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Liverpool's football star Diogo Jota, 28, dies in car crash in Spain
03 July 2025
Liverpool striker Diogo Jota, 28, and his brother Andre Silva were killed in a car crash in Spain's Zamora province early Thursday, according to the Spanish civil guard. Jota, who got married on June 28, helped Liverpool win the Premier League last season and also won the FA Cup and League Cup with the Merseyside outfit.
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More than 1,000 evacuated as fierce winds stoke wildfire on Crete
03 July 2025
A wildfire stoked by gale-force winds burned overnight and into Thursday on Greece’s southern island of Crete, turning swathes of forest and olive groves into ashes and forcing the evacuation of more than 1,000 locals and tourists, officials said.
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PKK leader accuses Turkish government of 'seeking to sabotage' disarmament process
03 July 2025
Less than two months after the Kurdish PKK group decided to disband, ending decades of conflict with Turkey, one of its top leaders on Wednesday accused some within the Turkish government of "seeking to sabotage" the historic disarmament process.
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Ukraine appeals for clarity as US says it is halting some weapons shipments
02 July 2025
A US decision to halt some shipments of critical weapons to Ukraine, potentially including Patriot air defence systems, has prompted warnings by Kyiv that the move would weaken its ability to defend against intensifying Russian air strikes and battlefield advances.
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Children ‘subjected to monstrosities’: Report exposes decades of abuse in French schools
02 July 2025
An official inquiry published Wednesday found that abuse at the Bétharram Catholic school went unaddressed during François Bayrou’s tenure as education minister in the 1990s. The report warned of ongoing violence in both public and private schools and accused the government of failing to implement effective protective measures.
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'Ukraine is at the wrong end right now: War's center of gravity is manpower, casualties, attrition'
02 July 2025
Washington's decision to pause shipments of key weapons to Ukraine has drawn sharp warnings from Kyiv, which says the move risks weakening its defenses against escalating Russian attacks. Ukraine summoned the acting US envoy to emphasize the need for continued aid, warning that any halt would embolden Russia as peace efforts stall. The Pentagon cited concerns over dwindling US stockpiles. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective, FRANCE 24’s Delano D'Souza welcomes Frank Ledwidge, former UK military intelligence officer and Senior Lecturer in Strategy at Portsmouth University, Visiting Fellow for the Transatlantic Dialogue Centre Think Tank.
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French man linked to incel movement detained over suspected plan to attack women
02 July 2025
An 18-year-old French man, reportedly tied to misogynistic "incel" (involuntary celibate) movement, has been arrested and placed under formal investigation for allegedly plotting attacks against women, according to France's National Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor's Office (PNAT) on Wednesday.
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Abuse at Bétharram school went on for years with 'absence of action' from PM Bayrou
02 July 2025
A parliamentary inquiry on Wednesday revealed that physical and sexual abuse at a Catholic school in France went unaddressed for years during the tenure of Prime Minister François Bayrou, who was education minister from 1993 to 1997. The report, issued by several French lawmakers, also highlighted ongoing violence in other French schools and accused the government of failing to take action.
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US weapons: 'Ukraine is turning towards its other allies'
02 July 2025
The Pentagon has halted some shipments of air defense missiles and other precision munitions to Ukraine over concerns that US stockpiles are too low, officials said Tuesday. "This is going to have life and death consequences in terms of how many people will die in Russian strikes," said FRANCE 24's Correspondent, Kyiv, Ukraine Emmanuelle Chaze. "There are other solutions, and this is why Ukraine is turning towards its other allies," she added.
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Cooler temperatures coming to Europe after scorching heatwave
02 July 2025
Relief will start to arrive from the Atlantic on Wednesday, with thunderstorms and cooler temperatures moving into parts of western Europe after several days of record-breaking heatwaves across Europe. Two people died in France as a result of "heat-related illness", the minister for ecological transition said on Wednesday, as the country recorded its second-hottest June since records began.
