French voters go back to the ballot box on June 12 and 19 to elect lawmakers to the National Assembly. France's legislative elections tend to pale next to the limelight-stealing race for the Élysée Palace, but with 577 distinct races to fill…

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UN chief 'deeply concerned' about risks of global hunger due to war in Ukraine

UN chief Antonio Guterres said Wednesday he was "deeply concerned" about the prospect of global food shortages stemming from the war in Ukraine, calling the current food security situation "dramatic". Ukraine said its forces were gradually pushing Russian troops away from the city of Kharkiv, the country's second-largest, signalling a…

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France's Vaux-le-Vicomte, an avant-garde château

A masterpiece of classical architecture, the Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte, located outside Paris, was the forerunner of Versailles. Contained within its walls are three and a half centuries of history. That legacy is now the responsibility of the three brothers who inherited it on the death of their father: Ascanio, Alexandre…

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Myanmar's civilian president claims resistance controls nearly half the country

Duwa Lashi La is the acting president of the National Unity Government (NUG) of Myanmar, a parallel government formed in opposition to the junta after the latter seized power in a February 2021 coup. Speaking to FRANCE 24 from a secret location in the country, Duwa Lashi La said that…

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Live: Heavy shelling in Odesa places global grain shipments at risk

Russian strikes continue to barrage the port city of Odesa, Ukrainian officials said Tuesday, an apparent effort to disrupt supply lines and Western weapons shipments critical to Kyiv's defence. Odesa is a major gateway for global grain shipments, and Ukrainian and Western officials have warned that Russia’s blockade threatens global…

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Debunking claims that Covid-19 deaths have been higher in the most-vaccinated European countries

Posts on social networks have propagated the theory, based on claims by French doctor Didier Raoult, that vaccination has increased Covid-19 infections. FRANCE 24’s Georgina Robertson and Sophie Samaille look at some of the statistics and investigate in this week's show.

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Operatic Soprano Chen Reiss on re-attributing credit to romantic composer Fanny Hansel

Operatic Soprano Chen Reiss began singing at the age of 14 in her native Israel. She has since toured the world and taken part in many recordings of classics and soundtracks. Her new album explores the work of romantic composer Fanny Hensel, whose music was often attributed to her brother…

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Live: Putin says Russian troops ‘fighting for the Motherland’ in Ukraine

Russia celebrated its 1945 victory over Nazi Germany on Monday with a show of military might even as its army battles Kyiv's forces in the east of Ukraine, where 60 people were killed in an air strike on a school sheltering civilians. Follow FRANCE 24 for live updates. All times…

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Ukraine's Kherson region prepares for Russian counteroffensives

Fighting continues to rage in southern Ukraine. Here, Russian forces hold the port city of Kherson and they claim to control the whole administrative region, of which Kherson is the capital. But in fact they don’t: Ukrainian counterattacks in March brought a small part of that region back under Kyiv’s…

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As Russia prepares military pomp, Ukraine blames it for deadly school bombing

About 60 people were feared to have been killed in the bombing of a village school in eastern Ukraine, while Russian President Vladimir Putin prepared to mark the 77th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two. Thank you for joining us during this live…

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Macron vows to build ‘stronger France’ during second term as president

President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday was inaugurated for a new term, making him the first French leader in 20 years to serve a second mandate following his election victory over far-right politician Marine Le Pen in the April 24 second round of the 2022 presidential vote. Follow FRANCE 24's coverage…

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Ukraine's Zelensky says several hundreds were saved from Azovstal plant

Ukrainian's president said on Saturday that more than 300 civilians had been rescued from the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, where Ukrainian forces are holding out against a Russian siege. He assured that authorities would now focus on evacuating the wounded and medics. Ukraine is also working on humanitarian corridors…

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Ukrainian army specialists hunt for explosives left behind by Russian forces

When the Russian army withdrew from northern Ukraine they scattered landmines across fields and left hand-grenades and trip wires in peoples’ homes. More than 28 thousand explosives have already been found. But over 300,000 hectares around Kyiv still need to be painstakingly checked. It is a dangerous process. Explosive ordinance…

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Malta: Small islands, big issues for Europe (Part 1)

Independent since 1964, Malta has been a member of both the European Union and NATO since 2004. FRANCE 24's Europe team takes us to the smallest EU member state by both size and population, where our team looks into several areas in which these islands hold an important place in…

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