Posted by the Ukrainian army, these images show the city of #Kherson, in south #Ukraine, being heavily bombed by #Russia, killing two people and injuring 22 others on October 24, 2025.
The October 10 ceasefire between Hamas and Israel halted open war but not the violence in Gaza. Around seven armed factions and clans now battle Hamas for control while gunfights and public executions persist in the enclave, and some groups are even suspected of ties to Tel Aviv....
We assess the fallout of the Louvre heist in France. Also, Israel begins physically marking its areas of control in Gaza, deeper than its government agreed to as part of the Trump peace plan. Several Arab leaders argue that the new divide will see Gaza permanently divided into two zones. Finally, T...
Over 6000 Ukrainian prisoners have been liberated from Russian prisons since the beginning of the war. But behind the scenes of their touching reunions with loved ones is their hidden traumas- both physical and mental. For former detainees, the long road to healing has just begun. A report by our c...
At a jam-packed EU summit in Brussels on 23 October, dominated by the thorny issue of using frozen Russian assets, we caught up with the Deputy Minister for European Affairs of Cyprus, Marilena Raouna. Although Belgium was at the centre of haggling over how to turn the Russian assets into a “repa...
Sweden has been stepping up its support for Ukraine, including signing a letter of intent this week on up to 150 Gripen fighter jets. Ukraine is even using its online crowd-forecasting platform, which uses thousands of user responses to predict future events – and potentially, developments in...
US President Donald #Trump ended trade talks with Canada after an anti-#tariff advertising campaign funded by Ontario, a Canadian province, aired excerpts of a speech by ex-President Ronald Reagan warning against the dangers of #trade wars. The decision comes as a sudden turnaround, as there were h...
On the show this week, we explore where things stand between the US and India, as reports emerge that the two sides are nearing a trade agreement. We ask our expert whether trust can be restored with Washington, and examine what lies ahead for relations with Moscow as Russian crude imports may soon...
It is 25 years since the UN Security Council signed a historic agreement linking gender equality to the maintenance of international peace and security. But the world is now facing the highest number of active conflicts since 1946, creating unprecedented risks for women and girls. Yet only one in t...
During a meeting in London, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer told President Volodymyr Zelensky that Western allies could do more to strengthen Ukraine’s long-range missile capabilities. Hosting Zelensky at Downing Street ahead of a summit of Ukraine’s key supporters, Starmer emphasized the n...
US President Donald Trump has abruptly ended all trade talks with Canada after Ontario’s government aired an advert criticizing his tariffs, quoting Ronald Reagan’s warning that such measures “hurt every American.” Calling the advert “fake” and “egregious,” Trump declared negotiatio...
King Charles III is hosting President Volodymyr Zelensky at Windsor today, ahead of the Ukrainian leader’s meetings in London with European counterparts to discuss ramping up pressure on Russia. It marks the third time this year the 76-year-old monarch has received Zelensky, who was welcomed to W...
The prime minister says he thinks there's more that can be done to help Ukraine with long-range weapons capability....
Zelensky hopes to build on the momentum from yesterday’s European Council talks in Brussels, where he welcomed progress on strengthening Ukraine’s air defences and the addition of Finland and Spain to the coalition purchasing weapons for Kyiv. However, Ukraine faced a major setback as EU leader...
US President Donald Trump issued a stark warning to Israel over annexing the West Bank in an interview published Thursday, as visiting Secretary of State Marco Rubio voiced confidence that a US-backed ceasefire in Gaza would hold. All the while, Israeli lawmakers advanced two bills paving the way f...
Candidates in Ivory Coast’s presidential election held their final rallies as the campaign officially concluded in the West African nation of 30 million people. The country goes to the polls with incumbent President Alassane Ouattara seeking a fourth term that would bring his rule over the cocoa-...
The EU’s €140 billion loan for Ukraine remains stalled after Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever resisted plans to use frozen Russian assets to fund it. Belgium, home to most of those assets, warned of major financial and legal risks. At a Brussels summit, leaders softened their language, effe...
PRESS REVIEW – Friday, October 24: Papers react to Donald Trump's sanctions on Russia's energy sector. Next, NBA head coach and player were arrested in a takedown of gambling operations. Finally, we take a look at the finalists of the Comedy Wildlife awards....
On Thursday, nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán accused the European Union of seeking to install a “puppet” government in Hungary, framing next year’s election as a decision between peace and a war that would mean “dying for Ukraine.” Addressing tens of thousands of supporters gathe...
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky is in London this Friday for a meeting of the country’s key supporters, where Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to call on Europe to deliver more long-range missiles to help Kyiv maintain its momentum against Moscow. France24 corresponden...
EU leaders on Thursday asked the European Commission to prepare options to fund Ukraine for two more years, keeping open the possibility of a loan backed by frozen Russian assets. After a summit in Brussels, they deferred a final decision on the proposed 140-billion-euro ($162 billion) “reparatio...
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Friday hosts a meeting of the “coalition of the willing”, comprised of more than 20 Ukraine allies, in London, where he is set to call on Europe to supply Kyiv more long-range missiles. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky is attending the meeting, whi...
Lithuania summoned a Russian diplomat on Thursday to protest what it said was a brief incursion of two Russian military aircraft into its airspace. The defence ministry said a Sukhoi SU-30 fighter and an IL-78 tanker from Kaliningrad crossed 700 metres into Lithuania during likely refuelling traini...
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro appealed Thursday for calm as tensions rose with Washington, saying in English: “No crazy war, please!” His plea followed US President Donald Trump’s announcement that he had authorised covert action against Caracas amid an expanding US military campaign ta...
Speaking on FRANCE 24, Melinda Haring, Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council's Eurasia Centre, says that sanctions hurt the Russian war effort and the EU and US 'need to continue to squeeze'. She adds that 'Donald Trump knows that he put his neck out politically' for Vladimir Putin for the last six...
US President Donald Trump has issued a pardon for the founder of Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange. Chanpeng Zhao spent four months in prison last year after pleading guilty to charges that he failed to implement measures to prevent money laundering while running the platform....
EU leaders failed to come to a formal agreement on the use of frozen Russian assets to fund a massive loan to Ukraine, after objections from Belgium, where the bulk of the Russian central bank funds are held. EU leaders pushed a formal decision to December. FRANCE 24's Armen Georgian reports from B...
US President Donald Trump issued a stark warning to Israel over annexing the West Bank in an interview published Thursday, as Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in the country to bolster his Gaza truce. FRANCE 24's Noga Tarnopolsky reports from Jerusalem....
It's been a long seven days, even by Russia-Ukraine standards. Last week at this time, the talk was of Tomahawks. But instead of delivering missiles, Donald Trump instead gave a closed-door earful at the White House to Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Then came talk of a mano a mano U-S-Russia summit in Buda...
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that if Ukraine gets and uses US Tomahawk missiles the response from Russia would be "very serious, if not overwhelming". At the same time, the Russian president pledged to continue dialogue with the US, despite US counterpart Donald Trump shelving...
President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine should be allowed to use frozen Russian assets to fund domestic weapons production and purchase arms from Europe and the U.S. Speaking at a press conference in Brussels, he urged the EU to approve a major “reparations loan” backed by those assets, sayin...
