French President Emmanuel Macron has named a new government, putting together a team under Francois Bayrou, his fourth prime minister of the year, to drag the second-largest EU economy out of political crisis u.afp.com/5Fsw

Let’s be honest; Emmanuel Macron has been banging the drum for European cooperation on defence or some kind of European defence force for years. The UK didn’t want to know preferring to rely on a mythical “special relationship” with the US.

The French president is in damage control after cameras captured his wife shoving him in the face. Emmanuel Macron says it was just a joke, but the tarmac spat in Vietnam has now been seen around the world. Hugh Whitfeld #7NEWS

ROUGE & BLEU ❤️💙 #UCLfinal

Today, we solemnly mark the 36th anniversary of the #TiananmenSquareMassacre, and remember all those in #HongKong who have been arrested for peacefully commemorating this debate. In the words of our Patron Lord Patten, we must "commemorate the tragedy of Tiananmen Square on

I can't believe it. Siarhei is here—with me and our children. What we’ve dreamed of for 5 years has finally happened. Tonight, I’m taking the evening off to talk with my husband, to let him see his children again, after so many years. Thank you all for the tremendous support!❤️

Visiting the most bizarre nation on earth : Steve Vines of The Independent & Catherine Field of The Observer in North Korea. No evident signs of this ghastly regime starting to falter but it is reasonable to wonder how long they can keep it up. open.substack.com/pub/stephenvin…

⚫️ AFP management shares the SDJ's concern about the appalling situation of its freelancers in the Gaza Strip. For months, we have watched helplessly as their living conditions deteriorated dramatically. Their situation is now untenable, despite their exemplary courage,

Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die. ⁦AFP News Agency⁩ ⁦Agence France-Presse⁩

Joint statement on Gaza from AFP News Agency, The Associated Press, BBC News (World) and Reuters

#BREAKING Macron says he will formally announce France's recognition of Palestinian statehood at UN General Assembly in September

IDF says it’s killed Al Jazeera journalist Anas Al-Sharif ⁦Committee to Protect Journalists⁩ and others warned of his death a few weeks ago. Entire AJ crew in Gaza City has been killed with him cpj.org/2025/07/cpj-ca…

Story of a death foretold: a few weeks before Israeli forces killed him, ⁦CPJ MENA⁩ called for Anas Al-Sharif’s protection in face of Israeli smears - Committee to Protect Journalists cpj.org/2025/07/cpj-ca…

Anas al-Sharif was 28 years old. He grew up in Jabiya refugee camp. He lost his father in December 2023 to Israeli bombs. He was a courageous journalist for #AlJazeera. There is ZERO evidence he was attached to Hamas (this is what Israel does - malign the dead). His last words

The BBC News (World), AFP News Agency, The Associated Press & @reuters have released a short film calling on the Israeli authorities to allow international journalists access to Gaza. In a joint video statement, the media groups said: "International journalists must now be allowed into Gaza to share the burden

Stephen Vines : Another Chinese spying trial is on the way Will the UK government also try to scupper this one? open.substack.com/pub/stephenvin…

The names of the French heroes who DID NOT stay a little back, off the front lines. We will never forget them 🇫🇷 Yagci Murat Kingue Eithel Abraham Simah Jean-Baptiste Thierry Karsanov Alan Crupel Cédric Le Page Loïc Sarrazin Gilles Elward Kamel Gazeau Joël Poulain David Paré

"Let the living give thanks to our honored dead who have paid the ultimate sacrifice" All of them.