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Exclusive: Freed hostage Louis Arnaud describes harrowing two-year ordeal in Iran's Evin Prison

French former hostage Louis Arnaud shared his two-year ordeal in Iran's Evin Prison in an exclusive interview with FRANCE 24's Stuart Norval. Arnaud, a banking consultant, had been sentenced to five years in jail on national security charges after being

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UK's Starmer signs '100-year' accord with Ukraine as Russian drones target Kyiv

Britain and Ukraine's leaders on Thursday signed a "landmark" 100-year agreement that pledges strengthening defence ties between the two countries during a visit to Kyiv by UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Loud blasts and air raid sirens rang out over Kyi

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France's Macron urges 'acceleration' of Israel-Hezbollah truce implementation

French President Emmanuel Macron promised his Lebanese presidential counterpart Joseph Aoun that ‘France will remain by your side” as he pledged financial aid to help rebuild Lebanon while also urging the ‘acceleration’ of an Israel-Hezbollah truce durin

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‘Sheep for hire’: Trump, Musk and Zuckerberg’s dangerous plan for Europe

The European Union has long been one of the safest digital spaces for internet users. But that was before Donald Trump’s imminent return to the White House and before two of today's tech titans – Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg – were essentially handed ca

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