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The French president is battling to hold onto his majority in parliament, after the first round of the general election in France saw his party neck-and-neck with a super-coalition on the left.
Emmanuel Macron will face a fight to get his planned reforms past MPs if he loses his majority in the lower house.
From FSN's bureau in Paris, here's Ross Cullen.
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Authorities in India have razed the house of a Muslim leader after protests turned violent in the country's most populated state.
Hundreds have taken to the streets over the weekend after a ruling party official made derogatory remarks against Prophet Mohammad during a TV debate.
IN: According to the police...China’s Defense Chief says the country will fight to the very end if anyone tries to split Taiwan from China. Political analysts say it’s the strongest warning yet to the US over Washington’s policies towards the self-governed island.
Richard Kimber reports from Hong Kong.
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CLIP: http://fsnradionews.com/feeds/0612-low-yen-record-NBW.mp3The United States is lifting its requirement for travellers to test negative for Covid-19 upon entering the country.
The move will go into effect for those arriving by air from midnight on Sunday.
From Washington, Benji Hyer reports.
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The British government has come under fire for plans to burn unused Personal Protective Equipment.
A watchdog has questioned the environmental impact of recycling and burning the PPE to generate power.
Sally Patterson has more in London.
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Uganda says it has isolated six people suspected of contracting monkeypox. Some of the patients are Congolese refugees entering Uganda through the Bunagana border point, in the western part of the country. Leon Ssenyange reports
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Two British men who fought in the Ukrainian army and were captured by Russian forces have been sentenced to death.
Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner were both legitimate members of the Ukrainian army when they were captured in the city of Mariupol.
On Thursday a Russian-backed court labelled them mercenaries and sentenced them to death.
The UK government has condemned the ruling and is working to overturn it.
But Human rights lawyer Wayne Jordash said it would be difficult to fight it.
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