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In run-up to mass protests and riots, pro-Russian accounts amplified French anger, NGO finds

Research carried out by the Alliance4Europe NGO suggests that pro-Russian networks manipulated information online in an effort to exacerbate anger in France ahead of last weekend's massive protests and subsequent unrest. After analysing more than half a million posts across various social media platforms, the group says it was able to track the campaign back to the start of September. FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks with Omri Preiss, Managing Director at the Alliance4Europe.

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Egypt involvement in Yemen 'may actually weaken Cairo's regional role', expert says

Egypt's parliament on Monday delayed a debate on President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's request to authorise military support for Saudi Arabia until next week, state media reported, after an emergency session ended without a decision a day earlier. FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks with Dr May Darwich, Associate Professor in International Relations of the Middle East at the University of Birmingham. She explains that "this kind of military operation does not really have any objectives or exit strategy so at the moment this might actually weaken Egypt's regional role".

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France riots: Le Pen 'trying to use these events to push her popularity,' expert says

In the wake of the weekend violence in France, political camps have been trading blame for the "chaos". The riots have played into the hands of the far-right National Rally, which has been quick to capitalise on the anger and fears over law and order. Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen, Dr David Lees, Reader in French Studies at the University of Warwick, says that far-right candidate Marine Le Pen "is trying to use these events as a vehicle for pushing her popularity ahead of the elections next year".

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Sally Rooney's books cannot be sold in UK amid Palestine Action ban, publisher says

Irish author Sally Rooney can no longer sell her books in the UK because of her support for the activist group Palestine Action, her publisher Faber said on Wednesday. Rooney has previously expressed her support for the group, which was banned as a "terrorist" organisation by the UK government in July 2025. It is not banned in Ireland, where Rooney lives. FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks with Alan Greene, Professor of Constitutional Law and Human Rights at the Birmingham Law School.

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French anti-terror investigators probe True Crime Community link to school shooting

The French anti-terrorism prosecutor has taken ​over the investigation into a school shooting near Marseille, after an initial probe found the 14-year-old suspect appeared to belong to ​a ‌group called the True Crime ⁠Community. Two teachers were shot and wounded, after a student opened fire with ⁠a hunting rifle that had been hidden inside a guitar case. FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks with Alexandre Rodde, security consultant, researcher and author of the report "Understanding nihilistic violent extremism and the True Crime Community in France".

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Supermarket fridge hacking attacks due to lack of basic cybersecurity measures, expert says

French investigators on Tuesday ​were hunting the hackers who seized control of cooling units at hundreds of supermarkets in a cyberattack that underlined the vulnerabilities of connected systems, with no group publicly claiming responsibility. FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks with Marta Rybczynska, cybersecurity expert at Ygreky. She says that basic measures like regularly updating software or passwords are essential to prevent hacking attacks.

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'It's clear that Moscow is just playing with Washington', analyst says

President Donald Trump's envoys told ​Ukrainian officials on Friday that a deal to allow Russian diesel exports is part of a bid to draw Russia back to negotiations after the failure of previous efforts to launch sustained talks to end the war, three people familiar with the meeting told Reuters. FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks with Grégoire Roos, director of the Europe and Russia and Eurasia Programmes at Chatham House. He says that "it's clear that Moscow is just playing with Washington because Vladimir Putin knows that Donald Trump lives on borrowed time".

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Cancer rates rising faster among younger people, international study finds

Major new research has found that cases of several different kinds of cancer have risen sharply among young people in England, the US and the Netherlands. The number of people under the age of 50 diagnosed with prostate cancer in England has quadrupled since 2001. Researchers aren't exactly sure why there's been such an increase, but say the broad reason could be linked to a growing rate of obesity, poor diets and a lack of exercise. FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks with Jon Shelton, Head of cancer intelligence at Cancer Research UK.

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Brazil 'has moved to the right progressively over the last two decades', expert says

Senator Flavio Bolsonaro received on Monday endorsements ​from Ronaldo Caiado and Romeu Zema, two right-wing politicians who ran against him in Sunday's first-round vote, ​for ‌the runoff against President Luiz ⁠Inacio Lula da Silva later this month. Speaking with FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney, Anthony Pereira, Executive Director of the Stone Center for Latin American Studies at Tulane University, says that "Lula's path to victory lies in mobilising voters who didn't vote in the first round" while Flavio Bolsonaro "will probably benefit from the voters who voted for other right-wing candidates an

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Safeguards 'build a moat' around US AI firms, prevent open-source models from advancing, expert says

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the tech executives gathered at the White House to discuss regulating AI had signed a "morally binding" commitment to build adequate safeguards on the fast-moving technology. Speaking with FRANCE 24's Monte Francis, Harrison Rolfes, Senior Research Analyst at PitchBook, says that the push for safeguards "prevents open-source models from taking over the competition as well as new incumbents from coming in with a new frontier model", explaining that the measures "build a moat" around US AI firms.

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Expert says UK airbase plot 'fits into a very intense pattern we've been seeing in past two months'

British police said Monday five men arrested near an airbase used by the United States were released on bail, as officers probed whether a "foreign state" could be involved in a suspected bomb plot. Speaking with FRANCE 24's Monte Francis, Yan Saint-Pierre, CEO of Modern Security Consulting Group, explains that many of the hybrid warfare cases seen recently "involve local nationals, this is not about exporting terror" adding that foreign actors aim to have "as many layers as possible to complicate any investigation and accurate denounciation of culprits".

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Trump and Xi meet, but hopes for AI cooperation stay slim

Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump have been holding talks in the Oval Office at the White House. Trump gave the visiting leader of Communist China a personal tour of several of his favourite White House features. He took him aboard the Marine One helicopter, presented the new granite landing pad he had built for it, and pointed out the massive adjacent construction site where a ballroom will eventually stand.

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Does the future belong to China?

US President Donald Trump is rolling out the red carpet for his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping ahead of Thursday's summit in Washington. But is China's leader overconfident in thinking the future belongs to Beijing? FRANCE 24's Yinka Oyetade speaks to Rex Li from King's College London.

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UN General Assembly to discuss war, climate and AI

World leaders are heading to New York for the world's biggest diplomatic gathering: the UN General Assembly. Throughout the week, attention will turn to the war in Iran, climate change and the race to rein in AI. FRANCE 24's Monte Francis and Theresa Squatrito from the London School of Economics discuss what to expect.

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Trump ramps up his war on the media

US media outlets CNN, Politico and MS NOW are suing the Trump administration after it removed their press credentials and banned them from covering the White House. FRANCE 24 spoke to Steven Herman, executive director of the Jordan Center for Journalism Advocacy and Innovation at the University of Mississippi about the legality of the move and its wider ramnifications.

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The Canada-EU partnership 'a classic win-win situation', economist says

Speaking with FRANCE 24's Monte Francis, Fabian Zuleeg, Chief Economist at the European Policy Center, says that the partnership between Canada and the EU "is a classic win-win situation. Canada has many resources, has many of the economic strengths that the European Union lacks, the EU has a very large market, it is an important trading partner".

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