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People brave the temperatures at the Trocadero plaza near the Eiffel Tower in Paris during a heat wave July 2, 2025. - Christophe Ena, AP

France records 2,025 excess deaths in June heatwave

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France endured a rise of nearly 30 percent in the number of deaths recorded …

The 1776 Declaration of Independence, Louis XVI, and the Enlightenment all provided the basis of French support for the American insurgents. - France Mdias Monde graphic studio

250 years of US independence: Why France supported American …

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On July 4, 1776, 13 British colonies in North America broke with the Britis …

A woman cools off under a mist sprayer during the Fte de la Musique festival in Bordeaux, southwestern France, on 21 June 2026. Much of France remained under heat alerts on Wednesday after the country recorded its hottest day since records began. - AFP - ROMAIN PERROCHEAU

France deaths rose by 30 percent during heatwave

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Public Health France said in a new report https://www.santepubliquefrance.f …

Members of a bomb disposal team operate the day after an attack involving an explosive device in the lobby of a residential building, in Monaco on 30 June 2026. - Valry Hache, AFP

Monaco identifies suspect in parcel bombing: prosecutors

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A suspect has been identified in the investigation https://www.france24.com …

In this photo released by the Lebanese Presidency press office, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, right, meets with Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani, at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, 2 July 2026. - Lebanese Presidency press office via AP

Syria rules out military intervention in Lebanon despite US …

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Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani told Lebanon https://www.france24 …

Israelis hold a ceremony to mark 1000 days since the deadly October 7 Hamas-led attack in a public square known as hostage square in Tel Aviv, Israel on July 2, 2026. - Ronen Zvulun, Reuters

Israelis join protests and memorials to mark 1,000 days sinc…

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Israel https://www.france24.com/en/tag/israel/ on Thursday marked the 1,000 …

Kyiv urges its allies to send more air defence to protect civilians from Russian strikes. - Roman Pilipey, AFP

‘Night of hell’: Ukraine, Russia vow escalation after massiv…

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Streams of men, women and children have queued in the streets to obtain documents and attend appointments for their regularisation. - Thomas Coex, AFP

Almost 1.2 million of Spain’s undocumented migrants apply fo…

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Almost 1.2 million undocumented migrants https://www.france24.com/en/tag/mi …

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Members of a bomb disposal team work at the entrance of the residential building in Monaco where the explosive device went off on the evening of June 29, 2026. - Valery Hache, AFP
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A man speaks with a child while sitting near an unexploded artillery shell that fell during reported overnight Israeli bombardment that hit the village of Abidin in Syrias southwestern Daraa province, close to the Golan Heights, on June 29, 2026. - AFP, Sam Hariri
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Police officers in Sinzig, Germany, on May 8, 2026. - Michael Probst, AP / Illustration picture
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Representations of the Israeli and Lebanese flags at a memorial near the Israel-Lebanon border, after Israel and Lebanon signed a framework agreement following U.S.-mediated talks, as the town of Metula, Israel, appears in the distance, June 27, 2026. - Amir Cohen, Reuters
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A detainee is pictured in his prison cell at the Hauts-de-Seine remand centre, in Nanterre, suburbs of Paris, on January 15, 2026. - Stphane de Sakutin, AFP
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio with the Crown Prince of Kuwait, Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, after their meeting in Kuwait on June 24, 2026 - Eric Lee, AFP
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US President Donald Trump meets with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on the sidelines of the Davos Forum in Switzerland, on January 21, 2026. - Evan Vucci, AP file photo
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Jun 25, 2026


US President Donald Trump, joined by Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington DC on June 24, 2026. - J. Scott Applewhite, AP
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File photo: A fighter with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) stands guard during a meeting with the US-led coalition against the Islamic State group in Deir Hafer, Syria on January 16, 2026. - Baderkhan Ahmad, AP
US military says senior Islamic State group leader killed in Syria air strike


Jun 24, 2026


Portuguese authorities have refused to hand over to France 41-year-old Marine R, suspected of having abandoned her two children, the regional prosecutors office in Evora announced in a statement on 23 June. - AFP - FILIPE AMORIM
Portugal delays handover of French mother accused of abandoning children


Jun 24, 2026


French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech during the induction ceremony at the Pantheon for late French historian and resistance fighter Marc Bloch and his wife Simonne Vidal on June 23, 2026. - Alice Sacco, Reuters
French Resistance hero and historian Marc Bloch enters France’s Pantheon


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Late afternoon sun illuminates the Pantheon in Paris on 9 October 2025. - AFP - STEPHANIE LECOCQ
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Jun 23, 2026


The UN investigators determined Israel was targeting children in Gaza to attack the very capacity of the Palestinian people to exist - Eyad Baba / AFP/File
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Jun 22, 2026


US cracks down on visa holders accused of abusing system and defrauding citizens
US cracks down on visa holders accused of abusing system and defrauding citizens


Jun 22, 2026


As temperatures soar across France, people have taken to swimming in rivers, lakes or canals, like here in the Canal Saint-Martin, in eastern Paris. Authorities warn not to swim in unauthorised areas. - Arnaud Finistre/AFP
France’s scorching weekend heat leads to elderly deaths, spate of drowings


Jun 22, 2026


UK to get new Prime Minister by September as Starmer announces resignation
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Jun 22, 2026


Hundred of schools in France are staying closed or finishing early as a precaution against extreme heat. - REUTERS - ERIC GAILLARD
Schools closed as France’s heatwave threatens to break records


Jun 22, 2026


Pakistans Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (C) and Qatars Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim al-Thani hold hands next to US Vice-President JD Vance prior to a quadrilateral meeting between the United States, Iran, Pakistan and Qatar in Switzerland, on June 21, 2026. - AFP, Nathan Howard
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Jun 21, 2026


Officials sign a defence agreement between Poland and Germany at the Defence Ministry in Warsaw, 17 June 2026. - AFP - WOJTEK RADWANSKI
Poland and Germany renew historic ties to defend Europe’s eastern flank

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