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As midterms approach, does GOP have a Trump problem?

The US midterm elections are just five weeks away - and while the US President is not on the ballot, his influence is top of mind for Republicans. Donald Trump's approval ratings have been hitting record lows in recent weeks, and in a sign of the party's concern it has started pouring campaign funding into many seats once considered safe, and some candidates have even changed their tune on one of the election's biggest issues: The US's war in Iran.

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France: Pope says 'authentic secularity' does not exclude religion

Pope Leo XIV said on a visit to France on Friday that "authentic secularity" should not exclude religion, in a country where law has for more than a century separated church and state. "An authentic secularity, then, consists not in excluding religion from the public sphere or from education, but in striving to ensure that the state and religious institutions maintain dialogue and join forces in the service of the common good," he said.

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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.