Live: Israel election deadlock leaves Netanyahu and rival Eisenkot short of majority

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and rival Gadi Eisenkot were locked in an election deadlock on Wednesday morning, with both blocs falling short of a parliamentary majority, according to exit polls. Netanyahu vowed to form a new government, saying no leader should rule through the backing of Israeli Arabs, whose parties posted strong gains. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.

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Middle East

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Government says protests across France 'went well' despite nearly 1,000 arrests

Hundreds of thousands marched across France on Saturday protesting the rising cost of living and a lack of government resources for essential services like schools. While demonstrations in Paris started peacefully they ended with a heavy security response, with almost 1,000 arrested across the country.

France

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Interior ministry says 410,000 protesters across France as organisers claim 'nearly 800,000'

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France

France: 1,314 arrested during protests across the country

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France

'I didn’t know it was theft': Trials begin in Paris following October 17 violence

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France

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For years, convicted sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein developed a global web of powerful connections despite accusations of sex trafficking. Millions of declassified documents reveal how he expanded and maintainted his network.

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Sierra Leone native Rabbiatu Kuyateh had lived in the United States for the past 30 years, working mainly as a nurse on renewable work permits and reporting to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) every year. During her annual check-in in July 2025, she was detained and sent to Ghana. Forbidden Stories, FRANCE 24 and Evident bring you her story as part of The Deportation Project, a joint investigation by 26 international media outlets.

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Just about everything about the onion-domed Russian Orthodox church near the otherwise unassuming Swedish city of Vasteras seems odd: its close proximity to the airport, its taller-than-planned spire, and its elusive priest allegedly commended by the Kremlin’s foreign spy agency, SVR. Swedish intelligence services think so too, and have warned that Moscow is likely using it as a platform for espionage and other hostile hybrid activities potentially threatening Sweden’s national security.

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For nearly five decades, more than 200,000 barrels of radioactive waste were dumped in the icy depths of the northeast Atlantic. Today, no one knows precisely where these barrels are located, or what kind of state they are in. On June 15, a French-led team of scientists will set sail from Brittany in a bid to map the barrels and assess their impacts on surrounding marine ecosystems.

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During World War II, approximately 8,000 women were deported from France to Ravensbrück, Germany, the largest women's concentration camp under the Third Reich. FRANCE 24 tells the tragic story of a friendship forged between Suzanne Bouvard and Simone Séailles that defied deportation and incarceration in a new long-format documentary, "We'll make it home together".

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“The Nine”, by Gwen Strauss, tells the extraordinary true story of how nine young women from the Resistance survived the Ravensbrück concentration camp and then escaped from a death march in Nazi Germany. Its American author recounts their remarkable getaway, their friendship and the lives the women led once back home.

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Culture

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Live: Israel election deadlock leaves Netanyahu and rival Eisenkot short of majority

Israel heads to the ballots for the fifth time since 2019

Arab voters could prove decisive in upcoming Israeli elections