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'The far right's current success in claiming the heritage of Charles de Gaulle should serve as a warning'

With eight months to go before the presidential election, and as Charles de Gaulle is celebrated on the big screen, documentary filmmaker Jonathan Hayoun observes the general's memory has become a legacy to be claimed and warns against letting the far right seize it to rewrite its own history.

'The far right's current success in claiming the heritage of Charles de Gaulle should serve as a warning'

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Iranians queue for petrol after US announces new sanctions

Long queues formed at petrol stations in Tehran on Tuesday after the United States announced fresh sanctions aimed at pressuring Iran into submission. Washington has turned to pulling economic levers six months into a war on Iran that has ground to a stalemate militarily, with peace talks stalled and most traffic through the crucial…

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