Poland downs that violated its airspace during Russian strikes on Ukraine

Live: Israel defends Qatar strikes after rare Trump rebuke as condemnations mount

Israel's UN envoy defended targeting Hamas leaders in Qatar as the "right" decision on Wednesday, after the strikes drew a rare rebuke from US President Donald Trump. Amid mounting condemnations, Russia on Wednesday slammed the attack as "a grave violation" that undermined Middle East peace efforts...

Poland downs drones that violated its airspace during Russian attack on Ukraine

War in Ukraine: NATO says its air defences helped counter drones in Polish airspace

NATO air defences helped counter drones that entered Polish airspace overnight and alliance chief Mark Rutte is in contact with Warsaw, a NATO spokeswoman said Wednesday. The downing marks the first time that a NATO country has shot down missiles and drones during Russia's three-and-a-half year wa...

Princeton academic Elizabeth Tsurkov released from militia captivity in Iraq

Israeli-Russian academic Elizabeth Tsurkov was released from captivity in Iraq, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Suani and US President Donald Trump announced Tuesday, after more than two years of being held hostage by a Shiite militia. Tsurkov was researching pro-Iran factions when she was k...

Iran resumes cooperation with UN nuclear watchdog under new framework

Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency agreed to a "new form" of cooperation on Tuesday after Tehran paused the partnership in the wake of its war with Israel in June. The UN watchdog will resume its monitoring of Iran's nuclear programme, which will be developed with "greater transparency...

Trump could end the war within the next 24 hours, former Israeli diplomat says

Speaking on FRANCE 24, former Israeli diplomat Alon Pinkas says that 'President Trump could end the war within the next twenty four hours if he so desires' adding that 'one phone call to Mr Netanyahu, telling him in no unequivocal terms "End the war now" and the war ends'....

Attack on Hamas in Doha: 'Israel operating without fear of consequence, in environment of impunity'

Israel struck the headquarters of Hamas' political leadership in Qatar as the group's top figures gathered to consider a US proposal for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. The strike on the territory of a US ally marked a stunning escalation and risked upending talks aimed at winding down the war and f...

'Huge shift in awareness' in Europe about Ukraine's need for weapons, MP says

A Russian strike on Tuesday killed 24 people waiting for pension payments in a front-line town of eastern Ukraine where Russian forces are massing forces for a large-scale offensive, officials said. Speaking on FRANCE 24, Ukrainian MP Lisa Yasko, says that there has been a 'huge shift in awareness'...

Israeli strike on Qatar: What impact on Trump's Gaza ceasefire proposal?

Israel launched an audacious attack on Hamas leaders in Qatar on Tuesday, expanding its military actions that have ranged across the Middle East to include the Gulf Arab state where the Palestinian Islamist group has long had its political base. It comes amid discussions on a ceasefire proposal bet...

Russian strikes kill at least 20 people in eastern Ukraine, says Zelensky

A Russian air strike on the eastern region of Donetsk has killed at least 20 people, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday. In a social media post, he wrote that an aerial bomb hit the village of Yarova and urged Ukrainian allies to respond to the attack, which he described as “b...

Panic in Gaza City as Israel orders residents to evacuate ahead of assault

The Israeli military on Tuesday dropped leaflets on Gaza City urging its Palestinian residents to evacuate ahead of an assault Israel’s defence minister has likened to a “mighty hurricane”. “You have been warned – get out of there!” Israeli Prime Minister Bejamin Netanyahu said....

Israeli military urges full evacuation of Gaza City, threatening 'mighty hurricane'

Israel's military on Tuesday ordered Gaza City residents to evacuate ahead of a new offensive, after Israel warned it would step up its military attacks in the strip in a "mighty hurricane" if Hamas does not free the last hostages it holds....

Norway Labour Party wins election as populists make gains

Norway's minority Labour Party government won a second term in power on Monday while the populist right achieved its best-ever election result, official results showed, in a ballot dominated by concerns over rising living costs and wars in Ukraine and Gaza....

Is the EU a strategic powerhouse or an ineffectual player?

European political leaders tried to switch off for a few weeks in August, but they must have had a lot on their minds. Russian forces have advanced in the Donbas, in eastern Ukraine.  A summit in Alaska between the Russian and American presidents set off alarm bells in Kyiv and in the EU. And mem...

Russia struck Kyiv govt building with Iskander ballistic missile, Ukraine says

Russia used an Iskander ballistic missile in its deadly attack on a Ukrainian government building in Kyiv on Sunday, a top Ukraine official said. The impact of the powerful missile, which did not fully detonate, left a “gaping hole” in the building, and several people dead....

ICC to hear charges against fugitive Ugandan rebel chief Joseph Kony

The International Criminal Court on Tuesday opened war crimes hearings in absentia against elusive Ugandian warlord Joseph Kony, whose Lord’s Resistance Army was responsible for the murder of some 100,000 people and the abduction of 60,000 children. Kony’s last-known appearance was in 2006 when...

'Intergenerational fairness': In final speech to parliament, Bayrou unveils how pension is funded

As France's embattled Prime Minister makes one final appeal to French Parliament, FRANCE 24's François Picard welcomes Renaud Foucart, Economist and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics at Lancaster University Management School. While Mr. Foucart does take issue with Bayrou's previous wa...

French PM says confidence vote 'a test of truth', warns of debt threat

France's excessive debt pile is "life-threatening" for the country, Prime Minister Francois Bayrou said Monday as he defended billions of euros of budget cuts ahead of a confidence vote expected to bring down his government, which he labelled a "test of truth". His address, Bayrou's final chance to...

'Very unlikely' Bayrou swayed any MPs in final speech before confidence vote

France's over-indebtedness is putting its survival at stake, Prime Minister François Bayrou warned ahead of a confidence vote he is expected to lose later on Monday. But the prime minister's remarks, his last before the vote, are unlikely to have won over any lawmakers, says France 24's Clovis Cas...

Bayrou offers 'doom and gloom' in final speech before confidence vote

French Prime Minister François Bayrou warned the country’s excessive debt pile is "life-threatening" as he made his final speech to parliament ahead of a confidence vote that he is widely expected to lose. France 24’s French politics editor Marc Perelman and international affairs editor offer...

No doubt IS group 'will rise again' if US forces withdraw from Iraq, Barzani says

In an interview with FRANCE 24, the head of Iraq's Kurdistan Democratic Party, Massoud Barzani, warned that the planned withdrawal of US-led coalition forces from Iraq would lead to a resurgence of the Islamic State (IS) group. Barzani also addressed violence against religious minorities in Syria,...

REPLAY: French PM Bayrou makes final speech to parliament before confidence vote

French Prime Minister François Bayrou made his final speech to parliament Monday ahead of a confidence vote in which his government is widely expected to be toppled. Defending the budget proposals that led to the vote, Bayrou warned France's excessive debt pile is "life-threatening" for the countr...

Hamas says ready to negotiate as Trump gives 'last warning'

Hamas said Sunday it was ready to "immediately sit at the negotiating table" following what it described as "some ideas from the American side aimed at reaching a ceasefire agreement". Their statement came soon after US President Donald Trump said he had issued his "last warning" to Hamas to accept...

Bollendorff's #PARADISE brings humanity, use of mysticism, to life in the face of natural disasters

The 37th edition of the Photojournalism Festival is underway in Perpignan, France and FRANCE 24's Eve Irvine welcomes Photojournalist and Documentary Filmmaker Samuel Bollendorff. Amid global conflict, war, and natural disasters climate change, Mr. Bollendorff seeks to bring to life our "humanity"...

Spain recalls ambassador to Israel amid clash over 'Gaza genocide' measures, anti-Semitism claims

Spain on Monday recalled its ambassador from Tel Aviv after Israel's top diplomat accused Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez of anti-Semitism and barred two Spanish government ministers from entry, according to foreign ministry sources. Sanchez earlier unveiled new measures targeting Israel over its war...

Unstoppable predator: Lionfish take hold in Greek waters

As human-induced climate change intensifies, waters are warming and the sea life within is beginning to change its behaviour. For the past couple of years, the Mediterranean Sea – one of the fastest warming areas in the world – has been attracting a litany of invasive fish prone to more tropica...

Swiss villages threatened by melting glaciers

The reality of disappearing glaciers is no longer a distant phenomenon: back in May, a glacier collapsed, triggering a massive landslide that buried the Swiss village of Blatten. Switzerland finds itself on the front line of global warming. As a result, monitoring has been intensifying in the Alps,...

Israel has accepted Trump's Gaza ceasefire proposal, foreign minister says

Israel has accepted a Gaza ceasefire proposal from U.S President Donald Trump, Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said on Monday. Speaking at a press conference with his Hungarian counterpart in Budapest, Saar said that Israel was ready to accept a full deal ending the war that would include the...

Munich Auto Show goes big on EVs as Europe's car industry struggles

Europe's largest car show kicks off in Munich, as industry leaders warn the continent's auto sector is facing existential threats. But first: French political turmoil threatens to further drag down the country's stock market as borrowing costs rise....

Trump says ready to move on new Russia sanctions after massive attack on Ukraine

US President Donald Trump on Sunday said he was prepared to move forward on new sanctions on Moscow, hours after Russia fired its biggest-ever aerial barrage at Ukraine. Russian missiles and drones rained down across Ukraine early Sunday, killing four people and setting government offices in the ca...