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    <text>Al-Qaeda-linked armed group Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin releasee a propaganda video of the 25 April 2026 attacks on Mali against a Malian Army camp and Sevaré airport in Mali's Mopti region. </text>
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      <text>France bans Israeli national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir permanently following his actions towards members of the Global Sumud Flotilla who were detained by the Israeli Navy several days earlier. </text>
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    <text>France permanently bans Israeli national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir following his actions towards members of the Global Sumud Flotilla who were detained by the Israeli Navy several days earlier. </text>
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      <text>Air France announces the suspension of flights between Paris, France, and Havana, Cuba, from March 29 until at least June 15 due to a jet fuel shortage in Cuba. </text>
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    <text>Air France announces the suspension of flights between France and Cuba, starting from March 29 until at least June 15 due to a jet fuel shortage in Cuba. </text>
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    <text>At least six people, including a child, are injured in a grenade attack at a beauty salon in Grenoble, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. </text>
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    <text>Mali suspends French television channels TF1 and La Chaîne Info from airing in the country, citing unverified claims and falsehoods in a broadcast on the ongoing fuel blockades by the Islamist militant group Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin. </text>
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    <text>The Malian junta declares an end to joint counterterrorism operations with the French military and expels five French embassy workers from the country, declaring them &quot;personae non gratae&quot;. </text>
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      <text> France has suspended its joint counterterrorism agreements with the Mali government over the arrest of a French citizen. According to the Mali officials, the French citizen was taken into custody for their alleged involvement in a purported coup plot. Also in response to the arrest, two Mali diplomats were expelled from an embassy in Paris by French authorities. </text>
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    <text> France suspends its joint counterterrorism agreements with the Mali government over the arrest of a French citizen. According to Mali officials, the French citizen was taken into custody for their alleged involvement in a purported coup plot. Also in response to the arrest, two Mali diplomats are expelled from an embassy in Paris by French authorities. </text>
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    <text>Mali announces the arrest of two generals, other military officers, civilians, and a French national accused of plotting to destabilize the state, with authorities stating the alleged conspiracy began on August 1 and that investigations are ongoing. </text>
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    <text>The French military hands over control of their last military base in Ivory Coast to the country's military. French armed forces minister Sébastien Lecornu says that 80 French servicemembers will remain in the country to advise and train the Ivorian army. </text>
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  <text>A Malian court sentences a French embassy official to 20 years' imprisonment for undermining state security, and imposes a F.CFA 3.5 million (US$6,225) fine and entry ban. France states that the official was engaged in security cooperation. </text>
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