Framework for Iran nuclear talks and France-Algeria tensions


Ban Barkawi
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Talks between the US and Iran this week will create a framework to discuss Tehran's nuclear programme. Tensions between Algeria and France have flared up this week amid tit-for-tat diplomat expulsions. Egypt’s finance minister has presented an ambitious national budget to parliament, proposing record spending, tax increases and subsidy cuts.

On this episode of Trending Middle East:

US and Iran to ‘chart path forward' in second round of talks, American official says

Tension between Algeria and France flares up amid tit-for-tat expulsions

This episode features Aveen Karim, Sunniva Rose and Kamal Tabikha.

From Conquest to Deportation

Jeronim Perovic, Hurst

Evacuations to France hit by controversy
  • Over 500 Gazans have been evacuated to France since November 2023
  • Evacuations were paused after a student already in France posted anti-Semitic content and was subsequently expelled to Qatar
  • The Foreign Ministry launched a review to determine how authorities failed to detect the posts before her entry
  • Artists and researchers fall under a programme called Pause that began in 2017
  • It has benefited more than 700 people from 44 countries, including Syria, Turkey, Iran, and Sudan
  • Since the start of the Gaza war, it has also included 45 Gazan beneficiaries
  • Unlike students, they are allowed to bring their families to France
Updated: April 17, 2025, 2:00 AM`
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