Macron backs symbolic repeal of France's slavery laws, warns against 'false promises' on reparations

21/05/2026 20:54 France 24

President Emmanuel Macron endorsed repealing centuries-old royal decrees that codified slavery in French colonies on Thursday, calling their continued existence “an offence” to the Republic. Marking 25 years since France recognised slavery as a crime against humanity, Macron also reopened debate on reparations.

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France annouonces €710 million in new energy aid

French prime minister Sébastien Lecornu announced new support measures to cushion the impact of the energy crisis caused by the war in Iran. The €710 million package includes extending existing support schemes for sectors such as fishing, farming and construction, as well as a new bonus for ta...

21/05/2026 20:43 France 24

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It’s easy to lecture world leaders about how fuel subsidies ruin the environment and bleed state coffers dry, but try telling that to beleaguered Bolivians and cornered Kenyans… two of the many nations where the energy crisis has reached breaking point with citizens unable to keep up with price...

21/05/2026 19:49 France 24

Penélope Cruz and Glenn Close star in Spanish civil war gay drama at Cannes

Penélope Cruz leads 'La Bola Negra', the new film from the creators of 'La Mesías', set partly during the Spanish Civil War and following three gay men across generations as they navigate desire, repression and inherited trauma. Glenn Close also stars in the ambitious Spanish-language drama. Me...

21/05/2026 18:48 France 24

Iran war squeezes Europe’s economy as growth slumps, prices surge

Europe’s economy is slowing sharply as the Iran war drives up energy costs, deepening pressure on households and challenging policy makers. Fresh data for May showed euro zone business activity contracted at its fastest pace in more than two years while inflation pressures intensified, raising fe...

21/05/2026 15:41 France 24

Ukraine's bird lovers long for peaceful skies

As the war rages on, Ukraine's birds are increasingly becoming victims of the battlefield, pushing volunteers and soldiers to try to rescue and treat injured birds. Skies once filled with birds are now crowded with drones, and constant aerial bombardments have wrecked a delicate ecosystem across a...

21/05/2026 15:17 France 24

Russian secret services target Latvia as Ukraine's drone offensive worries the Kremlin

The Russian secret services on Monday accused Latvia without evidence of helping Ukraine strike Russian targets using drones, and threatened the Baltic state with military retaliation. But the targeting of Latvia by the Kremlin, which continues to deploy new tactics in its hybrid war, was no acci...

21/05/2026 12:33 France 24

Israel's Ben-Gvir sees 'no innocent people in Gaza or even Europe': Journalist Gideon Levy

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21/05/2026 11:12 France 24

Trump escalates pressure on Cuba as US charges Raul Castro with murder

The United States announced murder charges against former Cuban President Raúl Castro on Wednesday, a major escalation in Washington's pressure campaign against the island's communist government. The indictment marks a new low in relations between the longtime Cold War rivalsand comes as U.S. P...

21/05/2026 10:25 France 24

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21/05/2026 09:35 France 24

Iran reviewing latest US offer as Trump renews threats

Iran said on Thursday it was reviewing Washington's latest position on ending the war after US President Donald Trump suggested he was prepared to wait a few days to "get the right answers" from Tehran but warned of renewed attacks if it did not agree to a deal....

21/05/2026 09:28 France 24

Germany's Merz proposes Ukraine as EU ‘associate member’ without voting rights

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has proposed granting Ukraine “associate member” status in the European Union without voting rights while it pursues full membership, according to a letter seen by AFP on Thursday. The plan would allow Kyiv representation at EU summits, the European Commission a...

21/05/2026 04:12 France 24

Middle East live: Outcry escalates over Israeli minister’s video of Gaza flotilla activists

Australia, New Zealand and several EU officials joined the chorus of condemnations Thursday over a video clip of Israeli Minister Itmar Ben-Gvir heckling detained activists from a Gaza-bound aid flotilla. European ⁠Council President Antonio Costa said he was "appalled" by their treatment and...

21/05/2026 03:28 France 24

US needs to 'put its footprint back on Greenland', says Trump envoy

US special envoy to Greenland Jeff Landry said on Wednesday Washington needed to rebuild its presence on the Arctic island, where the United States once operated 17 military facilities during the Cold War. President Donald Trump has repeatedly argued that US control of Greenland is vital to prevent...

21/05/2026 00:12 France 24

Digital bottleneck: How Iran wants to use internet access as leverage in the war

Tehran is floating the idea of charging the world’s largest tech companies – including Google, Meta, Microsoft and Amazon – for using the undersea internet cables crossing the Strait of Hormuz in a new attempt to exploit its control over the critical waterway to ratchet up economic pressure o...

20/05/2026 19:18 France 24

Rami Malek leads Cannes film on love and the AIDS crisis

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Ukrainian PM Lisa Yasko asserts: Any country trading with Russia is on 'the wrong side of history'

Nadia Massih is pleased to welcome Lisa Yasko, Ukrainian MP for Zelensky's political party "Servant of the People". Ms Yasko offers a striking portrait of a country caught between diplomacy and survival. Speaking against the backdrop of deepening ties between Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin, China, s...

20/05/2026 17:29 France 24

'Very bad optics for Kremlin': Putin's China visit regarded as 'crisis & relations management trip'

Delano D'Souza is pleased to welcome Dr. Una Aleksandra Bērziņa-Čerenkova, Latvian Institute of International Affairs. She argues that “whichever way you slice it, this is very bad optics for the Kremlin,” framing the visit less as a confident display of a strong, vibrant alliance and more a...

20/05/2026 16:31 France 24

Star Wars spin-off hits screens while French history resurfaces at Cannes

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20/05/2026 14:30 France 24

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20/05/2026 13:29 France 24

Libyan prison chief known as 'Angel of Death' appears before ICC

The International Criminal Court heard on Tuesday how the former senior commander of a Libyan prison murdered and raped inmates, sometimes in front of their children, earning the nickname “Angel of Death.” The court in The Hague is holding pretrial hearings in the case against Khaled Mohamed Al...

20/05/2026 13:27 France 24

Kenya transport strike over fuel price hikes called off

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20/05/2026 13:24 France 24

Xi and Putin call for 'multi-polar' world order

President Vladimir Putin and Chinese Leader Xi Jinping signed a joint declaration on Wednesday focused on building a “multi-polar world" as the two met in Beijing, coming on the heels of US president Donald Trump's visit to the Chinese capital days earlier. France 24's correspondent Yena Lee has...

20/05/2026 13:19 France 24

Beijing as centre stage: Trump & Putin mark 'series of diplomatic visits to the court of Xi Jinping'

Genie Godula is pleased to welcome Dr. Flavia Lucenti, Postdoctoral Researcher at LUISS University for the EU Horizon Project REMIT. With Vladimir Putin in Beijing less than a week after Donald Trump’s own visit to China, Dr. Lucent emphasizes the historic significance in the sequencing of visit...

20/05/2026 11:16 France 24

Kentucky primary shows Republicans who criticise Trump 'signing death warrants'

Kentucky US Rep. Thomas Massie lost his Republican House primary Tuesday, becoming the latest Republican lawmaker to anger President Donald Trump and then fall to a primary challenger backed by the president. Although Trump's popularity may be falling among the American public, the result shows the...

20/05/2026 11:11 France 24

Trump purges another Republican critic with Massie defeat in Kentucky

US President Donald Trump scored another victory in his campaign to punish disloyal Republicans on Tuesday as Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky lost his primary race, underscoring the risks for lawmakers who defy Trump. Massie, who angered Trump by leading a push to release Justice Depart...

20/05/2026 11:09 France 24

Xi and Putin - Leaders praise 'unshakable foundations' at Beijing talks

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20/05/2026 11:05 France 24

WHO evaluates vaccines as efforts ramp up to control Ebola outbreak

The WHO said Tuesday it was examining whether any candidate vaccines or treatments could be used to rein in what it warned could be a lengthy Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The WHO has declared the surge of the highly contagious haemorrhagic fever, suspected to have killed 131...

20/05/2026 11:01 France 24

Iran warns of war ‘beyond the region’ if US resumes attacks

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20/05/2026 11:00 France 24

Energy in spotlight as Putin visits China

President Xi Jinping welcomed president Putin to Beijing on Wednesday for a bilateral summit set to last two days. In his opening remarks Xi stressed the need for the cessation of hostilities in the Middle East to stablise energy supplies and the pair discussed the "Power of Siberia 2" natural gas...

20/05/2026 10:54 France 24

‘US imperialism’: Anger in Philippines as war with Iran sends oil prices soaring

As Washington continues to struggle to reach an agreement with Iran that would permanently open the Strait of Hormuz, the impact of its closure is still being felt around the world, not least in the Philippines, where rising oil prices have pushed many to breaking point and anger, mostly directed t...

20/05/2026 09:39 France 24

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