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Emmanuel Macron has called a snap election in France

Emmanuel Macron has called a snap election in France in response to a victory for the right in European polls. Marine Le Pen's National Rally party is on course to win around a third of the vote in European Parliament elections. President Macron's dissolved Parliament and called national elections for 30th June and 7th July, as Ross Cullen reports from Paris.

10 June, 2024

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India’s Modi to hold first cabinet meeting

Narendra Modi is set to meet his new cabinet, a day after he was sworn in as India's Prime Minister for the third time. His party hasn't secured a majority in the recently concluded elections - raising questions about the stability of his government. Neha Poonia has more.

10 June, 2024

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End of first week in testimony about drug use by US President’s son in gun purchase case

Naomi Biden , granddaughter of the U.S President Joseph Biden, is the latest high-profile witness to give evidence in a case against her father Hunter Biden. She talked about how 'well' she thought he was doing at the time of a gun purchase back in 2018. But the prosecution showed text messages to the contrary. Caroline Malone reports.

10 June, 2024

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Biden Macron plan to use frozen Russian funds to help Ukraine

The United States and France have come up with a plan to use profits generated by sanctioned Russian assets to help Ukraine. President Biden has been in France this week for D-Day commemorations which were also attended by Ukraine's leader Vlodymyr Zelensky. Our US Correspondent Jagruti Dave has more.

10 June, 2024

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Far-right surge in EU elections

Far-right parties were big winners in the European elections, securing particularly strong performances in France and Germany. But the centrist grouping held firm with the European People's Party remaining the biggest player in the European Parliament. William Denselow reports from Brussels.

10 June, 2024

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Zelensky urges West to do more for ‘fair peace’ after D-Day

By Stuart Williams and Aurelia End President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday urged the West to do more to achieve a fair peace as Ukraine battles the Russian invasion and expressed confidence that Kyiv would emerge victorious in the conflict. One day after Western leaders descended on northern France to mark the 80 year anniversary of the D-Day landings in World War II, Zelensky addressed the […]

7 June, 2024

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Ukrainian trust in Zelensky at wartime low: survey

Ukrainians' trust in President Volodymyr Zelensky has fallen below 60 percent for the first time since Russia's February 2022 invasion, according to a leading poll published Friday. Zelensky has faced many challenges in the past year, including a failed summer counteroffensive, a divisive debate on mobilisation and high-profile corruption scandals involving senior officials. Public trust in the 46-year-old zoomed to 90 percent in May 2022 but by […]

7 June, 2024

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India’s Modi thanks coalition MPs for ‘complete’ support

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi thanked allied lawmakers Friday for unanimously agreeing to back his third term in office, after an unexpectedly close election forced his party to rely on coalition partners to keep him in power. Modi's Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ruled outright for the past decade, but failed to repeat its prior two landslide wins this time around, defying analyst expectations and exit polls. […]

7 June, 2024

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Philippines accuses Chinese boats of ‘dangerous’ actions in high seas medivac

As two Philippine vessels meet on the high seas to transfer a sick Filipino soldier, China Coast Guard boats shadow, block and bump them, according to video released by the Philippine Coast Guard on Friday. The incident happened last month during the medical evacuation of a soldier who was stationed on a grounded Philippine Navy vessel on Second Thomas Shoal in the disputed South China Sea. […]

7 June, 2024