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Pimps in France turn to TikTok, luring minors into prostitution

Behind ordinary-looking TikTok adverts for "rose sellers" lies a sordid reality: a recruitment scheme linked to prostitution, often targeting minors. A team from our sister channel France 2 dug into hundreds of social media videos showing how pimps in France are recruiting young girls via TikTok, promising them easy money and a glamorous lifestyle. Our France 2 colleagues report, with FRANCE 24's Lauren Bain.

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Let them eat baguette: French bakeries enjoy May Day exemption

French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu on Friday ordered several baguettes in front of cameras at a village bakery in a public display of support for a bill to allow bakeries and florists to open on May Day, a sacrosanct holiday for French workers, if they volunteer to work in writing and are paid double wages. The country's main trade unions oppose the bill.

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Australian Indigenous protesters and police clash over arrest of suspected killer of 5-year-old girl

Police fired tear gas into a crowd of hundreds of Indigenous people who gathered outside a hospital in the remote town of Alice Springs Thursday night following the arrest of a man accused of killing a five-year-old girl. Members of the crowd, who called for the suspect to be punished according to customary law, attacked police and emergency workers and set a number of vehicles on fire.

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Workers across the world march for peace and better pay in May Day rallies

May Day rallies across the world brought workers out in force on Friday to protest rising energy prices caused by the US-Israeli war on Iran, with Turkish police arresting dozens of demonstrators trying to march to Taksim Square. Here's everything you need to know about the demonstrations taking place from Islamabad to Istanbul.

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Middle East war live: Iran briefly activates Tehran air defences against ‘reconnaissance drones’

Tehran's air defences were activated for around 20 minutes late Thursday "to counter small aircraft and reconnaissance drones", Tasnim and Fars news agencies reported. And the administration of US President Donald Trump signalled it would not be reined in by a looming deadline to secure congressional authorisation for the US-Israeli war against Iran. Follow our liveblog for all the latest updates.

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Jihadists urge united front against Mali junta as Bamako blockade begins

Jihadist fighters in Mali have called for a broad uprising against the country’s military rulers, escalating tensions as they move to tighten pressure on the capital, Bamako. The appeal comes days after coordinated attacks on junta positions and coincides with the start of a blockade on key roads into the city, raising fears of further instability in a nation already grappling with years of conflict and political upheaval.

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Psychologist in Maradona trial says star was ‘bipolar', had 'narcissistic' disorder

A psychologist testified at the trial over Diego Maradona’s death, saying the football legend had bipolar disorder, narcissistic personality traits and addiction issues on Thursday in Buenos Aires. The comments came during proceedings into alleged medical negligence following his 2020 death at age 60, as defendants continue to argue he died of natural causes.

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