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Moroccan elections. Ballot boxes are designed for the next Government.

The voters in Morocco today vote in elections that will shape the Government that will oversee the final stages of a $20 billion plan in preparation for hosting the World Cup 2030 finals and projects aimed at channelling economic gains towards the young frustrated in the country.

Golan Heights will 'remain Syrian', President Ahmed al-Sharaa vows at UN

Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa told the UN Wednesday that the contested Golan Heights region would "remain Syrian" despite ongoing military occupation by Israel. The Syrian leader also used his second turn at the UN rostrum to denounce repeated Israeli strikes on his country.

REPLAY: Iranian President Pezeshkian adresses UNGA

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian is speaking before the UN General Assembly Wednesday in his first speech at the world body since the US and Israel launched the conflict with his country. His address comes a day after US President Donald Trump told the UNGA he could "annihilate the Islamic Republic" and "drive them into hell".

Iran’s Pezeshkian tells UN his country is ‘victim’ of US ‘terrorism’

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has hit back at US President Donald Trump’s speech in his address to the UN General Assembly. He opened by showing images of Iranian civilians killed in US strikes, saying they demonstrated the impact of US and Israeli military action against Iran. During his speech, the US delegation walked out of the General Assembly hall. France 24 International Affairs Editor Kethevane Gorjestani has more.

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Reed Brody: "Co-Chairs in Nicaragua are responsible for reported enforced disappearances"

The UN reported that the government of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo in Nicaragua uses enforced disappearance as a weapon of repression: at least 161 cases since 2018, with 29 persons still missing. Reed Brody, a member of the Group of Experts on Human Rights on Nicaragua (GHREN), a former New York Deputy Prosecutor and a human rights lawyer, addresses the issue in France 24.

Cuba faces a growing cash shortage as the weight swings against the dollar

On the island, cash has become a daily difficulty as inflation and weight loss aggravate purchasing power. Citizens make long lines to withdraw up to 20,000 pesos, about 28 dollars at the informal exchange, while the Government puts in circulation new high-denomination notes. The Cuban currency this week reached 700 pesos per dollar, a cost ten times more than in 2021.

How US players are reshaping France and the continent

In this edition we welcome CNN's correspondent in France, Melissa Bell. Melissa is the author of "Sous l'influence americaine", an investigation into American interference in France and Europe. She tells us about the ways in which American interference is being felt in Europe and France and what we should expect during the 2027 French presidential election campaign.

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Israel denounces Macron's UN remarks

Israeli officials have hit back at French President Emmanuel Macron after he criticised Israel’s conduct in the occupied West Bank during his address to the UN General Assembly. But while Macron used strong words against Israel, France allowed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plane to fly through French airspace on its way to New York, despite an ICC arrest warrant against him. Delano D’Souza reports.