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At least 25 killed in overnight Russian strikes, Ukraine says
29 July 2025
Overnight Russian strikes killed at least 25 people and wounded dozens more across Ukraine, including at least 16 people in a prison in Zaporizhzhia region and a 23-year-old pregnant woman.
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The Bright Side: Villagers unite to save nearly 200-year-old UK pub
29 July 2025
An abandoned pub in rural south Wales has been reopened after locals were able to buy, refurbish and re-open their watering hole. A major fundraising effort last year drummed up £200,000 and a rota of volunteers work behind the bar instead of paid staff. The pub's revival comes as tens of thousands have been forced to close amid changing drinking habits and rising bills over recent years.
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Liver cancer cases to nearly double worldwide by 2050, says study
29 July 2025
Liver cancer cases could surge to 1.52 million annually by 2050 from 870,000 if trends continue, a Lancet study warned Tuesday. Obesity, alcohol, and hepatitis are key drivers of the disease – the sixth most common cancer globally, according to Global Cancer Observatory data. Prevention efforts are urged to curb the rise.
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'EU has a lot to lose': US-EU trade deal with Trump counter to 'what EU should be standing for'
28 July 2025
The European Union on Monday defended its trade deal with President Donald Trump, with EU capitals and businesses sharply divided on an outcome some branded a "capitulation". For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective on the EU's highly controversial trade deal with Trump, FRANCE 24's Mark Owen welcomes International Affairs Commentator Douglas Herbert and French Senator Hélène Conway-Mouret who is also Vice-Chairwoman of the Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee.
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Turkey: Firefighters battle wildfires amid strong winds
28 July 2025
Firefighters are battling to put out wildfires in three separate provinces in Turkey and in Greece, stoked by strong winds after days of searing heat across the Mediterranean region. Wildfires across Turkey over the past week have led to at least 14 deaths. Nineteen villages and more than 3,500 people have been evacuated from their homes.
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US President Trump, UK PM Starmer meet in Scotland for talks on trade, Gaza
28 July 2025
US President Donald Trump on Monday hosted British Prime Minister Keir Starmer at his golf resort in western Scotland for talks that covered everything from the growing threat of mass starvation in Gaza to US tariffs on Scotch whisky.
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Does Trump seek to levy tariffs across globe to fund 'massive tax cuts & cuts in social services'?
28 July 2025
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer will press Donald Trump on ending "the unspeakable suffering" in Gaza, and also talk trade, when they meet Monday at the US president's golf resort in Scotland, Downing Street said. The talks will come a day after the US and the European Union reached a landmark deal to end a transatlantic standoff over tariffs and avert a full-blown trade war. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective, FRANCE 24's Delano D'Souza welcomes Denis MacShane, Author, Former UK Minister for European Affairs & Contributing Editor at The Globalist.
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Trump issues new ultimatum calling on Putin to end Ukraine war in '10 or 12 days'
28 July 2025
US President Donald Trump on Monday cut down his 50-day deadline for Russia to end the war in Ukraine to "about 10 or 12 days", adding that he was not very interested in talking to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin following repeated failures to bring about a ceasefire.
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French PM joins other ministers in slamming EU-US trade deal as ‘sombre day for Europe’
28 July 2025
French Prime Minister François Bayrou on Monday joined a growing number of cabinet ministers in criticising the trade deal struck between EU chief Ursula von der Leyen and US President Donald Trump over the weekend. “It’s a sombre day for Europe,” Bayrou said.
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The Bright Side: Sarajevo street artists paint over bullet holes from the Bosnian war
28 July 2025
Street artists from the Bosnia and Herzegovina capital of Sarajevo are painting over the areas where bullet holes still pockmark the buildings from three years of bombardment during the Bosnian war. Art has not only become "a form of therapy" to heal the capital's wounds but has provided an important springboard to young artists as the country's unemployment rate nears 30%.
