Between US and Iran, "an apparent push for diplomacy" despite the "chest-thumping"

30/01/2026 10:03 France 24

Iran's top diplomat Abbas Araghchi landed in Istanbul on January 30 for talks where Turkey was to offer help to mediate tensions with the United States, which has mooted a possible military strike. Late the day before, Trump -- who had previously warned time was "running out" for Tehran -- appeared to slightly pull back. FRANCE 24's Reza Sayah tells us more on what to know from Tehran.

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Ukraine raises concerns with SpaceX over Russian use of Starlink

Ukraine said Thursday it was in contact with Elon Musk’s SpaceX over allegations that Russian drones were using Starlink satellite internet during attacks on Ukrainian cities, raising concerns that Western technology may be aiding Moscow’s strikes....

30/01/2026 10:28 France 24

Arya Jemo: 'Fifteen years of Syrian civil war to end up with an Al‑Qaeda leader in power'

Alison Sargent is pleased to welcome Kurdish analyst and humanitarian activist Arya Jemo. Mr. Jemo expresses the sense of abandonment by the international community as Kobani remains under siege without water or electricity. He places the Kurdish community’s perspective within a broader context o...

30/01/2026 10:18 France 24

IRGC terrorist designation: Islamic regime created 'hell on earth' for 85 million people inside Iran

François Picard is pleased to welcome Shahin Modarres, Iran Team lead at ITSS Verona and Lecturer at the University of Rome Tor Vergata. Mr. Modarres argues that the EU's designation of Iran's Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organization is long overdue. Framing the IRGC as both a domestic inst...

30/01/2026 08:06 France 24

Live: Trump says 'hopefully' won't need Iran military action

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he hoped to avoid military action against Iran, which has threatened to strike American bases and aircraft carriers in response to any attack. Trump added that he planned to speak with Iran, leaving open the possibility of avoiding a military operation a...

30/01/2026 06:02 France 24

Russian strikes push Ukraine towards catastrophe, says EU

Russia has stepped up its strikes against Ukraine's power and heating infrastructure, plunging residents into darkness and cold as temperatures have dropped as low as -20C. The EU is looking to step up support for Ukraine's power grid and is preparing a new round of sanctions on Moscow for the four...

29/01/2026 22:36 France 24

Gang-wracked Haiti capital 'systematically' terrorised by sexual violence, MSF warns

Sexual and gender-based violence "is being used systematically to terrorise the population" in Haiti's stricken capital Port-au-Prince, Doctors Without Borders said Thursday in a report based on 10 years of data from its clinic there. The medical charity, which goes by its French acronym MSF, said...

29/01/2026 21:13 France 24

Four more years? Russia-Ukraine war nears two million casualties mark

Making Ukrainians freeze in winter wasn't enough. A Russian strike hit a moving train on Tuesday in the northeastern Kharkiv region, killing six people. As the casualty toll on both sides approaches two million according to an independent study, we weigh the grinding effect of nearly four years of...

29/01/2026 19:20 France 24

IRGC terrorist designation: Mirroring US policy, EU crosses Islamic regime's 'red line'

Nadia Massih welcomes Ali Vaez, Director of the Iran Project and International Crisis Group Senior Advisor. The EU's move to designate Iran's Revolutionary Guards a terrorist organisation represents a complete rupture in normal state‑to‑state diplomacy. All the while, the US contemplates milita...

29/01/2026 17:10 France 24

"Regionally, there is a real worry" about the possibility of US strikes in Iran

The U.S. Navy has sent ⁠an additional warship to the Middle East, a U.S. official told Reuters, amid a large military buildup in the region and soaring tensions. For its part, Iran has said it could launch a pre-emptive strike or broadly target the Mideast, including American military...

29/01/2026 16:26 France 24

Rafah crossing set to reopen "soon" as part of Gaza ceasefire deal

For Gazans, the Rafah border crossing to Egypt is their gateway to the world. But since Israel seized it in May 2024, it has been largely shut. Now, as part of the second phase of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire plan, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the crossing will reopen soon, raisi...

29/01/2026 15:27 France 24

Sudanese slowly rebuild war-ravaged capital Khartoum

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29/01/2026 13:02 France 24

Rybakina survives Pegula rally to set up Sabalenka rematch in Australian Open final

Elena Rybakina battled past Jessica Pegula to reach the Australian Open final on Thursday, with the fifth seed setting up a repeat of her 2023 title match against Aryna Sabalenka, who earlier defeated Ukraine's Elina Svitolina in a politically charged semi-final. ...

29/01/2026 12:23 France 24

Trump hangs a 'nice' photo of himself and Putin in the White House

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29/01/2026 11:31 France 24

Live: Iran's army chief vows 'crushing response' as US tensions simmer

Iran's army chief Amir Hatami on Thursday vowed a "crushing response" to any attack after the United States moved a fleet of warships into regional waters. The Iranian ‍army also said that it had received a batch of 1,000 drones amid growing tensions, with US President Donald Trump warnin...

29/01/2026 11:18 France 24

Ivory Coast's cocoa growers face crisis amid drop in global prices

Ivory Coast says it will start buying back thousands of tons of unsold cocoa that have been sitting in warehouses and around the country's ports since November 2026. The holdup has also seen the income of farmers stagnate in the world’s largest producer of the cacao. But many worry that the last-...

29/01/2026 10:54 France 24

Ukraine intensifies deepstrikes against Russia with domestically-produced weapons

Since August 2025 Ukraine has stepped up its campaign of strikes against targets deep inside Russia. While the country’s Western allies have been reluctant to allow the use of long-range missiles for that purpose, they have not objected to Ukraine doing it with its domestically-produced weapons -...

29/01/2026 10:51 France 24

Iran-US rhetoric "raises spectre of war" but both still use intermediary talking channels

Trump has repeatedly threatened to intervene if Iran continued to kill protesters, but the countrywide demonstrations over economic privations and political repression have since abated. He has said the United States would act if Tehran resumed its nuclear program after the June airstrikes ‍by Is...

29/01/2026 10:49 France 24

Starmer and Xi call for deeper ties as Trump shakes up global relations

The leaders of Britain and China called Thursday for a “comprehensive strategic partnership” to deepen ties between their nations at a time of growing global turbulence and uncertainty. Neither Prime Minister Keir Starmer nor President Xi Jinping publicly mentioned Donald Trump, but the U.S. pr...

29/01/2026 10:24 France 24

Live: Kyiv says Russia has handed over 1,000 bodies of Ukrainian soldiers

Kyiv said on Thursday that Russia has handed over 1,000 bodies of Ukrainian soldiers killed in battle. Earlier that day, Russia's oil giant Lukoil said that it will sell its foreign assets to The Carlyle Group, a US investment firm. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates....

29/01/2026 08:32 France 24

Iraq PM candidate Maliki slams US ‘interference’ after Trump warning

Iraq’s leading candidate for prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, on Wednesday denounced what he called Washington’s “blatant interference” after President Donald Trump threatened to end all US support if Maliki takes office....

29/01/2026 01:48 France 24

'Russia exaggerating gains in Ukraine to push for territorial concessions'

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28/01/2026 21:02 France 24

Ukraine steps up campaign to strike deep into Russia

28/01/2026 19:21 France 24

Syrian's al-Sharaa meets Putin in Moscow for second time in four months

Syria’s interim leader arrived in Moscow on January 28for his second visit in less than four months. Moscow has been working to build relations with Ahmed al-Sharaa and ensure a continued military presence in the country, which serves to bolster its influence in the Middle East. The meeting comes...

28/01/2026 16:36 France 24

‘As in wartime’: Iranian doctors recount deadly crackdown on protesters

A month after Iran’s security forces unleashed a brutal crackdown on protests, FRANCE 24 gathered testimonies from Iranian doctors who described “apocalyptic” scenes, with injuries resembling those seen in war. With hospitals under surveillance by security services, many wounded protesters...

28/01/2026 16:34 France 24

Replay: Marco Rubio testifies at US Senate about Venezuela

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28/01/2026 16:01 France 24

Russia lures Kenyans into fighting in Ukraine war

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28/01/2026 15:44 France 24

Russia bears brunt of nearly two million casualties in Ukraine war, report says

After nearly four years since Russia's full scale invasion of Ukraine, the war has caused nearly two million military casualties -- killed, wounded or missing -- on both sides, according to a study published by a US think tank. Moscow's forces have borne the brunt of the losses, suffering as many a...

28/01/2026 15:42 France 24

Iran: ‘Time is running out’ to reach a deal, Trump says

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28/01/2026 15:41 France 24

German police search Deutsche Bank offices in money-laundering probe

German police searched Deutsche Bank's Frankfurt headquarters and its Berlin office on Wednesday as part of a money-laundering investigation. Local media said the probe was connected to suspected offences in the bank's dealings with companies linked to Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich....

28/01/2026 15:15 France 24

Five die in Russian attack on civilian train in Ukraine

Ukraine's ‍President Volodymyr Zelenskiy denounced ⁠as "terrorism" a Russian drone strike on a train ‍in northeastern Kharkiv region on January 27 and said four people had been killed. Meanwhile, a new report estimates Ukraine's dead and wounded around 500,000, while Russia's are...

28/01/2026 15:01 France 24

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