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French President Emmanuel Macron attends the prize-giving ceremony for stage 6 of the Tour de France, won by Tadej Pogacar ahead of yellow jersey Jonas Vingegaard, at the summit of Cauterets-Cambasque, in southwestern France. IMAGES
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has called a parliamentary inquiry looking into possible links between her National Rally party and Russia a 'witch hunt.'
The Malian army and foreign fighters executed at least 500 people during an anti-jihadist operation in Mali in March 2022, according to a much-awaited UN report released on Friday. The figures by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) amount to the worst atrocity the Sahel country has experienced since a jihadist insurgency flared in 2012. It is also the most damning document yet against Mali's armed forces and their foreign allies. FRANCE 24's Sophie Lamotte tells us more.
For the fourth consecutive year, France was the European country that received the most foreign investment last year, according to a survey by consultancy firm EY. Looking at the details though, these investments are leading to fewer job creations than in the UK or Germany. We speak to Pascal Cagni, the chairman of Business France, which is the government agency tasked with promoting inward investment in the country.
Three Russian navy ships were observed in the Baltic Sea in the area of the Nord Stream pipeline blasts prior to the sabotage that halted Russian gas flows to Europe in September last year, an investigation by four Nordic broadcasters has found. The Russian navy ships were traced using satellite images and intercepted radio communication from the Russian fleet, the four broadcasters, Denmark's DR, Norway's NRK, Sweden's SVT and Finland's Yle, said.
Arms imports into Europe almost doubled in 2022, driven by massive shipments to Ukraine, which has become the world's third-largest destination, researchers said Monday. With a 93 percent jump compared to the year before, imports have also increased due to accelerating military spending by European states including Poland and Norway, said the report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). And the rate of imports is expected to accelerate further, it said.
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