🇫🇷No-one gets France's difficulty more than me, says Macron's new PM Bayrou
Centrist leader François Bayrou has become France's latest prime minister, chosen by President Emmanuel Macron in a bid to end months of political turmoil.
Bayrou, a 73-year-old mayor from the south-west who leads the MoDem party, said he was fully aware of the "Himalayan" task facing France, and he vowed to "hide nothing, neglect nothing and leave nothing aside".
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🇬🇪Georgia's turmoil deepens as ex-footballer to be named president
A former Manchester City footballer is set to be appointed president on Saturday by Georgia's disputed parliament, after 16 days of pro-EU protests that have swept this country's towns and cities.
Mikheil Kavelashvili, now 53, is a former MP from the increasingly authoritarian ruling Georgian Dream party and the only candidate for the job.
Protesters began gathering outside parliament on Saturday morning, with demonstrations planned for later in the day.
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💶Moment of relief as Romania and Bulgaria join EU border-free zone
Seventeen years after Romania and Bulgaria joined the European Union, they have been given the green light to become members of its border-free Schengen travel zone.
The decision by fellow EU member states means that from 1 January 2025, it will be possible to drive all the way to France, Spain or Norway without a passport.
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🇺🇸FBI informants were at Capitol riot but no agents, watchdog finds
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🇦🇫Suicide bomb kills Taliban minister in Kabul
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🇿🇲Zambia's ex-President Lungu barred from seeking re-election
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🇰🇷S Korea police raid president's office over martial law attempt
Police in South Korea are in the process of raiding the presidential office in Seoul, following President Yoon Suk Yeol's abortive attempt to impose martial law last week.
Police say while they have gained access to the civil service offices, however, they are unable to enter the main building of Yoon's office, which is blocked by security guards, according to AFP.
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🇬🇭Comeback victory confirmed for Ghana's John Mahama
Official results from Saturday's presidential election in Ghana have confirmed the victory of opposition candidate, former President John Mahama.
Mahama won with 56.6% against 41.6% for Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia. It is the biggest margin of victory in the country for 24 years.
Voter turnout was 60.9%, said the head of Ghana's electoral commission, Jean Mensa.
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🇬🇧Starmer welcomes fall of Assad's 'barbaric regime'
UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has welcomed the fall of Bashar al-Assad's "barbaric regime" in Syria, as he called for the restoration of "peace and stability".
The ousted Syrian president - who Russian state media report is in Moscow having been granted asylum by Russia - fled the country after his government fell to a lightning rebel offensive early on Sunday.
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🇸🇾Watch: Presidential palace stormed in Damascus
Syrians enter the presidential palace in the capital Damascus after the fall of Bashar al-Assad.
Russia has confirmed President Assad left the country and claimed he had resigned from government. His current whereabouts is unknown.
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🇰🇷South Korean president survives impeachment vote
Lawmakers in South Korea have narrowly failed to impeach the nation's president over his short-lived attempt to declare martial law.
A bill to censure Yoon Suk Yeol fell five votes short of the 200 needed to pass, with many members of parliament in the ruling People Power Party (PPP) boycotting the vote.
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💶EU tries to get closer to South America with trade deal
The European Union has signed a trade deal with four of South America's biggest economies.
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen called the agreement a "truly historic milestone" in an "increasingly confrontational world".
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🇧🇸Moment Bahamas MP throws ceremonial mace out parliament window
A parliamentary session in the Bahamas has been dramatically suspended after an opposition MP threw a ceremonial mace out a window.
Shanendon Cartwright, the deputy leader of the opposition, was restrained by police and officials following the incident.
During the scuffle the deputy speaker was struck and taken to hospital, while a police officer suffered a leg injury, Speaker Patricia Deveaux told parliament.
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🇺🇸Trump tariff threat puts a strain on 🇨🇦Canada-🇲🇽Mexico ties
Canada is being accused of throwing Mexico under the bus amid a tariff threat ahead of President-elect Donald Trump's second term in the White House.
Last week, Trump threatened he would impose a blanket 25% tariff on both countries when he takes office in January unless they secured their shared borders with the US.
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😭NYPD hunts gun-wielding assailant who killed UnitedHealthcare CEO outside hotel
New York City police have launched a manhunt for a masked suspect who gunned down the head of a US medical insurance giant, in what investigators described as a "brazen, targeted attack".
UnitedHealthcare chief executive Brian Thompson was fatally shot in the back on Wednesday morning outside the Hilton Hotel in Midtown Manhattan, where he had been scheduled to speak at an investor conference later in the day.
The 50-year-old father-of-two, who also was shot in the leg, was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead minutes after the attack, officials said.
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🇨🇦Canadian government moves to end weeks-long postal strike
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🇪🇹🇸🇴Ethiopia and Somalia agree to end bitter Somaliland port feud
Ethiopia and Somalia have agreed to end their bitter dispute over Addis Ababa's plans to build a port in the breakaway republic of Somaliland following talks in Turkey.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan welcomed the "historic agreement", which he said would eventually ensure landlocked Ethiopia's access to the sea.
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🇫🇷Macron meets centrist Bayrou ahead of imminent decision on next French PM
President Emmanuel Macron was meeting centrist leader François Bayrou on Friday as speculation mounted over who he would choose as PM, in a bid to end months of political turmoil.
It is now nine days since French MPs ousted Michel Barnier as prime minister in a no-confidence vote, and Macron had said a replacement would be appointed by the end of Thursday.
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🇸🇦Fifa confirms Saudi Arabia as 2034 World Cup hosts
The 2034 men's football World Cup will be held in Saudi Arabia, while Spain, Portugal and Morocco will be joint hosts for the 2030 tournament, world governing body Fifa has confirmed.
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🇺🇸FBI Director Christopher Wray to resign before Trump takes office
Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher Wray has said he will resign before President-elect Donald Trump, who has indicated he would fire him, takes office next month.
Wray announced at an internal FBI meeting on Wednesday that he had decided to step aside after weeks of consideration.
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🇸🇾Syria's new transitional PM calls for stability and calm
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🇸🇾Watch: The final hours of the Assad regime
After years in power, Syria's President Bashar al-Assad was toppled with surprising speed.
On Saturday afternoon, it became clear rebels who had already taken Aleppo and Hama were closing in on Homs and also had their eyes on the capital Damascus.
Just hours later, Assad was reported to have left on a plane.
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📱TikTok asks for emergency pause to looming US ban
TikTok has asked a court for an emergency injunction to prevent it becoming unavailable in the US next month.
The US government passed a law demanding the app's sale or ban because of what it says are its links to the Chinese state - links TikTok and its parent company ByteDance deny.
The social media company lost its appeal against the law in a decision handed down on Friday - and said afterwards it would appeal to the Supreme Court.
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🇬🇭Jubilant Ghanaians celebrate election results
Following Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia's concession in Ghana's election, jubilant supporters of opposition candidate John Mahama have been celebrating on the streets across the country.
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🇧🇫Military leader dissolves Burkina Faso's government
Burkina Faso's military ruler Capt Ibrahim Traoré has sacked his Prime Minister Apollinaire Joachim Kyelem de Tambela and dissolved the entire government.
The dismissal of the head of government and his cabinet was announced in a decree signed by the junta leader on Friday.
The decree did not specify why the prime minister was sacked, but said members of the dissolved government will continue to serve until a new cabinet is appointed.
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📱TikTok set to be banned in the 🇺🇸US after losing appeal
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🇷🇴Romanian court annuls result of presidential election first round
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💶First EU visit for 🇷🇺Russian foreign minister since invasion
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has travelled to Malta for a European security summit, marking his first visit to an EU state since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
His Ukrainian counterpart Andriy Sybiga, who is also attending the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) meeting, walked out of the hall ahead of Lavrov's remarks, according to the country's foreign ministry.
Lavrov's attendance has proven controversial, with Poland's foreign minister refusing to meet him and Sybiga branding the diplomat a "war criminal".
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🇫🇷Emmanuel Macron vows to name new French PM within days
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🇫🇷French government collapses in no-confidence vote
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