As Arctic ice vanishes, maritime traffic boom fuels the climate crisis

08/06/2025 07:15 France 24

The Arctic is warming four times faster than any other place on the planet. As sea ice melts, new shipping routes between continents are opening up, and the yearly window for navigating through these freezing waters is expanding. But there is a heavy toll that comes with increased traffic in the Arctic, a fragile environment that is rapidly collapsing.

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Russia says pushing offensive into Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk

Russia said Sunday it was pushing into Ukraine's eastern industrial Dnipropetrovsk region for the first time in its three-year offensive – a significant territorial escalation amid stalled peace talks. FRANCE 24's Gulliver Cragg reports....

08/06/2025 10:32 France 24

Russia claims its forces have reached Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region for the first time

Russia claimed on Sunday that its forces had reached the border of Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region for the first time and were pushing into the central-eastern industrial and mining hub in what would be a symbolic and strategic setback for Kyiv. There was no immediate response from Ukraine to Russi...

08/06/2025 09:51 France 24

Russia, Ukraine accuse each other of delaying POW swap

A large-scale prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine – the only concrete outcome of peace talks – was thrown into doubt Saturday after Moscow and Kyiv accused each other of delaying and thwarting the swap. At talks in Istanbul on Monday, Kyiv and Moscow agreed to release all wounded sold...

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Trump sends National Guard to Los Angeles over immigration raids protests

US President Donald Trump on Saturday ordered the deployment of 2,000 National Guard troops to quell "lawlessness" in the Los Angeles area after a second day of unrest sparked by a crackdown on undocumented migrants. California Governor Gavin Newsom said the move was "purposefully inflammatory" an...

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Russia launched an intense missile and drone barrage at the Ukrainian capital Kyiv in the early hours of Friday, killing at least five people, Ukrainian officials said, as powerful explosions reverberated across the country....

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Residents of the war-ravaged Gaza Strip offered prayers amid the ruins of mosques and homes on Friday for the start of the three-day feast of Eid al-Adha, with little left to celebrate and with food supplies growing ever scarcer....

07/06/2025 12:31 France 24

Gaza marks start of Eid amid dwindling food supplies with outdoor prayers

Palestinians across the war-ravaged Gaza Strip marked the start of one of Islam’s most important holidays with prayers outside destroyed mosques and homes early Friday, with little hope the war with Israel will end soon....

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Israel admits support for anti-Hamas armed group accused of looting Gaza aid

Israeli officials have acknowledged supporting an armed group opposed to Hamas in Gaza after opposition lawmaker Avigdor Lieberman said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government was arming "criminals and felons". International humanitarian officials have accused the group, led by Bedouin trib...

07/06/2025 09:01 France 24

Russian strikes on Ukraine's Kharkiv kill at least 3, injures several

A large Russian drone-and-missile attack targeted Ukraine's eastern city of Kharkiv on Saturday, killing at least three people and injuring 21, local officials said. The barrage — the latest in near daily widescale attacks — included aerial glide bombs tha...

07/06/2025 08:35 France 24

Kyiv and Moscow accuse each other of seeking to delay prisoner swap

Ukraine and Russia exchanged mutual accusations on Saturday of seeking to delay a prisoner swap expected this weekend, the only solid outcome of recent peace talks between the warring nations....

07/06/2025 05:51 France 24

Russia pummels Ukraine's Kharkiv in 'most powerful attack' since start of war

Russian strikes on Ukraine's second-largest city early on Saturday killed at least five people and injured at least 17 others in what the mayor of Kharkiv described as the biggest drone attack since the start of the war. Two more people were killed when a Russian missile struck a high-rise building...

07/06/2025 05:20 France 24

Warring parties urged to respect humanitarian law in Sudan as the crisis is worsening

Three days after an attack on a humanitarian convoy that killed five people, the African Union, the United States and several other countries urged the warring parties in Sudan to respect humanitarian law. This East African country has been devastated by a bloody war since April 2023. According to...

06/06/2025 20:34 France 24

Ukraine’s ‘Spider's Web’, Gaza, The Trump Musk feud, Elon’s New city

In the week that Ukraine launched Operation Spider Web. 18 months in the planning and personally overseen by President Zelensky, simultaneous drone attacks were launched across Russian airfields destroying its fighter jets and strategic bombers. The Ukrainian intelligence service claimed 40 had bee...

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'This desire to eliminate Hamas in Gaza will only build a generation of jihadists against Israel'

Palestinians across the war-ravaged Gaza Strip marked the start of one of Islam’s most important holidays, Eid al-Adha, with prayers outside destroyed mosques and homes with little hope the war with Israel will end soon. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective on the harrowing plight of ci...

06/06/2025 17:42 France 24

Veterans mark 81st anniversary of D-Day landings in Normandy

Aged veterans gathered in Normandy on Friday to mark the 81st anniversary of when Allied forces embarked on French beaches in the D-Day landings. The historic landings changed the course of the war and led to the WWII defeat of Nazi Germany. ...

06/06/2025 15:30 France 24

AU urges Sudan's warring parties to respect humanitarian law

Three days after a deadly attack on a humanitarian convoy that claimed five lives, the UN and the African Union called on all parties involved in Sudan’s conflict to adhere to international humanitarian law. The nation remains deeply divided, with the regular army controlling much of the central,...

06/06/2025 15:03 France 24

US hits International Criminal Court judges with sanctions over investigation into Israel

The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on four judges at the International Criminal Court including over an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as it ramped up pressure to neuter the court of last resort. Catherine Viette has more....

06/06/2025 14:58 France 24

EU backs 'cornerstone of international justice' after US sanctions ICC judges

The European Union on Friday threw its support behind the world’s top war crimes court after the United States sanctioned four of its judges in retaliation for having issued an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and for opening an alleged war crimes case into US troops i...

06/06/2025 14:58 France 24

Residents forced to flee homes after Guatemala Fuego volcano eruption

Residents in Guatemala have been forced to flee their homes after lava poured from a volcano near the capital city. The Fuego volcano is one of the country's 3 active ones, with the institute of Volcanology now warning of flows of scorching material descending the slopes. Rachael Griffiths has more...

06/06/2025 14:43 France 24

German chancellor Merz says he found Trump open to dialogue

Donald Trump made his first public expression of disappointment with Elon Musk from the oval office Thursday Those comments then arguably overshadowing the real reason he was there: for a meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. Despite simmering tensions linked to Trump's tariffs and the...

06/06/2025 13:13 France 24

Four dead in Russian drone attack on Kyiv as Ukraine targets Russia’s air fields

At least four people were killed in Kyiv on Friday in a large Russian overnight offensive. It’s the latest in a series of large-scale attacks against regions across Ukraine. Meanwhile Russia says it downed more than 100 Ukraine drones and also missiles. France24 correspondent Gulliver Cragg repor...

06/06/2025 12:40 France 24

Russian drone attacks kills four in Kyiv

Ukraine's air force says it intercepted 406 drones and missiles overnight as Moscow launched a widespread barrage of attacks across the country. In Kyiv, multiple explosions rocked the capital early Friday, killing at least four people and injuring 20 others. Authorities reported damage across seve...

06/06/2025 12:32 France 24

Pakistan, broken innocence: An exclusive investigation into sexual violence at madrasas

In Pakistan, more than 2 million children frequently attend madrasas – Koranic schools that offer free religious education to the most disadvantaged. But behind the walls of these revered institutions lies a chilling reality: thousands of children are subjected to sexual violence in deafening sil...

06/06/2025 12:20 France 24

Three Serbs charged over paint attack on France's Jewish sites, Russian involvement suspected

Three Serbian nationals have been charged by a French judge for vandalising several Jewish sites in Paris, a judicial source said Friday, adding that investigators suspected Moscow of being behind the graffiti. The case echoes a similar series of incidents in 2023, when two Moldovans were arrested...

06/06/2025 11:56 France 24

Aid vessel heading to Gaza rescues four Libyan migrants in Mediterranean Sea

After three months of a complete blockade, Israel began permitting limited humanitarian aid into Gaza last month, but relief workers continue to warn of an impending famine as conditions remain dire. In a glimmer of hope, a ship carrying life-saving supplies is currently en route to the besieged te...

06/06/2025 10:16 France 24

Israeli PM Netanyahu confirms arming Gaza militia against Hamas

In a rare public admission, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has acknowledged that Israel is working with armed Palestinian clans inside Gaza as part of its strategy to combat Hamas. This marks the first time the government has openly confirmed such collaboration, which has sparked controv...

06/06/2025 09:16 France 24

Germany's Merz requests 'more pressure' on Russia from US

In his first visit to the White House as German Chancellor on Thursday, Friedrich Merz pushed US President Donald Trump to apply "more pressure" on Russia to engage in ceasefire talks over its invasion of Ukraine. Trump likened the warring countries to "two young children fighting like crazy" who n...

06/06/2025 00:30 France 24

US may slap sanctions on both Russia and Ukraine, Trump says

Speaking to reporters before a meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, when asked if he would impose further sanctions on Russia, US President Donald Trump responded: "When I see the moment where it's not going to stop we'll be very, very, very tough. And it could be on both countries to...

05/06/2025 21:11 France 24

No, the New START nuclear deal did not enable Ukraine to carry out 'Spider's Web' attack

Since Ukraine's surprise "Operation Spider's Web" strikes on Russian bombers, some internet users have been coming up with theories about how Kyiv carried them out. Some allege that Ukraine took advantage of a requirement laid out in a nuclear deal between Russia and the US. But as FRANCE 24's Char...

05/06/2025 21:09 France 24

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