Protesters go on strike in Israel demanding ceasefire

17/08/2025 11:10 France 24

Protestors in Israel demanding their government make a deal to secure the release of hostages held by militants in Gaza escalated their campaign on Sunday, (August 16) staging a strike. Meanwhile, Israel said it is preparing to move Palestinians from combat zones to southern Gaza. FRANCE 24's Noga Tarnopolsky tells us more. "It may be part of a psychological warfare operation to try and persuade Gazans to leave their homes or whatever spaces they were in, in central Gaza", she said.

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Syria’s al-Sharaa calls for unity, accuses Israel of fuelling unrest in south

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa vowed Sunday that the fight to reunify his war-torn country must be achieved through dialogue, not bloodshed, while accusing Israel of fueling unrest in the south. His remarks came as hundreds protested in Sweida over recent Druze-Bedouin clashes and called for sel...

17/08/2025 10:06 France 24

Trump drops ceasefire demand, echoing Putin’s position and jittering Ukraine

US President Donald Trump reversed course after his meeting in Alaska with Russia’s Vladimir Putin by abandoning his demand for a ceasefire and adopting a Kremlin position calling for a full peace deal to end the Ukraine war....

17/08/2025 10:02 France 24

Israel says it carried out strike on Houthi energy facility in Yemen

Israel said Sunday it struck a Houthi "energy site" in Yemen, after repeated attacks by the Iran-backed group during the Gaza war....

17/08/2025 07:41 France 24

Nationwide protests over Gaza war, hostage deal sweep Israel

Demonstrators rallied across Israel on Sunday, demanding an end to the war in Gaza and a deal to free the remaining hostages as the military readies a new offensive. The protests come amid rising domestic pressure and international concern over the humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian territory....

17/08/2025 07:35 France 24

Live: EU chief von der Leyen calls for Putin-Trump-Zelensky summit ‘as soon as possible’

EU chief Ursula von der Leyen on Sunday called for a trilateral summit between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, US President Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin. French President Emmanuel Macron and other European leaders are set to accompany Zelensky for talks with Trump in Washington...

17/08/2025 05:53 France 24

‘Fear’ in Ukraine following Trump-Putin talks

Ukrainians have expressed fears that Kyiv’s position is no longer being heard in Washington, says FRANCE 24’s Emmanuelle Chaze, reporting from Kyiv. Following the meeting between President Donald Trump and President Vladimir Putin in Alaska, Ukrainians have noted the failure of the US and Russi...

16/08/2025 19:17 France 24

Israeli army prepares to relocate Palestinians to southern Gaza

Israel on Saturday said it is preparing to move Palestinians from combat zones to southern Gaza as plans move ahead for a military offensive in some of the territory's most populated areas. Meanwhile the families of Israeli hostages called for a “nationwide day of stoppage” on Sunday to express...

16/08/2025 18:58 France 24

Russia-Ukraine: Is negotiating a peace treaty realistic at this stage in the war?

The high-stakes summit between US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin began with a warm welcome at a US military base in Alaska but ended with a thud Friday (August 15) after they conceded that they had failed to reach any agreements on how to end the Russia-Ukraine war. For mo...

16/08/2025 13:04 France 24

Ukraine's Zelensky to meet Trump on Monday after Alaska summit fails to secure ceasefire

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he will meet US President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington on Monday after a Russia-US summit ended without an agreement to stop the fighting in Ukraine. If the meeting goes well, Trump said he would then push for a three-way meeting between...

16/08/2025 12:11 France 24

Zelensky to meet Trump after US-Russia summit: What to expect?

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday (August 16) that he plans to meet US President Donald Trump in Washington next week after Trump’s summit with Russia’s Vladimir Putin ended without an agreement to end the war in Ukraine. FRANCE 24's James Andre gives us his analysis. What w...

16/08/2025 09:17 France 24

Zelensky says he will meet US president in Washington

Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky will head to Washington to discuss "ending the killing and the war" with US President Donald Trump, he announced Saturday (August 16). The Washington meeting is set to take place three days after Trump's talks with Putin in Alaska ended with no ceasefire announce...

16/08/2025 08:26 France 24

Alaska summit: Putin managed 'to get out of the international isolation'

The high-stakes summit between US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin began with a warm welcome and a flyover by screaming jets at a US military base in Alaska but ended with a thud Friday after they conceded that they had failed to reach any agreements on how to end the Russia...

16/08/2025 08:23 France 24

Trump-Putin summit: What could Europe and Ukraine’s next moves be?

16/08/2025 07:46 France 24

Trump, Putin end joint press conference without taking questions

Donald Trump said on Friday (August 15) that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin did not reach an agreement to resolve Moscow's war in Ukraine after a nearly three-hour summit in Alaska, though he characterized the meeting as "very productive." Trump and Putin held a press conference after the...

16/08/2025 06:47 France 24

Trump-Putin talks: In Ukraine, 'nobody was expecting much from this summit'

The high-stakes summit between US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin yielded no agreement to resolve or pause Moscow's war in Ukraine, although both leaders described the talks as productive before heading home. What is the general view in Ukraine on how this summit unfolded?...

16/08/2025 05:50 France 24

What are the key takeaways from the Trump-Putin summit?

The high-stakes summit between US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin began with a warm welcome and a flyover by screaming jets at a US military base in Alaska but yielded no agreement to resolve or pause Moscow's war in Ukraine, although both leaders described the talks as pro...

16/08/2025 05:46 France 24

Trump-Putin summit ends without a deal

The high-stakes summit between US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin began with a warm welcome and a flyover by screaming jets at a US military base in Alaska but yielded no agreement to resolve or pause Moscow's war in Ukraine, although both leaders described the talks as pro...

16/08/2025 05:45 France 24

Red carpet welcome but no Ukraine deal: key takeaways from the Trump-Putin summit

16/08/2025 05:06 France 24

Pomp and flattery – but no Ukraine ceasefire – as Trump-Putin talks end without a deal

The high-stakes summit between US President Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin began with a warm greeting and a flyover by screaming jets at a military base in Alaska but ended with the US host conceding that they had failed to reach an agreement on how to end the fighting in Ukraine....

16/08/2025 03:01 France 24

'Neither leader went into any detail': Trump-Putin remarks leave media in the dark

The highly anticipated joint press conference between the US and Russian presidents failed to provide any detail about their talks in Alaska, leaving journalists "totally in the dark about what happened", says FRANCE 24's international affairs editor Philip Turle....

16/08/2025 00:47 France 24

Live: Trump and Putin leave Alaska as summit yields no deal on ending Ukraine war

16/08/2025 00:43 France 24

REPLAY: Trump and Putin give joint press conference after Ukraine talks, take no questions

US President Donald Trump on Friday (August 15) hailed what he said were wide areas of agreement with Russian leader Vladimir Putin as the two leaders offered scant details on what was discussed at high-stakes talks in Alaska, while heaping praise on each other....

16/08/2025 00:11 France 24

Warm greeting belies Ukraine bloodshed as Trump brings Putin in from the cold

US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin met for a high-stakes summit in Alaska on Friday that started with a handshake, a smile and a ride in the presidential limousine, marking an unusually warm reception for a US adversary who launched Europe's largest war since 1945...

15/08/2025 20:13 France 24

REPLAY: The warm handshake between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin

President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin kicked off their Alaska summit with a warm handshake on Friday (August 15), greeting each other like old friends before heading into hours of discussions that could reshape the war in Ukraine and relations between Moscow and Washington....

15/08/2025 19:35 France 24

Trump and Putin set to meet without President Zelensky present

US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin meet in Alaska today for critical talks on the war in Ukraine. Ahead of the summit, Trump alluded to a possible “swapping of territories” as part of a larger ceasefire deal, but neither Russia nor Ukraine is interested in cedi...

15/08/2025 15:18 France 24

The Ukrainian land occupied by Russia at the heart of the Trump-Putin summit

15/08/2025 14:01 France 24

Trump and Putin set for high-stakes Alaska summit amid Ukraine tensions

Donald Trump is traveling to Alaska for high-stakes talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the war in Ukraine, marking their first one-on-one meeting in six years. Posting “HIGH STAKES!!!” on Truth Social, the U.S. president has amplified expectations and a sense of drama, according t...

15/08/2025 12:40 France 24

Trump leaves on Air Force One to meet Putin for Ukraine talks in Alaska

US President Donald Trump insisted Thursday he would not be intimidated by Russia's Vladimir Putin ahead of a rare, high-stakes summit on Ukraine in Alaska on Friday that marks Putin’s first visit to Western soil since the 2022 invasion. The summit comes as Moscow made fresh battlefield gains and...

15/08/2025 12:38 France 24

US aims, Russian demands, Ukrainian fears: what each side expects from Trump-Putin summit

US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin head to Alaska with contrasting priorities on Friday as they prepare for high-stakes talks that Ukrainians fear could seal their country's fate after three-and-a-half years of devastating fighting....

15/08/2025 11:26 France 24

Putin praises Trump’s efforts to end Ukraine war

US President Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin are set to meet on Friday in Alaska for a rare, high-stakes summit on Ukraine, marking Putin’s first visit to Western soil since the 2022 invasion. The summit comes as Moscow made fresh battlefield gains and Kyiv warned of a “personal victor...

15/08/2025 09:53 France 24

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