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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says that the France-US subs row should not cause a 'rift' within the alliance. Australia last month abruptly cancelled a multibillion-dollar contract for 12 French submarines, opting to buy nuclear-powered US-designed vessels instead, sparking a diplomatic spat with France. SOUNDBITE
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken calls France a "vital partner" in Asia after Paris was infuriated by a US-UK deal with Australia that scuppered a major French submarine deal. SOUNDBITE
Margot Robbie has been announced as Chanel's new perfume ambassador and the Australian actress is following in the footsteps of the likes of Lily-Rose Depp, Kristen Stewart and Keira Knightley.
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal talks with residents of Blendecques, a town in France's northern region of Pas-de-Calais, as the nearby river Canche burst its banks again in a region already affected by several episodes of flooding. IMAGES
French farmers are returning to south-west France, stopping in Bergerac in the Dordogne region to rest. French authorities announced on Friday that the worst of a crisis that saw farmers block roads for days was over, but demonstrations continue elsewhere in Europe, including Spain, Italy and Greece. IMAGES
"I am begging the world to bring my baby back home", urges the mother of a young French-Israeli hostage girl, Mia Shem, abducted on October 7 in Israel by Hamas. On Monday, the Islamist movement posted on its official Telegram account the video of "one of the prisoners in Gaza" in which a young woman speaking Hebrew appears. The caption states that she was abducted "on the first day" of the Hamas attack on Israeli soil. SOUNDBITE
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