A ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas has been reportedly agreed on, after a devastating 15 months of war in Gaza. The deal is divided into three different phases – we explain in this edition of Truth or Fake.
Crowds of Gazans chanted and embraced on Wednesday as news spread that a ceasefire and hostage release deal had been reached between Israel and Hamas aimed at ending more than 15 months of war in the Palestinian territory....
Key mediator Qatar said on Wednesday that 33 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza would be released in the first stage of a ceasefire deal aimed at ending the war in the Palestinian territory. Israel earlier said it would release about 1,000 Palestinian prisoners in the first stage of a Gaza truce agreem...
Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire deal to pause the devastating war in the Gaza Strip, multiple officials announced Wednesday, raising the possibility of winding down the deadliest and most destructive fighting between the bitter enemies. Oliver McTernan, founder of the Forward Thinking NGO, f...
As a ceasefire deal has been reached between Israel and Hamas, Yuka Royer takes a look at the economic and social costs of the war in Gaza. The United Nations has repeatedly warned about famine spreading across the territory, with food inflation reaching more than 400% and real GDP shrinking by...
Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire deal, mediators announced Wednesday, pausing a devastating 15-month war in the Gaza Strip and raising the possibility of winding down the the deadliest and most destructive fighting between the bitter enemies. The deal, coming after weeks of painstaking negoti...
Israel and Hamas have reached a ceasefire agreement and hostage deal, Qatar's prime minister said Wednesday, pausing a devastating 15-month war in the Gaza Strip and raising the possibility of winding down the deadliest and most destructive fighting between the bitter enemies. But Israeli Prime Min...
Ukraine and Russia have carried out massive strikes on each other’s energy facilities over the past two days, reflecting Kyiv’s growing willingness to respond blow-for-blow – and target a crucial Russian export – as it prepares for a potentially decisive transfer of power in Washington. ...
Palestinian militant groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad have approved a deal for a ceasefire in Gaza and an exchange of Palestinian prisoners for Israeli hostages. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective on the Israel-Hamas ceasefire and hostage deal, FRANCE 24's Genie Godula welcomes Gershon Ba...
France's prime minister Francois Bayrou on Tuesday warned parliament about his country's spiralling debt and said he was ready to reopen talks on pension reform, hoping to avoid a no-confidence vote that could prolong the country's rumbling political crisis. "The task that the country has set us is...
The director of the UN's Palestinian refugee agency has confirmed that UNRWA will continue to distribute aid to the Palestinian territories despite an Israeli ban due to be implemented by the end of January. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective on the humanitarian crisis in war-torn Gaza,...
Ukraine said it was forced to shut down its power grid in several regions Wednesday despite freezing winter weather after a massive missile attack launched by Russia. The overnight barrage came a day after Ukraine's army carried out a large-scale attack targeting army factories and energy hubs in R...
France's Prime Minister Francois Bayrou on Tuesday warned parliament about his country's spiralling debt and said he was ready to reopen talks on pension reform, hoping to avoid defeat in any no-confidence vote that could prolong the country's rumbling political crisis. Bayrou, who became France's...
Russia launched dozens of missiles and drones at the Ukrainian energy sector, Kyiv said Wednesday, ramping up a months-long bombing campaign at a precarious moment of the war for Ukraine. The barrage came just one day after Kyiv said it had carried out its largest ever aerial attack on Russian army...
FRANCE 24 regional correspondent Yena Lee reports on the situation in South Korea, where Yoon Suk Yeol became the first sitting president in the country's history to be arrested on Wednesday after anti-corruption authorities stormed his presidential residence to execute a warrant for Yoon's failed...
Almost two weeks after South Korean investigators failed to arrest impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol for attempting to impose martial law, a new bid to execute the warrant against Yoon on Wednesday saw Corruption Investigation Office (CIO) personnel and police officers enter the presidential reside...
The tiny British overseas territory of St. Helena, where Napoleon was sent into exile, is now the proud owner of the world's most remote EV charging point. The South Atlantic island currently only has four electric cars, but is hoping to go all electric as part of a broader push to become carbon ne...
U.S. Treasury Department on Friday imposed sanctions on Gazprom Neft and Surgutneftegas as well as 183 vessels that transport oil as part of Russia's so-called "shadow fleet" of tankers. FRANCE 24's Yinka Oyetade speaks to Benjamin Godwin, Partner at PRISM Strategic Intelligence. He says that to ma...
The NATO military alliance said Tuesday it would launch a Baltic Sea monitoring mission following the suspected sabotage of undersea cables in recent months. Several telecom and power cables have been severed with experts and politicians accusing Russia of orchestrating a hybrid war against the Wes...
US President Joe Biden declared that his stewardship of American foreign policy has left America safer and economically more secure, trumpeting his administration's work on expanding NATO and rallying allies to provide Ukraine with military aid to fight Russia. For in-depth analysis and a deeper pe...
In this edition of arts24, Dheepthika Laurent meets producer, director and actor Tyler Perry. His career spans decades, with a singular focus on African American stories and casts. His latest film, "The Six Triple Eight" on Netflix, is based on the true story of an all-women of colour battalion fro...
Sudan's army said on Saturday it had entered the central city of Wad Madani and was pushing out its paramilitary rivals the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a step which if completed successfully would be its biggest gain in nearly two years of war. FRANCE 24's Olivia Bizot reports....
Joe Biden said Monday that America was stronger on the global stage than it had been for decades, in a swansong foreign policy speech one week before Donald Trump's White House comeback. The outgoing US president took aim at Russia, China and Iran, and urged the West to maintain support for Ukraine...
The US, Qatar, Egypt have intensified efforts to seal a ceasefire that would facilitate the release of hostages held in Gaza since Hamas's October 2023 attack on Israel that sparked the brutal war. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective, FRANCE 24's Carys Garland welcomes Israeli internatio...
PRESS REVIEW – Tuesday, January 14: We look at front-page reactions after outgoing US President Joe Biden announces that Israel and Hamas may be close to a temporary truce in the 15-month war in Gaza. Also in the news: confirmation hearings begin for Donald Trump's top cabinet picks, including th...
Los Angeles faces critical wildfire threats as dry, dangerous Santa Ana winds were expected to exacerbate blazes that have destroyed neighbourhoods and claimed more than two dozen lives. A red flag warning was in effect as firefighters try to prevent conflagrations from spreading in the city as wel...
Ukrainian drone attacks on Tuesday sparked fires at a gas facility and industrial sites in Russia's energy-rich region of Tatarstan and the southwestern cities of Engels and Saratov....
Baltic NATO countries meeting in Helsinki on Tuesday vowed to boost patrol missions after several telecom and power cables were severed in the Baltic Sea in recent months, with experts and politicians accusing a Russian "shadow fleet" of sabotage. Undersea cables are vital to transferring data gl...
Authorities in Los Angeles issued a new fire weather warning on Monday as forecasters predicted strong winds that could cause the spread of the deadly wildfires that have already devastated parts of the city. FRANCE 24's Wassim Cornet reports from Los Angeles....
In Sudan, there's been jubilation in the capital of Al-Jazirah state after it was recaptured by the army. People in Wad Madani are hailing the takeover as a possible turning point in what has been a devastating civil war....
As it embarks on its final week, the Biden administration has announced sweeping new rules to control the export of US-made advanced AI chips. The new curbs are not just aimed at China, Russia, Iran and North Korea, but at most of the world – with the exception of just 18 of the US's closest alli...
