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Japan's space agency, JAXA, names its first new astronaut candidates in over 13 years, with a surgeon and a climate scientist chosen from more than 4,000 applicants. Ayu Yoneda, a 28-year-old surgeon, will become just the third woman ever to join the two-year space training programme. "I was elated" she says, "the reason I dreamt about becoming an astronaut goes back to my childhood."
Households across Europe are struggling to pay bills as the cost of living crisis bites and leads to street protests in many countries
The small town has built three turbines on its river, insulated its municipal buildings and installed photovoltaic solar panels on the roofs of several buildings.
The debate on peat cutting is nothing new in Ireland. But as the country faces soaring energy costs, many in rural areas are fighting back.
Leaders of the 27 European Union countries meet on Thursday for the second time in two weeks to try to bring down energy prices, though persistent divisions between them mean the bloc is unlikely for now to put a ceiling on what it pays for gas. While 15 countries including France and Poland are pushing for some form of a cap, they face strong opposition from Germany and the Netherlands - respectively Europe's biggest economy and gas buyer, and a major European gas trading hub, which warn a gas price cap could compromise stability of supplies. FRANCE 24's European Affairs Editor Catherine Nicholson tells us more.
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