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Football: China refuses to air Real Madrid game after Mbappé comment

Chinese state broadcaster CCTV did not broadcast a Real Madrid La Liga match on Sunday after star forward Kylian Mbappé caused a furore in China with remarks he made about former leader Mao Zedong. FRANCE 24's correspondent Jan Camenzind Broomby reports.

Midterms: Will Trump backlash lead to Democratic landslide?

A day before the US midterms, France 24's Oliver Farry takes a look at some of the key races to watch as the Democrats seek to capitalise on Donald Trump's unpopularity. But, says Farry, polls suggest hopes of a Democratic landslide may be wide of the mark.

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Ukraine and Russia both hit by cyberattacks on emergency apps

Authorities in both Ukraine and Russia said that their emergency alert mobile applications were targeted by cyberattacks late Sunday. Residents in Ukraine received messages that there was a high nuclear radiation danger in the capital Kyiv, while Russian officials said hackers had sent fake emergency alerts after gaining access to the mobile app for Russia’s Emergency Ministry.

Binance users withdraw $3.4 billion after record crypto heist

Customers of cryptocurrency trading platform Binance withdrew some $3.4 billion of their funds on Sunday after Binance reopened trading. The company had suspended all operations after a cyberattack that compromised over $6 billion in digital assets. Also in this edition: the Wall Street Journal reports on a new US plan to restore Russian gas sales to Europe, and we look at Argentina's efforts to capitalise on Patagonia's wide open spaces to attract data centre investment.

RSF publishes list of press freedom 'predators': 'Dictators want to silence journalists'

Eve Irvine is pleased to welcome Thibaut Bruttin, Director General and Secretary-General of Reporters Without Borders (RSF), who says, “When a journalist is killed, it is everyone's right to know what is being endangered.” His warning captures the central democratic dilemma explored in this interview marking the United Nations' International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists. As journalists confront lethal violence, imprisonment, political intimidation and increasingly hostile working environments, the struggle for press freedom has become inseparable from a more fundamental q

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