'Heaviest bombardment Tehran has seen since start of war'

Ceasefire 'just a bandaid', expert says as Israel and Iran seem to agree to truce

FRANCE 24's Mark Owen speaks to Simon Mabon, Professor of International Politics and Middle East Studies at Lancaster University about the ceasefire between Israel and Iran after 12 days of open war. He says that the current ceasefire is 'just a bandaid, it doesn't resolve any of the substantive is...

Loire Valley châteaux under threat, warns the Climate Action Network in its latest report

In its latest report published this Thursday, the Climate Action Network maps the impacts of climate change region by region in France. Glaciers in danger, floods, drought, fires. Climate change also has an impact on historical heritage, such as the Loire Valley châteaux. FRANCE 24's James Vasina...

Russian strikes kill 19 in Ukraine region as Zelenskyy seeks more Western help

Russian missiles on Tuesday crashed into schools, hospitals and kindergartens in central Ukraine, killing at least 19 people and wounding nearly 300 in a region coming under mounting pressure. The attacks came as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in the Netherlands to meet with allies...

What has Israel gained from 12 days of war with Iran?

With a tentative #ceasefire holding with #Iran after 12 days of conflict, what has #Israel gained from its aerial war?...

The 12-day war: will Israel-Iran conflict reshape the region?

Donald Trump first going all in with B2 bomber raids against Iran’s nuclear installations and then surprising allies and adversaries alike with a late Monday ceasefire announcement. All this for a victory lap at the NATO summit opening in the Netherlands?...

Israel-Iran war: Will the ceasefire hold?

U.S. President Donald Trump claimed a ceasefire between Iran and Israel was “in effect” on Tuesday, after expressing deep frustration with both sides and accusing them of violating the agreement he brokered.  Israel earlier accused Iran of launching missiles into its airspace after the truce...

How Iran is using the war with Israel to ramp up repression by arresting ‘spies’

Since its war with Israel began on June 13, the Iranian regime has clamped down on suspected Israeli “spies” within the country, including a European arrested on Tuesday for espionage on military sites. Critics say Tehran’s leadership is using the conflict as a smokescreen to ramp up repressi...

UN condemns Israel's 'weaponisation of food' in Gaza after more killed while waiting for aid

The United Nations on Tuesday condemned what it said was Israel's "weaponisation of food" in Gaza and called it a war crime, urging its military to "stop shooting at people trying to get food". The head of the UN agency supporting Palestinian refugees also called a new US- and Israel-backed food-di...

Calls for focus to shift back to Gaza hostages after Iran ceasefire

Israel's opposition leader and the families of Israeli hostages held in Gaza called Tuesday for an end to the war in the Palestinian territory and for the focus to switch back to freeing the remaining captives after a ceasefire was announced with Iran. Of the 251 hostages seized by Palestinian mili...

Former French PM de Villepin, known for 2003 speech against Iraq war, launches political party

Former French prime minister Dominique de Villepin, 71, said Tuesday he was launching a political party two years ahead of France's next presidential election. De Villepin is best remembered for the impassioned anti-war tirade he delivered at the United Nations in 2003, on the eve of the US invasio...

No definite proof for Iran’s claims it shot down Israeli F-35 fighter jets

Since the start of the war between Israel and Iran, a number of Iranian media outlets with close links to the government have reported that Iran had shot down four Israeli F-35 fighter jets. However, for the time being, there is no proof to support these claims and military experts consider them un...

France hits out at Israel after strike on Tehran prison holding French citizens

France's foreign minister on Monday accused Israel of putting two of its citizens in danger after an air strike hit Tehran's Evin prison where they are being held. The lawyer for the detainees' families meanwhile called on the attack to be recognised as qualifying as a war crime....

UN says Israel's 'weaponisation of food' in Gaza constitutes a war crime

"Israel's militarised humanitarian assistance mechanism is in contradiction with international standards on aid distribution," a spokesman for the UN human rights body said Tuesday, noting that more than 400 Palestinians have been shot dead in recent weeks as they tried to reach food distribution p...

Global media reports Israel-Iran ceasefire with caution, speculation

PRESS REVIEW – Tuesday, June 24: We bring you all the latest reactions after US President Donald Trump announces a ceasefire between Iran and Israel after 12 days of war. We also look at what the Iranian threat represents for Trump personally and how all these developments play into the crucial N...

Trump announces Israel-Iran ceasefire, but fragile truce hangs in balance

A tentative truce proposed by President Donald Trump hung in the balance as Israel said it had identified missiles launched from Iran into its airspace less than three hours after the ceasefire went into effect. Explosions boomed and sirens sounded across northern Israel midmorning on Tuesday, afte...

After 12 days of war with Iran, what gains for Israel?

For eight months, Israel had been planning its operations against Iran - conducting clandestine operations, with the goal of eliminating Iran's nuclear abilities. The full-scale attacks 12 days ago were the start of a new war - albeit a potentially short one - that further jeapordised stability in...

How Iran's degraded network of proxies left it isolated in war with Israel

FRANCE 24's Andrew Hilliar takes a look at how Iran has been left diplomatically isolated amid the war with Israel, with its network of proxies including Hezbollah and Yemen's Houthis staying largely silent and traditional allies Russia and China offering little concrete support....

Trump ceasefire plan falters as Israel says Iran launched more missiles

Israel and Iran on Tuesday accepted a ceasefire plan proposed by President Donald Trump to end their 12-day war after Tehran launched a limited, retaliatory missile attack on a U.S. military base in Qatar. However, Israel’s military said it had detected another Iranian barrage hours after the sta...

Uncertainty shrouds Israel-Iran ceasefire as attacks persist after Trump announcement

US President Donald Trump declared a "complete and total ceasefire" between Israel and Iran on Tuesday, but continued missile fire and conflicting statements from Tehran and Jerusalem cast doubt on whether the war is truly over....

NATO summit opens amid discord over defence spending and Ukraine

NATO leaders meet Tuesday in The Hague for a high-stakes summit that will cover topics such as a proposed 5% GDP target and questions about Kyiv's role at the table....

US Supreme Court lets Trump resume controversial deportations to third countries

The US Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to restart deportations of undocumented migrants to countries other than their own, lifting a lower court's block despite warnings the policy could expose people to torture or death....

Israel-Iran war live: Trump urges Israeli jets to 'turn around' as ceasefire deal teeters

President Donald Trump said Israel and Iran violated ceasefire terms by carrying out attacks against each other after an early Tuesday deadline to stop hostilities but that Israel was going to “turn around” its jets and stop its assault. Trump, in comments to reporters at the White House before...

Trump's war: Can US impose its will on weakened Iran?

There's the plan – and then there are the unintended consequences. The United States talks diplomacy, then bombs Iran. It suggests the targeting of nuclear sites may have been a one-off, yet leaves the regime uncertain: is regime change the real objective? Following its most significant show of f...

🔴 Israel-Iran war live: Tehran claims missile attacks on US bases in Qatar and Iraq

Will Russia benefit from the Israel-Iran war?

As Iran’s foreign minister arrived in Moscow on Monday, President Vladimir Putin pledged that Russia would “provide assistance to the Iranian people” in the wake of US attacks. While Russia has condemned Israeli and US strikes on Tehran, experts say the conflict could work in the Kremlin...

Russia hits Kyiv with deadly drone and missile barrage

Ukraine said on Monday that Russia had fired dozens of drones and missiles at the country, ripping open a residential building and killing several civilians in Kyiv....

Israel targets Tehran prison as Iran fires missiles

Israel hit the notorious Evin prison in Tehran on Monday as part of what it said were its most powerful strikes yet on the Iranian capital on the 11th day of the war. Iran, in turn, fired missile barrages at Israel and vowed retaliation against the United States after it struck the Islamic republic...

#Ukraine: Destruction in #Kyiv after Russian strikes

These striking images show the damage caused by a large-scale Russian attack on Kyiv and its suburbs. Many homes were hit, resulting in at least eight deaths....

EU ministers meet as Iran escalation fears grip Europe

The EU foreign affairs council has met in Brussels against the backdrop of the United States entering Israel's war with Iran. The European high representative for foreign affairs, Kaja Kallas, called for Iran to refrain from reprisals which she said would be "not good for anybody"....

'Israel must end the war in Gaza to bring the hostages back,' mother of hostage Nimrod Cohen says

The mother of an Israeli hostage still being held by Hamas in Gaza has spoken to FRANCE 24 about the plight of the hostages, 626 days after they were first taken by Hamas. Viki Cohen is the mother of Nimrod Cohen, who was taken from his tank by Hamas when he was just 19 years old. He turns 21 nex...