The debate over the change in legislation gained renewed urgency following the mass rape trial which shocked France last year.
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Centrist liberals head for shock victory in Dutch election, exit poll says
Rob Jetten’s D66 party celebrates, two years after his party languished in fifth place in the last vote.
Two suspects partially admit involvement in Louvre heist, prosecutor says
The Paris prosecutor says the jewels are not yet recovered and there could be a bigger gang behind the theft.
Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka says US revoked his visa
The 91-year-old Nobel laureate in literature has been a critic of Trump’s immigration policy.
Messages in a bottle from WWI soldiers found on Australian coast
The notes were thrown overboard just a few days into a voyage to join the battlefields of France more than a century ago.
Sudan’s military expels top UN food aid officials as conflict escalates
Two WFP officials are give 72 hours to leave without explanation – days after a key city falls to the RSF.
S Korea announces lowering of tariffs as part of new US trade deal
Seoul will also invest $350bn in the US as part of the deal, which Donald Trump says is “pretty much finalised”.
S Korea announces lowering of some tariffs as part of new US trade deal
Seoul will also invest $350bn in the US as part of the deal, which Donald Trump says is “pretty much finalised”.
Woman saved after slipping while boarding a moving train
Video released by India’s Southern Railways shows the moment a woman nearly fell in between a moving train and a station platform.
Investigation after woman left behind by cruise ship dies on island
Crew of Coral Adventurer only realised the 80-year-old Australian was missing hours after they left Lizard Island on the Great Barrier Reef.