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• 'I never imagined my father was a Nazi': Born in a German-run 'baby factory'
  14 November 2026
  Two trainloads of children, some of them born in Nazi-run "Lebensborn" maternity homes, were brought from Germany to Commercy in eastern France in 1946. One of them was Édith Pagot.
• USA: All passengers survive after tanker hits docked river cruise ship in New Orleans
  14 November 2026
  A portion of the Mississippi River remains closed after a collision between an oil tanker and a riverboat forced a chaotic river rescue in Louisiana. Story by Caitlin Brown.
• Inside Ethiopia's war: Rare access to a hospital treating victims of renewed fighting
  14 November 2026
  Ethiopia's renewed conflict is taking an increasing toll on civilians, with humanitarian organisations reporting a rise in casualties. In the Amhara region, FRANCE 24’s correspondent Tom Canetti was granted rare access to a civilian hospital where surgeons are struggling to treat the influx of wounded patients. But for many caught in the fighting, reaching medical care is a challenge in itself. Warning: The report contains images of surgery that may be confronting for some viewers.
• Who are the 'street medics' showing up at protests around the world?
  14 November 2026
  From treating tear gas exposure to tending to injuries, street medics have become an increasingly common sight at protests all over the world. But who exactly are they and when did they start showing up at demonstrations? Story by Daniel Quinlan.
• U2 releases first new studio album in a decade, 'Caranaval de Luz'
  14 November 2026
  U2 just released a new album after nine years of no new content. And fans are already rocking out to the new songs. Details on the Irish rock band’s comeback by Ophelie Jacobson.
• Half a million people gather for an open-air mass by Pope Leo in Peru
  14 November 2026
  Pope Leo said it was a "joy to be back" in his second home of Chiclayo, where he made his name as a bishop. This is the latest stop on his South America tour, the very tour that saw fears of cancellation after the Pope underwent surgery for lung cancer. Story by Vedika Bahl.
• Microsoft's widespread outages caused global chaos, including in the healthcasre industry
  14 November 2026
  Microsoft says it is seeing improvements in its service availability after an hours-long disruption knocked out its platforms including Outlook and Teams. The outage has affected hundreds of millions of people across the globe. The healthcare industry was among those impacted, as Ophelie Jacobson explains.
• France fend off South African comeback to clinch long-awaited win in Paris
  14 November 2026
  Twenty-one years after last beating the Springboks in Paris, Les Bleus held out for a 21-19 win over the world champions on Friday after a nailbiting finale. Antoine Dupont and company are now one step away from reaching the Nations Championship final in London.
• US proposed Ukraine cedes Donbas in exchange for joining NATO, Zelensky says
  14 November 2026
  President Zelensky said the US had proposed ceding Ukraine's eastern city of Donbas to Russia, in exchange for Ukrainian membership of NATO, following the latest round of peace talks in Abu Dhabi this week. He reiterated that Kyiv was not willing to retreat from its territory and warned that the Kremlin's bid to change the continent's security architecture could lead to more wars. 
• Triumphant Democrats descend on COP31 snubbed by Trump
  14 November 2026
  Fresh from their US midterm election triumph, an emboldened group of Democratic lawmakers descended on the COP31 climate talks shunned by President Donald Trump on Saturday to signal their commitment to tackling global warming.