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...He had campaigned on a pro-EU ticket and had defeated the Eurosceptic, far-right leader Marine Le Pen....
...They’ve reinforced the VDV [airborne] and marine units. These are not bus drivers and schoolteachers.”...
...Polls on the upcoming European elections in June show that Macron’s list is running almost 15 points behind that of far-right leader Marine Le Pen....
...If you have a question for Luke about design and stylish living, email him at lukeedward.hall@ft.com....
...During a meeting on Friday at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Xi told Blinken that the US and China should be partners, not rivals, and should seek “mutual success”, not to “harm each other”, according...
...“The Ukrainian marines, in co-operation with other units of the defence forces, managed to gain a foothold on several bridgeheads,” read the statement....
...The three-month-old died in a sports hall in a village on the German border....
...global insurance sector is expecting billions of dollars of claims after the Dali container ship struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge on Tuesday, in what Lloyd’s boss John Neal said could be the largest marine...
...Construction of the shipmaking hall for the boats alone took two years....
...Additional reporting by Ben Hall Register for the FT’s subscriber webinar on 24 January 2024 (1300-1400 UK time) on The Migration Debate: a challenge for liberal democracies?...
...“The scum that we see pillaging stores, setting libraries and town halls on fire, all while laughing, they’re not doing this for Nahel,” said Edwige Diaz, a RN member of parliament from a rural area near...
...It was dark when roughly 30 trucks of food reached an Israeli checkpoint on Al Rashid Street in Gaza City, a stretch of Mediterranean road dotted just four months ago with hotels, wedding halls and ice cream...
...Golden Hall of Chūson-ji Temple....
...Far-right leader Marine le Pen — whose party has been gaining in opinion polls — has seized on the opportunity to portray Macron as weak on law and order....
...“The fact is that the Marine Corps was unable to maintain the pace of the offensive and for sure lost the initiative a long time ago.”...
...Last month, the Marine Accident Investigation Branch published a 112-page report, which found that the UK search-and-rescue response was hampered by several factors, including low visibility, a lack of aircraft...
...At a rally in December of Europe’s far-right Identity and Democracy Group (ID) — whose members include the League, Germany’s AfD and Marine Le Pen’s Rassemblement National — Cisint claimed Muslim workers...
...Protesters set about 40 cars on fire, erected barricades, shot fireworks and burnt down a building belonging to the town hall in Mantes-la-Jolie....
...Maps, globes and an 1828 marine chronometer suggest how royal and state patronage for science had an ulterior motive....
...Fifteen years later, in 2017, Emmanuel Macron became president after winning in the second round with 66 per cent of the votes against Le Pen’s daughter, Marine....
...“The past few hours have been marked by scenes of violence against police stations but also against schools, city halls and so ultimately against institutions and the republic, and these can absolutely not...
...The polarisation of society has worsened as Marine Le Pen’s far-right has risen to new heights and public sentiment against immigration has hardened....
...Under the guise of daft comedy and outrageous pastiche, they smuggle in a quiet paean to the backstage heroes of the war, not least the homeless man (Glyndwr Michael) who, disguised as a drowned Royal Marines...
...Additional reporting by Ben Hall in London and Max Seddon in Riga...
...“Theoretically it would be quite simple to program a marine drone to target a specific Russian vessel....
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