'A sweet madness' or 'uncivilised barbarians'? Papers discuss aftermath of PSG win

02/06/2025 09:57 France 24

PRESS REVIEW – Monday, June 2: French papers discuss the "day of jubilation" after PSG's Champions League win. Next, the media analyse Ukraine's "bold" strike on Russia's military aviation. Also, papers report on Bulgaria's fight against the adoption of the euro. Finally, we bring you some health news: from Ozempic's questionable long-term effects to good news in cancer treatment research.

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Traffic restarts on Kerch bridge after Ukrainian attack

Traffic resumed on the Kerch Bridge on Tuesday hours after Ukraine daringly used underwater explosives to damage the structure, which Russia built to access Crimea after it annexed the region in 2010. The operation followed another audacious Ukrainian attack on aircraft deep into Russian territory...

03/06/2025 23:29 France 24

Lee Jae-myung wins election, economic challenges await the newly-elected South Korean president

With voters turning out in record numbers, South Korea elected liberal leader Lee Jae-myung to lead the country left in turmoil by the brief imposition of martial law by Yoon Suk-yeol. The nation of 51 million people has the world's lowest birth rate and is now a "super-aged" society. South Korea s...

03/06/2025 21:00 France 24

Four million people have fled Sudan since start of the war

In tonight's edition, more than four million people have fled Sudan since the start of the conflict in 2023, the United Nations said. Also, Amnesty International says Tanzania needs to be held accountable after two activists from Uganda and Kenya detailed torture and sexual abuse after being deta...

03/06/2025 20:28 France 24

Ukraine: Crimea bridge closed after underwater explosion

Ukraine said Tuesday it had detonated a bomb under the Crimean bridge which links the annexed peninsula to Russia and has been widely targeted since Russia invaded in 2022. FRANCE 24's correspondent, Emmanuelle Chaze has more....

03/06/2025 15:43 France 24

Health officials say Israeli fire kills at least 27 near Gaza aid point

Health officials in Gaza say at least 27 people have been killed as they headed towards an aid distribution site in Rafah this Tuesday. According to the Israeli army it fired on a few individual suspects who left a designated route, and ignored warning shots. Levels of desperation have been growing...

03/06/2025 15:17 France 24

Syrian pro-Assad fighter jailed for life in Germany for crimes against humanity

A Syrian pro-Assad fighter was convicted of crimes against humanity and jailed for life by a German court on Tuesday. Since the toppling of the Assad regime, German authorities have pursued several people suspected of crimes in Syria’s civil war....

03/06/2025 13:42 France 24

War in Ukraine: Istanbul negotiations fail to advance a cease-fire

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03/06/2025 12:40 France 24

War in Ukraine: Istanbul talks fail to make headway towards ceasefire

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03/06/2025 09:36 France 24

Polish PM Tusk calls for confidence vote following nationalist Nawrocki's presidential victory

Polish PM Donald Tusk said Monday he would call a confidence vote to reaffirm support for his pro-EU government after nationalist Karol Nawrocki narrowly won Sunday’s presidential election. Though Tusk's coalition holds a parliamentary majority, experts warn Nawrocki’s victory could deepen exis...

02/06/2025 20:11 France 24

Behind Rwanda's economic 'miracle' rural poverty persists, UN expert reports

Rwanda’s economic “miracle” has earned praise for years. But behind the impressive growth figures, millions are still living in poverty. And as the country’s economy shifts toward services, large parts of the population are being left out. That’s the warning from the UN’s Special Rappor...

02/06/2025 19:12 France 24

Polish PM Donald Tusk calls for confidence vote after nationalist wins presidency

Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Monday he will call for a parliamentary vote of confidence in his coalition government, after his candidate, Rafal Trzaskowski, lost a presidential election on Sunday. Nationalist historian Karol Nawrocki won Poland's presidential election, official resul...

02/06/2025 18:24 France 24

Greenpeace steals Macron wax figure for anti-Moscow protest

Greenpeace activists on Monday stole a wax figure of President Emmanuel Macron from a Paris museum and placed it in front of the Russian embassy as part of a protest against French economic ties with Moscow in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine. FRANCE 24's Emerald Maxwell reports....

02/06/2025 18:24 France 24

Poland's pro-Trump pivot: What next after narrow Nawrocki win in presidential runoff?

Why did an EU success story vote for a pro-Trump candidate? Karol Nawrocki narrowly elected president - in part thanks to a first round surge by candidates further to the right. Why has a nation that’s a net recipient of EU funding, one that shares a border with Belarus and the Russian exclave of...

02/06/2025 18:15 France 24

Norway reiterates call for swift 'ceasefire, humanitarian aid, negotiations for two-state solution'

With Gaza on the brink of famine and Israel threatening deeper entrenchment in the occupied West Bank, international calls for restraint and a political solution grow more urgent. All the while, the UN warns of catastrophic humanitarian collapse and global powers, including Norway, press for a two-...

02/06/2025 18:06 France 24

'We need a definitive ceasefire: We need water and we need the bombs to stop dropping on children'

Israel has faced growing condemnation over the humanitarian crisis in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, where the United Nations has warned the entire population faces the risk of famine. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective on the harrowing plight of the civilians of war-torn Gaza, FRANCE 24's...

02/06/2025 16:49 France 24

In Indian Kashmir, crisis simulations prepare civilians for further border clashes

Firefighters and civil defence teams conducted a mock drill in Indian-administered Kashmir as part of the government’s ‘Operation Shield,’ aimed at training civilians in safety procedures ahead of a possible military conflict. This comes weeks after India and Pakistan exchanged missile and dr...

02/06/2025 16:06 France 24

Drone attacks: 'Ukraine does have cards', contrary to Trump's Oval Office diatribe against Zelensky

As Ukraine claims responsibility for a daring drone strike deep inside Russian territory, destroying over 40 aircraft and marking a major escalation, Moscow responds with intensified missile attacks. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective, FRANCE 24’s Delano D'Souza welcomes Peter Zalmaye...

02/06/2025 15:43 France 24

UK is getting a defense boost aimed at sending a message to Moscow, and to Trump

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced that United Kingdom will build new nuclear-powered attack submarines, get its army ready to fight a war in Europe and become "a battle-ready, armor-clad nation". It's part of a boost to military spending in the face of Russian aggression, and amid f...

02/06/2025 15:24 France 24

Ukraine, Russia agree to swap all badly wounded, captured soldiers under 25

Ukraine on Monday proposed to hold a next round of talks with Russia before the end of June, after the two sides met for negotiations in Istanbul where they swapped documents outlining their peace roadmaps. For more, FRANCE 24's International Affairs Editor, Douglas Herbert....

02/06/2025 14:31 France 24

Kyiv launched an "unprecedented" surprise attack on four Russian airbases

Sunday's surprise raid by Ukraine has been described as unprecedented in scope and geographic range. The operation itself took over a year and a half to prepare....

02/06/2025 14:20 France 24

Greenpeace steals wax figure of Macron from Paris museum for anti-Russia protest

Greenpeace activists stole a wax statue of French President Emmanuel Macron from a Paris museum Monday and placed it outside the Russian embassy, urging France to end gas and fertiliser imports from Russia. The stunt was aimed at drawing attention to what activists called Macron’s “double game...

02/06/2025 14:16 France 24

Ukraine and Russia end their latest round of direct peace talks in Istanbul

Ukranian and Russian negotiators are sitting down for the second round of face to face talks in Istanbul. The discussions come a day after Kiev launched what it called an unprecedented surprise attack on four Russian airbases, destroying over 40 warplanes. The raid has been described as unprecedent...

02/06/2025 14:05 France 24

'We continue to clear our sky from Russian bombers': Ukrainian PM Shmyhal

In an interview with FRANCE 24, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal justified Sunday's daring drone strikes on four Russian airfields as a way "to clear our sky from Russian bombers" and protect civilians from "nightly missile and drone attacks on civilian infrastructure". He also urged the We...

02/06/2025 13:44 France 24

Live: Ukraine and Russia agree to swap severely wounded troops, those under 25

Ukraine and Russia agreed to swap prisoners of war who are severely wounded, as well as those under the age of 25, Kyiv said on Monday following a second round of direct peace talks between the warring parties. The two sides have also agreed to exchange the remains of 6,000 soldiers. Follow our li...

02/06/2025 09:11 France 24

Mexico has its very first elections for judges under shadow of crime, corruption

Mexico has held its first-ever judicial elections - critics say stirring controversy and also sowing confusiong among voters amid a complicated election process. Early indications of a low turnout - something experts warned of in the lead up due to a mindboggling array of unfamiliar choices and the...

02/06/2025 09:10 France 24

Ukraine and Russia meet in Turkey for peace talks after launching major attacks

Russian and Ukrainian officials due to sit down today in the Turkish city of Istanbul for their second round of direct peace talks since 2022. Both sides though still far apart on how to end the war. U.S. President Donald Trump continues to demand that the two sides make peace, as he also continu...

02/06/2025 08:59 France 24

Low expectations from Istanbul talks to end the war in Ukraine

Russia has sent a low-level delegation to the second set of negotiations between diplomats from Kyiv and Moscow to end the war in Ukraine, notes FRANCE 24’s Istanbul correspondent Jasper Mortimer, who says that little progress is expected from the talks....

02/06/2025 06:36 France 24

What we know about Ukraine's drone strikes on airbases in Russia

Code-named “Spider’s web”, Ukraine’s sweeping drone attack that targeted Russian warplanes on Sunday had been planned for over a year and a half, Ukrainian security services said, adding that the strikes had destroyed 34 percent of Russian strategic bombers carrying cruise missiles and caus...

02/06/2025 05:59 France 24

Nationalist Karol Nawrocki wins Polish presidency official tally says

After conservative Karol Nawrocki's victory in the Polish presidential election, FRANCE 24's Gulliver Cragg reports from Warsaw on how the result could effect Poland's domestic and international political stance....

02/06/2025 05:15 France 24

Russia and Ukraine set for second round of peace talks in Istanbul

The second set of negotiations between diplomats from Kyiv and Moscow to end the war in Ukraine is scheduled for Monday in Istanbul. Despite the flurry of diplomacy, the two sides remain far apart over a possible deal – either for a truce or longer-term settlement....

02/06/2025 02:23 France 24

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