Half of all Sudanese children not in education due to civil war

22/01/2026 21:20 France 24

In tonight's edition: An unspoken crisis emerges in Sudan, as the country faces one of the world's longest school closures. Also, South Africa's iconic Kruger National Park reels from devastating floods, with damage of over $30 million and 15 camps shut. Plus American YouTuber IShowSpeed celebrates his 21st birthday while hitting 50 million subscribers – exploring markets, tasting jollof and visiting art galleries in Nigeria.

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Ray Takeyh: 'Iran is not a personalised dictatorship, it's an ideological system'

Carys Garland is pleased to welcome Ray Takeyh, Senior Fellow for Middle East Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). As war rages in Iran, Mr. Takeyh warns that America's "war of choice" is guided by an improvised military strategy that swings wildly between grand ambitions of regime ch...

03/03/2026 22:42 France 24

Unpopularity of Iran war 'almost unprecedented' this early on, expert says

Speaking with FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney, Stephen Zunes, Professor of Politics and Programme Director for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of San Francisco, says that "even in the most controversial wars, like Iraq, when the war initiates, people tend to rally around the flag [] th...

03/03/2026 22:39 France 24

Can Iran's economy survive if the war drags on?

Iran took the risky gambit of closing the Strait of Hormuz, which could backfire and hurt its own economy. France 24's Yuka Royer speaks with Iranian-Austrian economist Mahdi Ghodsi from the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies about Iran's unsustainable economic path and whether i...

03/03/2026 21:42 France 24

African leaders call for dialogue amid escalating Iran crisis

In tonight's edition, the Global South widely condemns the war in Iran, with many countries accusing the US and Israel of violating international law and acting unilaterally. And the United States imposes sanctions on the Rwandan army and several top military officials over their role in fighting i...

03/03/2026 21:37 France 24

Trump threatens to cut off trade with Spain over Iran war refusal

Trump threatened Tuesday to sever all trade with Spain after it refused to let US planes use its bases to attack Iran. Spain's left-wing government led by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, one of Europe's most defiant leaders against Trump, has said that bases long used by US forces could only be allow...

03/03/2026 21:36 France 24

'Not Churchill': Trump criticises UK PM Starmer over Iran strikes

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday criticised UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer for not initially permitting American warplanes to use UK bases to strike Iran, saying "this is not Winston Churchill that we're dealing with"....

03/03/2026 21:18 France 24

'The patience for Hezbollah's actions has worn out', analyst says

Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen, Hussein Ibish, Senior Resident Scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute, says that "as time has gone on and as Hezbollah has repeatedly dragged the country into war, the patience of everyone else for this excuse 'well, we're fighting Israel, so it's ok' has wor...

03/03/2026 20:54 France 24

'A feeling of bitter betrayal' - Gulf States' fears grow over Iran war fallout

"There is possibly a feeling of bitter betrayal" among Gulf countries over the Iranian response to the attacks, according to journalist Hoda Abdel-Hamid, who is reporting for FRANCE 24 in Doha....

03/03/2026 20:22 France 24

US war on Iran divides American conservatives, MAGA voters

President Trump has launched into a war while he’s facing some of the lowest approval ratings of his political career and while a recent poll showed that just one in four Americans approved of his attack on Iran. But it’s not just the general American public. The war is also beginning to sho...

03/03/2026 20:00 France 24

'Strangely normal': As war rages in Iran, daily life in UAE remains 'orderly, calm'

Genie Godula is pleased to welcome Susan Marie Ossman, anthropologist, artist, historian, Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Professor of Movements, Spaces and Cultural Practices Affiliationat NYU Abu Dhabi. As war rages in Iran and across the Middle East, Professor Ossman's classes have moved...

03/03/2026 19:44 France 24

Israeli attacks on Lebanon displace more than 58,000 in two days, authorities say

Israel sent troops into southern Lebanon on Tuesday and warned residents of more than 80 villages to evacuate, as the Iran-backed militant Hezbollah group said it was ready for an “open war” with Israel, dragging Lebanon into the US-Israeli-Iran conflict. According to the Lebanese health minist...

03/03/2026 19:34 France 24

Macron addresses French nation on widening war in the Middle East

French President Emmanuel Macron delivered on Tuesday a speech to the nation about the war in Iran and its consequences, after France vowed to protect its nationals and bases in the Middle East. ...

03/03/2026 19:00 France 24

Our Observers in Tehran: 'For us to achieve freedom, war is the only option'

Three days after US and Israeli air strikes started hitting their country, Iranians are torn between conflicting emotions: many are expressing joy for what they see as an opportunity to topple the Islamic regime, but also fear that the strikes will cause more civilian casualties. Two of our Observe...

03/03/2026 18:54 France 24

REPLAY: Trump says Iran 'in for a lot of hurt' in Oval Office address

US President Donald Trump welcomed German Chancellor Friedrich Merz to the White House on Tuesday for talks as the US-Israel war ‌against Iran widened, sending oil prices to their highest level since 2024. Trump, speaking in ⁠the Oval Office alongside Merz, told reporters the two leaders wou...

03/03/2026 17:52 France 24

Trump team offers shifting views of US goals as Iran war engulfs Mideast

US President Donald Trump's administration offered conflicting responses to questions over the attack on Iran and how to bring an end to the conflict even as joint US-Israeli air strikes over the weekend morphed into a larger regional war. ...

03/03/2026 16:50 France 24

Trump administration 'hoping to essentially do away with the rule of law and democracy in the US'

Oliver Farry welcomes Pierre Gervais, Professor of American Civilisation at Université Sorbonne Nouvelle. He describes the attacks on Iran beyond the prism of geopolitics: a veritable constitutional crisis made in America. He sees the unfolding war with Iran in the cadre of democratic resilience o...

03/03/2026 16:50 France 24

Energy prices soar, stocks tumble as Iran war stokes inflation fears

Energy prices surged on Tuesday, sending stocks tumbling and the dollar rising as investors worried about inflation amid fears of a fresh energy crisis over the war with Iran....

03/03/2026 16:15 France 24

Gulf states caught in the crossfire as Iran strikes cities, ports and oil facilities

Iran stepped up its attacks on economic targets and US missions across the Middle East on Tuesday as President Donald Trump warned it was "too late" for the Islamic republic to seek talks to escape the war. As drones and missiles crashed into oil facilities and US embassies in the Gulf, Washington'...

03/03/2026 15:22 France 24

War in Iran 'is impacting European interests across the board', researcher says

The deputy director of the European Council on Foreign Relations' Paris office has spoken to FRANCE 24 about how European nations are already being sucked into the war in Iran. Camille Lons pointed out that although any direct help for the US or Israel has been labelled as only defensive, attacks o...

03/03/2026 14:18 France 24

War in the Middle East: Trump faces backlash as endgame undefined

President Donald Trump on Monday pushed back against mounting criticism that he hasn't done enough to explain why it was necessary to start a war with Iran now or to articulate his vision for an endgame to the escalating conflict. Trump also seemed to leave open the possibility for a more extensive...

03/03/2026 14:18 France 24

Israeli troops seize new positions in Lebanon, army says creating buffer zone

Israel on Tuesday ordered the military to take control of more positions inside Lebanon to create a buffer zone, as the Lebanese army pulled back some of its forces after Hezbollah attacked Israeli bases in support of its backer, Iran. Lebanon was drawn into the regional war after an initial rocket...

03/03/2026 14:13 France 24

Israeli military says it has hit Iran's presidential office

The Israeli army announced that it carried out airstrikes against the Iranian presidency and the offices of the Supreme National Security Council in Tehran, as part of the war launched against Iran...

03/03/2026 13:58 France 24

Merz urges early end to Iran war in Trump meeting

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Tuesday backed the US-Israeli war aims against Iran on a visit with US President Donald Trump at the White House, but urged a swift end to the conflict, warning that rising oil and gas prices were harming the global economy. ...

03/03/2026 13:42 France 24

War in the Middle East: Iran's broad retaliation in the Gulf

Drones hit the US embassy in Riyadh on Tuesday as Iran hit back at industrial and diplomatic targets across the Middle East and Washington warned its citizens to evacuate the entire region. FRANCE 24's International Affairs Commentator Douglas Herbert tells us more about Iran's broad retaliation....

03/03/2026 12:31 France 24

US embassy in Saudi Arabia hit by Iranian drones

Drones hit the US embassy in Riyadh on Tuesday as Iran hit back at industrial and diplomatic targets across the Middle East and Washington warned its citizens to evacuate the entire region. Four days after US and Israeli strikes killed Iran's supreme leader and triggered a regional war, AFP reporte...

03/03/2026 12:13 France 24

Lebanon sucked deeper into war as Hezbollah, Israel trade blows

Lebanon was pulled deeper into the war in the Middle East on Tuesday as the Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah launched missiles at Israel for a second consecutive day and Israel sent troops into the south and carried out waves of air strikes. Israel's neighbour to the north and the theatre of...

03/03/2026 12:07 France 24

Israel and US say Iran war will not be “endless”

As the US-Israeli campaign in #Iran continues, Benjamin #Netanyahu and #US secretary of war Pete #Hegseth have said the war will not be “endless”, while Donald #Trump claims it will last “four to five weeks”. It is estimated over 780 people have been killed in Iran since the start of the co...

03/03/2026 12:06 France 24

US & Israel hit Iran for a fourth day, at least 787 civilians killed

Across Tehran, the sound of explosions rang out through the night and into the early hours Tuesday, as the US and Israel have continued to pound Iran since killing its Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday. Airstrikes have killed at least 787 people in Iran since the start of the war, t...

03/03/2026 12:05 France 24

Trump faces MAGA mounting criticism on Iran war

President Donald Trump on Monday pushed back against mounting criticism that he hasn't done enough to explain why it was necessary to start a war with Iran now or to articulate his vision for an endgame to the escalating conflict. The frustration is coming not just from the political left but also...

03/03/2026 11:37 France 24

Papers discuss future of Ukraine after Trump's 'Iran gamble'

PRESS REVIEW – Tuesday, March 3: Papers discuss the new war in the Middle East and what it could mean for Russia's war in Ukraine. Also: Russian independent paper Meduza analyses the narrative of Russian state TV. Finally, did Jim Carrey attend the César Awards or was it his clone? ...

03/03/2026 11:17 France 24

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