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France delivers first batch of Mirage fighter jets to Kyiv, Ukrainian forces attack Russian airfield – India TV

France delivers first batch of Mirage fighter jets to Kyiv, Ukrainian forces attack Russian airfield – India TV

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Image Source : AP Mirage 2000 (Representative Image) Ukrainian forces targeted an airfield with long-range drones in southern Russia, Ukraine’s General Staff claimed on Thursday. The airfield is reportedly used to launch Iran-designed Shahid drones. The development comes as France says it delivered the first batch of Mirage fighter jets to Ukraine. The attack, which came during the night on the Primorsko-Akhtarsk airfield in Russia’s Krasnodar region, is reported to have started a fire, the General Staff wrote on Facebook. While the Russian Defence Ministry reported downing Ukrainian drones over Krasnodar, it did not explicitly mention the region or the airfield. Notably, Ukraine has developed its long-range drones aimed at growing its domestic arms industry and becoming less dependent on Western help to fight its almost three-year war with Russia. At times, the drones have successfully reached deep into Russia, hitting oil refineries, weapons stores, and airfields. France confirms the delivery of Mirage to Ukraine The French authorities have claimed that they had delivered the first fighter jets promised to Ukraine by President Emmanuel Macron …

France’s Government Ousted In No-Confidence Vote. What Happens Next?

France’s Government Ousted In No-Confidence Vote. What Happens Next?

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Paris: The government in France collapsed on Wednesday after lawmakers of both left and right wings joined forces to push a no-confidence against the country’s Prime Minister Michel Barnier, throwing the European Union’s second-biggest economic power deeper into chaos that threatens to exacerbate its budgetary and looming economic crises. The Prime Minister addressed the nation just before the vote, calling it an honour to have served France and its people with dignity. He’d been on the job for just two months and 29 days. With the vote of confidence against him, Mr Barnie will now have to tender his resignation and that of his government to President Emmanuel Macron, making his minority government’s tenure the shortest lived in France’s Fifth Republic beginning in 1958.  As per French media reports, he is expected to do so on Thursday morning. The president will then address the nation at 1900 GMT, the Elysee Palace said. Rise and Fall Of Michel Barnier Michel Barnier’s government fell after 331 deputies voted against him, making him the shortest-serving Prime Minister in …

French government falls in historic no-confidence vote | World News

French government falls in historic no-confidence vote | World News

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French lawmakers on Wednesday voted to oust the government of Prime Minister Michel Barnier after just three months in office, a historic move which plunged the country further into political chaos. French Prime Minister Michel Barnier delivers a speech during the debate prior to the no-confidence votes on his administration at the National Assembly in Paris on December 4, 2024. The French National Assembly debates two motions brought by the French left-wing Nouveau Front Populaire (New Popular Front) NFP coalition and the French far-right Rassemblement National (National Rally) RN party in a standoff over 2025’s austerity budget, which saw French Prime Minister force through a social security financing bill without a vote (article 49.3) on December 2, 2024. (Photo by Alain JOCARD / AFP)(AFP) For the first time in over sixty years, the National Assembly lower house toppled the incumbent government, approving a no-confidence motion that had been proposed by the hard left but which crucially was backed by the far-right headed by Marine Le Pen. Barnier’s rapid ejection from office comes after snap parliamentary …