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India signing a deal with France to receive 26 French Rafale fighter jets for use by India's navy.
India already using Rafale fighters in its air force while the Navy has traditionally relied on Russia warplanes.
The 7.4 billion US dollar deal will help India to modernize its military to challenge neighboring Pakistan which uses many Chinese-made warplanes.
It will also reduce India's dependence on Russian equipment which has traditionally been a mainstay of India's armed forces...
"India signs $7.4 billion deal to buy 26 Rafale fighter jets"-Reuters
MAY DAY A DAY OF PROTEST AND EVENTS ON THE STREETS OF FRANCE.
THE CGT TRADE UNION SAYING 300,000 PARTICIPATED WITH 157,000 INVOLVED ACCORDING TO THE MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR.
ONE MAY DAY EVENT IN PARIS A RALLY AGAINST 'ISLAMOPHOBIA' FOLLOWING THE MURDER OF ABOUBACAR CISSE A WEEK AGO FRIDAY IN A MOSQUE IN SOUTHERN FRANCE...
"Against Islamophobia. Justice for Aboubacar Cisse" (Translation)-Paris Protest May 1, 2025
THE SUSPECT IN THE KILLING CAUGHT IN ITALY AND AWAITING EXTRADITION TO FRANCE. ITS EXPECTED HE WILL BE BACK IN FRANCE BY THE MIDDLE OF MAY.
HIS FATHER SAYING HIS 20-YEAR-OLD SON IDENTIFIED AS "OLIVIER A" IS 'CRAZY' BUT IS TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR HIS ACTIONS.
THE FATHER APOLOGIZING TO THE FAMILY OF ABOUBACAR CISSI.
A JUDICIAL INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY TO DETERMINE IF CISSI'S MURDER WAS BASED ON RACE OR RELIGION.
ON FRIDAY EVENING THE PROSECUTOR HANDLING THE CASE DESCRIBING THE ACCUSED AS A 'NON-PRACTICING CHRISTIAN' WHO IS 'VERY ACTIVE ON SOCIAL NETWORKS'.
SHE ALSO PRESENTED THE NOTION THAT THE ACCUSED DESIRED TO COMMIT VIOLENT ACTS LIKE RAPE OR MURDER.
CISSI WAS STABBED 57 TIMES DURING THE ATTACK A WEEK AGO FRIDAY...
"Murder in a mosque in the Gard: What to remember from the prosecutor's press conference"-BFM-TV (Translation Prompt) (Video Embed)
THE NATIONAL RALLY HELD AN EVENT MAY 1ST IN NARBONNE IN SOUTHWESTERN FRANCE.
FOLLOWING GAINS IN LAST YEAR'S LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS THERE IS HOPE FOR MORE NATIONAL RALLY MAYORS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS TO BE ELECTED IN LOCALITIES IN MANY SOUTHERN FRENCH REGIONS.
MARINE LE PEN AND THE NATIONAL RALLY'S BACKUP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE JORDAN BARDELLA SPEAKING TO ASSEMBLED CROWD...
MARINE LE PEN AND JORDAN BARDELLA IN NARBONNE (ONE HOUR, 23 MINUTES)...
"'An Anchorage, Activists, A Good Vibe': Why Marine Le Pen Chose Narbonne For Her May Day"-BFM-TV (Translation Prompt)
Video from Paris of Yellow Vests this Saturday afternoon some people being interviewed...Video Stream Yellow Vests Interviews Paris 5/3/2025
A group of protesters took to the streets this afternoon in Paris with drums accompanying their march...
LATER THIS AFTERNOON IN PARIS SOME HEAVY RAIN AND HAILSTONES. THE PROTESTERS HAD TO SEEK COVER...
SOME FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN METRO STATIONS BECAUSE OF THE STORMY WEATHER...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
And this weekend Prime Minister Francois Bayrou broached the idea of a budget referendum. Tens of billions of euros need to be sliced out of the 2026 budget in order to reduce the deficit to around 3 percent of its total.
Whether he is serious or not remains to be seen but the referendum talk shows how difficult spending cuts might be within the National Assembly forcing budget passage without a National Assembly vote in the end.
That is the story from France for this week.
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