French political crisis: Papers on Macron, Lecornu and the 'circus' of 'Incapables'

07/10/2025 11:52 France 24

PRESS REVIEW – Tuesday, October 7, 2025: French PM Sébastien Lecornu's resignation has sent France into political turmoil and features on most French front pages. France's political troubles are also getting a lot of coverage in Europe and around the world. In Israel, papers are commemorating the second anniversary of the October 7 attacks. Further afield, Israel's reputation in view of the war in Gaza sparks debate, as do pro-Palestinian marches in London.

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Israel marks two-year anniversary of October 7 attack without national commemoration

Israel marks the second anniversary of the October 7, 2023 attack on Tuesday, as Hamas and Israeli negotiators hold indirect talks to end the two-year war in Gaza under a US-proposed peace plan. But as FRANCE 24's Noga Tarnopolsky explains, the Israeli government didn't plan national commemorations...

07/10/2025 13:13 France 24

October 7, two years on: Israel is 'using force in order to feel nothing', expert says

An Israeli trauma and therapy expert, who himself has refused to continue serving in the Israeli military, has spoken to FRANCE 24 about the pain that the region is suffering. Doctor Tuly Flint says that when a society does not stop to contemplate, it blindly goes on using force so that it feels no...

07/10/2025 13:03 France 24

Cousin of Carmel Gat: 'If Hamas and Netanyahu want to carry on fighting, don't do it at our expense'

On the second anniversary of the deadliest attacks in Israel's history, Genie Godula is pleased to welcome Gil Dickmann, cousin of slain hostage Carmel Gat, and one of the most vocal defenders of the hostage families. Mr Dickmann reminds us that, two years on, 48 hostages are still in captivity: "T...

07/10/2025 12:16 France 24

Israelis pay respects to victims of October 7 attacks, two years on

🇮🇱 Israel marks the second anniversary of the October 7, 2023 attack, as Hamas and Israeli negotiators hold indirect talks to end the two-year war in Gaza under a US-proposed peace plan. 🪖 Two years ago to the day, at the close of the Jewish festival of Sukkot, Hamas-led militants launc...

07/10/2025 11:12 France 24

Israel and Hamas resume Gaza ceasefire talks in Egypt

As the war in Gaza reaches its two-year mark, Israel and Hamas continue negotiations in Egypt. Talks are centered on a proposed ceasefire deal, which includes a partial Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and a hostage-prisoner exchange. US envoy Steve Witkoff and Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner...

07/10/2025 10:33 France 24

The deep transformations of Israeli society after 2 years of war

The October 7 attacks, security failures, the Netanyahu government's hardline policies, and conflicts with numerous Arab countries — over the past two years, the successive events that have hit Israel have deeply impacted its society, which is now highly fragmented, as explained by Shirli Sitbon,...

07/10/2025 09:56 France 24

Two years after October 7 attacks on Israel, war in Gaza drags on

Two years after the October 7, 2023 Hamas-led terrorist attacks on Israel that sparked the war in Gaza, the Palestinian enclave is now a shadow of its former self. Months of Israeli bombings and blockading of the Gaza Strip have plunged the Palestinian population into an unprecedented humanitarian...

07/10/2025 09:51 France 24

A look back at two years of devastating conflict in Gaza

Since the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack that killed around 1,200 Israelis and led to 251 hostages being taken, the conflict has escalated with devastating casualties—around 66,000 Palestinians have died amid sieges and military offensives in Gaza. Multiple ceasefires and hostage exchanges have occ...

07/10/2025 09:27 France 24

Israelis mark two years since October 7

Israel marks the second anniversary of the October 7, 2023 attack on Tuesday — a day of national mourning — as Hamas and Israeli negotiators engage in indirect talks under a US-backed peace plan to end the two-year war in Gaza. The assault, launched by Hamas-led militants at the end of the Jewi...

07/10/2025 09:22 France 24

War in Gaza live: UN chief Guterres demands Hamas release hostages 'immediately’

The UN chief Antonio Guterres on Tuesday demanded the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages held in Gaza, and an end to hostilities in the war-ravaged Palestinian territory, Israel and the region. Israel marks today two years since the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023, in which about...

07/10/2025 04:45 France 24

Syrian army redeploys near SDF frontlines as tensions flare

The Syrian army redeployed along frontlines with US-backed Kurdish forces in northeast Syria, the defence ministry said on Monday, amid rising tensions. The move, it said, was aimed at preventing attacks and land grabs, not preparing for war. Witnesses reported protests after army blockades in Alep...

07/10/2025 00:07 France 24

Is France's Macron building a luxury bunker 'in preparation for World War III'?

A viral post on social media claims that French President Emmanuel Macron is spending almost €150 million in state funds on a luxury underground bunker to "shield the French elite from a looming World War III". The video claims to have solid proof coming straight from Tracfin, a service of the F...

06/10/2025 20:57 France 24

Gaza plan needs 'awful lot of gap-filling and an implementation, enforcement mechanism'

Israeli and Hamas officials are holding indirect talks in an Egyptian coastal resort on Monday on a U.S-drafted peace plan to end the war in Gaza on the eve of its second anniversary. The talks focus on the ceasefire's first stage, including the partial withdrawal of Israeli forces as well as the r...

06/10/2025 20:47 France 24

Greta Thunberg lands in Greece among expelled Gaza flotilla activists

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg landed in Greece on Monday alongside scores of fellow campaigners expelled from Israel after trying to ship aid to Gaza. The 22-year-old climate campaigner was one of hundreds of people who had boarded a flotilla that tried to break through an Israeli blockade of the...

06/10/2025 20:26 France 24

ICC convicts first Darfur militia leader for war crimes

In tonight's edition: The International Criminal Court has convicted the first Janjaweed militia leader for atrocities committed in Sudan's Darfur region more than 20 years ago. Also, Senegal's Pink Lake is increasingly drawing the attention of property developers. Plus Africa Week UK has its in...

06/10/2025 20:20 France 24

ICC convicts Sudan militia chief in first Darfur war crimes verdict

The International Criminal Court on Monday convicted Sudanese militia leader Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman of war crimes and crimes against humanity for brutal attacks in Darfur, marking the court’s first conviction related to the conflict. The Janjaweed chief was found guilty of multiple offens...

06/10/2025 14:11 France 24

Mekelberg: 'Not many trust Netanyahu, he keeps changing narrative to suit personal, political needs'

Israeli and Hamas officials are set to hold indirect talks at an Egyptian resort Monday on a U.S.-drafted peace plan to end the ruinous war in Gaza on the eve of its second anniversary. Many uncertainties remain about the plan presented by U.S. President Donald Trump last week, including the disarm...

06/10/2025 12:54 France 24

Iranian court acquits French-German national Lennart Monterlos charged with 'espionage'

An Iranian court on Monday acquitted French-German national Lennart Monterlos who had been arrested and accused of espionage in June while cycling alone across Iran. The 19-year-old was on a Europe-to-Asia bike trip and detained during the 12-day war between Tehran and Israel....

06/10/2025 10:32 France 24

Ukraine drone championship: from the frontline to war games

On Ukraine’s front lines, drones play an ever more crucial role. This weekend some of the fighters took a short break for an event that they say was fun, but also crucial to improving tactics and skills: “Wild Drones”, or the national drone championships. Drones of all shapes and sizes gather...

06/10/2025 10:04 France 24

Syrians vote in first parliamentary election since Assad's fall

Syria on Sunday held its first parliamentary elections, nearly a year after a rebel-led offensive unseated longtime autocratic leader Bashar Assad. The People’s Assembly will be tasked with passing a new elections law and constitution as the country moves through its post-Assad political transiti...

06/10/2025 09:48 France 24

'Despite talks over an end to the war, the bombing doesn't stop'

Delegations from Hamas, Israel and the United States are due to convene in Egypt for talks on Monday, with President Donald Trump urging negotiators to "move fast" to end the nearly two-year war in Gaza. Despite talks over an end to the war, the bombing doesn't stop. Israeli forces continued to bom...

06/10/2025 09:08 France 24

Russia says it downed 251 Ukraine drones overnight, including one heading towards Moscow

Russia's defence ministry said on Monday that it had intercepted 251 Ukrainian drones overnight, one of Kyiv's largest retaliatory attacks in over three years of war with its neighbour. Most of the drones were downed over the southwest, the ministry said, while one was destroyed as it headed for th...

06/10/2025 06:31 France 24

French prosecutors launch war-crimes probe into photojournalist’s death in Ukraine

French prosecutors have launched a war-crimes probe into the death of French photojournalist Antoni Lallican, who was killed in a drone strike earlier this week in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region. Lallican was embedded with Ukrainian forces at the time of the attack, which President Emmanuel Macr...

05/10/2025 17:40 France 24

Israel-Hamas indirect talks: 'What we've been witnessing, over the past week, is a blame game'

Israel and Hamas prepared for indirect negotiations in Egypt on Monday (October 6). How close is the Gaza war to ending? Is this time different from previous ceasefire negotiations? For more analysis, FRANCE 24's William Hilderbrandt spoke to Oliver McTernan, director of Forward Thinking. "I think...

05/10/2025 14:41 France 24

Negotiators due in Cairo for Gaza talks: 'It's unclear what exactly they'll be talking about'

Israeli and Hamas negotiators were converging on Cairo on October 5, for talks to end nearly two years of war in Gaza. FRANCE 24's Noga Tarnopolsky tells us more. "The talks are going to start tomorrow and it's unclear what exactly they'll be talking about", she said. "For one, because Israel annou...

05/10/2025 13:19 France 24

'Hope is all people have', says MSF after it suspended Gaza City activities due to Israeli offensive

FRANCE 24's Jean-Emile Jammine was joined on Saturday (October 4) by Hunter McGovern, project coordinator for Doctor Without Borders, to speak about the humanitarian situation in Gaza. Hunter McGovern was working on the ground overseeing MSF’s medical operations in Gaza city before the organizat...

05/10/2025 11:19 France 24

Syria: In Raqqa, fear of new episode of violence looms

Syrian electors will select members of its first post-Assad parliament on Sunday (October 5) in a process criticised, with a third of the members appointed by interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa. The process is widely expected to consolidate the power of Sharaa and raise more questions about how to unit...

05/10/2025 09:48 France 24

Ukraine says Russia intensifying railway strikes to isolate frontline communities

The head of Ukraine's railways said Saturday (October 4) that Russia was intensifying a campaign of air strikes on the network in an attempt to isolate frontline communities ahead of winter. Russia launched drones at two passenger trains in Ukraine's northeastern Sumy region, killing one person and...

05/10/2025 09:37 France 24

Massive marches across Europe protest Israel's military campaign in Gaza

Huge numbers turned out at pro-Palestinian rallies in Europe on Saturday (October 4), calling for an immediate end to the war in Gaza and the release of activists on board a flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to the territory....

05/10/2025 09:14 France 24

Negotiations due in Cairo, Trump says Israel agrees to a 'withdrawal line'

Negotiators were converging on Cairo on Sunday (October 5) ahead of talks aimed at ending nearly two years of war in Gaza. The diplomatic moves came after the Palestinian militant group Hamas responded positively to US President Donald Trump's roadmap for freeing the captives. Trump said on Truth S...

05/10/2025 09:08 France 24

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