US: Donald Trump warns tariffs coming for electronics

14/04/2025 14:47 France 24

The US president Donald Trump said he would announce tariffs rates for semiconductors 'over the next week' and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said they would likely be in place 'in a month or two.'

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Nations urge 'immediate' end to Sudan war, pledge 800 mn euros in new aid

Britain and EU countries led international calls Tuesday for "an immediate and permanent ceasefire" to end the devastating war in Sudan, as nations pledged more than 800 million euros in fresh humanitarian aid. More than 13 million people have been uprooted and tens of thousands killed in what the...

15/04/2025 20:57 France 24

Viral TikTok’s from Chinese manufacturers falsely claim that luxury handbags are made in China

In response to Donald Trump’s trade war, Chinese factories are flooding TikTok with viral videos claiming to ‘expose’ the truth behind the manufacturing process of luxury handbags, including Hermes, Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Prada…allegedly, they’re all ‘made in China!’ We debunk these cl...

15/04/2025 20:36 France 24

China's Xi continues charm offensive in SouthEast Asia

After Vietnam, China's president Xi Jinping arrived in Malaysia. Unlike Vietnam which trades more with the United States than with China, Malaysia has kept China as its top trading partner for 16 years. During the visit, Xi is also expected to discuss a free trade agreement between China and ASEA...

15/04/2025 20:33 France 24

Two years of war in Sudan triggered the “world's worst humanitarian crisis”

Once allies, they're now enemies. In 2019, the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces worked together to oust former strongman Omar al-Bashir from power. But after a failed transition to civilian rule, the Sudanese army chief, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the Rapid Support Forces command...

15/04/2025 20:25 France 24

Europe leads calls for ‘immediate’ end to fighting in Sudan as war enters third year

Europe on Tuesday led calls for an “immediate” end to the brutal civil war in Sudan as the conflict entered its third year. More than €800 million was also pledged in humanitarian aid. The United Nations has described the conflict as the world’s worst hunger and displacement crises....

15/04/2025 19:35 France 24

Sudan's UNHCR Goodwill Amb: 'Don't help us without us, none of us are free until all of us are free'

Sudan on Tuesday marked two years of a war that has killed tens of thousands, displaced 13 million and triggered the world's worst humanitarian crisis -- with no sign of peace. Fighting erupted on April 15, 2023 between the regular army, led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the paramilitary Rapid Sup...

15/04/2025 17:11 France 24

Bogged down in east Ukraine, Putin’s Russia eyes ‘opportunistic’ gains in northern Sumy

Russia’s grisly Palm Sunday attack on the city of Sumy has focused attention on the northern Ukrainian region where Kyiv says an expected Russian spring offensive is already under way. Experts say the push into Sumy is aimed at stretching Ukraine’s defensive lines and projecting an image of Rus...

15/04/2025 17:02 France 24

French PM Bayrou warns Trump’s ‘hurricane’ has made France vulnerable

French Prime Minister François Bayrou took an unusually stern tone against the United States and its leader on Tuesday, accusing Donald Trump of having unleashed a “hurricane” on the world by turning on traditional allies and by triggering a trade war. The US president’s actions has made Fra...

15/04/2025 14:54 France 24

Israeli military, academics and civilians unite in challenging Netanyahu's war strategy

More than 6,500 Israeli academics and teachers, along with students' parents, signed a petition on Monday evening demanding that the Israeli government ensure the return of hostages in Gaza, even at the cost of ending the fighting. France 24's Kethevane Gorjestani welcomes Associate Professor Yair...

15/04/2025 14:18 France 24

Israeli reservists condemn Netanyahu’s leadership for return to Gaza war

Thousands of Israeli reservists are condemning Benjamin Netanyahu's war in Gaza. The movement, which began last week with a group of Air Force pilots, has since gained support from paratroopers, tank corps reservists, physicians, academics, and former Mossad members. Camille Knight reports....

15/04/2025 14:10 France 24

Sudan's civilian infrastructure — hospitals and health centres, 'have almost stopped functioning'

15/04/2025 13:42 France 24

Sudan faces deepening crisis as civil war hits two-year mark

Sudan on Tuesday marked two years of a war that has killed tens of thousands, displaced 13 million, and triggered the world’s worst humanitarian crisis — with no sign of peace. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective, FRANCE 24's Kethevane Gorjestani welcomes Alyona Synenko, Regional Spo...

15/04/2025 13:27 France 24

Sudan: 13 million displaced in world’s largest humanitarian crisis

Sudan on Tuesday marked two years of a war that has killed tens of thousands, displaced 13 million and triggered the world's worst humanitarian crisis -- with no sign of peace. UNHCR East and Horn of Africa and Great Lakes Region Regional Director, Mamadou Dian Balde, joins us for more....

15/04/2025 12:22 France 24

'Sow fear and divide society': Papers react to Hungary's anti-LGBTQ amendment

PRESS REVIEW – Tuesday, April 15: The press are marking the two-year anniversary of the deadly civil war in Sudan. Also, papers in Hungary react to an amendment limiting the rights of LGBTQ people and dual nationals. Next, two teenagers are arrested in Kenya for attempting to smuggle 5,000 ants o...

15/04/2025 10:34 France 24

Canada boosts armed forces training amid rising geopolitical tensions

Canada’s armed forces are currently engaged in a large-scale training exercise in the country’s Arctic north. Over 40% of Canadian territory lies above the Arctic Circle—an area gaining strategic geopolitical significance as climate change transforms the once-frozen landscape. As tensions ris...

15/04/2025 09:25 France 24

Ukranian city of Sumy in shock after double-tap missile attack kill 35

The area around the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy was hit by Russian missiles on Monday evening, following a previous airstrike that killed 35 people. In the latest attacks, at least fifty buildings were damaged. Ukrainians there claim that efforts to pursue a ceasefire are failing under the...

15/04/2025 09:17 France 24

Missile strikes hit Ukraine’s Sumy again day after 35 killed

Ukraine said a new Russian missile and guided bombs targeted the city of Sumy in the northeastern Ukraine on Monday evening, a day after a missile strike killed 35 people in the city. France24 correspondent in Kyiv, Gulliver Cragg, has the latest....

15/04/2025 08:29 France 24

Elderly woman killed in ‘massive’ Ukraine drone attack on Kursk, Russia says

An elderly woman has been killed and nine people injured after Ukraine launched a "massive" drone attack on the border region of Kursk, Russian authorities said Tuesday. While some Ukrainian forces still remain in the region following a cross-border offensive last year, Moscow has reclaimed much of...

15/04/2025 08:22 France 24

Sudan in ‘world’s largest humanitarian crisis’ after two years of civil war

The war in Sudan began almost three years ago and has since killed tens of thousands of people and displaced 13 million. The conflict between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces enters its third year today. Parts of the country have also been pushed into famine, as it remains locked...

15/04/2025 07:49 France 24

Diplomats and aid officials meet in London as Sudan war enters third year

A one-day international conference hosted by the UK will take place in London on Tuesday as diplomats and officials work to raise funds to ease the worsening humanitarian crisis in Sudan. Neither the Sudanese government nor its paramilitary rival have been invited....

15/04/2025 07:11 France 24

Algeria's expulsion of French officials 'will have consequences', French FM says

France's Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot on Tuesday warned that Paris would respond "with the greatest firmness" to Algeria's decision to expel 12 French diplomats, threatening to take similar measures if the expulsions were carried out....

15/04/2025 06:42 France 24

'The security of Europe depends on Ukraine's security'

Residents of the Ukrainian city of Sumy are grieving the victims of one of the deadliest attacks of the war as Russia denied targeting civilians and US President Donald Trump resumed his onslaught against Ukraine's leader. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective, FRANCE 24's François Picard...

15/04/2025 05:27 France 24

Sudan war reaches two-year mark

Since the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces first attacked the Sudanese army on April 15, the Sudanese civil war has killed tens of thousands of people and displaced millions, while producing one of the world's worst humanitarian crises. Two years into the civil war, several foreign nations have be...

15/04/2025 04:30 France 24

Gaza humanitarian crisis deepens amid longest Israeli aid blockade

As Israel's blockade on critical aid flowing into Gaza continues halfway into its second month, the humanitarian crisis in the besieged enclave has reached its lowest point since the war began in October 2023, according to the UN. Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas and French President Emman...

15/04/2025 04:05 France 24

Millions displaced in Sudan as Darfur paramilitary attack kills hundreds

As the Sudan war reaches the two-year mark, the UN reported Monday that the conflict had displaced 13 million people, while attacks by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in Darfur killed more than 400 at the weekend. European and African leaders will meet Tuesday to discuss a "pathway to end the...

15/04/2025 03:37 France 24

Israel requests hostage return for ceasefire amid spiralling Gaza humanitarian crisis

Israel has offered a 45-day ceasefire if Hamas releases half of the hostages still held in Gaza, Hamas said Monday, adding that it had refused Israel's request for the Palestinian militants' disarmament. The UN said that, a month into Israel's blockade on aid entering Gaza, the humanitarian situati...

15/04/2025 01:16 France 24

Landmark US antitrust trial against Meta begins

Meta's chief executive Mark Zuckerberg took the stand on Monday as a historic antitrust trial against the social media giant began in Washington. Over the next few weeks, the District Court will hear arguments over whether Meta broke the law in its acquisition of Instagram and WhatsApp. Plus, amid...

14/04/2025 21:06 France 24

Sudan’s war: Rapid Support Forces claim control of Zamzam refugee camp in Darfur

Violence in Sudan intensified over the weekend. Since the regular army took control of the capital Khartoum last month, paramilitary forces have stepped up attacks on refugee camps around El Fasher, including Zamzam camp, home to more than half a million refugees, which has been the scene of heavy...

14/04/2025 20:21 France 24

European leaders condemn Sumy attack as war crime

Russia said Monday its missiles hit a meeting of Ukrainian army commanders in Sumy, accusing Ukraine of using civilians as a "human shield" after Kyiv reported the Sunday attack killed at least 34 people. The strike was one of the deadliest for months and drew condemnation from leaders around the...

14/04/2025 18:26 France 24

Lebanon, 50 years on: Anatomy of a civil war

How to truly reconcile a nation with itself? Perhaps a first step is to examine the path that was taken. Lebanon is marking 50 years since the first shots of a civil war fuelled by sea change in the wider region. Today, with Assad out in Syria, Iran on the back foot and Israel emboldened, we ask a...

14/04/2025 18:19 France 24

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