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From welcoming refugees to the crisis in Lampedusa, six years of French immigration policy
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King Charles III proposes France-UK ‘partnership for sustainability’ to tackle climate emergency
King Charles III on Thursday followed in his mother Queen Elizabeth II's footsteps by addressing lawmakers in the French upper chamber of parliament with a speech calling for strengthened ties to help tackle the world's environmental challenges.
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In pictures: Macron hosts King Charles for lavish Versailles banquet
President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday hosted King Charles III for a glittering banquet at France's former royal residence of the Palace of Versailles, as the British monarch kicked off a three-day state visit aimed at showing the underlying strength of cross-Channel ties even after Brexit.
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Azerbaijan has ‘unleashed large-scale aggression’ – Armenia
Baku has declared a counter-terrorism operation over Yerevan’s alleged military presence in Nagorno-Karabakh
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Finland’s President, No Stranger to Russia, Warns Europe About Complacency
President Biden has consulted Sauli Niinisto throughout Russia’s war against Ukraine. Europeans should not dismiss the risks of a wider war, he says.
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Top French court upholds ban on Muslim abayas in schools
France's highest administrative court ruled Thursday that a school ban on abayas, traditional over-garments worn by some Muslim women, was legal.
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Major UK city goes bankrupt over $1.5 billion equal pay claims
A major UK city has declared financial distress after revealing it doesn’t have the resources to pay back historical equal pay claims.
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Home Office to declare Wagner group a terrorist organisation
Draft order will make it illegal to support the ‘violent and destructive’ Russian mercenary organisation in the UK
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French state schools turn away dozens of girls wearing Muslim abaya dress
The French education minister has said that nearly 300 pupils arrived at school on Monday wearing the abaya, the long Muslim robe which was banned in schools last week.
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Paris says au revoir to rental e-scooters
A ban on rental electric scooters has come into effect in Paris in response to a rising number of people being injured and killed in the French capital.
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Prigozhin alluded to threats in new video release
Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin alluded to threats to his safety in a video which appears to have been filmed days before he died in a plane crash.
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Putin critic predicted his own death
The chilling footage of Yevgeny Prigozhin has been uncovered showing the rebel warlord taking a swipe at Russia’s leadership and with an ominous prophecy.
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Putin Destroys a Rival, but ‘Killing Prigozhin Is Going to Set Off Greater Paranoia and Repression’
The most critical internal threat Putin has faced in years is gone. His rival and former ally’s reported death likely means the end for the Wagner Group but ushers in a new phase of fear and anxiety in Russia
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A Former French President Gives a Voice to Obstinate Russian Sympathies
Remarks by Nicolas Sarkozy have raised fears that Europe’s pro-Putin chorus may grow louder as Ukraine’s plodding counteroffensive puts pressure on Western resolve.
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How Putin's long friendship with Wagner boss Prigozhin turned ugly
Theirs was a relationship borne out of the murky world where Russia's state security services mingled with the criminal underworld.
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Wagner mercenaries must swear allegiance to Russia - Putin
President Vladimir Putin has called on all employees of Wagner and other Russian private military contractors to take an oath of allegiance to the Russian state.
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With Prigozhin dead, Putin has traded low-budget global reach for safety at home
While Putin's spokesperson denied that he'd killed Prigozhin, a former Kremlin official told Insider that the rebellion made his death "inevitable."
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Europe ‘dancing on the edge of a volcano’ – Sarkozy
The West should stop talking about sending arms to Kiev and engage diplomatically with Moscow, the ex-French president has said
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Europe’s tourist numbers bounce back after Covid – for better or worse
Tourist numbers in Europe this summer have returned to almost pre-Covid levels, with especially high demand from North American travellers. But the summer season has been far from smooth, with holidaymakers encountering heatwaves, wildfires and the return of overcrowding at some of Europe’s most popular sights. Some of the troubles have also been caused by the tourists themselves, with several accused of vandalism and trespassing at the iconic sites they were visiting.
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British Nurse Who Killed Babies on the Job Gets Life Sentence
Case of Lucy Letby, one of U.K.’s most notorious serial killers, raises questions about oversight at state healthcare system
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