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Immigration 'flooding' remark row piles pressure on French PM

Immigration 'flooding' remark row piles pressure on French PM

Prime Minister Francois Bayrou was at risk on Wednesday of losing the little tacit opposition support he relies on in parliament after suggesting that immigrants were "flooding" France.

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Wales boss Gatland wary of 'humble' France hero Dupont

Wales boss Gatland wary of 'humble' France hero Dupont

Warren Gatland says he has "huge" respect for Antoine Dupont as Wales bid to end their long losing streak in a Six Nations opener against France, captained by the star scrum-half.

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Frenchman on trial for killing ex-partner after years of alleged abuse

Frenchman on trial for killing ex-partner after years of alleged abuse

A Frenchman went on trial Wednesday accused of stabbing to death his former partner, who had filed repeated complaints with authorities over years of abuse and warned that she could end up being killed.

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Stocks diverge, dollar steady before Fed rate decision

Stocks diverge, dollar steady before Fed rate decision

Equity markets diverged Wednesday as attention turned away from recent turbulence in tech stocks to the outlook for interest rates, with the Fed and the ECB both holding their first major meetings of the year.

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'Very sad' west Londoners oppose Heathrow expansion

'Very sad' west Londoners oppose Heathrow expansion

In the historic west London village of Harmondsworth, Justine Bayley pointed to where Heathrow Airport's new boundary would likely sit once a third runway is built -- just yards from her home.

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Fatal Ukrainian drone barrage on Russia hits oil refinery

Fatal Ukrainian drone barrage on Russia hits oil refinery

A Ukrainian drone attack killed a mother and her toddler in western Russia on Wednesday, local officials said, in a major overnight barrage that set an oil refinery ablaze and targeted a nuclear facility.

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'Less snow': warm January weather breaks records in Moscow

'Less snow': warm January weather breaks records in Moscow

January 2025 is on track to be one of the warmest in Moscow on record, meteorologists reported on Wednesday, with two of the past days breaking all-time daily temperature highs.

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Israel says Hamas to free 11 more hostages this week

Israel says Hamas to free 11 more hostages this week

Israel said on Wednesday that 11 more hostages held in Gaza, including five Thais, would be freed over two days this week as part of a fragile Gaza ceasefire.

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Trump's health sec pick RFK Jr in critical Senate hearing

Trump's health sec pick RFK Jr in critical Senate hearing

Robert F. Kennedy Jr faced a make-or-break Senate hearing Wednesday where he was grilled on his history of promoting vaccine misinformation and plans to upend US science agencies as he bids to become President Donald Trump's health secretary.

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Eurovision 2025 first tickets wave sells out in minutes

Eurovision 2025 first tickets wave sells out in minutes

The first wave of 42,000 tickets for the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest sold out within minutes on Wednesday, organisers said.

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