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The World This Week

Our panel of Paris-based journalists review the week's international news: the stories that made the headlines and also those you may have missed! Join us every Friday at 7:10pm Paris time.

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NATO summit and Ukraine, Modi in Paris for Bastille Day

NATO summit and Ukraine, Modi in Paris for Bastille Day

This week's NATO summit was almost a one-man show starring someone whose country is not yet a member of the Alliance: Vo... Read more

14 Jul 2023

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Putin losing grip to Wagner, France's policing problem

Putin losing grip to Wagner, France's policing problem

Yevgeny Prigozhin cheered as he suddenly lifted his occupation of Rostov-on-Don last Saturday night and aborted his Wagn... Read more

30 Jun 2023

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For four days, the world waited on word of the tourist submersible and the five people inside who had gone to explore th... Read more

23 Jun 2023

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Populists on parade, African leaders visit Ukraine, Migrant tragedy, Musk in Paris

Populists on parade, African leaders visit Ukraine, Migrant tragedy, Musk in Paris

It was the kind of send-off that Donald Trump and Boris Johnson would surely love: a packed house and a packed piazza ou... Read more

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The frontline dam burst that flooded southern Ukraine is a nightmare scenario come true. Who stands to gain from the cat... Read more

9 Jun 2023

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Russia and Ukraine, Kosovo, Uganda's anti-LGBTQ bill and Iran's jailed journalists

Russia and Ukraine, Kosovo, Uganda's anti-LGBTQ bill and Iran's jailed journalists

Ukraine suffered 30 Russian drone strikes overnight. On Thursday, a 9-year-old child and her mother were killed by the f... Read more

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Belgorod Raid, DeSantis Campaign, Turkey Elections, Artificial Intelligence and Tina Turner

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Belgorod, Russia, near the border with Ukraine has been in the news all week long because of an incursion by two groups ... Read more

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Do all roads lead to Jeddah? Elections in Turkey & Greece and French Resistance revelations

Do all roads lead to Jeddah? Elections in Turkey & Greece and French Resistance revelations

Syria's Bashar al-Assad came out of the woodwork in Jeddah on the same day that Zelensky passed through, taking his plea... Read more

19 May 2023

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Turkey elections, war in Ukraine, new protectionism, Eurovision

Turkey elections, war in Ukraine, new protectionism, Eurovision

A final rally for a nail-biting finish in Istanbul, back where he started out as mayor. Turkey's leader of two decades i... Read more

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Kremlin drones, Turkey's election, Sudan's conflict and King Charles III's coronation

Kremlin drones, Turkey's election, Sudan's conflict and King Charles III's coronation

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