Turkish strikes Wednesday targeted Kurdish forces controlling northern Syria's Al-Hol detention camp, home to over 50,000 people including relatives of suspected jihadists, Kurdish forces and a war monitor said.
After the U.S. Supreme Court struck down his sweeping global tariffs in a 6-3 ruling, President Trump denounced the decision as a "disgrace to our nation" and called the justices in the majority "very unpatriotic and disloyal to the Constitution," suggesting they had been "swayed by foreign interes...
Where many filmmakers might have made a conventional biopic about George Orwell, Raoul Peck chose instead to use the British author’s own words to craft an urgent documentary – one that serves as a warning about the dangers of totalitarianism today. The Haitian director joins us to discuss his...
As FRANCE 24 covers another grim milestone in Ukraine – four years of full-scale war – Talking Europe hosts the former president of the EU Council, Charles Michel, who was in the job when that geopolitical earthquake struck the European continent on February 24, 2022. We also bring you a speci...
Their names are Oleksandr, Sofiia, Bohdan and Angelina. Aged between 18 and 28, these young Ukrainians are living in a country still at war.As Tuesday marks the fourth year of Russia’s large-scale invasion in Ukraine, France 24 gives them the floor, to know more about their hopes, their fears and...
As part of FRANCE 24’s and Talking Europe’s coverage of the fourth anniversary of the war in Ukraine, we host veteran diplomat Vsevolod Chentsov, Ukraine’s ambassador to the European Union. He highlights the critical assistance the EU is providing for the country’s military, budgetary, and...
As former British prince, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is arrested over ties to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the scandal spreads to France, where Paris prosecutors have opened an investigation into a former government minister and his daughter. Also as we mark four years since Rus...
Hundreds of Kenyans have been recruited and sent to the front line in Ukraine as expendable troops for the Russian army. Some were unaware they were being deployed to war, believing instead that they had been offered legitimate employment abroad. After reports emerged of Kenyan citizens killed on t...
PRESS REVIEW – Friday, 20 February 2026: British newspapers tear into Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor following his arrest yesterday. Beyond the front pages, opinion pieces examine the impact of the crisis on the royal family. Elsewhere, an Austrian man has been found guilty after abandoning his girlf...
Iran has warned that US bases, facilities and assets would be "legitimate targets" if the US follows through on its military threats and attacks. President Donald Trump has given Iran “probably 10 days” to reach a nuclear deal amid a massive US military buildup in the region. Follow our livebl...
Dozens of world leaders and ministers are expected Friday to present a joint approach to artificial intelligence, concluding a five-day summit in New Delhi where industry figures urged faster oversight. OpenAI chief Sam Altman warned regulation is “urgent” as booming generative AI fuels profits...
President Donald Trump said on Thursday Iran must reach a deal on its nuclear programme within 10 to 15 days or face “really bad things,” as Tehran warned it would retaliate against US bases if attacked, amid a large American military buildup in the Middle East that has heightened tensions....
US President Donald Trump warned on Thursday that Iran must reach a deal on its nuclear programme within 10 to 15 days or face “really bad things”. Tehran has threatened to retaliate against US bases if attacked, amid a large US military buildup in the Middle East that has fueled fears of a wid...
According to media reports, US President Donald Trump is weighing limited initial strikes to pressure Iran into a new nuclear deal. Speaking to FRANCE 24’s Sharon Gaffney, Barbara Slavin, a distinguished fellow at the Stimson Center, said it is unlikely the United States could overthrow the Irani...
In tonight’s edition: a new UN report warns that atrocities in El Fasher may bear the hallmarks of genocide. Zimbabwe rolls out a new HIV prevention drug, targeting more than 46,000 people at high risk of contracting the virus. And award-winning author Chimamanda Adichie has lost a child during m...
Shocking photographs depicting Nazi soldiers’ executions of Greek resistance fighters during World War II have been discovered on the online auction platform eBay. The never-before-seen images, which show the victims both before and after their brutal executions, have sparked strong reactions in...
US President Donald Trump gathered Thursday with representatives from more than two dozen countries that have joined his Board of Peace — and several that have opted not to — for an inaugural meeting that will focus on reconstruction and building an international stabilisation force for a war-b...
The latest US-brokered talks between envoys from Moscow and Kyiv over Russia’s all-out invasion of Ukraine ended Wednesday with no sign of a breakthrough and with both sides saying the talks were “difficult,” something that came as little surprise to most Ukrainians watching, reports France 2...
UN chief Antonio Guterres warned technology leaders at a global AI summit in India Thursday of the risks of artificial intelligence, saying its future cannot be left to "the whims of a few billionaires". The UN chief called on tech tycoons to support a $3 billion global fund to ensure open access t...
The US has deployed 13 warships and a large fleet of aircraft to the Middle East, with a second aircraft carrier also en route, setting the stage for a potential military confrontation with Iran less than a year after President Donald Trump ordered strikes on the country's nuclear facilities....
Ukrainian officials will boycott the Paralympic Winter Games, Kyiv said on Wednesday, after the International Paralympic Committee allowed Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete under their national flag. The EU's sports commissioner Glenn Micallef said he would also skip the opening ceremony....
Discussing the unfolding humanitarian catastrophe in war-torn Sudan, Tom Fletcher, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, explains that the Sudanese people face "generations of trauma" and "they're crying out for peace", stressing that "the world isn't responding with the generosity a...
The White House warned Iran it would be “wise” to reach a deal with the United States, as President Donald Trump again raised the prospect of military action amid renewed, Oman-mediated talks. The remarks come as tensions remain high following recent protests and a fragile diplomatic push betwe...
The White House warned on Wednesday that Iran would be "wise" to do a deal with the United States as President Donald Trump once again hinted at military action....
Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen, Scott Craig, Senior Communications Officer at the IFRC, explains that the humanitarian situation in Ukraine 'it's the worst it's ever been' and organisations working on the ground in Ukraine face a funding challenge as 'international support for humanitarian fun...
Call it speed dating diplomacy. In Geneva, real estate magnate Steve Witkoff playing lead U-S negotiator with Iran in one room while in another acting as broker for the hard bargaining between Russia and Ukraine. We’ll ask how the Ukranians feel about it, especially when the mediator’s boss pil...
There was no major breakthrough in a second day of talks on ending the war in Ukraine in Geneva on Wednesday, although Ukraine's lead negotiator Rustem Umerov insisted there had been "progress" in the US-mediated discussions with Russia....
Russia and Cuba on Wednesday slammed the US energy blockade of the Caribbean island in a show of solidarity in Moscow, where Havana's foreign minister was due to meet with President Vladimir Putin. US President Donald Trump cut off key supplies of Venezuelan oil to Cuba after ousting Venezuela's Ni...
Peace talks between Ukraine and Russia in Geneva ended on Wednesday after only two hours, with President Volodymyr Zelensky describing them as "difficult" and accusing Russia of deliberately delaying progress toward a deal to end the four-year-old war. Melinda Haring, seniorfellow at the Atlantic C...
Proposed immigration legislation at the EU level has seen dozens of rights groups sound the alarm, warning that US style ICE immigration enforcement could be about to be set up on the continent. Speaking to France 24, Michele Levoy, director of Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented...
Six Russians and four Belarusians will be allowed to take part under their own flags at the Milan-Cortina Paralympics rather than as neutral athletes, the Games' governing body has confirmed. Both countries were banned from Paralympic competitions after Moscow's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, but...
