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Lyhanna Disappearance: Family Friend Charged with Kidnapping as Search for 11-Year-Old Intensifies in Rural France
A 41-year-old father of two has been charged with the kidnapping and false imprisonment of 11-year-old Lyhanna, who vanished from her school in Fleurance, France, on Friday, as a massive search operation enters its fourth day.

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A banana stolen, a tanker boarded, and a president threatened

France seizes a Russian shadow tanker in the Atlantic as Iran suspends peace talks and threatens to close the Strait of Hormuz

French naval commandos intercepted a sanctioned Russian tanker in the Atlantic on Sunday, triggering a furious Kremlin response. The operation came as Iran suspended all dialogue with the United States and renewed threats to block the Strait of Hormuz, while Israeli strikes hit Hezbollah targets in Beirut's southern suburbs.

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The formal, coordinated suspension of the New Pact by three key frontline states, met with immediate Commission legal threats, represents an unprecedented operational and legal crisis for the EU's common asylum system.

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Lyhanna Disappearance: Family Friend Charged with Kidnapping as Search for 11-Year-Old Intensifies in Rural France