Until Putin faces greater pressure from West, he has little incentive to pursue peace negotiations

08/08/2025 11:25 France 24

US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin are set to hold talks in a bid to end Russia's brutal war on Ukraine. A ceasefire remains elusive for a Nobel-seeking Trump, eight months into his presidency. Joining us for a deeper perspective, Sharon Gaffney welcomes the Atlantic Council's UkraineAlert Editor Peter Dickinson. Mr. Dickinson is also Chief Editor of Business Ukraine Magazine.

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Hundreds honour Ukrainian journalist who died in Russian captivity

Ukrainian journalist Viktoria Roshchyna, who died in Russian captivity last year, was laid to rest in Kyiv on Friday as her colleagues urged international action to free other Ukrainian reporters held by Moscow. Hundreds gathered for the ceremony honouring Roshchyna, 27, whose frontline reporting o...

08/08/2025 15:25 France 24

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Israel plans to seize Gaza City in its 22-month war with Hamas, raising fears for civilians and hostages. Mediators from Egypt and Qatar are proposing a deal to free all hostages in exchange for ending the war and withdrawing Israeli forces. Noga Tarnopolsky has more details on this unclear plan wh...

08/08/2025 13:53 France 24

Is the mere announcement of a Trump-Putin meeting enough to delay sanctions on Russia?

Russians on the streets of Moscow on Friday held little hope that an upcoming summit between their president, Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump would help end the conflict in Ukraine. As Trump intensifies his bid to convince Moscow to halt its more than three-year-long military off...

08/08/2025 12:58 France 24

Ukraine mourns tortured journalist Viktoria Roschchyna

Today in Kyiv, the funeral of Viktoria Roshchyna, a Ukrainian journalist tortured and killed in a Russian prison, takes place. Her case, along with those of other civilian prisoners, was the subject of an investigation called the Viktoria Project, conducted by Forbidden Stories in partnership with...

08/08/2025 09:52 France 24

What's Israeli PM's plan to control Gaza and end the war?

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s conditions to end the war include defeating and disarming Hamas, releasing all hostages, and maintaining Israeli security control over Gaza. While Israel plans to keep military oversight, civilian governance would be handed to a third party supported by Arab sta...

08/08/2025 09:50 France 24

Israel cabinet approves plan to take over Gaza despite army misgivings

Israel’s military will take control of Gaza City under a plan by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, approved by his security cabinet, to 'defeat' Hamas while delivering aid outside combat zones. Nearly two years into the war, Netanyahu faces growing pressure for a truce to avert famine and free h...

08/08/2025 09:06 France 24

Israel to 'take control' of Gaza City, igniting backlash at home and abroad

Israel’s military is set to seize control of Gaza City under a new plan approved by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s security cabinet – a move that sparked sharp criticism at home and abroad on Friday. With the war nearing its second year, Netanyahu faces growing calls to strike a truce,...

08/08/2025 06:19 France 24

Protests erupt with Israelis divided over government's plan to 'control' Gaza

Families of the hostages still being held in Gaza led widespread protests on Thursday against the Israeli government's plans to "control" the territory, demanding instead an end to the war and a release of all the remaining captives. Members of government also castigated the Prime Minister Benjamin...

08/08/2025 03:56 France 24

Israel's security cabinet approves plan to take over Gaza City

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said early Friday that his security cabinet approved a plan to take over Gaza City in a further escalation of its 22-month war with Hamas. Israel's offensive on the devastated territory has already killed more than 60,000 Palestinians, displaced mo...

08/08/2025 03:32 France 24

Dr. Gershon Baskin: 'Hamas is ready for a deal that will release all Israeli hostages in 24 hours'

Former hostage negotiator Dr. Gershon Baskin tells FRANCE 24 that he has spoken directly with Hamas, saying the militant group is "ready for a deal that will release all the Israeli hostages in 24 hours". Now the Middle East director of the International Communities Organisation, Dr. Baskin says th...

07/08/2025 18:37 France 24

Nearly 12,000 children under five face acute malnutrition in Gaza, WHO says

Nearly 12,000 children under five in Gaza were diagnosed with acute malnutrition in July, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday, warning of worsening hunger-related deaths amid ongoing conflict and aid restrictions. The organisation urged immediate, large-scale intervention to flood the...

07/08/2025 17:46 France 24

Netanyahu says Israel wants to ‘control but not govern’ Gaza as security cabinet convenes

Ahead of a security cabinet meeting on the future of the war, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that his government plans to take full military control of Gaza but does not want to "govern" it. The statement comes amid growing domestic and international pressure to end the war...

07/08/2025 16:27 France 24

Trump-Putin meeting agreed for 'coming days', Kremlin says

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin could hold a summit as early as next week, according to the Kremlin. The possible meeting comes as Trump pushes to end Russia’s military assault on Ukraine, just a day after Putin met with US envoy Steve Witkoff in Moscow....

07/08/2025 13:45 France 24

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

Putin says 'conditions' for talks not met as Zelensky pushes for meeting with Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday the "conditions" were not yet in place for a face-to-face meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky, hours after the Ukrainian president said he was willing to meet for talks on ending the war. The comments come amid a flurry of diplomatic activity, including ta...

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

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

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...

06/08/2025 16:31 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...

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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...

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