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Protesters block access to Louvre museum as France grapples with unrest | AFP
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- Protesters block access to Louvre museum as France grapples with unrest | AFP
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- 1:21
- Date posted
- 13 days ago
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- Protesters block the entrance to the Louvre museum in Paris, as French authorities scrambled to stem public discontent fuelling mass cost-of-living demonstrations that over the weekend spilled over into some of the worst street violence in recent years.
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- Iranian FM receives Russian counterpart in Tehran | AFP
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- 0:46
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- 13 days ago
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- Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi receives his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Tehran in his first visit since the outbreak of the Middle East war, as Moscow seeks to play a mediating role.
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- Still smiling at 117, Albanian may be world's oldest woman | AFP
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- 1:17
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- 13 days ago
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- 117-year-old Qamile Marra is not particularly concerned with proving she may be the world's oldest woman, but a number of official documents suggest that she is two days older than Britain's Ethel Caterham, recognised by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest living woman.
Marra was born under Ottoman rule and outlived Albania’s communist dictatorship, but her focus remains firmly on enjoying life. She rises early to sweep the yard and tend to her livestock before settling down with her favourite coffee.
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- EU says right to peaceful protest 'must be protected' in France | AFP
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- 0:49
- Date posted
- 13 days ago
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- The European Union says the right to peaceful protest "must be protected" in France, while slamming nationwide arson, looting and attacks at the weekend as "unacceptable". "Those who demonstrate peacefully must not be conflated with those who commit violence," EU spokesman Markus Lammert says, adding that "arson, looting and attacks on people or public buildings are unacceptable." SOUNDBITE
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- Rescue operations after floods in Spain | AFP
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- 0:49
- Date posted
- 13 days ago
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- Spansih Civil Guard and UME (Spanish military emergencies unit) carry out rescue operations in the areas worst affected by the floods in the Valencia region.
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- World Food Programme reducing aid for Gazans due to funding shortfall | AFP
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- 0:54
- Date posted
- 13 days ago
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- The World Food Programme says a lack of funding will force it to reduce food assistance for Palestinians in Gaza, including by cutting rations. "We're going from assisting about 75 percent of the population with good and substantial rations to perhaps less than 50 percent of the population with smaller rations," says WFP Country Director for Palestine Shaun Hughes.
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- France counts cost of violent protests | AFP
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- 1:35
- Date posted
- 13 days ago
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- French President Emmanuel Macron has slammed the "unbridled" violence that erupted in cost-of-living demonstrations across the country. The protests were some of the worst urban violence in France in years and saw a historic town hall torched and widespread looting.
The unrest came just months before a presidential election where centrist Macron cannot stand again and Marine Le Pen, the far-right presidential candidate for the National Rally party, is riding high in the polls.
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- Heavy rain is causing severe flooding in eastern Spain | AFP
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- 0:54
- Date posted
- 13 days ago
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- Torrential rain brought by Storm Adam cause severe flooding in the Valencia region. At least two people have died, one in Catalonia and another in the Valencia region. Residents of the Valencia region are being urged to stay at home and avoid travelling.
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- French President Macron kicks off Gulf tour in Kuwait | AFP
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- 0:43
- Date posted
- 14 days ago
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- French President Emmanuel Macron is received by Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah upon his arrival in Kuwait, at the start of a three-day tour of the Gulf region.
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- Kenyan cult leader faces verdict over Shakahola deaths | AFP
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- 0:59
- Date posted
- 14 days ago
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- Kenyan cult leader Paul Mackenzie and his associates, who are accused of murdering 191 people in an infamous starvation cult, arrive at a Mombasa court to face verdict in their trial.
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- Brazilian presidential candidates Lula and Flavio Bolsonaro arrive for debate in Sao Paulo | AFP
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- 1:02
- Date posted
- 14 days ago
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- Brazilian President and re-election candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his challenger, Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, arrived at TV Bandeirantes headquarters in Sao Paulo ahead of a televised presidential debate. Among those attending figure Sao Paulo Governor Tarcisio de Freitas, Vice President and Lula's running mate Geraldo Alckmin, Federal Deputy Tabata Amaral and Federal Deputy Nikolas Ferreira. The debate comes as campaigning intensifies ahead of Brazil's presidential runoff vote on October 25th.
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- Smoke billows after fire at Canadian military base | AFP
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- 1:15
- Date posted
- 14 days ago
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- Smoke seen billowing after fire at Canadian military base. Four soldiers were killed and dozens injured in a fire at a military base in Alberta province, one of the worst peacetime tragedies to hit Canada's armed forces on home soil, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Sunday.
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- France's Macron chairs meeting at Elysee Palace after nationwide protests | AFP
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- 0:41
- Date posted
- 14 days ago
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- French President Emmanuel Macron chairs a meeting at the Élysée Palace with Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu and ministers, a day after nationwide protests over the cost of living, as the government seeks answers and accountability after chaos erupted on the sidelines of demonstrations in major cities.
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- Police lie exhausted and wounded as Albania protests rage through sixth day | AFP
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- 1:42
- Date posted
- 14 days ago
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- Police officers receive medical attention in Tirana, the Albanian capital, as violent anti-government protests entered their sixth day, with Prime Minister Edi Rama rejecting demands that he resign. On Sunday, protesters set fire to litter bins and shattered windows in the city, while police responded with water cannon and tear gas. Rama has argued that the protests -- whose participants have called for action over poor university conditions, high tuition fees and corruption -- are the "work of an outside hand."
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- The local sporting communities being pushed out by Britain’s padel boom | AFP
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- 2:33
- Date posted
- 14 days ago
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- Padel is surging in popularity across the UK, but the sport’s rapid expansion is creating tensions.
A group of roller skaters in London say the spread of pay-to-play courts is pushing them out of free public space they have used for years.
The closure of a much-loved skatepark in August to make way for padel has added to concerns about what the growth of the sport means for other communities.
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- Scene outside Canadian army base after many killed and injured in incident | AFP
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- 1:23
- Date posted
- 14 days ago
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- Vehicles arrive at a Canadian military base in Wainwright, western Alberta, after an incident killed and injured multiple people and sparked a massive blaze, according to the government.
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- Jordan Firstman's 'Club Kid' debuts at London Film Festival | AFP
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- 1:16
- Date posted
- 14 days ago
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- Actor-writer-director Jordan Firstman takes to the London Film Festival red carpet for the premiere of his hotly anticipated film 'Club Kid'. A heartfelt father-son drama, the film is Jordan Firstman's directorial debut, and was the subject of a fierce bidding war at Cannes Film Festival.
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- Spanish police remove migrants settling in industrial estate in Ceuta | AFP
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- 1:01
- Date posted
- 14 days ago
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- Spanish police raid a makeshift camp in the city of Ceuta to remove migrants living there, and transport them to a temporary reception centre. In July, more than 70.000 migrants entered the autonomous Spanish territory located on Africa's North coast from Morocco in an unprecedented rush.
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- Marseille cleans up after day of violence | AFP
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- 1:35
- Date posted
- 14 days ago
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- Workers clean the streets of Marseille the day after violence and looting hit numerous businesses during nationwide protests against the high cost of living in France, six months ahead of the presidential election.
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- Haze blankets Singapore | AFP
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- 2:03
- Date posted
- 14 days ago
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- Singapore's skyline and Marina Bay are shrouded in haze from forest fires burning across Indonesia. Pollution levels range from unhealthy to very unhealthy across Southeast Asia, with air quality monitor IQAir ranking Singapore among the world's top ten most polluted major cities on October 18.
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- Saudi-backed forces in action on front line near Yemen's Taiz | AFP
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- 1:26
- Date posted
- 14 days ago
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- Saudi-backed Yemeni forces fire weapons and move along the Sabir al-Mawadim front, south-east of Taiz. The Iran-backed Houthis have tightened their siege of Taiz since capturing swathes of territory in a rapid offensive last month.
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- Trail of destruction in Lyon after chaotic French protests | AFP
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- 2:12
- Date posted
- 14 days ago
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- Central Lyon wakes up after a day of violence, looting, and chaos that overshadowed Saturday’s protests against the high cost of living, six months before France's presidential election.
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- Limoges city hall: roof destroyed as fire is brought under control | AFP
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- 0:50
- Date posted
- 14 days ago
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- Images of Limoges City Hall the day after an arson attack on the sidelines of a demonstration against the rising cost of living. The fire ravaged the historic section of the building, causing its roof to collapse. Only the modern rear section of the town hall was saved by firefighters.
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- Limoges town hall ravaged by fire set during French protests | AFP
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- 1:28
- Date posted
- 15 days ago
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- Firefighters attempt to put out a fire at the town hall in the French city of Limoges amid nationwide demonstrations over the cost of living. The town hall has been "largely lost" to the fire set by masked protesters, the top regional official told AFP.
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- French protesters aim fireworks at police in Paris | AFP
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- 1:01
- Date posted
- 15 days ago
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- French police and protesters clash in Paris's 8th arrondissement, with officers targeted by fireworks, following a day of cost-of-living protests marked by nationwide looting and violence.
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- Mexican artisans preserve traditional handmade paper decorations for Day of the Dead | AFP
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- 2:25
- Date posted
- 15 days ago
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- As Mexico prepares for the Day of the Dead -- a holiday when families honor and remember deceased loved ones with altars, flowers and offerings -- markets across the country are filling with colorful "papel picado", the delicate cut-paper decorations that have become one of the celebration's most recognizable symbols. In the town of San Salvador Huixcolotla, in the central state of Puebla, artisans continue to craft the decorations by hand despite growing competition from mass-produced versions. At a family-run workshop, generations of craftspeople painstakingly cut intricate designs and assemble garlands, determined to preserve a tradition they say remains a powerful expression of Mexican culture and identity.
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- Pope Leo XIV leaves Rome hospital after surgery for lung tumour | AFP
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- 1:30
- Date posted
- 15 days ago
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- Pope Leo XIV leaves a Rome hospital where he has been recovering from lung cancer surgery after doctors deemed him "fit for discharge", the Vatican says. Leo, 71, has been at the Gemelli hospital in Rome where doctors removed part of his right lung to extract a cancerous tumour.
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- French cost-of-living protest: tensions escalate in Paris | AFP
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- 1:58
- Date posted
- 15 days ago
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- Protesters chant “Everyone hates the police” before being dispersed by tear gas fired by law enforcement officers on Place de la République, ahead of the start of a demonstration against the rising cost of living. Tensions are mounting in Paris, where police have repeatedly used tear gas against several hundred protesters. With just months to go before the two-round elections in April and May to choose Macron's successor, the demonstrations follow weeks of high-school student blockades demanding better learning conditions. These have at times turned into violent clashes, and sparked criticism from rights groups that the police have used disproportionate force in response.
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- IN-FULL: Trump's press secretary Katie Zacharia holds her first - and last - briefing | AFP
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- 14:18
- Date posted
- 15 days ago
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- US President Donald Trump's White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia making her debut at the briefing room podium on October 13. Zacharia, 41, was pushed out Friday after less than a week in the high-profile job following a series of blunders that added to distractions for her embattled boss. Donald Trump let his newly minted spokeswoman go amid criticism that she had pretended to be a lawyer and over her one, much-mocked press briefing.
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- French cost-of-living protesters break into Marseille city hall, clash with police | AFP
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- 1:53
- Date posted
- 15 days ago
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- Protesters in the southern French city of Marseille break into the city hall and clash with police in the streets, during nationwide rallies to vent against high prices. The protests -- called by the Yellow Vest movement -- come as France heads towards a presidential election, with the pressure mounting on President Emmanuel Macron. Protesters set fires in the streets as riot police respond with tear gas canisters.
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- Haze blankets Malaysia's capital city | AFP
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- 0:52
- Date posted
- 16 days ago
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- Haze shrouds the skyline of Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, obscuring landmarks including the Petronas Twin Towers and Merdeka 118. Ongoing fires in Indonesia that have blanketed parts of Southeast Asia with toxic haze have triggered the highest-level alert by the regional bloc's climate and fire monitor.
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- US: Community gathers for vigil after deadly elementary school shooting in Oregon | AFP
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- 0:58
- Date posted
- 16 days ago
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- Community gathers for a candlelight vigil in Bend, Oregon, one day after a deadly elementary school shooting killed three children and a teacher. The gunman, a teenager, was shot and killed by an armed bystander.
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- El Salvador's president welcomes his Costa Rican counterpart at presidential palace | AFP
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- 0:55
- Date posted
- 16 days ago
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- El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele meets with his Costa Rican counterpart, Laura Fernandez, at the presidential palace in San Salvador.
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- Families leave flowers at Oregon school after deadly shooting | AFP
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- 1:30
- Date posted
- 16 days ago
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- Families leave flowers and balloons outside a Bend, Oregon, elementary school where a teenage gunman killed three children and a teacher on Thursday. The gunman was shot and killed by an armed bystander who pursued him into the school.
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- Costa Rican president Laura Fernandez visits El Salvador's mega-prison CECOT | AFP
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- 2:14
- Date posted
- 16 days ago
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- Costa Rican President Laura Fernandez visits El Salvador's maximum-security Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT), touring the prison that has become the emblem of President Nayib Bukele's aggressive crackdown on gangs. The visit comes a day after Costa Rica inaugurated a new high-security prison modeled on the Salvadoran facility, as Fernandez seeks to tackle rising crime in what was once considered one of Central America's safest countries.
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- EU chief says Ukraine 70 billion euro gap in 2027 'has to be covered' | AFP
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- 0:20
- Date posted
- 16 days ago
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- EU chief Ursula von der Leyen confirms Ukraine's need for 70 billion euros (79 billion dollars) in extra funding next year. "Now it is clear that we have a gap of 70 billion that has to be covered," says the President of the EU Commission, speaking at a summit in Brussels. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has urged EU leaders at the summit to keep funding Kyiv's fight, insisting he is standing up for his country amid a fresh row with US President Donald Trump.
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- 'We will not abandon Ukraine' says Macron | AFP
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- 0:30
- Date posted
- 16 days ago
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- French President Emmanuel Macron says Europe "will not abandon Ukraine" in its "war of resistance against Russia. Speaking at an EU summit in Brussels, Macron says "the role of Europeans is to stand firm" at a time when "some were wavering". SOUNDBITE
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- Albanian PM blames ‘foreign hands’ for unrest in capital Tirana | AFP
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- 0:52
- Date posted
- 16 days ago
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- Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama calls for calm and blames "foreign hands" for days of violent unrest. "These are foreign hands that do not want Albania to be peaceful" nor for it to be "part of the united European family", Rama says in a video recorded standing in front of a kiosk destroyed by protesters calling for his resignation.
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- El Nino fuels impressive surge at Iguazu Falls | AFP
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- 0:36
- Date posted
- 16 days ago
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- Higher-than-usual water levels have increased the flow of Brazil's Iguazu Falls, with the Iguazu River running at more than ten times its average volume at its peak following recent heavy rainfall. Park authorities have had to limit tourist access both on the Argentinian and the Brazilian sides of the sprawling falls.
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- EXPLAINED: Can Benjamin Netanyahu win Israel's first election since the October 7th attacks? | AFP
- Runtime
- 6:41
- Date posted
- 16 days ago
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- Benjamin Netanyahu is running to serve again as Israel’s prime minister in the country’s first general election since 2023’s October 7th attacks. Under fire for his leadership during that major security failure, and facing a long-running corruption investigation, he is nevertheless not far behind his main challenger, Gadi Eisenkott, in the polls. Coalition building is essential in Israel’s electoral system, so even if polling is correct, the outcome of the election, set for October 27th, is far from clear. AFP’s Will Edwards explains what’s at stake.
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- Asked if Trump is scapegoating him, Zelensky just smiles | AFP
- Runtime
- 1:01
- Date posted
- 16 days ago
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- At a press conference on the sidelines of a European summit, Ukrainian president is asked by a journalist "if Trump is scapegoating" him. Zelensky just smiles.
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- Elon Musk unveils Tesla's 'flying' car | AFP
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- 0:47
- Date posted
- 16 days ago
- Description
- Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveiled what he described as a "flying" car, equipped with thrusters, during a livestreamed event at his SpaceX rocket company's facility.
Technical and regulatory challenges have so far prevented the much-hyped flying car sector from getting off the ground.
Musk said the Roadster was "not necessarily a safety-optimised car" but it would "be an actual car that's on the roads."
"I'm not sure it's necessarily legal in all jurisdictions, but there will be such a car that someone can own," he added.
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- What’s behind the new wave of mass protests in India? | AFP
- Runtime
- 1:19
- Date posted
- 16 days ago
- Description
- India's sweeping overhaul of electoral rolls has triggered a political firestorm in the country, with thousands holding protests in the capital this month.
The Cockroach Janta Party as well as opposition parties have been seeking the resignation of India's chief election commissioner over the large-scale voter roll revision that they say favours Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling party.
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- 'Tender Loving Care' cast hit the red carpet in London | AFP
- Runtime
- 0:58
- Date posted
- 16 days ago
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- British director Mike Leigh attends the red carpet at the London Film Festival for his latest -- and what he says might be his last -- film, 'Tender Loving Care'. The drama, which stars Marion Bailey and Kate O'Flynn, is about family and the social care system in the UK.
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- Robots dance the “Macarena” at Japan tech expo | AFP
- Runtime
- 0:37
- Date posted
- 16 days ago
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- Humanoid robots dance the "Macarena" at this year’s CEATEC technology exhibition in Japan.
Bringing together 821 companies from around the world, the theme for this year’s exhibition is “transformation”. The event attracts tens of thousands of visitors each year since its launch in 1962.
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- Indian student leader Neha Bora detained during protests against election chief | AFP
- Runtime
- 0:47
- Date posted
- 16 days ago
- Description
- Neha Bora, president of the All India Students' Association (AISA), who has emerged as a leading face of the protests in India is detained during demonstrations in New Delhi demanding the resignation of India's Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged misconduct during a voter roll revision.
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- ‘Klara and the sun’ premieres with Jenna Ortega as artificial friend | AFP
- Runtime
- 1:54
- Date posted
- 16 days ago
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- The screen adaptation of Nobel Prize-winner Kazuo Ishiguro’s book “Klara and the Sun” made its world premiere at the London Film Festival. Directed by Taika Waititi, the film stars Jenna Ortega as an artificial friend set out to help a heartbroken family heal.
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- Harry and Meghan make first joint public appearance since UK return | AFP
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- 0:52
- Date posted
- 16 days ago
- Description
- Britain's Prince Harry and his wife have carried out their first joint engagement since their surprise move back to the UK in August, with Meghan telling wellwishers: "It's great to be back."
The couple were in the city of Nottingham to visit three charities that support young people and local communities through music, film, sport and tackling food poverty.
King Charles III's younger son and Meghan left Britain and quit royal duties in 2020 amid a bitter royal family feud.
The king made it clear in a letter released last month that their position now is "akin to private citizens" with charitable interests rather than public figures, and that they should not be addressed as his and her royal highness.
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- Palestinians contain fires reportedly set by settlers in West Bank | AFP
- Runtime
- 0:54
- Date posted
- 16 days ago
- Description
- Palestinian volunteers try to put off fires reportedly set by Israeli settlers in an olive grove near Turmus Ayya, in the occupied West Bank.
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- Still smiling at 117, Albanian may be world's oldest woman | AFP
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- 2:06
- Date posted
- 16 days ago
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- At 117, Qamile Marra is not particularly concerned with proving she may be the world's oldest woman. Born under Ottoman rule, Marra turned 36 a fortnight before the end of World War II and outlived Albania's communist dictatorship. She has spent almost her entire life in her village, growing her own food and tending livestock.
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