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France 2027 Elections: A clash of two extremes could lead to 'easy' Le Pen win

🇫🇷 "You have a built-in danger in the system." The Financial Times' Victor Mallet argues #France's two-round system could leave centre voters choosing between two extremes in #2027elections, potentially opening the door to a far-right #LePen victory over the far-left. More on #F2

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Mauritania's fishing heritage threatened by climate change and overfishing

For centuries, the Imraguen people of Mauritania have relied on wind-powered boats and traditional fishing methods to live in harmony with the rich waters of the Banc d’Arguin. But climate change, overfishing and the gradual loss of ancestral knowledge are threatening both their

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India's Hindu nationalists take 17th-century king as new anti-Muslim symbol

Statues of 17th-century kind Shivaji have been erected across various Indian cities over the past few years by Hindu nationalist groups, who view him as a symbolic defender of Hindus against Muslims. The campaign marks another act of intolerance toward Muslim and Christian minori

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The Bayeux Tapestry's risky journey across the Channel

Nearly 1,000 years after chronicling the Norman conquest of England, the Bayeux Tapestry is making history once again. The fragile 11th-century embroidery has arrived in London on an unprecedented loan to the British Museum, prompting delight and concern in equal measure. Celebra

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Medieval masterpiece Bayeux Tapestry arrives in London

The Bayeux Tapestry has arrived in London for the first time in more than 900 years after a highly secure and complex journey from France to the British Museum, as FRANCE 24's Rochelle Ferguson-Bouyahi explains. The 11th-century masterpiece depicting the Battle of Hastings will b

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Death toll in Venezuela quakes surpasses 4,000

The death toll from Venezuela's devastating twin earthquakes has risen above 4,000, authorities said Friday, as families continued searching through the rubble for missing loved ones more than two weeks after the country's deadliest quake in over a century.

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England’s Freeman seeking to silence Pollock and end season of grind on high

The centre is embracing a friendly rivalry with his headline-grabbing teammate when they take on the PumasIt has been a long road for several of the players who went on last year’s British & Irish Lions tour to Australia. They are putting on a professionally brave face but for so

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Macron calls for 'constant vigilance' against antisemitism as France honors Alfred Dreyfus

French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday inaugurated a statue honoring Captain Alfred Dreyfus, whose wrongful 19th century treason conviction exposed deeply rooted anti-Jewish bias in France. Macron at the event decried a resurgence of the ″demons of antisemitism″ that have dar

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Middle East live: Explosions heard near Hormuz port city Bandar Abbas

Iranian state television on Tuesday reported that five explosions were heard near the city of Bandar Abbas close to the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday. The port city has been at the centre of renewed fighting which saw the US launch a fresh salvo of strikes against Iran early Tuesda

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'We will never eliminate the risk of fire completely', expert says as wildfire rages south

Speaking with FRANCE 24's Monte Francis, Stefan Doerr, Director of the Centre for Wildfire Research at Swansea University, says that "we need to prepare the environment more to reduce the risk of fire but we will never eliminate it competely". France on Monday battled to contain

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The Download: a useful quantum machine and a record-breaking subsea tunnel

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. PsiQuantum has a plan to make a massive quantum computer out of light The machine that could change the world will be housed in a room that lo

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Hydrology professor develops simple outdoor flood alarm to save lives

In the aftermath of the devastating July 4, 2025, floods that took 139 lives in Central Texas, an associate professor at The University of Texas at Austin set out to make a new type of outdoor flood alarm: a low-tech, loud alarm that anyone could "set and forget"—just like a smok

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