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 Russian forces to stay in Mali to fight terrorism: Kremlin The Kremlin said on Thursday that Russian forces would stay in Mali to help the country's government battle terrorists following an offensive over the weekend by Tuareg-led separatists and terrorists. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov made the statement after being asked by a reporter how Russia responded to a purported statement from the terrorists saying they wanted Russia to leave Mali. "Russia's presence there is, in fact, due to the need identified by the current government. Russia will continue, including in Mali, to combat extremism, terrorism and other harmful phenomena and will continue to provide assistance to the current government," said Peskov, AFP reported. The Russian Defence Ministry had claimed on Tuesday that units of its African Corps prevented an attempted coup on April 25, 2026 in Mali. It said in a statement that the African Corps units "inflicted irreparable losses" on superior ...

DEATH THREATS AGAINST OLYMPICS ORGANISERS INVESTIGATED. (PHOTO).


 French prosecutors have opened an investigation into death threats made against the organisers of the Paris Olympics opening ceremony.

On Saturday artistic director Thomas Jolly, ceremonies director Thierry Reboul and Alexandre Billard of events agency Ubi Bene, filed a complaint for death threats.

Last month, French DJ Barbara Butch, who performed in the opening ceremony's drag queen sequence, lodged a complaint after receiving abuse online.

That sequence sparked controversy as some religious officials and conservative politicians in France and abroad saw an offensive reference to The Last Supper.

Mr Jolly has said that he was not inspired by the famous Leonardo da Vinci painting showing Jesus Christ and his apostles.


Instead, he said the sequence, titled Festivity, was inspired by Greek mythology and intended to be a celebration of diversity, adding his intention was not to "be subversive, nor to mock or to shock".


French prosecutors opened the investigation after Mr Jolly, who is openly gay, complained of death threats and cyberbullying.


Some emails received by Mr Jolly and the head of a production company quoted a verse from the Quran, stating that "Allah's punishment will befall the organisers in Saint-Denis" (one of the Olympic sites), Le Parisien newspaper reports.


Prosecutors are also investigating insults directed at drag queen Nicky Doll, who also featured in the controversial scene.


DJ Barbara Butch told France Inter radio on Sunday that she had received messages "inviting me to burn in hell in every language and swastikas".


On Friday, French President Emmanuel Macron said he was "outraged" by the cyberbullying directed at Jolly, adding that "nothing justifies threatening an artist".


"The French were very proud of this ceremony," he said. "France showed appropriate boldness with artistic freedom."

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