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‘We gotta get out of here’: Pokrovsk residents flee strategic Ukrainian city
Residents of eastern Ukraine's Pokrovsk resisted leaving home for months as fighting raged in the villages near the strategic Donbas city. But as Russian forces advance on the transport hub, many residents are now choosing to flee. FRANCE 24's Gulliver Cragg reports from Pokrovsk.
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Mike Lynch confirmed dead after yacht sank off Sicily coast during storm
Tech tycoon, 59, was among six people missing since early hours of Monday morning when Bayesian yacht capsized
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GUT-WRENCHING FIND: Divers pull 5 bodies from wreckage, captain grilled
Divers have now recovered five bodies from the wreckage of a superyacht – including a billionaire and his teen daughter – as cops grill the captain over the tragedy.
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Morgan Stanley boss among the missing in Sicily yacht disaster
The chairman of Morgan Stanley International, Jonathan Bloomer, and his wife were among the passengers missing after a yacht sank off the coast of Sicily, the UK insurer Hiscox said Tuesday. The British-flagged "Bayesian" sank in the Mediterranean amid a storm on Monday, killing one person whose body was recovered by rescuers. UK tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch and his daughter were among the missing.
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Catalan police hunt for Carles Puigdemont as separatist leader returns to Spain
Fugitive former regional president addressed supporters in Barcelona before disappearing, sparking police operation
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Sick hit list emerges as UK explodes
The UK is bracing for a fresh wave of violent rioting after far-right groups posted a list of locations where people should gather and “mask up”.
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Why Putin thinks he's the winner in prisoner swap
Eight Russian prisoners were released in the swap, including spies, agents and a convicted assassin.
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Leftist party France Unbowed moves to overturn Macron's controversial pension reform
France's leftist party France Unbowed (LFI) announced its plan to introduce legislation on Tuesday to repeal President Emmanuel Macron's contentious pension reform, which raised the legal retirement age from 62 to 64. The bill, according to LFI chief lawmaker Mathilde Panot, seeks to reverse changes that sparked widespread protests last year.
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How Vladimir Putin created a housing bubble
Prices have risen by 172% in Russia’s biggest cities over the past three years
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Kate posts adorable picture of Prince George on his birthday
The Princess of Wales has posted an adorable picture of Prince George on his 11th birthday as his godmother reveals a cheeky birthday tradition.
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Russian court jails American journalist for 16 years for spying
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich – the son of Soviet emigrants – was arrested in the Urals region last year
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Russia issues arrest warrant for Yulia Navalnaya, widow of Alexei Navalny
Two-month detention order imposed on exiled dissident Yulia Navalnaya for participating in ‘extremist’ group
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France erupts after shock election result
Riots have broken out in Paris with protesters seen burning bikes and setting off smoke bombs after an unexpected far right defeat.
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Politicians, world leaders react to French leftists' victory in blocking the far right
French politicians and world leaders reacted to the results of parliamentary elections on Sunday after a coalition of the French left that quickly banded together to beat a surging far right won the most seats in parliament but not a majority. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said he was "happy" and called the result a "disappointment" for Moscow.
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France’s leftist New Popular Front wins a shock victory – but now the hard part begins
France's New Popular Front has won the largest number of seats in the final round of snap parliamentary elections, leaving behind the remnants of President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist camp and the far-right National Rally trailing in third place. It’s a staggering result for a closely fought election that has left the country without a clear candidate for prime minister – and the hastily assembled broad leftist coalition without an absolute majority that would allow it to push through its ambitious programme.
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‘Terror’: Russia’s despicable daytime act
Russia has been blasted after launching a horrific daytime attack on Ukraine, hitting a children’s hospital and leaving at least 20 people dead.
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French leftist alliance appears to block far-right path to election win
Whatever the outcome, Macron's 7-year political experiment with pro-business policies aimed at boosting the economy and reforming the bloated welfare state will be dented. He has ruled out resigning.
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Marine Le Pen Betrays Her Past to Capture a Bigger Prize: France
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Will Meloni and Le Pen Be Right-Wing Besties? It’s Complicated
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