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Tuesday, Oct 04, 2022

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Paris will not show World Cup matches on big screens • FRANCE 24 English

Paris will not show World Cup matches on big screens • FRANCE 24 English

FRANCE24, 04 Oct 2022

Paris will not show matches from the World Cup in Qatar on big screens in the French capital, partly due to the "conditions" of the tournament, the city's current deputy mayor for sports told AFP on Monday.

Ukraine claws back more territory Russia is trying to absorb • FRANCE 24 English

Ukraine claws back more territory Russia is trying to absorb • FRANCE 24 English

FRANCE24, 04 Oct 2022

Ukrainian forces scored more gains in their counteroffensive across at least two fronts Monday, advancing in the very areas Russia is trying to absorb and challenging its effort to engage fresh troops and its threats to defend incorporat...

UK PM Truss, Conservatives' fight for credibility after economy U-turn • FRANCE 24 English

UK PM Truss, Conservatives' fight for credibility after economy U-turn • FRANCE 24 English

FRANCE24, 04 Oct 2022

After more than 25 years in the hands of the Labour Party, one of Birmingham’s constituencies was taken by the Conservatives, in 2019.

Lula vs. Bolsonaro: Left and right battle for future of Brazil in runoff vote • FRANCE 24 English

Lula vs. Bolsonaro: Left and right battle for future of Brazil in runoff vote • FRANCE 24 English

FRANCE24, 04 Oct 2022

Jair Bolsonaro outperformed expectations with his reelection bid, proving that the right-wing wave he rode to the presidency remains a force in Brazil and giving him and opponent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva three weeks to pursue votes ahea...

Macron's top adviser charged with conflict of interest • FRANCE 24 English

Macron's top adviser charged with conflict of interest • FRANCE 24 English

FRANCE24, 04 Oct 2022

The top official in French President Emmanuel Macron's office has been charged with a conflict of interest while in office, the chief financial crimes prosecutor said Monday.

ECOWAS flies envoys to Burkina Faso after latest coup • FRANCE 24 English

ECOWAS flies envoys to Burkina Faso after latest coup • FRANCE 24 English

FRANCE24, 04 Oct 2022

Envoys from the West African bloc ECOWAS were heading to Burkina Faso on Monday after the jihadist-torn Sahel state underwent its second military coup in less than nine months.

UK market turmoil: 'These are going to be turbulent times over the next few months' • FRANCE 24

UK market turmoil: 'These are going to be turbulent times over the next few months' • FRANCE 24

FRANCE24, 04 Oct 2022

British Prime Minister Liz Truss was forced on Monday into a humiliating U-turn after less than a month in power, reversing a cut to the highest rate of income tax that helped spark turmoil in financial markets and a rebellion in her party.

Bolsonaro, Lula start fight for support before Brazil runoff • FRANCE 24 English

Bolsonaro, Lula start fight for support before Brazil runoff • FRANCE 24 English

FRANCE24, 04 Oct 2022

Jair Bolsonaro and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, two diametrically opposed candidates for Brazil's presidency, have started a four-week race to pursue votes ahead of a winner-take-all runoff.

Japan 'strongly condemns' North Korea ballistic missile • FRANCE 24 English

Japan 'strongly condemns' North Korea ballistic missile • FRANCE 24 English

FRANCE24, 04 Oct 2022

Japan on Tuesday condemned the launch of a North Korean ballistic missile believed to have flown over the country, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said.

North Korea conducts longest-range missile test yet over Japan • FRANCE 24 English

North Korea conducts longest-range missile test yet over Japan • FRANCE 24 English

FRANCE24, 04 Oct 2022

Nuclear-armed North Korea fired a ballistic missile over Japan for the first time in five years on Tuesday, prompting a warning for residents to take cover and a temporary suspension of train operations in northern Japan.

Forget the polls: Bolsonaro surge forces Lula into Brazil run-off • FRANCE 24 English

Forget the polls: Bolsonaro surge forces Lula into Brazil run-off • FRANCE 24 English

FRANCE24, 04 Oct 2022

Brazil's pollsters got it wrong, very wrong. Not only did far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro rob left-wing predecessor Lula Ignacio Da Silva of a first round knockout… he can also boast upset wins for key allies in gubernatorial and cong...

French PM says Western sanctions 'suffocating' Russia • FRANCE 24 English

French PM says Western sanctions 'suffocating' Russia • FRANCE 24 English

FRANCE24, 03 Oct 2022

Western sanctions in response to Moscow's invasion of Ukraine are "suffocating" the Russian economy and should not be abandoned, French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne told parliament on Monday.

Global food crisis: Famine in Somalia 'on the horizon', ONE Campaign warns • FRANCE 24 English

Global food crisis: Famine in Somalia 'on the horizon', ONE Campaign warns • FRANCE 24 English

FRANCE24, 03 Oct 2022

The Covid-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine, runaway inflation and climate change are all fuelling a global food security crisis.

REPLAY: French MPs debate on Ukraine after Russian annexations • FRANCE 24 English

REPLAY: French MPs debate on Ukraine after Russian annexations • FRANCE 24 English

FRANCE24, 03 Oct 2022

France intends to "make the cost of the war unbearable for Russia," French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said on Monday as she opened a debate on the war in Ukraine in the French National Assembly.

Gaza’s solar revolution: Renewable energy provides solution to blackouts • FRANCE 24 English

Gaza’s solar revolution: Renewable energy provides solution to blackouts • FRANCE 24 English

FRANCE24, 03 Oct 2022

With authorities only able to supply about 12 hours a day of electricity, blackouts are a part of daily life for many of Gaza’s residents.

Peter Harper on sculpting sound and never taking no for an answer professionally • FRANCE 24

Peter Harper on sculpting sound and never taking no for an answer professionally • FRANCE 24

FRANCE24, 03 Oct 2022

Peter Harper began making music in his late 30s and has gone on to produce four records including his latest "Survive", which he is currently touring in France – a country which has shown him a lot of love.

War in Ukraine: Meet the Russians who have chosen exile in France • FRANCE 24 English

War in Ukraine: Meet the Russians who have chosen exile in France • FRANCE 24 English

FRANCE24, 03 Oct 2022

Since a partial mobilisation was announced in #Russia on September 21, some 260,000 Russians have fled their country to avoid being called up to fight in #Ukraine, according to the Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta.

Protesters attack French Embassy in Burkina Faso after coup • FRANCE 24 English

Protesters attack French Embassy in Burkina Faso after coup • FRANCE 24 English

FRANCE24, 03 Oct 2022

Angry protesters attacked the French Embassy in Burkina Faso's capital on Saturday after supporters of the West African nation's new coup leader accused France of harboring the ousted interim president, a charge French authorities veheme...

Ukrainian forces recapture more territory in southern Kherson region • FRANCE 24 English

Ukrainian forces recapture more territory in southern Kherson region • FRANCE 24 English

FRANCE24, 03 Oct 2022

Ukrainian forces have broken through Moscow’s defenses in the strategic southern Kherson region, the Russian military acknowledged Monday, an achievement that delivers a sharp blow to one of the four areas in Ukraine that Russian Preside...

French PM Borne to seek MPs consensus over pension reform bill • FRANCE 24 English

French PM Borne to seek MPs consensus over pension reform bill • FRANCE 24 English

FRANCE24, 03 Oct 2022

French President Emmanuel Macron made raising the retirement age from its current level of 62 one of the key planks of his re-election campaign, arguing that the current system was unsustainable and too expensive.