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+        <li><a href="https://latex3.github.io/babel/news/whats-new-in-babel-24.4.html">24.4</a></li>
         <li><a href="https://latex3.github.io/babel/news/whats-new-in-babel-24.3.html">24.3</a></li>
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diff --git a/docs/guides/locale-french.md b/docs/guides/locale-french.md
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 # French
 
 To typeset French documents it’s strongly advisable using the default
-style by Daniel Flipo. It’s a very complete and customizable style, and
+style by Daniel Flipo. It’s very complete and customizable, and
 works very well with `pdflatex`, `lualatex` and `xelatex`, although
 the last two, ie, the Unicode engines, handle much better the spacing.
 
 Please, refer to its detailed manual for further info, available
 [here](https://ctan.org/pkg/babel-french).
 
-# Locale files
+## Locale files
 
 Alternatively, and mainly as a secondary language, you can resort to the
 `ini` locale files, loaded with `\babelprovide` (or with some of the

diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ case, it's advisable to install TeXLive.)
 
 | Version | Most relevant changes
 | --- | --- |
+| [24.4](news/whats-new-in-babel-24.4.html) | `interchar=linebreak.basic` for CJK (`xetex`) |
 | [24.3](news/whats-new-in-babel-24.3.html) | Also minor changes and fixes (including spaces in French). |
 | [24.2](news/whats-new-in-babel-24.2.html) | Minor changes and fixes. |
 | [24.1](news/whats-new-in-babel-24.1.html) | **New version numbering**. `interchar` in `\babelprovide`. Spaces in French. |

diff --git a/docs/news/whats-new-in-babel-24.1.md b/docs/news/whats-new-in-babel-24.1.md
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 A new macro filters in the `tex` file which ones are set up, namely
 `\IfBabelIntercharT{<list-of-interchar>}{<code>}` — if any of the
-values in the `\babelprovide` are listed, the the `<code>` is executed.
+values in the `\babelprovide` are listed, then the `<code>` is executed.
 
 See the following section for an example.
 

diff --git a/docs/news/whats-new-in-babel-24.4.md b/docs/news/whats-new-in-babel-24.4.md
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+# What's new in babel 24.4
+
+2024-04-20
+
+## New ‘interchar’ for CJK
+
+There is a new `interchar` available in Cantonese, Chinese, Japanese
+and Korean named `linebreak.basic`. By default (plain) `xetex` loads a
+set of settings for the CJK scripts, but not `xelatex`. What this
+option does is to load them. There are a couple of macros to set the
+glue and the space inserted between characters when appropriate:
+* `\BabelCJKGlue` (by default `\hskip0pt plus 0.1em\relax`)
+* `\BabelCJKSpace` (by default `\hskip0.2em plus 0.2em minus 0.1em\relax`)
+
+While this ‘interchar’ is locale dependent (and it can be enabled and
+disabled with `\enablelocaleinterchar` and `\disablelocaleinterchar`),
+these two macros are shared by the CJK languages. However, you can set
+different values on a locale basis by means of the standard `babel`
+mechanisms (`\extras...` or `\AddBabelHook`).
+
+## Fixes
+
+The algorithm for Tibetan line breaking has been improved to take into
+account closing punctuation.
+
+## Other changes
+
+`\IfBabelIntercharT` is not executed directly, but delayed to a better
+place.