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French President Emmanuel Macron could appoint a new prime minister in the next 48 hours, the country’s outgoing…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.
French President Emmanuel Macron could appoint a new prime minister in the next 48 hours, the country’s outgoing…


Under the buzzing of Israeli drones and warplanes, Jihan Abu Mandeel watched her five young children play with toy animals in their tiny, makeshift tent in Deir Balah, Gaza. It was a brief moment of childhood amid Israel’s ongoing genocide in…

Arab nations have condemned far-right Israeli minister Itamar Ben Gvir after he prayed at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site today, despite a decades-old…

Thomas Copeland
BBC Verify Live journalist
We’ve been seeing social media videos showing agents from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and protests against…

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M Yaghi for their work in the development of metal organic frameworks (MOF).
The three scientists, who won the award on…

AMMAN: Jordan’s State Security Court on Wednesday handed down prison sentences to several…

PARIS — Outgoing French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu, aiming to calm the political storm triggered by his resignation on Monday less than 24 hours after unveiling his ministers, faced a tight deadline Wednesday to break the deadlock caused…

Lucy WilliamsonMiddle East correspondent, Jerusalem
BBCThe Skeik building, in a quiet road off Omar al-Mukhtar Street in western Gaza City, was a familiar sight to Gaza’s lovers.
The tree-lined street that ran beside it was once a favourite place…