Trump hikes India’s tariffs by 25% for buying Russian oil, bringing total to 50%

06/08/2025 16:31 France 24

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order imposing an additional 25 percent tariff on goods from India, raising total US tariffs on the country to 50 percent. The move, effective in 21 days, is aimed at pressuring both India and Russia as part of US efforts to end the war in Ukraine.

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EU faces major export decline amid sluggish growth in key member states

The United States has begun charging higher tariffs on goods from dozens of trading partners in a major escalation of President Donald Trump's drive to reshape global commerce in America's favour. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective on the escalating trade war, FRANCE 24's Oliver Farry w...

07/08/2025 10:23 France 24

'As with Maidan and other revolutions in Ukraine, civic mobilisation is an extremely effective tool'

Ukraine has appointed a new head of an economic crimes investigation unit, after rolling back an attempt to overhaul its anti-corruption agencies following public protests and concerns from key allies. Oleksandr Tsyvinsky, a renowned anti-graft detective, has been named Director of Ukraine's Econom...

07/08/2025 09:42 France 24

US to punish India with 50% tariffs as punishment for buying Russian oil

US President Donald Trump has vowed additional 25% tariff on India for its purchases of Russian oil, bringing the combined tariffs imposed by the United States on its ally to 50%. India has called the additional tariffs 'unfortunate'. Trump's Wednesday announcement came as India and the US are stil...

07/08/2025 09:18 France 24

Trump signals possible meeting with Putin on Ukraine ceasefire

US President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin is highly likely soon, following constructive talks between US envoy Steve Witkoff and Putin earlier that day. However, Secretary of State Marco Rubio cautioned that several obstacles remain before the...

07/08/2025 09:13 France 24

Zelensky calls for face-to-face Putin meeting to end Ukraine war

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday called for a direct meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to seek an end to the war, calling on Moscow to take "real steps to end its aggression". Zelensky's statement comes shortly after US President Donald Trump hailed a meeting bet...

07/08/2025 09:04 France 24

Trump increases India tariffs to 50% for buying Russian oil

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order to impose an additional 25 percent tariff on India over its purchase of Russian oil, bringing the total duties on the energy-starved country to 50 percent as Trump attempts to force an end to Russia's war in Ukraine....

07/08/2025 02:39 France 24

Trump praises progress with Russia following Witkoff meeting with Putin

David Smith, the head of The Guardian's Washington bureau, joined France 24 to discuss US President Donald Trump's cautious encounter with the press when asked whether a breakthrough on ending the war in Ukraine had been reached during an earlier meeting between US envoy Steve Witkoff and Russian P...

07/08/2025 02:34 France 24

Putin meeting over Ukraine war likely to happen 'very soon', says Trump

After weeks of tense back-and-forths over Russia's unrelenting offensives in Ukraine, US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he could personally meet Russian President Vladimir Putin "very soon". Trump's announcement follows what he called "great progress" made during his envoy Steve Witkoff's ta...

07/08/2025 01:13 France 24

'The memories of the horrors of nuclear war and radiation seem to be lost on today's leaders'

Hiroshima on Wednesday marked the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city, with many aging survivors expressing frustration about the growing support of global leaders for nuclear weapons as a deterrence. The bombing of Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945, destroyed the city...

06/08/2025 15:22 France 24

Space race: US aims to beat out China and Russia with nuclear reactor on the Moon

NASA’s interim chief Sean Duffy has made deploying a nuclear reactor on the Moon his top priority, framing the effort as a "second space race". Washington hopes to beat Beijing and Moscow to powering a future lunar base with nuclear energy....

06/08/2025 14:21 France 24

Man lights cigarette from French war memorial

Police arrested a man in Paris who was filmed using the flame of a WW1 memorial to light his cigarette. The incident, which the country’s interior minister called “indecent and pathetic”, sparked outrage on social media. The so-called Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the top of the iconic Champ...

06/08/2025 13:25 France 24

US envoy Witkoff meets Putin as Trump's sanctions deadline nears

US envoy Steve Witkoff held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin on Wednesday, two days before the expiry of a deadline set by President Donald Trump for Russia to agree to peace in Ukraine or face new sanctions. Witkoff flew to Moscow on a last-minute mission to seek a breakt...

06/08/2025 12:53 France 24

Hiroshima: 80 years after the first atomic bomb

On Wednesday, August 6, #Japan commemorated the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of #Hiroshima and #Nagasaki, which took place on August 6 and 9, 1945. A ceremony attended by thousands served as a powerful reminder of the horrors unleashed, the only time atomic bombs have ever been used in w...

06/08/2025 10:44 France 24

Karol Nawrocki becomes Poland's president

Karol Nawrocki, a nationalist historian and former amateur boxer with a keen interest in the criminal underworld, was sworn in as Poland’s new president on Wednesday. The 42-year-old won the June 1 election backed by the populist right-wing Law and Justice (PiS) party, which ruled Poland from 201...

06/08/2025 10:33 France 24

NASA races to put nuclear reactors on Moon and Mars

The US aims to deploy nuclear power reactors on the Moon and Mars, targeting the first launch by decade’s end. A new NASA directive, revealed by Politico and AFP, calls for appointing a nuclear power czar to choose two commercial proposals within six months, aiming to outpace a Chinese-Russian co...

06/08/2025 10:32 France 24

Colombian mercenaries seen in Sudan

Colombian mercenaries have recently been identified among the foreign fighters supporting the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), who have laid siege to El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, for over a year. It remains the only city in the region still held by the Sudanese army, as the war in Sudan conti...

06/08/2025 09:56 France 24

Japan's Hiroshima remembers 80 years after first atomic attack

Japan commemorates 80 years since the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, which killed around 140,000 people. A ceremony included a moment of silence at the exact time the US plane Enola Gay dropped the bomb on August 6, 1945—the first use of an atomic bomb in war. Attendees reflected on the ongoing dan...

06/08/2025 09:52 France 24

Poland: Nationalist Nawrocki sworn in as president, in blow for Tusk

Karol Nawrocki, a conservative historian and supporter of Donald Trump's MAGA movement, was sworn in as Poland's president on Wednesday, setting the stage for conflict with the centrist government and potentially cooler relations with Ukraine....

06/08/2025 09:33 France 24

Netanyahu signals possible Gaza war expansion amid ongoing bombing

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hinted at wider military action in devastated Gaza on Tuesday, even as former Israeli army and intelligence chiefs called for an end to the nearly 22-month war. The war continues to divide Israel, with numerous protests across the country calling for a ceas...

06/08/2025 09:31 France 24

US envoy Witkoff holds 3-hour talks with Putin ahead of sanctions deadline

US envoy Steve Witkoff met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Wednesday, just two days before a deadline set by President Donald Trump for Russia to agree to a Ukraine peace deal or face fresh US sanctions. The high-stakes talks lasted three hours and came amid growing international pres...

06/08/2025 05:10 France 24

UN calls report on Israeli expansion of Gaza war 'deeply alarming'

France 24 correspondent Pamela Falk reports from New York, where senior UN official Miroslav Jenča on Tuesday called reports that Israel is mulling an expansion of its military operations in Gaza "deeply alarming," as the Israeli government faces increasing pressure both at home and internationall...

06/08/2025 03:38 France 24

Hiroshima marks 80 years since atomic bombing amid escalating nuclear tensions

Against the backdrop of rising Russia-US tensions, Japan held a ceremony on Wednesday morning commemorating 80 years since the United States' atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Speakers warned the representatives of 120 countries and regions in attendance that escalating threats of nuclear warfare "blata...

06/08/2025 03:07 France 24

Netanyahu calls for 'complete' defeat of Hamas as Israel considers total Gaza occupation

After reports that Israel is considering a total occupation of Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday said only a "complete" defeat of Hamas could return the remaining hostages home, while the UN warned that expanding the fighting risks "catastrophic consequences" for both the P...

05/08/2025 22:32 France 24

Colombians mercenaries seen in Sudan

Colombian mercenaries join the Rapid Support Forces in the war in Sudan. Fighters from the South American nation reportedly spotted inside Darfur’s famine-stricken Zam zam refugee camp now the epicentre of the hunger crisis....

05/08/2025 20:48 France 24

'Gloves are off: Intense redistricting and partisan warfare' ahead of 2026 US Midterm Elections

Texas Democrats prevented their state’s House of Representatives from moving forward, at least for now, with a redrawn congressional map sought by President Donald Trump to shore up Republicans’ 2026 midterm prospects as his political standing falters. After dozens of Democrats left the state,...

05/08/2025 20:38 France 24

France arrests man who lit cigarette from Unknown Soldier memorial flame

A man was arrested in Paris on Tuesday for lighting a cigarette from the eternal flame at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier under the Arc de Triomphe, an act condemned by French officials as a desecration of a national war memorial. The incident sparked outrage across France for what authorities call...

05/08/2025 20:37 France 24

Twelve-day war: Impact of Iran’s strikes censored by Israel

A month after the end of the conflict between Iran and Israel, the damage caused by the Islamic republic remains unclear largely because of Israeli censorship. Images analysed by the FRANCE 24 Observers team show that Iran caused extensive damage and hit at least eight strategic and military target...

05/08/2025 20:15 France 24

Lebanon tasks army with securing a monopoly on arms in challenge to Hezbollah

Lebanon's government on Tuesday tasked the army with drafting a plan by year’s end to restrict weapons solely to state forces, marking a significant step toward disarming Hezbollah. The plan, due by the end of August, sparked opposition from Hezbollah, who warned that it would not agree to any ti...

05/08/2025 19:58 France 24

Medvedev vs Trump: Russian ex-president becomes Putin's provocateur-in-chief

Dmitri Medvedev, the former Russian president who is today best known as a Kremlin provocateur on social media, managed to goad US President Donald Trump into redeploying two US nuclear submarines on Friday. Once the face of Russian openness to the West, Medvedev now promotes an ultra-nationalist a...

05/08/2025 18:44 France 24

Hezbollah warns of resumed missile fire at Israel if it intensifies operations in Lebanon

Hezbollah has warned it will resume missile attacks on Israel if military pressure escalates amid renewed debate in Lebanon over the group’s disarmament. Deputy leader Naim Kassem said Hezbollah rejects any timetable to give up its weapons, as Lebanon’s cabinet and international actors push for...

05/08/2025 17:09 France 24

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