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Taylor Swift debuts new tracks as she returns to The Eras Tour
Pop star thrills Paris crowds with songs from newest album The Tortured Poets DepartmentTaylor Swift has...
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China angles for Gaza mediation role to expand influence in Middle East
Beijing joins France in urging Israel against Rafah offensive in latest effort to make its diplomatic...
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Europe live: China’s Xi Jinping begins second day of visit
Chinese premier to have lunch with Emmanuel Macron before heading to Serbia on his closely watched...
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Xi’s European tour: where is Chinese leader going and what are visit’s aims?
Emmanuel Macron and Viktor Orbán among leaders Xi is meeting, with several key issues on the...
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Europe live: China’s Xi Jinping greeted by Emmanuel Macron at Élysée Palace in Paris
Chinese premier arrives in Paris for talks with French leader and Ursula von der Leyen, with...
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Super-rich spending up to $500,000 on exclusive Paris Olympics packages
Third-party hospitality packages are outlawed, yet agency part-owned by associates of Rafael Nadal and LeBron James...
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Xi Jinping to visit France, Hungary and Serbia amid EU trade tariff row
China’s president arrives as EU anti-subsidy investigations and tensions over espionage, Ukraine and Taiwan continueChina’s president,...
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‘We’re infantilised or demonised’: French students criticise Gaza protests crackdown
University students air frustration that sit-ins motivated by peace are being shut down instead of heededJack,...
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Weather tracker: severe storms and tornadoes hit parts of US
One tornado in Oklahoma was the first of 2024 to be rated as EF-4, the second...
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Thunderstorms in England and Wales may give way to warmest day of year
Met Office says storms may cause travel disruption and flooding, leading to difficult driving conditionsHeavy thunderstorms...
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Father of girl who died in Channel says family feared being deported to Iraq
Ahmed Alhashimi’s seven-year-old daughter Sara was crushed to death after group of men rushed on to...
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Gérard Depardieu to stand trial over sexual assault allegations
Two women say actor assaulted them, one on a film set in 2021 and the other...
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A room of her own: Mona Lisa could be moved, says Louvre
New room would give thousands of daily visitors better experience, says museum presidentThe Mona Lisa, the...
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Four Vietnamese nationals arrested in London over people smuggling
Joint UK-French investigation alleges group advertised small-boat crossings of Channel on social mediaFour Vietnamese nationals have...
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Two men charged in connection with deaths of five people in Channel
Yien Both, from South Sudan, and Tajdeen Adbulaziz Juma, from Sudan, charged with immigration offences in...
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Laurent Cantet, film-maker who tackled diversity and class in France, dies aged 63
Director of Palme d’Or-winning film Entre les Murs (The Class) was much praised for humanism in...
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Moulin Rouge windmill blades collapse in Paris
Blades of famous cabaret venue fall from roof overnightThe blades of the Moulin Rouge windmill, one...
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‘England is hope’: some say they will try again – despite Channel deaths
Attempt to cross via overcrowded dinghy from Wimereux aborted after engine stalls and five people drownThey...
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Five asylum seekers killed in attempt to cross Channel to UK
French coastguard says small boat was carrying more than 100 people during failed crossing attemptFive people...
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The 1924 Paris Olympics saved the Games. Can this year’s event repeat that success? | David Goldblatt
Faced with competition from rival sporting events, the future of the Games hung in the balance....
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France urged to repay billions of dollars to Haiti for independence ‘ransom’
Coalition of civil society groups says Paris should return harsh reparations imposed on Caribbean state two...
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Poverty is bigger issue for EU voters than migration, survey shows
Health, jobs, defence, security and climate crisis all seen as more important than immigration with June...
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Europe: Sudan war ‘world’s worst child displacement crisis,’ Paris conference told – as it happened
Annalena Baerbock, the German foreign minister, says ‘every life counts equally, whether in Ukraine, in Gaza,...
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Weather tracker: Gulf braced for thunderstorms
Heavy rain forecast in Saudi Arabia and UAE as France and Spain cool down after weekend...