Hugo Beshega

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41 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 7 Jul

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Global News Podcast · French court clears way for Marine Le Pen presidential run · 7 Jul 2026 podcast

And in this sentence, the key question of how long she will be barred from public office has been reduced from five years in the original sentence, which would have ruled her out completely from running next year, to

15 has already elapsed since that judgment at the end of March last year.

So her period of ineligibility is over.

So juridically, she can now run.

Yippee, if you're one of her camp.

But, and there is a big but here, another part of the sentence is...

technically means she could still run, but she herself personally has said, I will not run if I am prevented from acting like a normal candidate, going about my business, going to rallies, going to meetings without having to ask permission from the police if I can leave my home.

So a security source in Damascus has told us that these were explosions caused by two devices.

One had been planted inside a rubbish container and another inside a vehicle.

And they were detonated, both of them, after President Macron had already left Damascus.

his hotel in central Damascus for this high-profile meeting with President Ahmed al-Sharra at the presidential palace in Damascus.

And indeed, shortly after those first reports emerged, Syrian state television reported that Mr. Macron had already been welcomed by Mr. Sharra.

And French officials are saying that President Macron did not hear any news

explosion as he was on his way to the presidential palace.

But I think this underscores the major security challenges that the Syrian authorities face.

The fact that two devices were detonated during a visit by a major Western leader near the hotel where he was staying in the heart of the capital is an indication of those challenges.

Yeah, we haven't heard any claim of responsibility.

Any group has said it was behind this attack.

I've got to say that even though the situation in Syria has been relatively stable in terms of security, there have been these sporadic explosions, sporadic attacks, particularly attacks.

by people and cells affiliated to the Islamic State group.

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