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Trump's War: Can US impose its will on weakened Iran?

There’s the plan — and then there are the unintended consequences. The United States talks diplomacy, then bombs Iran. It suggests the targeting of nuclear sites may have been a one-off, yet leaves the regime uncertain: is regime change the real objective? Following its most significant show of...

🔴 Israel-Iran war live: Tehran claims missile attacks on US bases in Qatar and Iraq

Will Russia benefit from the Israel-Iran war?

As Iran’s foreign minister arrived in Moscow on Monday, President Vladimir Putin pledged that Russia would “provide assistance to the Iranian people” in the wake of US attacks. While Russia has condemned Israeli and US strikes on Tehran, experts say the conflict could work in the Kremlin...

Russia hits Kyiv with deadly drone and missile barrage

Ukraine said on Monday that Russia had fired dozens of drones and missiles at the country, ripping open a residential building and killing several civilians in Kyiv....

Israel targets Tehran prison as Iran fires missiles

Israel hit the notorious Evin prison in Tehran on Monday as part of what it said were its most powerful strikes yet on the Iranian capital on the 11th day of the war. Iran, in turn, fired missile barrages at Israel and vowed retaliation against the United States after it struck the Islamic republic...

EU ministers meet as Iran escalation fears grip Europe

The EU foreign affairs council has met in Brussels against the backdrop of the United States entering Israel's war with Iran. The European high representative for foreign affairs, Kaja Kallas, called for Iran to refrain from reprisals which she said would be "not good for anybody"....

'Israel must end the war in Gaza to bring the hostages back,' mother of hostage Nimrod Cohen says

The mother of an Israeli hostage still being held by Hamas in Gaza has spoken to FRANCE 24 about the plight of the hostages, 626 days after they were first taken by Hamas. Viki Cohen is the mother of Nimrod Cohen, who was taken from his tank by Hamas when he was just 19 years old. He turns 21 nex...

Fast fashion: From your wardrobe to Chile's Atacama desert

Every year, more than 60,000 tonnes of clothes are shipped to northern Chile from Europe, the US and Asia. Whether they're brand new, unsold or second hand, many of these items are abandoned or burned in Chile's Atacama desert – releasing toxic fumes, affecting people's health and scarring the la...

Turkey braces for refugees as Iranian flock to borders

Ankara is bracing for a possible influx of refugees from Iran amid the ongoing war with Israel and the possibility of further strikes by the US. However, for the moment the numbers coming across the border have been limited, reports France 24's Jasper Mortimer....

EU urges 'all sides to step back' after US strikes Iran, but can bloc find unified response?

The European Union's top diplomat Kaja Kallas on Sunday called for de-escalation and a return to negotiations after the United States joined Israel's war with Iran by striking the country's nuclear sites. However, some EU states are more supportive of the US strikes than others, reports France 24...

US warns against Iran retaliation as Trump raises 'regime change'

U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday raised the question of regime change in Iran following U.S. strikes against key military sites over the weekend, as senior officials in his administration warned Tehran against retaliation. France 24's Fraser Jackson reports from Washington....

A 'reckless' act or a 'courageous' decision? Papers divided over US strikes on Iran

PRESS REVIEW – Monday, June 23: First, we look at global front pages reacting to US President Donald Trump's intervention in Iran. Next, papers are divided over the US bombing of Iran – it's an "illegal" act for some, but an opportunity for peace for others. Meanwhile, the Iranian press condemn...

More than 350 Russian drones, missiles blast Kyiv killing at least seven

Russia launched 352 drones and 16 missiles overnight in a new “massive” attack on Kyiv killing at least seven people and injuring dozens more, after Ukraine said it would increase the "scale and depth" of its operations against Russian energy and military infrastructure....

Russia and China push for a ceasefire as UN Security Council meets on Iran

The UN Security Council met on Sunday at Tehran's request to discuss overnight US strikes launched on three sites connected to Iran's nuclear programme. China, Russia and Pakistan have passed around a draft resolution calling for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire....

Iran: How is the war with Israel affecting civil society?

The United States inserted itself into Israel’s war against Iran by dropping 30,000-pound bombs on a uranium enrichment site early Sunday, raising urgent questions about what remains of Tehran’s nuclear program and how its weakened military might respond. How is the war with Israel affecting ci...

'Israeli authorities are speaking with two vocies': euphoria and reevaluation

The Israeli military said its fighter jets had struck "dozens" of targets across Iran on Sunday, including a long-range missile site in Yazd in the centre of the country for the first time. This changed from previous strikes, which had been aimed at military and nuclear targets. This higlights what...

Will Donald Trump's decision to bomb Iran divide the Republican party?

The U.S. military struck three sites in Iran early Sunday, inserting itself into Israel’s effort to decapitating Iran's nuclear program in a risky gambit to weaken a longtime foe amid Tehran’s threat of reprisals that could spark a wider regional conflict. During his campaign, Donald Trump had...

Are Israelis united behind Benjamin Netanyahu regarding the war on Iran?

Israelis expressed relief and optimism Sunday after US President Donald Trump ordered air strikes on Iran, 10 days into a war that has widespread public support. Despite daily nerve-shredding trips to bomb shelters and growing damage around the country, Israelis appeared united behind Prime Ministe...

The US inserts itself into Israel-Iran war and strikes 3 Iranian nuclear sites

The U.S. military struck three sites in Iran early Sunday, inserting itself into Israel’s effort to decapitating Iran's nuclear program in a risky gambit to weaken a longtime foe amid Tehran’s threat of reprisals that could spark a wider regional conflict....

Donald Trump's decision to bomb Iran puts US military in the region at risk

Donald Trump's decision to join the war is a major risk, but it also puts the tens of thousands of US service people stationed across the region in a dangerous situation. Details by August Hakansson....

Why did Donald Trump insert the US in Israel's war with Iran?

Just three days ago, Donald Trump had set an infamous two week deadline, theoretically for Iran to return to the negotiating table. Was that just smoke and mirrors? FRANCE 24’s Erin Ogunkeye asked Scott Lucas, professor of US and International Politics at the Clinton Institute of University Colle...

How do Israelis feel about the US' strikes on Iran?

The U.S. military struck three sites in Iran early Sunday, inserting itself into Israel’s effort to decapitating Iran's nuclear program in a risky gambit to weaken a longtime foe amid Tehran’s threat of reprisals that could spark a wider regional conflict. How do Israelis feel about the war's r...

Tracking down the pianos looted by the Nazis from Jewish families in France

During the Second World War, nearly 8,000 pianos in France were stolen by the Nazis. In her book "Harmonies volées" (Stolen Harmonies), historian Caroline Piketty tells the story of these looted instruments. After the Liberation, thousands of them were returned to their rightful owners, while othe...

US strikes on Iran: Tehran warns of everlasting consequences

At least 23 people have been injured after Tel Aviv and two other Israeli cities came under fire Sunday by Iranian missile barrages. It came hours after US strikes on nuclear sites in Iran, which Iran's Foreign minister said would be met with 'everlasting consequences'. Story by Yinka Oyetade....

US enters war against Iran, bombing three nuclear sites

The U.S. military struck three sites in Iran early Sunday, inserting itself into Israel’s effort to decapitating Iran's nuclear program in a risky gambit to weaken a longtime foe amid Tehran’s threat of reprisals that could spark a wider regional conflict....

No further US strikes on Iran planned, France 24 reports from Washnigton

The US has signalled to Iran that Sunday's strikes on its nuclear facilities were limited in scope and that no further strikes were planned, FRANCE 24’s correspondent Fraser Jackson reports from Washington. He adds that US President Donald Trump has repeatedly said that the war should now end and...

Israel-Iran war: Trump says Iran nuclear sites 'obliterated', threatens more strikes

President Donald Trump on Saturday said that a "very successful attack" on three nuclear sites in Iran had been successfully carried out by the US, including at the Fordow site built inside a mountain. In a post on Truth Social, Trump added, "All planes are safely on their way home" and he cong...

Trump says US bombed three Iranian nuclear sites, including underground Fordow installation

President Donald Trump announced Saturday that the US military had bombed three Iranian nuclear sites, including the underground uranium enrichment facility at the Fordow site located within a mountain, injecting the United States directly into a new war in the Middle East....

Israel says it has killed three more Iranian commanders as war drags into second week

Israel said Saturday it had killed three more senior Iranian commanders, including an official allegedly in charge of coordinating with Palestinian militant group Hamas. Israel and Iran have continued to trade missile and drone attacks after Israel launched an unprecedented bombing campaign on the...

Belarus pardons, frees opposition leader Tikhanovsky following visit from Trump envoy

Belarus released opposition figure Sergei Tikhanovsky from jail after receiving a pardon following a meeting between Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and US President Donald Trump's Ukraine envoy Keith Kellogg in Minsk, his wife Svetlana Tikhanovskaya said Saturday. ...