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Scientists have achieved a major breakthrough in understanding the Universe’s earliest moments, measuring the amount of helium formed in the first five minutes after the Big Bang with unprecedented precision. Using one of the world’s most powerful telescopes, an international team studied 15 remarkably pristine galaxies that act as cosmic time capsules, preserving clues from nearly 13.8 billion years ago.
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The Malian army, supported by the Russian forces of the Africa Corps, announced that it had resumed Kidal on 6 October, after the departure of the fighters of the Azawad Liberation Front (ALA). Bastion of the Tuareg rebellion in northern Mali, this strategic city was returned to rebel control on 25 April, during an offensive carried out jointly with the jihadists of the Islamic and Muslim Support Group (GSIM). Explanations by Wassim Nasr, journalist France 24.
The Malian army says it has entered the strategic northern city of Kidal, which was captured around five months ago by Tuareg separatists who announced their withdrawal earlier Tuesday as the military advanced – a symbolic boost to Mali's junta and its Russian backers. In late April, jihadists from Al-Qaeda-linked JNIM and its Tuareg separatist allies kicked off a series of attacks aimed at weakening Mali's junta rulers, including taking control of Kidal and killing the defence minister. FRANCE 24’s Senior journalist Wassim Nasr explains.
An exclusive survey of France 24 and about 20 media partners reveals the mass expulsions of illegal immigrants from the United States to "third countries". Thirteen African countries are affected by these often opaque agreements led by the Trump administration, including the Eswatini, a small landlocked kingdom between South Africa and Mozambique. Caroline Dumay's explanations, corresponding to France 24.
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In this issue of Reporters+, Karina Chabour investigates an unknown face of American migration policy: the expulsion of people to third countries in Africa, away from the United States and sometimes away from their country of origin.
