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Macron Defends Call for Palestinian Statehood in Letter to Netanyahu

President Emmanuel Macron of France also pushed back against accusations by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he had not done enough to protect French Jews from antisemitic attacks.

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President Emmanuel Macron announced last month that France would recognize Palestinian statehood at the U.N. General Assembly in September, angering the Israeli leader.
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Macron Defends Call for Palestinian Statehood in Letter to Netanyahu

President Emmanuel Macron of France also pushed back against accusations by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he had not done enough to protect French Jews from antisemitic attacks.

© Dave Sanders for The New York Times

President Emmanuel Macron announced last month that France would recognize Palestinian statehood at the U.N. General Assembly in September, angering the Israeli leader.
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French Prime Minister Calls Special Parliamentary Session to Address Ballooning Debt

Prime Minister François Bayrou called a parliamentary session to address the “gravity” of the situation. An analyst said his move was “political suicide,” as some opponents vowed to bring down the government.

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“There’s no way out if we don’t realize the gravity of this risk,” Prime Minister François Bayrou of France said of the country’s deficit during a news conference in Paris on Monday.
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France Summons U.S. Ambassador Charles Kushner Over Antisemitism Comments

The new American envoy, Charles Kushner, said that France was not doing enough to protect its Jewish citizens, a charge the government in Paris said it “firmly refutes.”

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Charles Kushner, the U.S. ambassador to France, and his wife, Seryl Kushner, leaving the Élysée Palace in Paris in July.
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Young People of Color Flocked to This Show. It Made Them Feel Seen.

The exhibition “Beloved Suburbs” drew more than 150,000 visitors to France’s Museum of the History of Immigration. “We really recognize ourselves in the exhibition,” one said.

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Visitors to the exhibition added messages to a wall display labeled “Dream suburbs” in which they expressed desires for things like less racism and less violence.
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Young People of Color Flocked to This Show. It Made Them Feel Seen.

The exhibition “Beloved Suburbs” drew more than 150,000 visitors to France’s Museum of the History of Immigration. “We really recognize ourselves in the exhibition,” one said.

© Dmitry Kostyukov for The New York Times

Visitors to the exhibition added messages to a wall display labeled “Dream suburbs” in which they expressed desires for things like less racism and less violence.
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As Heat Waves Intensify, Paris Plans for Record Temperatures

City planners say the day when temperatures as high as 122 degrees Fahrenheit, or 50 Celsius, could stall the French capital is not far off. They are already starting to prepare.

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Trying to cool off this month. France has recently been experiencing its second heat wave of the summer.
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