US picks potential partners for using Cold War-era plutonium as fuel
Trump gov't plans to make about 20 tonnes of plutonium from dismantled nuclear warheads available to US power firms.
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The combined effects of a heat dome and climate change have brought extreme warmth to western Europe.

FRANCE 24's François Picard welcomes Reggie Washington, American jazz bassist and founding member of the Black Lives collective. Sonny Rollins, one of Jazz's greats, has passed away at age 95. Often called the Saxophone Colossus after his ground breaking 1965 album, Rollins left a lasting mark on jazz.
When Red Army troops entered Berlin's Jewish Hospital in 1945, they were astonished to discover hundreds of Jews living just a couple of miles away from Hitler's bunker.
Iran's vice president Mohammad Reza Aref said the government has taken the first steps to restore internet access. Meanwhile, Tehran warned US against "violation" of ceasefire. Follow DW.

A group of Senegalese football supporters jailed following their country's chaotic, violence-plagued Africa Cup of Nations final in Morocco in January returned home on May 24 after being pardoned by the Moroccan king. In February, Moroccan courts had sentenced them for hooliganism following the controversial AFCON final which opposed Senegal to Morocco. FRANCE 24's Caitlin Kelly tells us more.
The EU and Germany both summoned Russian diplomats to protest attacks on Kyiv and orders for diplomats to leave the city. The UN secretary-general also rebuked Russia in a session on proliferating conflicts worldwide.

Ghana is introducing a new e-visa system, which is to be free of charge for all African citizens. The country hopes that this free visa will attract both tourists and investors, as Ghana hopes to improve its economy. It is now the sixth African country to remove all visa fees for African citizens. But there are concerns over control at the borders. FRANCE 24's Justice Baidoo spoke to Ghanaians over the new measure.

The attacks took place while Iranian and Qatari negotiators were in Doha for peace talks.

The governor of Ituri said the more time they lose, the closer the province is to disaster.

Two schoolchildren, their chaperone and the minibus driver were killed in the crash, says a Belgian minister.
Fifa approached Mexico after US declined to host Iran squad despite it playing group games in the United States Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, said on Monday her government agreed to allow the Iranian national football team to stay in Mexico during the World Cup, adding that the US did not want to host the team. The team will still play its group stage matches in the US but its base has been moved to Tijuana, Mexico, just south of San Diego, California, a move that Iran’s football federa
Director general of World Health Organization urges neighbouring countries to take immediate action The World Health Organization has warned that the Ebola outbreak is outpacing response efforts and countries neighbouring the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are at high risk from the disease. “We are urgently scaling up operations, but at the moment the epidemic is outpacing us,” said the WHO’s director-general, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, as he urged neighbouring countries to take immediat