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Suspected Russian sabotage: The great return of Kremlin agents to Europe?

10/05/2024 06:55 France 24

Amid fresh intelligence warnings that Russia is preparing “violent acts of sabotage” targeting Europe and NATO member states, security experts tell FRANCE 24 that they have already noted a significant uptick in what appear to be covert Russian sabotage operations.

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ICC seeks arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Hamas leaders for crimes against humanity

The International Criminal Court is seeking arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and three Hamas leaders, the court's chief prosecutor announced on Monday. US President Joe Biden called the move “outrageous”, saying there was “no equivalence” between Israel and Ham...

20/05/2024 11:30 France 24
Gantz threatens to quit Israeli war cabinet over postwar plans for Gaza

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is under mounting pressure from his own War Cabinet and his country's closest ally over postwar plans for Gaza, even as the war with Hamas shows no sign of ending....

19/05/2024 07:54 France 24
🔴 Live: US National Security Advisor Sullivan heads to Israel for Gaza war talks

US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan is travelling to Israel on Sunday for talks on the Gaza war, according to the White House. His visit comes after at least 31 people were killed in an Israeli air strike targeting a house at the Nuseirat refugee camp in the centre of the Palestinian territo...

19/05/2024 06:00 France 24
Israeli strikes on Jabalia camp in northern Gaza kill more than 10, injure dozens

Israeli troops and tanks pushed on Saturday into parts of a congested northern Gaza Strip district that they had previously skirted in the more than seven-month-old war, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians, medics and residents said....

18/05/2024 20:42 France 24
Russian court seizes millions of euros worth of German bank assets

A Russian court has ordered that Deutsche Bank's and Commerzbank's assets, accounts, property and shares be seized in Russia as part of a lawsuit involving the German banks, court documents showed....

18/05/2024 18:28 France 24
Georgian President Zurabishvili vetoes controversial 'Russian law'

Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili on Saturday put a mostly symbolic veto on the "foreign influence" law that sparked unprecedented protests and warnings from Brussels that the measure would undermine Tbilisi's European aspirations....

18/05/2024 15:10 France 24
Syrian exiles hunt down Assad’s torturers in gripping Cannes thriller

“Ghost Trail”, which opened the Critics’ Week sidebar in Cannes this week, follows a Syrian exile’s pursuit of the man who tortured him during the country’s civil war. FRANCE 24 spoke to French director Jonathan Millet, whose impressive Cannes debut delivered one of the festival’s earl...

18/05/2024 14:56 France 24
The battle of Monte Cassino: Both glory and dishonour for the French army

On May 18, 1944, Allied troops captured Monte Cassino in Italy, celebrated for its historic hilltop abbey, after four months of bitter fighting. The soldiers of the French Expeditionary Corps particularly distinguished themselves in the battle for this key point in the German defensive line. But th...

18/05/2024 13:13 France 24
Zelensky expects Russia to intensify offensive in northeast Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an exclusive interview with AFP on Friday he expects Russia to step up its offensive in the northeast and warned Kyiv only has a quarter of the air defences it needs to hold the front line. ...

18/05/2024 09:59 France 24
🔴 Live: Israeli army says it recovered body of another hostage from Gaza Strip

The Israeli military said on Saturday that its forces operating in the Gaza Strip recovered the body of Ron Binyamin, who was among 252 people seized by Hamas-led Palestinian gunmen on October 7. This comes as Israeli troops and tanks pushed into Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, killing 15 Pa...

18/05/2024 06:46 France 24
At Cannes Film Festival, too, Ukraine battles on

More than two years into Russia’s invasion, Ukraine’s strong presence at the Cannes Film Festival bears witness to its stubborn defence and the resilience of its film industry. The war’s pervasive impact on civilian life is the subject of “The Invasion”, whose director Sergei Loznitsa spo...

17/05/2024 18:32 France 24
Cannes chronicles: Filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos brings new Emma Stone movie to the Croisette

Eve Jackson brings you the latest from the Cannes Film festival including the premiere of Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos' “Kinds of Kindness” with Emma Stone, Willem Defoe, Margaret Qualley and Jesse Plemons. His last movie “Poor Things” took four Oscars earlier this year. It’s the thi...

17/05/2024 15:11 France 24
Brazil chosen to host 2027 Women's World Cup as Gaza war overshadows FIFA congress

The Women's World Cup will take place in South America for the first time after Brazil was chosen to host the 2027 edition at a FIFA congress Friday marked by debate about the war in Gaza....

17/05/2024 07:43 France 24
Russia intercepted more than 100 Ukrainian drones overnight, Moscow says

Russia intercepted more than 100 Ukrainian drones overnight in the south of the country and over annexed Crimea and the Black Sea, Moscow's defence ministry said on Friday....

17/05/2024 05:50 France 24
🔴 Live: Gaza war ‘tragic’ but ‘no genocide’, Israel tells top UN court

Israel on Friday defended its Gaza offensive at the International Court of Justice after South Africa asked judges to order it to halt operations in Rafah and completely withdraw from the Palestinian territory. Israeli Justice Ministry official Gilad Noam called South Africa's case, which accuses I...

17/05/2024 03:06 France 24
Zelensky says situation in Kharkiv 'extremely difficult' as Russia makes biggest gains in months

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the northeastern city of Kharkiv on Thursday to boost morale and reinforce troops in the region where Russian forces are trying to press their new offensive beyond border areas....

16/05/2024 21:53 France 24
In Georgia, Russian émigrés see familiar Kremlin tactics

After Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, an estimated 100,000 Russians found refuge in the neighbouring Caucasus republic of Georgia. Many continue to work in the IT services sector for Russian firms. Others have opened their own businesses. Most express their solidarity with...

16/05/2024 12:44 France 24
Sudan faces 'inferno of violence' and risk of famine, UN warns

Residents of conflict-hit Sudan are "trapped in an inferno of brutal violence" and increasingly at risk of famine due to the rainy season and blocked aid, the UN's humanitarian coordinator for the country warned Wednesday....

16/05/2024 08:35 France 24
Putin and Xi sign declaration on reinforcing strategic partnership

China’s leader Xi Jinping welcomed Russia’s President Vladimir Putin on Thursday as he began a two-day state visit while Moscow presses forward with a new offensive in Ukraine, underscoring the close relationship between the autocratic leaders.  ...

16/05/2024 08:19 France 24
Israel vows to ‘intensify’ Rafah military operation

Israel vowed Thursday to "intensify" its ground offensive in Rafah, in defiance of global warnings over the fate of hundreds of thousands of Palestinian civilians sheltering in Gaza's far-southern city. Read our liveblog to see how all the day's events unfolded....

16/05/2024 03:06 France 24
Arab League calls for deployment of UN peacekeepers in Palestinian territories

The Arab League called on Thursday for a UN peacekeeping force in the "occupied Palestinian territories" at an international summit dominated by the war between Israel and Hamas....

16/05/2024 02:13 France 24
Putin aims to deepen strategic partnership on state visit to China

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing early on Thursday for talks with Xi Jinping that the Kremlin hopes will deepen a strategic partnership between the two most powerful geopolitical rivals of the United States....

16/05/2024 00:22 France 24
Buffer or ruse?: Russia's new offensive in northeast Ukraine 'not an open road to Kharkiv'

Over the past three days, Russia has seized control of several localities north of Kharkiv in a fierce new offensive that could bring Moscow to the gates of Ukraine’s second-largest city. FRANCE 24 spoke to several military analysts who believe that it is still too early to speak of a turning poi...

15/05/2024 12:52 France 24
Zelensky cancels overseas visits as Ukraine withdraws from parts of Kharkiv region

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has postponed all upcoming international trips, his press secretary said on Wednesday, as Ukrainian troops withdraw from parts of the Kharkiv region ahead of an unrelenting Russian ground assault....

15/05/2024 07:49 France 24
US arms will make ‘real difference’ to Ukraine’s defence, Blinken says in Kyiv

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken sought Tuesday to rally the spirits of glum Ukrainians facing a fierce new Russian offensive, assuring them that they are not alone and that billions of dollars in American military aid on its way to the country would make a “real difference” on the battle...

14/05/2024 19:19 France 24
Thousands protest in Georgia after lawmakers pass controversial ‘Russian law’

Thousands of protesters rallied Tuesday in Georgia after parliament adopted a law to brand overseas-funded NGOs as groups under “foreign influence”, a measure Brussels has warned will undermine Tbilisi’s European aspirations....

14/05/2024 17:39 France 24
'Hamas is going to survive', warns former US State Department Middle East negotiator

Former US State Department Middle East Negotiator Aaron Miller, who served under six US secretaries of state on Arab-Israel affairs, told FRANCE 24 on Tuesday that Israel's strategy in Gaza has essentially "broken down" despite its army’s progress in the enclave....

14/05/2024 15:42 France 24
Germany's Scholz joins with Nordic countries to urge Europe to boost Ukraine aid

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday urged Europe to ramp up its military aid to Ukraine, particularly air defence systems, as Kyiv struggles to repel a fierce Russian offensive in the northeast....

14/05/2024 08:09 France 24
Australia's 'Afghan Files' whistleblower sentenced to five years for leaking military secrets

An Australian judge sentenced a former army lawyer to more than five years in jail Tuesday for stealing secret defence files on the Afghanistan war and leaking them to the media....

14/05/2024 06:45 France 24
UN says women and children account for at least 56% of Gaza war deaths

The United Nations on Tuesday said women and children account for at least 56 percent of the thousands of people who have been killed in the Gaza war. The comments come amid criticism from Israel that the world body relies on the death toll communicated by the health ministry in the Hamas-run terri...

14/05/2024 03:04 France 24
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