US Rubio seeks to ease tensions with US pope after Trump's attacks

07/05/2026 09:43 France 24

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is heading to the Vatican and Italy on a fence-mending visit after President Donald Trump’s broadsides against Pope Leo XIV and the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran have alienated those allies. FRANCE 24's International Affairs Editor Rochelle Ferguson-Bouyahi tells us more.

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DRC leader Tshisekedi hints at possible rule beyond second term amid eastern war

The Democratic Republic of Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi on Wednesday evoked a possible third term and a potential delay of a presidential vote due in two years because of turmoil in the volatile east. In power since 2019, the 62-year-old will reach the end of his second five-year term in 2028...

07/05/2026 10:16 France 24

Trump sees swift end to war as Iran reviews US peace proposal

US President Donald Trump predicted a swift end to the war with Iran as Tehran considered a US peace proposal that sources said would formally end the conflict while leaving unresolved key US demands that Iran suspend its nuclear programme and reopen the Strait of Hormuz....

07/05/2026 09:42 France 24

Venice Biennale 'shaken': 'Turmoil on the international scene has entered the exhibition'

Mark Owen is pleased to welcome Angelo Amante, Reuters correspondent in Rome. Russia has returned to the 2026 edition of the Venice Biennale for the first time since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Its presence has triggered protests from activists, artists and political dissidents, who...

07/05/2026 08:09 France 24

US war on Iran: 'A game of high risk, high reward' for both Trump and the Islamic Republic

Mark Owen is pleased to welcome Behnam Ben Taleblu, Iran Program Senior Director and Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. He presents the escalating confrontation between Iran and the United States as a dangerous and evolving contest of “high risk, high reward.” He argue...

07/05/2026 07:37 France 24

Middle East war live: Trump says Iran war will be 'over quickly'

US President Donald Trump said Wednesday evening that he believed the war in Iran would be "over quickly" but threatened to resume his bombardment of the country if negotiations fell apart. Earlier that day, the US military said it had shot at an Iranian oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman as it tried t...

07/05/2026 02:37 France 24

Russia warns foreign diplomats to leave Kyiv in case of strike

Russia warned foreign diplomats in Kyiv on Wednesday to evacuate the city ahead of Moscow's World War II Victory Day celebrations, threatening retaliatory strikes if Ukraine disrupts commemorations tied to the May 9 military parade in Red Square....

06/05/2026 22:29 France 24

Armenia: EU 'isn't poking the bear' enforcing ties with Russian-allied Yerevan

“Europeans are not poking the bear.”Thorniké Gordadze tells #F24Debate Armenia and the EU aren’t provoking Russia, but reacting to Moscow’s threats on the region ➡️ https://go.france24.com/xHhc...

06/05/2026 19:54 France 24

Could Iran use ‘kamikaze dolphins’ against the US in the Strait of Hormuz?

As US-Iran tensions escalate around the Strait of Hormuz, a journalist at a Pentagon briefing this week asked top US officials an out-of-the ordinary question: whether Tehran could deploy “kamikaze dolphins” against US warships. The idea isn’t as far-fetched as it seems, as multiple countrie...

06/05/2026 19:44 France 24

'Significant threat to local ecosystem: Israel's war on Lebanon generated 16 million tons of rubble'

Oliver Farry welcomes Antoine Kallab, AUB Associate Director and Advisor to Lebanon's Ministry of Industry. In a region ravaged by war, displacement, and political collapse, a long-term environmental crisis is rapidly unfolding. Beneath those ruins lie heavy metals, toxic materials, collapsing in...

06/05/2026 16:14 France 24

India 'funds organisations behind terror activities in Pakistan': Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

In an interview with FRANCE 24, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, head of the Pakistan People's Party, discussed the ongoing tensions between India and Pakistan. One year ago, after a five-day war between the two countries, US President Donald Trump announced a full ceasefire, but "there are underlying ten...

06/05/2026 15:32 France 24

War in Ukraine: Russia attacks east and south Ukraine with over 100 drones

President Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday that Russia had decided to reject efforts to halt fighting and save lives by launching fresh attacks on Ukraine, which had called a unilateral ceasefire....

06/05/2026 12:59 France 24

Arms deliveries and Africa Corps training: How Russia is bolstering its presence in Madagascar

From deliveries of drones and armoured vehicles to training sessions led by Russian Africa Corps instructors, security cooperation between Madagascar and Russia has intensified since the October 2025 coup. Russia’s growing influence is expanding into other sectors as well, raising questions withi...

06/05/2026 11:20 France 24

Venice Biennale: Boycotts and threats over participation of Russia & Israel

The Venice Biennale previewed its 61st and most chaotic edition ever on Tuesday, just days after the unprecedented resignation of its jury over the participation of Israel and Russia undermined the very structure of the world’s oldest contemporary art exhibition....

06/05/2026 10:49 France 24

Kyiv says Russia broke unilateral ceasefire with drone and missile attacks

Kyiv said on Wednesday that Russia had violated a unilateral ceasefire called by Ukraine by attacking Ukrainian cities with 108 combat drones and three missiles overnight....

06/05/2026 10:11 France 24

Putin said to be 'hiding in bunkers' as his popularity erodes

PRESS REVIEW – Wednesday, May 6, 2026: Russian President Vladimir Putin's popularity is eroding amid economic difficulties and internet restrictions. But first, a report outlining recommendations following a parliamentary inquiry into French public broadcasting is on the front page of several...

06/05/2026 09:50 France 24

Russia launches deadly attack in Ukraine: At least 28 killed

Philip Turle, France24 International Affairs Editor, gives us his analysis....

06/05/2026 09:35 France 24

Venice Biennale faces outcry over Israel and Russia's participation

The world's largest contemporary art exhibition, which takes place every two years in the Italian canal city, features artists from several nations in conflict, including Ukraine, Israel and the United States -- although Iran has cancelled its plans to attend. Seema Gupta has more....

06/05/2026 09:33 France 24

'Unconscionable to keep them on cruise ship’: WHOs Gostin warns against repeating COVID-era mistakes

François Picard is pleased to welcome Lawrence Gostin, Author, Director of the WHO Center on Global Health Law. His analysis highlights the legal and ethical dilemmas surrounding a cruise ship carrying suspected hantavirus cases off the coast of Cape Verde. Drawing direct parallels with the trauma...

06/05/2026 08:07 France 24

Ukraine reports Russian drone, missile attacks after Kyiv-declared ceasefire begins

Ukraine said Russia had continued to launch drone and missile attacks into the country on Wednesday morning, hours after a unilateral ceasefire declared by Kyiv had come into effect. Both Kyiv and Moscow announced competing ceasefires on different dates this week as Russia prepares to celebrate the...

06/05/2026 05:30 France 24

Middle East war live: French firm says container ship was 'target of attack' in Strait of Hormuz

A container ship owned by French shipping company CMA CGM was the "target of an attack" in the Strait of Hormuz, the firm said Wednesday, without specifying who had carried out the attack. Those wounded in the attack were sent away for treatment. Follow our liveblog for all the latest updates....

06/05/2026 00:06 France 24

Rubio says US military completed offensive operations in Iran

The United States said on Tuesday that it had ended offensive operations against Iran. But Washington warned it could unleash a “devastating” response to new threats in the Strait of Hormuz, as clashes and rival warnings from Tehran raised fears that a fragile ceasefire could collapse....

05/05/2026 22:39 France 24

Japanese PM Takaichi in push to revise pacifist constitution as regional tensions rise

Due to its wartime past, Japan adopted a pacifist constitution that limits its military to self-defence. Now Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is calling for "advanced discussions" on revising the constitution, setting up a panel tasked with reviewing the country's security and defence policies as regi...

05/05/2026 21:04 France 24

EU, Armenia sign new partnership deals at first bilateral summit

The EU and Armenia have held their first-ever bilateral summit, agreeing to foster closer economic ties as the former Soviet nation makes a cautious pivot towards the West. The two sides signed a new connectivity partnership focused on transport, energy and digital links. Armenia, however, is deepl...

05/05/2026 19:58 France 24

Trump hard-pressed to get better Iran nuclear deal than Obama's

Talks to decisively end the war in Iran have stalled. Donald Trump has previously rejected any plan that doesn’t include an end to Tehran’s nuclear program, something experts say that Iran is unlikely to agree to. FRANCE 24's Monte Francis has more...

05/05/2026 19:19 France 24

Romania’s pro-EU coalition collapse 'does not alter the country's foreign policy', analyst says

Romania's parliament on Tuesday voted to oust liberal Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan in a motion of no confidence initiated by the Social Democrats and the far right, deepening political turmoil in the EU and NATO country bordering Ukraine. FRANCE 24's Mark Owen speaks with Laurențiu Pleșca, Policy...

05/05/2026 18:33 France 24

Sick Iran Nobel winner Narges Mohammadi at risk of dying in custody, supporters warn

Jailed Iranian Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi, who won the 2023 peace prize for her decades of campaigning for human rights in Iran, could die in prison unless she is urgently given proper health care after suffering two suspected heart attacks in recent weeks, supporters warned on Tuesday. FRANCE...

05/05/2026 18:31 France 24

Putin ‘doesn’t care' about Russians or Ukrainians: ‘Pageantry and symbolism’ over civilian lives

Rochelle Ferguson Bouyahi is pleased to welcome the Director of the Eurasia Democracy Initiative, Peter Zalmayev, to offer context & perspective on the battlefield dynamics and political theatre of Russia's war on Ukraine. While Russia invokes symbolic gestures tied to historical commemorations,...

05/05/2026 16:07 France 24

Gulf migrant workers face tough choices amid Mideast war

The US and Israel's war on Iran is also hitting migrant workers who live in the Gulf region, often accepting harsh controls and little in the way of rights in return for the kind of pay they'd never see back home. Now though, they have a choice - stay and risk their lives in an active war zone, or...

05/05/2026 15:44 France 24

Several killed in Russian strikes on Ukraine ahead of rival ceasefires

Russian drone and missile strikes targeting Ukraine’s power grid during the night killed at least five people and wounded 39 others, Ukrainian authorities said Tuesday, less than a day before Kyiv said that it would enact a ceasefire and three days before Moscow promised its own pause in hostilit...

05/05/2026 14:52 France 24

Ukraine's Zelensky slams Russian 'cynicism' ahead of separate truces

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday accused Russia of "utter cynicism" for launching deadly attacks while also seeking a truce to stage its May 9 Victory Day parade in Moscow. It comes after both Moscow and Kyiv announced uniliteral ceasefires over different dates this week. France 24...

05/05/2026 14:46 France 24

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