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Turkey refuses Macron’s call for troops withdrawal from Libya
Nov 14, 2021 04:59Turkey has refused French President Emmanuel Macron’s call for the foreign powers to remove their forces from Libya, describing it as a “wrong” solution ahead of the Libyan presidential and parliamentary elections.
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Iran sees France as potential major actor in JCPOA talks
Nov 11, 2021 02:48Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Baqeri Kani, the country’s top negotiator in the Vienna talks on the revival of the JCPOA, said France could play the role of a major actor in the nuclear negotiations in case Paris adopts a “more independent stance”.
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Germany COVID infections hit highest as France sees record hospitalizations
Nov 09, 2021 08:16Germany’s new coronavirus infections have soared alarmingly, touching the highest level since the start of the pandemic, public health figures showed on Monday.
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French Navy conducts surveillance op to enforce North Korea sanctions
Nov 08, 2021 05:54A UN-appointed French naval crew has conducted surveillance operations above the Yellow Sea between North Korea and China, in search of what it describes as signs of contraband headed for North Korea.
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Austerity closed over 20% of French hospital beds during epidemic
Nov 05, 2021 16:04France has been shocked by a report that found that 20% of all the nation’s hospital beds have closed since the start of the pandemic. That total number of closed beds is twice as many as in 2019, which also reveals that hospitals have been running at under-capacity for some time.
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UK, France at war over post-Brexit fishing rights
Nov 04, 2021 14:37To fish or not to fish is at the center of an escalating row between France and Britain row after France seized one British trawler and fined another for not playing by the new rules.
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Britain’s position on fishing row with France unchanged: Johnson
Nov 03, 2021 13:34British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says London will make no concession in a dispute with France over fishing rights, against the backdrop of a move by Paris to put on hold plans for retaliatory measures.
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France-Australia row deepens as Macron's text leaked to Australian media
Nov 03, 2021 05:21France has denounced Australia's "very inelegant" move to leak a private text message from President Emmanuel Macron to the Australian premier about a submarine deal that Canberra later unilaterally dropped, deeply dismaying Paris and sparking a diplomatic row.
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France and UK told: End dispute or you’ll wreck Cop26 summit
Nov 01, 2021 12:38Leading scientists and environmentalists called on British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson and French President, Emmanuel Macron to declare an immediate ceasefire in a bitter Anglo-French row over fishing rights on Saturday (Oct. 30, 2021) as fears grew that the UK’s arguments with its EU neighbours could overshadow the crucial Cop26 summit on climate change.
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Britain warns France: Back down in 48 hours or face trade trouble
Nov 01, 2021 10:36The UK warned France on Monday to back down in a fish row within 48 hours or face legal action under the Brexit trade deal amid an intensifying dispute between Paris and London.