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.
Hungary looked set on Monday to carry out a threat to block new EU sanctions on Moscow and a huge loan for Kyiv, in a blow to Europe's pro-Ukrainian consensus on the eve of the war's fourth anniversary....
Iran warned the United States on Monday that any attack would be met "ferociously" in response to President Donald Trump's threat of limited strikes, while students staged new protests against the Islamic republic. Tehran and Washington's threats came as both sides worked to reach a deal in indirec...
In an interview with FRANCE 24, Thai Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow called for de-escalation with Cambodia, warning that "further conflict means more losses". However, he dismissed Phnom Penh's territorial claims as "totally not correct" and accused Cambodia of "internationalising the conf...
Four years after Russia's full-scale invasion, the EU has established itself as Ukraine's main source of support. With a loan of €90 billion voted through in February 2026, the EU has confirmed its massive commitment to Kyiv, while the Trump administration has pulled back....
As the world marks the fourth anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Swedish ambassador to France has spoken of her country's commitment to the Ukrainian cause. It is now almost two years since Sweden joined NATO after years of being a nonaligned country. Caroline Vicini says i...
In undisclosed locations, volunteers meet regularly in the Belgian capital to assemble drones destined for Ukraine. Teachers, European civil servants, members of the Ukrainian diaspora and former military personnel are participating in this initiative coordinated by the NGO Wings for Europe. Funded...
PRESS REVIEW – Monday, February 23, 2026: First, ahead of the four-year anniversary of the war in Ukraine, papers discuss Russia's war plans, and their new agents. Next, the Guardian takes a closer look at "El Mencho". Also, as the Olympics come to an end, Olympians are celebrated in papers arou...
As Ukraine prepares to mark the fourth anniversary of Russia’s brutal invasion, FRANCE 24 spoke to Maryna Kumeda, the Ukrainian author of “Love in Wartime”, about how the war is reshaping attitudes to love and relationships....
Russian strikes killed three people and wounded several others overnight, regional authorities said Monday, as Moscow intensified its assaults on the eve of the war's four-year anniversary. In the south, two people were killed when Russian drones hit industrial, energy and civilian infrastructure i...
There are growing calls across Europe for tighter scrutiny of the American AI firm Palantir Technologies, amid concerns over privacy and its expanding role in military and government operations across the US and its allies. The company, led by CEO Alex Karp, provides battlefield analytics to the US...
Russia fired scores of missiles and drones at targets across Ukraine on Sunday, crashing into energy and rail infrastructure and residential buildings, just two days before the fourth anniversary of Moscow's all-out invasion. The capital Kyiv, regularly targeted by Russian missile and drone attacks...
Slandered by one AI robot and misquoted in a news article by another, US-based software engineer Scott Shambaugh has made it his mission to become the cautionary tale by which we start to take autonomous artificial intelligence seriously....
Russia attacked Ukraine with dozens of strike drones and ballistic and cruise missiles, focusing on energy infrastructure and killing at least one person, the Ukrainian military and local officials said on Sunday. Reporting from Kramatorsk, FRANCE 24’s Gulliver Cragg said the strikes on the city...
When her kids aren’t watching, Olga devours every piece of news she can find about the war in Ukraine. The Russian mother forces herself to look at photographs of the Ukrainians who have been killed, trying to remember the face of every child lost in her country’s four-year aggression. Speaking...
Hungary will block the European Union's next package of sanctions against Russia, its foreign minister said on Sunday, until Ukraine resumes shipments of Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia via the Druzhba pipeline, which has been cut off since January 27 after being damaged by a Russia...
In the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, an innovative approach to farming is taking root. Known for its vast soy bean production and heavy pesticide use, the region is now challenging itself to farm without chemicals while boosting productivity. This experiment, which combines cutting-edge resea...
Since the Russian invasion began in 2022, French baker Loïc Nervi – originally from the Var region – has repeatedly driven through war-torn Ukraine to bring fresh bread to civilians in hard-hit areas, turning an old truck into a mobile bakery to bake and distribute loaves to communities strug...
The Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump's far-reaching global tariffs on Friday, handing him a stinging loss that sparked a furious attack on the court he helped shape. The decision could have ripple effects on economies around the globe after Trump's moves to remake post-World War II...
President Donald Trump said on Friday that limited strikes against Iran are possible even as the country’s top diplomat said Tehran expects to have a proposed deal ready in the next few days following nuclear talks with the United States. Trump's warning came as the USS Gerald R. Ford carrier str...
Four years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, drones have transformed the battlefield. But they have also brought the war to Ukrainians’ doorstep. Small drones known as FPVs and long-range Shahed drones are terrorising Ukrainian civilians. In a special report in collaboration with R...
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...
