France 'on brink of over-indebtedness', PM Bayrou warns

25/08/2025 20:47 France 24

French Prime Minister François Bayrou has warned that the nation is facing an "immediate danger" of over-indebtedness as he tried to rally support for his unpopular budget plan for 2026. Labour unions have threatened to bring France to a standstill with a general strike called for September 10. Plus, US President Donald Trump boasts that his government has paid "zero" for a 10 percent stake in embattled chipmaker Intel.

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Australia expels Iran ambassador, accusing Tehran of being behind antisemitic attacks

Australia expelled Iran's ambassador on Tuesday, accusing the country of being behind antisemitic arson attacks in Sydney and Melbourne. It marks the first time Australia has expelled an ambassador since World War II. Intelligence services reached the "deeply disturbing conclusion" that Iran direct...

26/08/2025 10:00 France 24

Australia expels Iranian ambassador over antisemitic attacks

Australia accused Iran on Tuesday of executing two antisemitic arson attacks in the cities of Sydney and Melbourne and gave Tehran's ambassador seven days to leave the country, its first such expulsion since World War Two....

26/08/2025 08:09 France 24

Israeli protesters call for hostage deal ahead of cabinet meeting

Protesters calling for an end to the war in Gaza and the return of hostages being held there took to the streets in Israel on Tuesday morning ahead of a security cabinet meeting scheduled for the evening....

26/08/2025 07:43 France 24

Iran, European powers to resume nuclear talks as sanctions deadline looms

Tehran is set to hold nuclear talks with France, Britain and Germany on Tuesday in Geneva, the second round of meetings since Iran's 12-day war with Israel in June derailed negotiations with Washington. The European partners have threatened to trigger UN sanctions unless Tehran resumes cooperation...

26/08/2025 06:25 France 24

Australia accuses Iran of directing anti-Semitic attacks, expels ambassador

Australia’s government on Tuesday announced the expulsion of Iran’s ambassador, accusing Tehran of orchestrating anti-Semitic attacks in Melbourne and Sydney. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese cited intelligence services’ “deeply disturbing conclusion” that Iran was behind at least two such...

26/08/2025 04:13 France 24

Bolivia right-wing candidate pledges to scrap lithium deals with China, Russia

Bolivian right-wing presidential candidate Jorge Quiroga vowed on Monday to cancel multi-billion-dollar lithium extraction agreements signed by the outgoing government with Russia and China if elected president in October, saying he would seek alternative investment partners. ...

26/08/2025 00:13 France 24

ICE detains Kilmar Abrego Garcia in Baltimore, faces deportation to Uganda

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a central figure in President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, was detained by US authorities in Baltimore on Monday to face renewed deportation efforts. His lawyers swiftly filed suit to halt removal, warning deportation could send him to a country where his safety is...

25/08/2025 23:20 France 24

Venezuela builds up border security in response to deployment of US warships

Venezuela on Monday announced the deployment of 15,000 troops to the Colombia border to fight drug trafficking amid accusations from Washington that Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro is heading a cocaine-trafficking cartel. Three US warships have been deployed to Venezuela’s coast to step up...

25/08/2025 20:54 France 24

Arts & activism: Every human has 'a right and responsibility' to use their voice and inspire change

As the legendary Nigerian artist Fela Kuti once declared, “Music is our weapon,” we again stand at the crossroads of artistry and politics, as war rages in the Middle East. For centuries, even millennia, resistance to oppression and injustice has found its voice in poetry, literature, and the...

25/08/2025 17:42 France 24

Multiple journalists killed by Israeli strikes on Gaza hospital

Several journalists were among at least 20 people killed on August 25 in a strike on a hospital in southern Gaza, including a freelancer who worked for the Associated Press.According to the UN, at least 240 journalists have been killed by Israel in Gaza since the war began....

25/08/2025 13:04 France 24

French academic Vinatier faces fresh espionage charges in Russia

A Russian court is set to announce new espionage charges on Monday against a French researcher who is already serving a three-year sentence, part of a broader trend of Western nationals facing lengthy prison terms amid the ongoing conflict in Ukraine....

25/08/2025 11:23 France 24

Israeli strikes in Yemen's capital kill six, Huthis say

Israeli strikes in Yemen's capital Sanaa on August 24 killed at least six people, according to the country's Iran-backed Huthi rebels, who have repeatedly launched missiles and drones at Israel throughout the Gaza war....

25/08/2025 11:09 France 24

Ukraine: Zelensky calls for one-on-one with Putin

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky insisted on August 24 that a meeting with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin remained "the most effective way forward" as the two sides exchange prisoners and the country celebrated Independence Day....

25/08/2025 09:31 France 24

Russia: NGO worker Laurent Vinatier faces new espionage charge

Laurent Vinatier, already serving a three-year sentence, faces a hearing on August 25. The new charges carry a potential prison term of up to 20 years. France 24's Nick Holdsworth tells us more....

25/08/2025 09:25 France 24

At least 20 killed, including five journalists, in Israeli strikes on Gaza's Nasser hospital

At least 20 people were killed, including five journalists, in Israeli air strikes Monday on Gaza's Nasser Hospital, Palestinian health officials said. More than 240 Palestinian journalists have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza since the war began on October 7, 2023, according to the Palestin...

25/08/2025 09:13 France 24

Evergrande shares delisted in Hong Kong after years of debt problems

China's former real estate giant Evergrande has seen its shares delisted from the Hong Kong stock exchange this Monday. Once the most valuable property company in the country, the firm fell on hard times when the government cracked down on its debt-fuelled development model in 2020. Also in this ed...

25/08/2025 08:55 France 24

Washington trades military support to Sahel juntas for access to mineral wealth

Under President Donald Trump, the United States has quietly recalibrated its Sahel strategy, trading military support to West African juntas battling jihadists for lucrative access to the region’s vast mineral wealth, experts say. The strategy marks a stark shift from the Biden administration’s...

25/08/2025 07:03 France 24

'Low key atmosphere' as Ukraine celebrates independence day

Ukraine launched a wave of drone strikes on Russia Sunday, triggering a fire at a nuclear power plant as it celebrated Ukrainian independence day against a backdrop of fading hopes for recent peace efforts. The celebrations in Kyiv were "low key", FRANCE 24 correspondent Gulliver Cragg reported, as...

24/08/2025 20:24 France 24

Ukraine's security gurantees top the agenda on its independence day

As Ukraine on Sunday marked its independence day, the focus was on security guarantees for the country as part of any peace deal. France 24’s Leela Jacinto examines the failures of Ukraine’s security guarantors in the past and the implications for its future....

24/08/2025 18:37 France 24

Taiwan to invest in military drones, drawing 'major lesson' from war in Ukraine

Drawing lessons from the ongoing war in Ukraine, where the use of drones is widespread, Taiwan said it plans to invest in 50,000 drones over the course of the next two years. The decision comes as the island faces mounting pressure from China, which it claims as its own territory....

24/08/2025 18:12 France 24

Canadian PM Carney attends celebrations on 34th Ukrainian Independence day

Prime Minister Mark Carney said Ukrainians should have no doubt about Canada's commitment to their country, as he delivered a speech in Sophia Square during a surprise visit to Kyiv. Carney's first visit to Ukraine came on the invitation of President Volodymyr Zelenskyyto mark Ukraine's 34th Indepe...

24/08/2025 14:55 France 24

Ukraine marks its independence day as peace push shows little sign of progress

Ukraine celebrated its independence from the Soviet Union Sunday, three and a half years into a war that has killed tens of thousands of people and left almost one fifth of the country occupied by Russian forces. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told a crowd in Kyiv that the country would fig...

24/08/2025 13:29 France 24

34 years ago, the making of an independent Ukraine

In 1991, in response to a coup attempt by hardline Communist leaders attempting to reassert control over the Soviet Union, Ukrainian parliamentarians voted to approve a Declaration of Independence for the state of Ukraine. FRANCE 24's Caroline Baum takes us back to this historic day 34 years ago....

24/08/2025 12:38 France 24

Ukraine celebrates its 34th Independence Day amid the ongoing war with Russia

A Ukrainian drone shot down by Russian air defence systems caused a short-lived fire at the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant, the facility's press service said Sunday, stressing that background radiation around the plant remained at "natural levels." The detonation reportedly damaged an auxiliary transfor...

24/08/2025 11:29 France 24

Is Trump’s Ukraine gambit 'sending a signal to the world that America does not stand by its allies'?

Ukraine launched a wave of drone strikes on Russia, triggering a fire at a nuclear power plant as it celebrated Ukrainian independence day against a backdrop of fading hopes for recent peace efforts.The brutal three-and-a-half-year war of attrition, which has killed tens of thousands of people, has...

24/08/2025 10:19 France 24

Ukraine celebrates its 34th Independence Day from Soviet Union

Ukraine is marking its 34th Independence Day this Sunday, commemorating its formal break from the Soviet Union on August 24, 1991. A day earlier, President Volodymyr Zelensky and other officials observed National Flag Day, another key date in the country’s calendar. Ukrainians at home and abroad...

24/08/2025 09:28 France 24

Ukraine celebrates its 34th Independence Day from Soviet Union, after National Flag Day

24/08/2025 08:54 France 24

Downed Ukrainian drone causes short-lived fire at Russian nuclear power plant

A Ukrainian drone shot down by Russian air defence systems caused a short-lived fire at the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant, the facility's press service said Sunday, stressing that background radiation around the power plant remained at "natural levels". The detonation reportedly damaged an auxiliary tr...

24/08/2025 05:36 France 24

North Korea test-fires two new air defence missiles, state media says

North Korea has test-fired two "improved" air defence missiles, state media said Sunday. Analysts say that Pyongyang is likely using its troops' experience fighting against Ukrainian forces in Russia to accelerate the development of ways to combat the drones and cruise missiles that increasingly do...

24/08/2025 01:29 France 24

Venezuela's Maduro rallies civilian militia volunteers, citing US invasion 'threat'

Thousands of Venezuelans on Saturday queued up across Caracas to enlist in a civilian militia in response to "threats" of a US invasion. The show of force counters earlier accusations by the Trump administration that President Nicolas Maduro is leading a drug cartel. Three days ago, Washington dep...

24/08/2025 01:19 France 24

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