France — news through its media
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Nigel Farage wins back the seat he gave up: a by-election he triggered himself, boycotted by all his serious opponents
Nigel Farage won back the Clacton seat on 14 August with 22,239 votes against 9,455 for a satirical candidate wearing a bin on his head. He had resigned that same seat in July, under investigation over an undeclared £5 million donation. The major parties boycotted the vote; the inquiry resumed hours after the result.
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Settlers besiege three Palestinian homes in Qusra — and the US ambassador to Israel calls them "terrorists"
Since 9 August, Israeli settlers have besieged three homes in Qusra, in the occupied West Bank, cutting water and electricity and trapping around fifteen people. US Ambassador Mike Huckabee, an avowed supporter of the settlements, called them "Israeli terrorists". France demands prosecutions; the UN calls it criminal.
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Eurovision bars countries at war from hosting the contest — without naming anyone
The EBU changed its rules on 13 August: from 2027, the winning country will lose hosting rights if it is engaged in armed conflict or if a "sensitive geopolitical situation" threatens security. The minimum age rises from 16 to 18. No country is named — part of the press writes "Israel", the rest sticks to the text.
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Karoline Leavitt leaves the White House: a family decision for some, an electoral calendar for others
Donald Trump announced on 12 August that his press secretary would leave at the end of the month to become an outside adviser. At 28, she was the youngest in history. She cites her family; part of the press notes she is leaving two months before the midterm elections. No successor has been named.
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Death of Zhu Rongji, the former premier who took China into the WTO — and whose age Beijing and the West report differently
Xinhua announced the death of Zhu Rongji, premier from 1998 to 2003, on 12 August in Beijing. He engineered China's WTO entry in 2001 and the restructuring of state-owned enterprises, at the cost of tens of millions of layoffs. A rare detail: Chinese agencies say he died at 98, the Western press at 97.
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A Texas oil company linked to Trump lands drilling equipment in Greenland without permission, Nuuk issues a firm warning
Greenland Energy, a Texas company linked to Donald Trump's circle, unloaded fifteen containers of drilling equipment on Greenland's east coast in late July, without permission. The Nuuk government issued a firm warning on 30 July and had the exploratory drilling postponed, for lack of permits and an environmental impact study. Notably, neither Washington, London nor Copenhagen covers the story.
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Ebola in DR Congo: more than 2,000 dead, and the WHO reveals the outbreak had been spreading since February
Congolese authorities report 2,011 deaths and 4,381 confirmed cases. The WHO reveals that the outbreak, declared on 15 May, had actually begun in February — early cases having been attributed to malaria and typhoid. "We are chasing the virus, it is ahead of us." The response is hampered by armed conflict, poor roads and unpaid health workers.
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July, the hottest month ever recorded in the United States: Europe under its fifth heatwave, South Korea parched
Copernicus recorded the hottest June-July ever measured in Western Europe (21.62 °C) and NOAA confirmed the hottest July in the contiguous United States. A fifth heatwave hits Europe: rivers at record lows, nuclear reactors under strain, 70% of France under water restrictions. At the same time, South Korea is mobilising its army against drought — with no narrative link to Europe.
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Trump Left Turkey in a Catering Truck, on a Secret Plane, Facing an Iranian Threat
The Washington Post revealed that after the NATO summit in Ankara on 8 July, Donald Trump boarded an Air Force One in front of the cameras, then immediately left it via a catering truck to board a military aircraft. The press pool landed in Britain without him. Trump confirmed it on Tuesday evening: "I do what they tell me." Three questions remain: his security, the credibility of the threat, and the White House's communication.
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Bashar al-Assad Sentenced to Death in Absentia in Damascus, the First Verdict Against Syria's Former Regime
On Tuesday, Damascus's Fourth Criminal Chamber sentenced Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia for war crimes and crimes against humanity — the killing of children, torture leading to death. His brother Maher and seven other officials were sentenced alongside him; only his cousin Atef Najib appeared in person. The verdict was read live on state television. Assad, living near Moscow since December 2024, has not been extradited.
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'Football Belongs to No Individual': Three Confederations Accuse Infantino as Trump Rushes to His Defence
UEFA, CONCACAF and the AFC — three of FIFA's six confederations, whose presidents are also FIFA vice-presidents — accuse Gianni Infantino of breaking trust "through deception" and demand an independent review of the abandoned plan to sell a stake in the World Cup. CAF and CONMEBOL did not sign. That evening, Donald Trump said replacing him would be "a terrible mistake".
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