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France-UK deal linked to seven-year low in Channel migrant crossings

France, Sept. 2 -- Successive British governments have struggled to curb the rise in small boat crossings, which have become an increasingly contentious issue among voters since they began to increase... Read More


World set to breach 1.5C climate limit as UN urges rapid reversal

France, Sept. 2 -- The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said the 1.5C threshold was the more ambitious goal countries agreed to pursue under the 2015 Paris climate agreement, alongside a commitment to ... Read More


Senegal and IMF strike $2.2bn deal, two years after debt scandal froze funding

France, Sept. 2 -- The 36-month arrangement, announced on Tuesday, is intended to support Senegal's economic and financial reform programme for 2026 to 2029. However, it still requires approval from ... Read More


Macron opens Bayeux Tapestry exhibition before first Burnham talks

France, Sept. 2 -- The tapestry left France for the first time in more than 900 years when it was moved to London in July. Macron backed its loan to the British Museum, where it will be displayed unti... Read More


French schools start new year in shadow of summer cyberattack

France, Sept. 1 -- Teachers returned to work on Monday to prepare for la rentree - France's annual back-to-school return after the summer holidays - but digital services remain restricted in parts of ... Read More


DRC school year begins amid Ebola, strikes and conflict

France, Sept. 1 -- Across most of the Democratic Republic of Congo, schools were due to reopen for in-person classes on 1 September, with the government also reiterating that public primary education ... Read More


Russia's return to G20 talks unsettles Europe as Iran and trade tensions loom

France, Sept. 1 -- Holding the G20's rotating presidency, the United States is hosting finance ministers and central bank governors from the world's major economies in North Carolina, with tensions ov... Read More


Ukraine air defences top agenda as EU ministers meet in Ireland

France, Sept. 1 -- Defence ministers are meeting in County Wicklow, south of Dublin, on Tuesday, followed by talks between EU foreign ministers on Wednesday, with Ukraine's new acting defence minister... Read More


Macron in Sweden to sign frigate deal, strengthening 'strategic partnership'

France, Aug. 31 -- Sweden announced the purchase of four Defence and Intervention Frigates (FDI) from the French company Naval Group in May with the first vessel due for delivery in 2030 - part of the... Read More


Ten years after Gabon's post-election violence, painful questions remain

France, Aug. 31 -- The crisis erupted on the night of 31 August to 1 September 2016, after Bongo was declared the winner of a highly contested presidential election against opposition leader Jean Ping... Read More