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France: US and Australia 'lying' over defence deal
France's foreign minister accuses its allies of "duplicity" and "contempt" over a new security pact.
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Political opponents complain of being silenced amid reports of fraud in the parliamentary vote.
How Germany's Merkel shaped a generation
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France: US and Australia 'lying' over defence deal
France's foreign minister accuses its allies of "duplicity" and "contempt" over a new security pact.
Opposition complaints on final day of Russia vote
Political opponents complain of being silenced amid reports of fraud in the parliamentary vote.
How Germany's Merkel shaped a generation
Young people have never known another leader, and many worry for the future as old certainties shift.
Video 2 minutes 4 seconds
TikTok star steps into dream Riverdance role
Morgan Bullock from Richmond, Virginia, joins the UK touring company of the acclaimed Irish dance show.
Video 45 seconds
Get an Eiffel of this performer walking the line
Nathan Paulin walks along a 70m (230ft) high slackline attached to an iconic French landmark.
French anger at viral bullying of 11-year-olds
A trend known as Anti2010 spread on TikTok and has been condemned by the education minister.
More than 400 migrants cross Channel in three days
French authorities stop 267 people from making the crossing in nine boats over the same period.
Opposition complaints on final day of Russia vote
Political opponents complain of being silenced amid reports of fraud in the parliamentary vote.
How Germany's Merkel shaped a generation
Young people have never known another leader, and many worry for the future as old certainties shift.
Video 2 minutes 4 seconds
TikTok star steps into dream Riverdance role
Morgan Bullock from Richmond, Virginia, joins the UK touring company of the acclaimed Irish dance show.
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IS fails to comment as France declares Sahel chief dead
Mina al-Lami
Jihadist media specialist, BBC Monitoring
The Islamic State group has said it carried out attacks committed up to two months ago in the Sahel - but failed to comment on the reported death of its regional leader there.
Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi formed Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) in 2015, and on Thursday French President Emmanuel Macron announced his death at the hands of French forces.
The group and its jihadist rival al-Qaeda are blamed for most attacks in the region, including the targeted killing of French aid workers in 2020.
The IS group's weekly newspaper, al-Naba, claimed attacks against the army and pro-army "militias" in Niger, against al-Qaeda rivals in Mali and Burkina Faso, and against "spies" in Mali - covering a period between early July and early September.
It is typical of IS claims from the Sahel to be weeks and even months old.
In its latest al-Naba report, the group reiterated that such delays were caused by "the security and technical circumstances [affecting] the mujahidin" on the ground.
Copyright: BBCImage caption: The Sahel stretches across Africa south of the Sahara desert - from Senegal in the west to Eritrea in the east Video content
Video caption: Mosquitoes 'vacuumed up' by traps that mimic breathing More than 300 traps have been deployed in the French town of Hyères to catch mosquitos.
