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The European Union wants to cut all links between Russia and the global financial system, says France's finance minister Bruno Le Maire as Ukrainian forces fought off Russian invaders in the streets of the capital Kyiv as President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Moscow of targeting civilians and called for more international sanctions.
Beirut, Jun 7 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Wael Hamzeh) The French financial prosecutor's office has opened an investigation into the personal assets of the governor of the Lebanese Central Bank, Riad Salameh.FOOTAGE OF THE LEBANESE CENTRAL BANK.
In tonight's edition: Paris prosecutors have opened an investigation into French bank BNP Paribas over allegations of complicity in crimes against humanity in Sudan. And several close allies of former Ivorian rebel leader Guillaume Soro are released from prison to diffuse mounting tensions ahead of the October presidential vote. Finally our reporters speak to Cameroonian sand miners diving deep in the Sanaga river, risking their lives in search for sand for the building industry.
IN THE FRENCH PAPERS - Monday, January 9: There is a lot of focus on Manuel Valls who has revealed his presidential program. One that the right-leaning papers say is not so different from his former ally, François Hollande. In other news, French bank BNP takes anti-globalist protesters to court over a chair-stealing ransom and Europe's famed student exchange program, Erasmus turns 30!
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