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Tokyo civil servants ditch suits for shorts amid heatwave | AFP
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- Tokyo civil servants ditch suits for shorts amid heatwave | AFP
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- 1:44
- Date posted
- 24 days ago
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- In a country where business attire is still the norm, Tokyo civil servants are being encouraged to swap out their suits for shorts in the scorching summer heat, as Japanese offices cut reliance on air conditioning due to high energy costs linked to the Middle East war.
However, the initiative has sparked discussions online over whether short trousers are appropriate workwear.
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- People cross Gibraltar-Spain border as custom checks end | AFP
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- 1:49
- Date posted
- 24 days ago
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- People cross between Spain and the tiny British territory of Gibraltar after midnight as border checks -- a source of tension and frustration -- are finally lifted. Under an agreement reached between Brussels and London following Britain's exit from the European Union in 2020, border controls have now been eliminated.
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- England's World Cup hero Bellingham celebrated at home | AFP
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- 1:35
- Date posted
- 24 days ago
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- England's Jude Bellingham is being celebrated in his hometown of Stourbridge, ahead of the World Cup semi-final against Argentina in Atlanta. Bellingham started out at grassroots club Stourbridge FC before joining Birmingham City's academy. He now plays for Real Madrid.
Bellingham and captain Harry Kane have scored 12 of England's 13 goals at the tournament, with manager Thomas Tuchel saying "put Harry and Jude together and they will do the rest."
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- Starmer holds reception before final weekly questions as UK PM | AFP
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- 1:04
- Date posted
- 24 days ago
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- British Prime Minister Keir Starmer holds a small reception at 10 Downing Street before leaving for his final weekly question session in parliament as the country's leader. The group, "whose lives have been improved" by Starmer's government according to his office, will also attend the questions in parliament.
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- Delirium in Madrid as Spain heads for the World Cup final | AFP
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- 1:35
- Date posted
- 24 days ago
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- Spanish fans celebrate in Madrid after Spain's 2-0 victory over France secures their place in the 2026 World Cup final, moving one win away from a second world title. "We've dreamt of a moment like this since we were 6 years old", say Spanish fans Juan Martinez and Alejandro Salinas.
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- EXPLAINED: Why does Britain keep losing Prime Ministers? | AFP
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- 9:23
- Date posted
- 24 days ago
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- The UK is about to get its sixth prime minister in seven years. That’s three more than Italy, which Britons used to view an example of unstable government. So what's changed in UK politics? And how could the next Prime Minister - likely to be confirmed on July 20th as Andy Burnham - fare any better?
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- Spain fans celebrate World Cup semi-final win against France | AFP
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- 1:04
- Date posted
- 24 days ago
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- Spain fans celebrated as the team stunned France with a 2-0 victory in the World Cup semi-final, despite France entering the match as the overwhelming favourites.
Spain will now face either Argentina or England in the final on 19 July.
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- How RedNote is revolutionising tourism in China | AFP
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- 1:38
- Date posted
- 24 days ago
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- Chinese lifestyle app Xiaohongshu, known as RedNote in English, has shaken up the tourism industry in China. Travellers use the app to discover new destinations and plan their itineraries around photogenic locations. Xiaohongshu's user base has grown to 350 million monthly active users, and the platform is reportedly preparing to file to go public as soon as this year.
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- Protesters condemn fatal ICE shooting in Maine | AFP
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- 1:22
- Date posted
- 24 days ago
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- Protesters take to the streets of Maine following the second fatal shooting by ICE agents in less than a week. The incident has prompted the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement to suspend the use of traffic stops to detain immigrants, according to media reports.
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- Spain fans celebrate win over France outside Dallas stadium | AFP
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- 1:09
- Date posted
- 25 days ago
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- Spain fans celebrate and chant outside the stadium in Arlington after Spain's 2-0 victory over France, booking their place in the World Cup final.
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- France fans disappointed after World Cup exit | AFP
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- 1:22
- Date posted
- 25 days ago
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- From a campsite in Argelès-sur-Mer to a Paris nightclub, via the largely deserted Champs-Élysées, French supporters showed their disappointment following Les Bleus' exit from the World Cup, beaten 2-0 by Spain on Tuesday in the semi-final played in Dallas.
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- 'Swan Upping': The yearly swan count begins | AFP
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- 1:57
- Date posted
- 25 days ago
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- It's time for the yearly swan count, called 'Swan Upping', run by King Charles' Chief Swan Marker David Barber. He's happy with this year's swan count, though distressed about the rising amount of litter in the Thames in London, United Kingdom.
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- Film screenings in Sikh temples defy India's censorship | AFP
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- 1:17
- Date posted
- 25 days ago
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- Members of the Sikh community in Srinagar organise special screenings of the film “Satluj” after it was removed from an online platform amid a censorship row in India. The film, originally named "Punjab 95" and directed by Honey Trehan, is based on the life of a human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra, who risked his life setting out to trace the people who disappeared in Punjab during the separatist insurgencies in the 1980s and 1990s, before he himself disappeared and was presumed murdered.
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- Firefighting planes scoop up water to douse fires near Paris | AFP
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- 0:49
- Date posted
- 25 days ago
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- France is battling two fires that have already scorched nearly 2,000 hectares in a forest south of Paris, as police arrested two people suspected of arson.
The fire erupted in the sprawling Fontainebleau forest, a former royal hunting estate that today is dotted with quiet villages, about 60 kilometres southeast of the capital.
As the region sweltered through its latest heatwave, the wildfire, rare in the north of the country, quickly spread across the UNESCO biosphere reserve, disrupting rail and road traffic during a busy holiday travel long weekend.
Aircraft in the skies and firefighters on the ground have been trying to extinguish the flames.
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- Panini breaks record for largest sports sticker swap | AFP
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- 1:36
- Date posted
- 25 days ago
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- Panini has broken the world record for the largest sports sticker swap, with 4,446 sticker collectors gathering across four locations to trade. This year’s collection is Panini’s largest ever at 980 stickers, and more than two billion packs of stickers have been produced.
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- How hired armed ‘goons’ influence Kenya’s politics | AFP
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- 1:22
- Date posted
- 25 days ago
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- Kenyan politicians are hiring armed thugs for as little as $4 per day, as poverty and ruthless political competition threaten to unleash uncontrollable violence ahead of elections next year.
So-called "goons" are increasingly being hired to break up the rallies of political opponents and protesters, and attack civil rights groups, with police often turning a blind eye.
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- Zelensky announces new anti-ballistic programme at Paris Ukraine summit | AFP
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- 0:37
- Date posted
- 25 days ago
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- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announces the launch of a new anti-ballistic programme called Freya, aimed at developing an affordable, mass-produced missile defence system within 12 months, at the Coalition of the Willing meeting held on 13 July in Paris, France.
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- European leaders gather after French National Day parade centering on Ukraine | AFP
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- 0:57
- Date posted
- 25 days ago
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- European leaders, including Volodymyr Zelensky, Ursula von der Leyen and Friedrich Merz, pose for a group photo at the end of the 14 July French National Day parade in Paris, its largest-ever national day parade with Ukraine's president guest of honour as European rearmament gathers pace in the face of Russia's war against Ukraine. The parade, which marks the storming of the Bastille fortress in the French revolution, is being held a day after Macron hosted a new summit of Ukraine's allies some four-and-a-half years into the full-scale Russian invasion of its neighbour. With nearly 6,700 troops, 98 aircraft, 31 helicopters, and 315 vehicles, a record number of military personnel were marching the traditional route between the Arc de Triomphe and the Place de la Concorde.
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- London station renamed 'Jude Bellingham' as England preps for World Cup semi | AFP
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- 1:34
- Date posted
- 25 days ago
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- Bellingham station in southeast London has been temporarily renamed Jude Bellingham Station, as the British capital is whipped up in World Cup fever ahead of England's semi-final with Argentina. Fans are hopeful the midfielder can score another brace, as he has done in the past two knockout matches, to see England through to their first World Cup final since 1966.
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- Witness recounts ICE fatal shooting in US | AFP
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- 1:25
- Date posted
- 25 days ago
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- A US immigration officer has fatally shot a man identified by rights groups as a 26-year-old Colombian, the second such killing by federal agents in less than a week.
The shooting happened in Biddeford, a town of 22,000 people in the northern state of Maine, and is likely to fuel criticism of President Donald Trump's deportation drive and its handling by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
US media identified the victim as Joan Sebastian Guerrero, who reportedly worked as a delivery driver and lived in Biddeford with his wife and three-year-old daughter.
The victim wasn’t the intended target of the ICE arrest warrant, according to a spokesperson to Senator Angus King of Maine.
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- DRC Ebola outbreak two to four times bigger than official scale, says WHO | AFP
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- 0:40
- Date posted
- 25 days ago
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- The World Health Organization says the true extent of the deadly Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo could be four times larger than official figures suggest. According to the DRC's latest official figures, the outbreak of the haemorrhagic fever has infected more than 1,960 people and killed over 700 since it was detected in mid-May, but the WHO's emergencies director Chikwe Ihekweazu says WHO modelling indicates "the scale of the outbreak is at least two to four times the number of cases that we have found". SOUNDBITE
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- EU says threats against ICC 'not acceptable' as US targets court | AFP
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- 0:30
- Date posted
- 25 days ago
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- The European Union slams threats against the International Criminal Court, after Washington vowed a sweeping campaign against the tribunal. "Attacks or threats against the court-elected officials, personnel or those cooperating with the court, are simply not acceptable," says EU spokesman Anouar El Anouni. SOUNDBITE
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- Air parade over Champs-Élysées Avenue in Paris for French National Day | AFP
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- 1:31
- Date posted
- 25 days ago
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- The Patrouille de France air squadron flies over the Champs-Élysées Avenue in Paris for the yearly 14 July French National Day military parade, presided over for the last time by President Emmanuel Macron. The event has brought together thousands of French troops but also two dozen foreign heads of state and government, including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and hundreds of European troops. It is the country's largest-ever national day parade with Ukraine's president guest of honour as European rearmament gathers pace in the face of Russia's war against Ukraine. With nearly 6,700 troops, 98 aircraft, 31 helicopters, and 315 vehicles, a record number of military personnel were marching the traditional route between the Arc de Triomphe and the Place de la Concorde.
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- Paris Fire Brigade marches down Champs-Élysées in French National Day parade | AFP
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- 1:07
- Date posted
- 25 days ago
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- The Paris Fire Brigade marches down the Champs-Élysées Avenue to the applause of the crowd during the 14 July French National Day parade. France is weathering a third heatwave in less than three months, with fires raging in several parts of the country over the past week. The French fire service is battling two fires that have scorched over 1,300 hectares in a forest south of Paris. The fire erupted Sunday, 12 July, in the sprawling Fontainebleau forest, a former royal hunting estate that today is dotted with quiet villages, about 60 kilometres (40 miles) southeast of the capital. Police have arrested two people suspected of arson.
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- Delegations arrive at US embassy in Rome for Israel-Lebanon talks | AFP
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- 1:09
- Date posted
- 25 days ago
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- Delegations arrive ahead of talks between Lebanon and Israel under US auspices in Rome. The two countries, officially at war for decades, reached a framework agreement on June 26, after five rounds of negotiations in Washington, aimed at ending the war between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah and paving the way for peace.
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- Ukrainian soldiers march down Champs-Élysées in Paris on French National Day | AFP
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- 0:57
- Date posted
- 25 days ago
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- Ukrainian soldiers march down the Champs-Élysées Avenue in Paris to the applause of onlookers during the 14 July French National Day parade, which is intended to honour Ukraine and its European allies. The annual military procession -- which marks the July 14, 1789, storming of the Bastille fortress in Paris during the French Revolution -- will rev up the crowds before France plays Spain in World Cup semi-finals at the end of the day. Tens of thousands of people are expected to attend the celebrations in central Paris despite a scorching heatwave that has seen a forest blaze rage outside the capital and fireworks banned in many parts of the country.
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- French President Macron attends his final National Day parade in Paris | AFP
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- 1:27
- Date posted
- 25 days ago
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- French President Emmanuel Macron arrives at the Arc de Triomphe and travels down the Champs-Élysées avenue in a military vehicle to preside over the yearly 14 July French National Day military parade for the last time. The 2026 event is intended to be “massive” and will honour Ukraine and its allies, who are mainly European nations.
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- Trump says deal with Iran still 'possible' | AFP
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- 0:56
- Date posted
- 26 days ago
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- US President Donald Trump says that a deal with Tehran to end the Middle East war is still possible, despite launching fresh strikes on Iran and reimposing a blockade of Iranian ports. "Yeah, I think a deal is possible. Sure, I do," Trump tells reporters in the Oval Office. SOUNDBITE
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- Fontainebleau forest fire spreading near Paris | AFP
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- 1:26
- Date posted
- 26 days ago
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- Hundreds of firefighters from all over France are battling a wildfire in the Forest of Fontainebleau, about 60 kilometres (40 miles) southeast of Paris. The blaze erupted the previous day in the sprawling forest, a former royal hunting preserve that today is dotted with quiet villages. “The fire is still spreading unchecked,” says firefighter Sylvain Wdowik.
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- Ukraine allies hold Coalition of the Willing summit Paris | AFP
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- 0:21
- Date posted
- 26 days ago
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- Roundtable of the Coalition of the Willing meeting at the Hotel des Invalides in Paris, attended among others by French President Emmanuel Macron, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, outgoing British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. The meeting aims to ramp up support for Kyiv, particularly in air defence, and increase pressure on Russia to end the war, which is well into its fifth year. COMPLETES VIDIC23B7KE_EN
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- Erling Haaland lookalike contest in Miami draws crowds | AFP
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- 1:03
- Date posted
- 26 days ago
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- Dozens gathered in Miami's Brickell neighbourhood to take part in a Erling Haaland lookalike contest. The winner walked away with two tickets to the World Cup quarter-final between Norway and England.
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- Forest fire in Fontainebleau: horses evacuated from an equestrian centre | AFP
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- 1:15
- Date posted
- 26 days ago
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- Horses are evacuated from Fontainebleau’s equestrian stadium, the “Grand Parquet”, which is threatened by flames, while the ongoing fire in the Fontainebleau forest in Seine-et-Marne “is not under control” and firefighters are tackling a new outbreak in the Faisanderie area.
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- Gaza bookseller rebuilds roadside library from rubble | AFP
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- 2:12
- Date posted
- 26 days ago
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- Mohamed Saad arranges rescued books and welcomes customers at a roadside tent bookstore in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza, after rebuilding his library with volumes recovered from the rubble of his home in Beit Lahia. "I say, whoever has books, don't burn them. I'll buy them from anyone who has books," Saad says. "Books have value and books are life for a person."
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- South Africa: Locals wield sticks in drive to evict undocumented immigrants | AFP
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- 1:53
- Date posted
- 26 days ago
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- South Africa has been rocked by weeks of protests and unrest targeting immigrants, who are accused of taking jobs and resources. The violence has led to the deaths of two Mozambican nationals, a Malawian and an Ethiopian, according to the South Africa police.
The government says close to 54,000 foreign nationals have so far been processed for deportation and repatriation. The majority are Malawians (more than 80%), followed by Zimbabweans and Mozambicans.
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- Paris: Zelensky at Quai d’Orsay for Volunteer Coalition summit | AFP
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- 1:14
- Date posted
- 26 days ago
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- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is welcomed by his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, at the Quai d’Orsay in Paris for a summit of the Coalition of the Willing, where Kyiv’s allies are expected to reaffirm their military support for Ukraine, push for a ceasefire and the resumption of peace talks, and increase pressure on Russia.
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- Kremlin dismisses Paris summit on Ukraine as 'coalition of warmongers' | AFP
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- 0:32
- Date posted
- 26 days ago
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- Russia dismisses a summit in Paris of Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky and key allies -- the so-called Coalition of the Willing -- as a "coalition of warmongers". "It's the group of countries who don't want peace and want to continue the war," says Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov.
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- Munich workshop teaches dads how to style their daughters’ hair | AFP
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- 1:21
- Date posted
- 26 days ago
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- A hairdresser in Munich is running workshops to teach dads how to style their daughters’ hair.
Anita Erdmann’s 90-minute sessions are fully booked every time, with countless dads eager to do more to help out at home.
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- Two Canadair aircraft sent to fight the fire in the Fontainebleau forest | AFP
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- 1:26
- Date posted
- 26 days ago
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- The two Canadair water-bombing aircraft deployed to fight the exceptional fire affecting the Fontainebleau forest in the south of the Seine-et-Marne refill their water tanks from the river Seine at Chartrettes.
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- Thailand probes Bangkok bar fire that killed 27, injured dozens | AFP
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- 2:11
- Date posted
- 26 days ago
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- Investigators comb through the wreckage of a huge fire at a Bangkok bar that killed least 27 people and injured dozens, Thailand's worst such incident for almost two decades.
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- Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez visits wildfire zone after blaze kills 13 | AFP
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- 0:33
- Date posted
- 26 days ago
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- Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez visits an emergency command centre in Turre, in southern Spain, after a devastating wildfire has left at least 13 people dead and 23 others missing. Relief operations are being coordinated as around 7,000 hectares of forest and scrub land has been scorched.
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- Fire in Seine-et-Marne: trains delayed at Gare de Lyon in Paris | AFP
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- 1:25
- Date posted
- 26 days ago
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- Travellers wait, sitting directly on the floor, both outside and inside the Gare de Lyon in Paris. Rail traffic has been disrupted after a nearby fire damaged cables and brought train services to a standstill.
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- At least 27 killed in Thailand bar fire | AFP
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- 1:08
- Date posted
- 26 days ago
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- A huge fire in a Bangkok bar has killed at least 27 people and injured dozens, in the deadliest such incident in Thailand for almost two decades.
Authorities have launched an investigation and say a number of the victims were found near a fire exit that they believe may have been blocked.
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- Beyblade craze spins back as Hong Kong players flock to offline battles | AFP
- Runtime
- 2:10
- Date posted
- 26 days ago
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- With a flick of their wrists, two players launch their Beyblades - customisable spinning tops that collide in a whirlwind battle to be the last one standing. They are part of a growing wave of enthusiasts in Hong Kong, as well as other parts of Asia, where the early 2000s toy craze has spun its way back into the mainstream. The toys are gaining popularity across East Asia —- including in Taiwan and Japan -- fuelled by nostalgia for the Japanese manga Beyblade X and amplified by a global community on social media. Images and soundbites
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- Major fire rages in Fontainebleau forest near Paris | AFP
- Runtime
- 0:16
- Date posted
- 27 days ago
- Description
- Handout images of a fire raging through the Fontainebleau forest, about 60 kilometres (40 miles) south-east of Paris, a former royal hunting ground now dotted with quiet villages. The fire, which officials described as "very virulent" and of "exceptional scale", began late afternoon in the sprawling Fontainebleau forest.
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- Emergency services remove bodies of people who died in bar fire in Bangkok | AFP
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- 1:16
- Date posted
- 27 days ago
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- Thailand's emergency services remove the bodies of people who died in a bar fire in Bangkok, Thailand. "Twenty-seven bodies were moved out, lifeless bodies. Some were sent to hospitals, we are checking their conditions," Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul told local media.
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- Iranians join pro-government rallies amid US strikes | AFP
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- 1:22
- Date posted
- 27 days ago
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- Iranians take part in pro-government rallies across several cities as fresh attacks rocked the country after Tehran announced it was again closing the Strait of Hormuz and hit Gulf neighbours in retaliation for US strikes.
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- Syria's post-Assad parliament holds first session | AFP
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- 1:10
- Date posted
- 27 days ago
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- Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa addresses the new transitional parliament as it convenes for its first session, around two weeks after the president appointed its remaining members, in what experts say will be a test for the new authorities. Syria's new authorities dissolved the country's rubber-stamp legislature after toppling longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad in December 2024, and adopted a temporary constitutional declaration to cover a five-year transition period.
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- Groom's best friend: Ecuador lets pets serve as symbolic wedding witnesses | AFP
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- 1:29
- Date posted
- 27 days ago
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- Decked out in a pink-and-black dress made specially for the occasion, Diana Tupiza and Andres Alquinga's pet dog, Luna, signs the couple's marriage certificate with a flourish and a paw print. The couple chose to make use of a recent change in the law, allowing Ecuadorian pets to serve as symbolic witnesses at civil weddings. "We are adapting to these current, modern needs, which we address in an empathetic and modern way toward the public," says Otton Rivadeneira, director of Ecuador's Civil Registry.
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- US and Iran launch fresh wave of strikes, killing one Iranian soldier | AFP
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- 0:54
- Date posted
- 27 days ago
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- Videos released by the US Central Command (CENTCOM) and Iran's sepahnews.com show the two foes launching fresh strikes on one another. The US says it targeted at least 140 Iranian military targets, while Iranian media reported that one Iranian soldier was killed in the strikes. It comes after a 60-day ceasefire was declared "over" by US President Donald Trump, in response to Iranian strikes on commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
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- 'Unbelievable': England supporters celebrate qualification for World Cup semis | AFP
- Runtime
- 2:04
- Date posted
- 27 days ago
- Description
- "It's unbelievable, unreal," says an England fan at Boxpark Wembley in London after the team's victory over Norway, securing their place in the World Cup semi-finals. Norway took an early lead in the first half, but two goals in extra time by star midfielder Jude Bellingham saw England win 2-1. "We are through to the semi-finals because of that man Jude Bellingham," says England fan Livz Ledge.
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