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President Macky Sall previously postponed the election without setting a date. On Wednesday, he also fired the prime minister, his party’s candidate for president.

Macky Sall had considered seeking a third term in the West African country despite a constitutional limit of two.

The leaders of France and Germany tried to heal an increasingly public rift over their approach to the war, holding talks alongside Poland’s prime minister on support for Kyiv.

The leaders of France and Germany tried to heal an increasingly public rift over their approach to the war, holding talks alongside Poland’s prime minister on support for Kyiv.

A fraught relationship has recently turned bitter, with insults and barbs threatening European unity at a critical moment.

The leaders of France and Britain are both due to meet with President Trump this week. Approaches previously tried with him may no longer work.

Amid protests in the streets and in Parliament, the French leader shows no sign of scrapping a law that raises the retirement age.

The government still faces two challenges in the coming weeks: the risk of a no-confidence vote and a tight budget deadline.

François Bayrou, a veteran centrist politician, is the fourth prime minister in a year, a record for France.

New Caledonia, a French territory in the Pacific, is on the brink of civil war as pro-independence activists protest a law that would expand voting rights.