French prime minister faces no-confidence vote
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.
The French government will face a no-confidence vote on Wednesday, South Korea’s president said he will lift his martial law order, and cryptocurrency ‘memecoins’ are having a moment. Plus, deaths in Africa’s Sahel region have risen since military juntas took over pledging to bring security in face of jihadi violence.
Mentioned in this podcast:
Michel Barnier ‘method’ at risk in raucous French parliament
South Korea’s Yoon says he will lift martial law order
Military juntas in Africa’s ‘coup belt’ fail to contain extremist violence
Squirrels, dogs and pygmy hippos: crypto’s multibillion-dollar ‘memecoin’ boom
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