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Alasdair Sandford

France

Delay in announcement of Macron's new French government

The new French president's seduction of politicians on left and right has caused turmoil in traditional parties.

USA

Turkey's Erdogan in US to meet Trump at White House

The Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has arrived in the US for his first meeting with Donald Trump at the White House.

World News

Henderson Island: Pacific graveyard for plastic pollution

At first sight the scenes could be mistaken for the aftermath of a teenagers’ beach party.

Italy

Mafia clan ran migrant centre for ten years, say Italian police

Italian police say they have made 68 arrests and dismantled a leading mafia clan that ran a leading reception centre for migrants for ten years, creaming off state…

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Belgium

Africa on Brussels agenda amid rising migration from Libya to Europe

European Union foreign ministers meeting in Brussels on Monday are focusing on events in Africa as part of a general discussion this week on the bloc’s defence and security…

Yemen

'Over 100' killed in cholera outbreak in Yemen capital Sanaa

At least 115 people have been killed by an outbreak of cholera in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, according to the local Saba news agency.

Turkey

Turkey spells out conditions to blocked site Wikipedia

Wikipedia, which was blocked in Turkey two weeks ago, has been warned that its content gives the impression that Ankara supports terrorist organisations.

France

Hollande warns Macron as France heads for political shake-up

"Lots remains to be done," the outgoing president told his successor ahead of Sunday's formal handover of power.

France

France: Hollande-Macron handover set for Sunday

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France

French ex-PM Valls offers to stand for Macron in parliamentary vote

The former prime minister Manuel Valls is the first high-profile defection since Macron's election win on Sunday.

France

Ex-French PM Valls offers to stand for Macron in parliamentary vote

The former prime minister Manuel Valls is the first high-profile defection since Macron's election win on Sunday.

France

What Emmanuel Macron has said about Brexit

The French President-elect has taken a consistently tough stance over what the UK can expect from its departure from the EU.

USA

Healthcare victory for Trump in House of Representatives

The lower house of Congress has voted to repeal major parts of Obamacare, the last president's flagship measure.

United Kingdom

Prince Philip to retire: 'he's done a pretty good job'

Prince Philip appeared alongside Britain’s Queen Elizabeth at an engagement in London on Thursday, after the news that he is to retire from active public life later this…

France

Emmanuel Macron: why the French find him so hard to vote for

Despite the centrist's poll lead before the French presidential run-off, Macron is threatened by potentially widespread abstention as well as support for Marine Le Pen.

France

Marine Le Pen fends off Nazi gas chamber row to savage Macron

Jean-Francois Jalkh, the French far-right presidential contender's replacement as Front National leader, disputes having cast doubt on the Holocaust.

Hungary

Hungary completes new anti-migrant border fence with Serbia

Hungary says it has finished building a second fence on the border with Serbia to keep migrants out.

World News

Press freedom near 'tipping point' in leading democracies - RSF

Images of some of the world’s “bad boy” leaders in terms of press freedom were paraded as examples not to follow, as the organisation Reporters Without Borders (RSF) unveiled its latest World Press Fr

Turkey

Calls to free Italian writer Gabriele Del Grande held in Turkey

A demonstration has been held in Rome for the release of an Italian journalist and human rights activist arrested in detained in Turkey.

USA

March for Science draws thousands worldwide against evidence denial

Demonstrators turned out in many cities around the world on Saturday to join Earth Day events billed as a “celebration science” – to counter what organisers say is a growing denial of evidence-based k

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