Putin Xi, To Catch a Castro, Red Carpet Rebellion • FRANCE 24 English
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It’s been a week marked by major geopolitical, legal and public health developments across several fronts. In Washington, the Trump administration has indicted 94-year-old former Cuban president Raúl Castro over alleged murder and conspiracy to kill US nationals, linked to the 1990s downing of two civilian aircraft — a move officials describe as long-delayed justice, but which critics see as part of a wider push on regime change. In Beijing, President Vladimir Putin made a rare visit to meet Xi Jinping, with carefully staged ceremony and renewed pledges of “unyielding relations”, while Ukraine reported continued deep-strike drone operations inside Russian territory. The World Health Organisation has also declared a Public Health Emergency over a fast-moving Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where more than 130 people have died amid ongoing conflict and rising tensions around containment efforts. In other developments, Air France and Airbus have been fo
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