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Saudi-led coalition accuses Houthis of striking Medina power station

Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis struck an electricity distribution station supplying the Prophet’s Mosque in Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Medina, the Saudi-led coalition said Thursday, drawing condemnation across the Muslim world. The Houthis denied involvement in the drone attack, which came as fighting intensified between government forces and rebels in Yemen.

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More than half of Europe faced intense summer heat stress, EU monitor says

A record 52% of Europe faced intense heat stress this summer, the EU’s climate monitor said Friday, as climate change fuelled widespread heatwaves and tens of thousands of excess deaths. Europe recorded its third warmest summer, while western Europe experienced its hottest, with several countries setting national temperature records overall.

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G20 trade ministers deadlocked over industrial overcapacity, says US trade chief

G20 trade ministers failed to agree on tackling excess industrial capacity and eliminating forced labour from supply chains, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said Thursday. Speaking during talks in Milwaukee, Greer highlighted overcapacity, a criticism often directed at China, which rejects it. The United States holds this year's rotating presidency.

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Netanyahu says flydubai co-pilot was radicalised as UAE probes terror link

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday the co-pilot accused of attacking a flydubai flight carrying mostly Israelis had undergone “Islamist radical indoctrination”, as UAE authorities investigated a possible terror link. The captain and passengers overpowered the suspect before the plane made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday.

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French investigative site says antisemitic messages tied to Jordan Bardella, Le Pen's ally

French investigative outlet Mediapart said on Thursday it had authenticated antisemitic messages allegedly sent by far-right politician Jordan Bardella in 2013. Bardella denied writing them and said he would sue for defamation and forgery. The allegations come seven months before France’s presidential election, with Marine Le Pen leading opinion polls.

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Migration deal: 'Really a scheme around political diplomacy between UK & France in post-Brexit era'

Erin Ogunkeye is pleased to welcome Parvati Nair, Professor of Hispanic, Cultural and Migration Studies at Queen Mary University of London. She sees the UK-France migration agreement as a small but revealing element of a much wider post-Brexit relationship, in which questions of migration are intertwined with diplomacy, security, intelligence and surveillance. She warns that […]

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US presses Europe to release 'immediately' diesel reserves as Trump threatens export ban

The United States on Thursday urged European allies to release strategic diesel reserves immediately to curb prices driven higher by the US war on Iran. EU states will discuss a coordinated response on Friday, as Washington increases pressure following President Donald Trump's suggestion that he could ban US diesel exports.

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Fake BBC report falsely implicates Indian passenger and pilot in Flydubai hijacking attempt

False videos are circulating after the attempted hijacking of a Flydubai flight between Dubai and Tel Aviv. One fake “BBC” report falsely claims an Indian passenger was behind the incident and links him to the stabbed pilot, Smit Machchhar. The video though, is an AI-generated deepfake: the BBC never broadcast it, and its footage and […]

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'Fundamental demand': Saint-Denis students seek same opportunity as those in 'more privileged areas'

Erin Ogunkeye is pleased to welcome a high school teacher who agreed to speak with us anonymously as protests intensify at a high school in a northern Paris suburb. The protests are shining a cruel light on major problems that have existed for years. All the while, police are cracking down on students, using teargas […]

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Ethiopia and Eritrea break diplomatic ties over conflict

In tonight's edition, Ethiopia and Eritrea break diplomatic ties, accusing each other of stoking internal conflicts. Also, Nigeria rolls out a digital postcode system for every building. And I speak to one of the co-founders of the he Rural Women’s Assembly as it is recognised for its work challenging power systems.

Georja CALVIN-SMITH

On the banks of the Rhine, Düsseldorf, a city dedicated to Arts

Le Parc Hôtel & Yonaguni Spa reivent themselves as Yona Hotel in Obernai, with many surprises

Spend some Second Empire moments at Au Bœuf Couronné restaurant, in front of La Villette Paris

Révélation des Étoiles: Bridging Paris & Cannes in the Name of Art, Elegance & Emerging Talents

Spend one night or more in the Château du Rivau, a medieval Loire Valley castle-hotel between history, art and gastronomy

A gastronomic tour in Troyes with the Maison Maury, the Prunelle, the Maison Caffet, the BAM and Le Jardin restaurants, while staying at the Hotel De La Poste!

Enter the Paris Design Week Autumn 2026 with the novelties of CFOC, Christofle, Lalique, Patrick Roger, Galerie Negropontes

The new Asia Perfume Show in Paris unveils unexpected asian fragrances, also visible at KAMS Paris

Raise your wine glass to summer 2026, with Colombelle, Fiorente, Moderato and Vendômois Wines

Ruckfield, launched by rugbyman Sebastien Chabal, initiates a new clothing line with Haribo

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