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From welcoming refugees to the crisis in Lampedusa, six years of French immigration policy

French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin announced on Tuesday that France would not be taking in any of the migrants who arrived on the Italian island of Lampedusa last week. FRANCE 24 looks back at six years of French U-turns on immigration policies.

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Hangzhou hosts 19th Asian Games: A political stage for China?

Starting on Saturday September 23, China is hosting the Asian Games, a major multi-sport event held every four years between the Olympics. The 19th edition, postponed from last year, brings together some 12,000 athletes from across the continent, competing in 40 sports over two weeks in the eastern city of…

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Look Up Space: The French company aiming to make space sustainable

Finding space... in space! We speak to General Michel Friedling, founder of Look Up Space, the French startup that's developing a solution to better navigate Earth's increasingly cluttered lower orbit.

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A decade after Lampedusa boat tragedy, Mediterranean remains world's deadliest migrant route

As record numbers of migrants continue to arrive on the small Italian island of Lampedusa, FRANCE 24 looks back at the shipwreck of 2013, which saw 368 people drown off the island. Our reporters met a witness to the tragedy, a survivor and the island's doctor who registered the deaths.…

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France's Colorado provençal, where industry meets nature

Deep in France's southern Lubéron mountains lies a stunning red and orange landscape reminiscent of the vast plains of America: the Colorado provençal. This spot of wild nature is in fact a former open-cast ochre quarry. Every year, some 300,000 visitors venture through these 30 unusual hectares, between fairy chimneys…

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In Morocco's Atlas Mountains, locals mourn their dead after earthquake

After its devastating earthquake on September 8, Morocco accepted aid from four nations: the United Kingdom, Spain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. Teams from each country were quick to arrive and set up rescue operations at the base of the Atlas Mountains, where remote villages were badly affected by…

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How deadly drug fentanyl became a gold mine for Mexican cartels

Fentanyl addiction is a scourge that's sweeping the United States. This dangerous synthetic opioid, 50 times stronger than heroin, is exported from Mexico by drug cartels. With fentanyl, the cartels no longer needed to grow opium or rely on rural communities to produce it. Fentanyl is lightweight, discreet and easy…

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Pope Francis 'is not being listened to' on plight of migrants, expert says

Pope Francis is visiting the southern French port city of Marseille to show solidarity with the plight of migrants there. It comes a decade on from a landmark visit to the Italian island of Lampedusa at the start of his papacy, where he condemned the "global indifference" to their suffering.…

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Azerbaijan ‘rejects’ France’s Nagorno-Karabakh ‘illegal’ offensive claim, ambassador says

Azerbaijan and Armenian separatists from the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh held their first direct peace talks Thursday, after Baku claimed to have regained control over the breakaway region in a lightning military operation that France slammed as "illegal, unjustifiable and unacceptable". FRANCE 24 spoke to Leyla Abdullayeva, Azerbaijan's ambassador to…

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Adviser to Qatari PM: US-Iran prisoner swap is 'first step' to possible nuclear talks

On the sidelines of the 78th UN General Assembly in New York, Majed Al Ansari, an advisor to Qatar's deputy prime minister, spoke to FRANCE 24's Marc Perelman about the US-Iran prisoner swap which was mediated by Qatar, the process of reaching that deal and the possibility of reviving Iran…

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Iraqi FM Fuad Hussein: US-Iran prisoner swap 'will lead to less tension'

On the sidelines of the 78th UN General Assembly in New York, Iraqi Foreign Minister and deputy PM Fuad Hussein spoke to FRANCE 24's Marc Perelman about the recent deadly drone attack in Iraqi Kurdistan, a security agreement with Iran, the recent US-Iran prisoner swap deal, as well as relations…

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French parents want to take TikTok to court following daughter's suicide

The parents of Marie, a 15-year-old French teenager, have pressed charges against TikTok after their daughter committed suicide in 2021. They believe that by sharing a flow of videos about suicide to Marie, who suffered from low self-esteem, the platform pushed her to take her own life. FRANCE 24's Science…

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Operation ‘carte blanche’ : Ukraine’s new defence minister cleans house

Six Ukrainian deputy defence ministers were dismissed on Monday, September 18, a clean sweep that comes just two weeks after a new minister has taken the reins. The fight against corruption is not the only cause of this upheaval in one of Ukraine's most strategic ministries. FRANCE 24 takes a…

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Prehistoric Jericho site voted onto UNESCO World Heritage List

Prehistoric ruins outside the ancient West Bank city of Jericho have been given UNESCO World Heritage status after a vote of the World Heritage Committee in Riyadh. The UN agency says Tell al-Sultan was home to a permanent settlement by the 9th or 8th millennium BC. But the decision has…

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Moldovan President Maia Sandu: 'The West should support Ukraine more'

Moldovan President Maia Sandu spoke to FRANCE 24's Marc Perelman at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. In the interview, Maia Sandu discussed the war in Ukraine, security in the region and the issue of Transnistria, where several thousand Russian soldiers are stationed. She also discussed the allegations…

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International teams search for earthquake victims in Morocco’s Atlas Mountains

Morocco accepted aid from four nations – the UK, Spain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates – after a powerful earthquake hit the country on September 8. International rescue teams arrived quickly to set up search operations at the base of the Atlas Mountains, where the epicentre of the quake…

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First two cargo ships arrive in Ukrainian port since Moscow’s exit from grain deal

Two cargo ships arrived on Saturday at one of Ukraine's ports in the southern Odesa region, the Ukrainian Sea Ports authority said in a statement. The Palau-flagged carriers are the first civilian cargo ships to reach an Odesa port since Russia withdrew from a wartime deal designed to ensure safe…

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Paris’s Catholic Foreign Missions Society under fire over alleged sexual abuse

The French Catholic Church is facing new accusations of a sexual abuse scandal within Paris’s Foreign Missions Society, an organisation dedicated to spreading Christianity overseas. As a criminal investigation has been opened into accusations against three clergymen from the group, a FRANCE 24 investigation by journalists Karina Chabour and Julie…

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Mahsa Amini's death: Filmmaker Mina Keshavarz on the long history of women's resistance in Iran

As FRANCE 24 marks the one-year anniversary of the protest movement sparked by the death of Mahsa Jina Amini, we speak to documentary filmmaker Mina Keshavarz – one of the many Iranian artists who have been jailed for their work. Her 2020 film "The Art of Living in Danger" follows…

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Hip hop at 50: How France became the second largest rap market in the world (part 4)

To mark 50 years of hip hop, FRANCE 24’s culture team has recorded three special shows in New York – the birthplace of the culture. In part four of the series we’re in Paris, because France is the second largest hip hop market in the world after the United States.…

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Reza Pahlavi, son of Iran’s last shah: A year after Amini's death ‘a new phase of resistance’

A year ago, the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini triggered an unprecedented protest movement in Iran against the authorities of the Islamic Republic. Women led demonstrations questioning the wearing of the hijab, which has since become the symbol of defiance against the oppressive government. Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of…

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Libya’s deadly dam collapse was decades in the making

With thousands of people dead and tens of thousands more left homeless by floods as a storm burst through the dams next to the east Libyan city of Derna, FRANCE 24 looks back at the years of violence and neglect that left the city ill-prepared for the unprecedented natural disasters…

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One year on: Iranian women grapple with the aftermath of Mahsa Amini's death

One year ago this week, the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in Iran sparked nationwide demonstrations against authorities in the Islamic Republic. For the women who led and participated in the protests, removing the hijab became a symbol of defiance against what they viewed as an oppressive government. One year…

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One year on: Oppression of women in Iran since Mahsa Amini's death

A major exhibition at the Festival of Photojournalism, the Visa pour L’Image, in Perpignan in southwest France is currently showcasing the power of women as Iran continues to clamp down on women's rights. A year ago, Iranian woman Mahsa Amini was arrested by the religious morality police for not wearing…

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Google faces 10-week trial over charges of unfair competition

Google and its parent company Alphabet will spend the next ten weeks on the docket in a federal court in Washington DC as they face accusations of rigging the market in their favour. FRANCE 24’s correspondent Eric Pape explains what this might mean for the tech giant as he reports…

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