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Getty Images François Bayrou has long been a centrist ally of President Macron President Emmanuel Macron has named centrist leader François Bayrou as France’s next prime minister, in a bid to end months of political turmoil. Bayrou, 73, is a […]

SERGEI GAPON/AFP Emmanuel Macron has vowed to serve out his second term as French president Emmanuel Macron has cut short a visit to Poland and flown back to Paris where he is expected to name a new prime minister in

Backing the collapse of Michel Barnier’s French government is a high-stakes moment for Marine Le Pen. It could lead to her best chance of power yet as head of France’s far-right National Rally. “I’m not calling for Emmanuel Macron’s resignation,”

Watch: Georgian opposition leader bundled into car by police One of Georgia’s opposition leaders has been dragged from his party offices by police, after the prime minister vowed that the organisers of a week of pro-EU protests, which he called

Avandtil Kuchava Avandtil Kuchava is one of a number of Georgian protesters to have suffered severe injuries More than 300 people have been arrested since mass protests erupted in Georgia six nights ago, and an increasing number of accounts have

EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock On the fifth night of protests, police used water cannon to push people away from parliament Night after night, Georgians have filled the broad central avenue that runs past parliament, in such great numbers there is barely space to

GIORGI ARJEVANIDZE/AFP Opposition parties said the third night of protests was the biggest so far After nights of large-scale street demonstrations and a string of public resignations, Georgia’s prime minister has rejected calls for new elections and said protesters have

Getty Images Russia has resumed large-scale missile strikes on Ukraine as it seeks to maximise its military advantage In a matter of days US President Joe Biden’s administration and Russia have made separate – but significant – moves aimed at

At least 10 people have been killed and others hurt in a fire that broke out at a retirement home near Zaragoza in north-eastern Spain, emergency services say. The fire broke out in the town of Villafranca de Ebro early

@ch_capuano Samuel Paty was a well-liked history and geography teacher murdered outside his school The former headteacher of a French school has revealed the shocking sequence of events that led to the beheading of Samuel Paty by a Chechen refugee.