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🇫🇷 France’s social security budget cleared a key hurdle in the National Assembly on Tuesday as lawmakers narrowly approved a draft bill aimed at staving off a €30-billion gap.

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December 9, 2025 at 7:30 PM
🔴 BREAKING - France’s National Assembly approves social security budget in victory for Prime Minister Lecornu
French lawmakers approve social security budget in victory for PM Lecornu
France’s social security budget cleared a key hurdle in France’s National Assembly on Tuesday as lawmakers narrowly approved a draft bill aimed at staving off a €30-billion gap in funding for welfare,…
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December 9, 2025 at 6:49 PM
'They're decaying': Trump recycles far-right tropes about European decline
'They're decaying': Trump recycles far-right tropes about European decline
US President Donald Trump doubled down on his criticism of European countries in a Politico interview published Tuesday, echoing far-right talking points as he branded the continent "weak" and "decaying" due to its policies on immigration.
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December 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
🇺🇸 US President Donald Trump said in an interview on Tuesday that 🇺🇦 Ukraine should hold elections despite the war with 🇷🇺 Russia.

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December 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Australia's social media ban for under-16s takes effect in world first
Australia's social media ban for under-16s takes effect in world first
Australia banned under-16s from the likes of Facebook and TikTok on Wednesday, in a world-first move that will be closely monitored by other countries considering similar measures to offset the harms of social media on children.
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December 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM
🇫🇷 France’s social security budget heads into a knife-edge vote on Tuesday that could plunge Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu's government into a new political crisis.

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December 9, 2025 at 4:01 PM
🇸🇩 🧑‍⚖️ The #ICC on Tuesday sentenced Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, a leader of #Sudan's feared #Janjaweed militia, to 20 years in prison for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in #Darfur more than 20 years ago.

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December 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Hamas says no Gaza truce second phase while Israel 'continues violations'
Hamas says no Gaza truce second phase while Israel 'continues violations'
Hamas said on Tuesday that the Gaza ceasefire plan cannot proceed to its second phase as long as Israeli "violations" persist and called on mediators to pressure Israel to respect the agreement.
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December 9, 2025 at 3:13 PM
🇬🇷 Greece's government is trying to restore order in Crete after farmers blocked the island's two main airports to demand the payment of EU subsidies.

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December 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
🔴Fighting between 🇹🇭 Thailand and 🇰🇭 Cambodia spread on Tuesday to new parts of their contested border, killing at least 10 people.

FRANCE 24's Douglas Herbert has more 👇
December 9, 2025 at 1:41 PM
🇮🇱 Israel was responsible for nearly half of all journalists killed this year worldwide, according to Reporters Without Borders, with 🇵🇸 29 Palestinian reporters slain by its forces in Gaza.

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December 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
ICC sentences Sudanese ‘axe murderer’ militia leader to 20 years in prison over Darfur war crimes
ICC sentences Sudanese ‘axe murderer’ militia leader to 20 years in prison over Darfur war crimes
The International Criminal Court on Tuesday sentenced Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, a leader of the feared Sudanese Janjaweed militia, to 20 years in prison for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Darfur more than 20 years ago. 
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December 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
🇺🇦 Pope Leo on Tuesday called for the "continuation of dialogue" aiming at a "just and lasting peace" during a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

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December 9, 2025 at 12:40 PM
🎥The Golden Globes 2026 nominations have been announced, including some of this year's best films, shows and stars.

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December 9, 2025 at 12:21 PM
🇫🇷 Conservative lawmakers in France have put forward several proposals targeting the country's Muslim community.

Critics argue the measures highlight the growing use of “laïcité” to curtail the rights of Muslim citizens.

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Weaponising secularism: French politicians accused of using ‘laicité’ to target Muslims
Conservative lawmakers have put forward a number of proposals targeting France’s Muslims, including a ban on under-18s wearing hijabs in public, citing the threat from radical Islamists. Critics say the measures violate the very secular rules they profess to defend, and highlight the growing use of French “laïcité” – or state secularism – to curtail the rights of Muslim citizens.
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December 9, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🇫🇷 🦩 The #French region of #Camargue is known for its association with one bird - the #flamingo.

The bird had nearly disappeared from the region in the 1960s, but conservation efforts have helped bring it and other fauna back to their native habitats in France.
December 9, 2025 at 11:42 AM
🇫🇷 #France's particular brand of secularism, known as "#laïcité", is considered a backbone of the French Republic.

Yet, this legal separation of religion and the state is often misunderstood.

120 years after the separation went into effect, FRANCE 24 takes a closer look ⤵️
December 9, 2025 at 11:21 AM
🇫🇷 Lawmakers in the lower house of #France's parliament will begin reviewing a contested bill highlighting the social security budget after 4pm (1500 GMT) on Tuesday, days after narrowly approving the taxation side of the legislation.
December 9, 2025 at 11:02 AM
🇫🇷 #French first lady Brigitte #Macron came under fire on Monday over viral video footage of her using a slur against #feminist activists who disrupted the show of an actor-comedian previously accused of rape.

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December 9, 2025 at 10:40 AM
🔴 🇱🇹 🇧🇾 #Lithuania's government on Tuesday declared a state of #emergency due to threats to public safety from smuggled balloons originating in #Belarus.

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December 9, 2025 at 10:20 AM
🔴 🇯🇵 A 7.5-magnitude #earthquake struck off northern #Japan late Monday, injuring at least 23 people and triggering small tsunami waves along the Pacific coast.

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December 9, 2025 at 10:00 AM
🇧🇯 #Benin's economic capital Cotonou was mostly calm on Monday as the country's armed forces hunted fugitive soldiers who staged a botched #coup attempt a day earlier.
December 9, 2025 at 9:41 AM