US Senate backs Trump on Iran strikes, blocks bid to limit his war powers

05/03/2026 09:50 France 24

US Senate Republicans backed President Donald Trump's military campaign against Iran on Wednesday, voting to block a bipartisan resolution aiming to stop the air war and require that any hostilities against Iran be authorized by Congress.

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Forbidden Stories reports on FindFace in Iran: Facial recognition 'an issue' for Western democracies

François Picard welcomes Alexander Abdelilah, Investigative Journalist for Forbidden Stories who just published an investigative report on how the Iranian regime secretly acquired FindFace in 2019, a powerful facial recognition system developed by Russian company NTechLab. Mr. Abdelilah explores h...

05/03/2026 10:55 France 24

Amid relentless US and Israeli strikes, Iran seeks to 'wreak havoc across the region'

As the US war on Iran rages, Angela Diffley welcomes Dr Renad Mansour, Senior Research Fellow on the Middle East and North Africa program at Chatham House. Iran is operating in “survival mode,” explains Mr. Mansour. For decades, Iran relied heavily on proxy militias and non-state actors across...

05/03/2026 10:41 France 24

New Iranian attacks target Israel as war enters sixth day

Iran launched more missiles at Israel and U.S. bases as war in the Middle East enters a sixth day. Israel announced multiple incoming attacks early Thursday and said it was intercepting the missiles. FRANCE 24's Noga Tarnopolsky reports from Jerusalem....

05/03/2026 09:54 France 24

In Israel, daily life under missile warnings and wartime restrictions

Israel's Homefront Command has announced it is easing restrictions that closed workplaces across the country. Businesses are able to reopen providing that there is a shelter nearby. Schools will remain closed. Daily life across the country remained upended, with civilians constantly having to fl...

05/03/2026 09:52 France 24

Live: Israel strikes Tehran and Beirut as Iran says it targeted Iraqi Kurdistan

Israel announced multiple incoming attacks early Thursday and said it was intercepting missiles as the war in the Middle East entered its sixth day. Iran said it had targeted Kurdish groups in Iraq while Lebanese state media reported that an Israeli drone strike had killed a Hamas official. Follo...

05/03/2026 03:06 France 24

North Korea's Kim inspects new destroyer, vows progress on naval nuclear expansion

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un spent two days inspecting his latest 5,000‑ton destroyer and observing cruise missile tests, signalling a major push to expand his navy’s nuclear capabilities. The move comes as Pyongyang continues building additional warships and emphasises maritime power alongs...

05/03/2026 00:14 France 24

After US attacks, is Iran's navy on the brink?

On Wednesday, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that a US submarine sank an Iranian warship in international waters. The Pentagon says one of the main aims of the US-Israeli war against Iran, launched on Saturday, is to wipe out the country's navy, and on Wednesday the US claimed to have...

04/03/2026 21:56 France 24

Oil prices steady as Iran war continues

Oil prices have steadied for the first time since the US and Israel launched strikes on Iran. But concerns about energy security and prices are weighing on consumers. In France, long queues have formed at petrol stations, despite the energy minister's assertion that the public shouldn't worry about...

04/03/2026 21:47 France 24

Iran's wartime succession: What direction after Khamenei?

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04/03/2026 21:18 France 24

Death toll of strikes on Iran rises above 1,000, tens of thousands flee Tehran

The United Nations on Wednesday said an estimated 100,000 people fled Tehran in the first two days of the US and Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28 and March 1. FRANCE 24"s Reza Sayah reports from Iran, where the death toll has climbed over 1,000 people, with "civilians bearing the brunt of thi...

04/03/2026 20:21 France 24

US submarine torpedoed Iranian warship in Indian Ocean, Pentagon says

A US submarine sank an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday, touting the strike as evidence of America's global reach in its war on Iran. "An American submarine sunk an Iranian warship that thought it was safe in international waters. Instead, it was su...

04/03/2026 19:23 France 24

NATO shoots down Iranian missile en route towards Turkish airspace

A ballistic missile fired from Iran and en route towards Turkish airspace was intercepted and destroyed by NATO air defence systems, Turkish officials said Wednesday, in an incident that underscored fears of a widening regional war....

04/03/2026 17:33 France 24

Spain denies US claim of military cooperation on Iran as rift deepens

Spain hardened its stance towards Washington on Wednesday over the use of Spanish bases in operations against Iran, defying US President Donald Trump’s threats of trade reprisals and deepening the friction between the NATO allies. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez repeated his call of “no to the war...

04/03/2026 17:21 France 24

US-Israel launch massive strikes on Iran as war enters fifth day

The #US and #Israel have intensified strikes on #Iran, as shown in these images obtained by France 24 via Telegram. “The death toll stands at 787 people, many of them civilians,” explains our Tehran correspondent Reza Sayah....

04/03/2026 17:10 France 24

War in the Middle East : US submarine sinks Iranian warship

An American submarine sank an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Wednesday, March 4, after the Sri Lankan navy reported that the Iranian frigate Dena had sunk off its coast....

04/03/2026 17:07 France 24

How Iran war could reshape the state of play in Russia's war on Ukraine

The rapidly expanding war in Iran is creating ripple effects beyond the Middle East, rattling global energy markets and reshaping the economics of Russia’s war in Ukraine. Iran's retaliatory strikes across the Gulf have driven oil prices up, potentially boosting Moscow’s revenues just as sancti...

04/03/2026 16:59 France 24

From Ukraine to Iran, kamikaze drones are becoming indispensable to modern warfare

As joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran began last week, the United States deployed LUCAS – a cheaper kamikaze drone modelled on Iran’s Shahed – for the very first time. The US military has learned lessons from the war in Ukraine, where similar single-use drones have been used to overwhelm enemy...

04/03/2026 16:42 France 24

'Gambling for resurrection': Amid domestic crises, is US war on Iran a 'wag the dog' trump card?

Delano D'Souza welcomes Dr. Carla Martinez Machain, Professor of Political Science at the University at Buffalo. Dr. Machain offers a damning assessment of Donald Trump’s decision to initiate military strikes against Iran: It must be understood through the lens of domestic political strategy rath...

04/03/2026 16:04 France 24

Spain accuses US of "playing Russian roulette" with millions of lives in Iran

Spain's Prime Minister doubled down on his criticism of Washington on March 3rd, a day after Donald Trump threatened to cut off all trade with the country. That itself came in response to Spain's refusal to allow the use of military bases shared with the US in its territory for Washington's continu...

04/03/2026 15:48 France 24

Spain's Sanchez defies Trump trade threat, compares Iran war to ‘Russian roulette’

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez doubled down Wednesday, criticising US and Israeli military actions in Iran and refusing to bow to trade pressure from Washington. In a defiant televised address, Sanchez warned that the escalating conflict in the Middle East was akin to “playing Russian rou...

04/03/2026 15:32 France 24

Unilateral US strikes on Iran show "power consolidation around the presidential authority"

In a press conference in Washington, several Democrat lawmakers, all of whom had previously served in the army, denounced what they called the Trump's administration's "war of choice" in Iran. This took place ahead of debates ahead of a vote of a war powers resolution, which gives lawmakers an oppo...

04/03/2026 15:04 France 24

Replay: Democrat lawmakers denounce "war of choice" in Iran ahead of Senate vote on war powers

Rewatch as Democrat lawmakers, all of whom have served in the US military, denounce the unilateral decision from the Trump administration to strike Iran, ahead of a Senate vote on Trump's war powers....

04/03/2026 14:58 France 24

US sank Iranian warship, Pentagon announces in press briefing

A US submarine sank an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said on March 4th. The Pentagon also warned the operation in Iran was "far from over". "We are seeing an administration that is trying to make a very confused narrative seems to take on the air of cohesion",...

04/03/2026 14:26 France 24

Replay: US Pentagon gives briefing on Iran as US and Israel continue to strike

Rewatch US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth's press conference on the war in Iran as US-Israeli strikes continue....

04/03/2026 14:13 France 24

Trump, Spain’s Sanchez trade barbs over Iran war

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez hit back on Wednesday at US President Donald Trump's criticisms of Madrid's refusal to let US planes use its bases to attack #Iran. #Trump called #Spain a "terrible" ally on Tuesday....

04/03/2026 13:00 France 24

Deadly US submarine strike sinks Iranian warship off Sri Lanka's coast

A US submarine sank an Iranian warship off the coast of Sri Lanka on Wednesday, killing at least 87 sailors and leaving dozens missing, officials said. The authorities said they had managed to rescue 32 people on board the IRIS Dena....

04/03/2026 12:27 France 24

"US lawmakers' efforts to curb Trump's ability to continue war almost sure to fail"

Lawmakers in the U.S. Senate are set to vote on March 4th on a bipartisan war powers resolution aiming to stop the military campaign against Iran and require that any hostilities against it ‌be authorised by Congress. This comes as Trump faces little voter support for the war. But lawmakers' e...

04/03/2026 11:56 France 24

Iran war opens cracks within Trump's MAGA base

President Trump has launched into a war while he’s facing some of the lowest approval ratings of his political career. A recent poll showed that just one in four Americans approved of his attack on Iran. But it’s not just the general American public: The war is also beginning to show some crack...

04/03/2026 11:52 France 24

Broadest evacuation order for Lebanon issued by Israeli army

The Israeli military ordered the evacuation of ‌a swathe of southern Lebanon on March 4th, asking residents to move north. This evacuation is the broadest evacuation order yet in this new conflict. Meanwhile, Syria has closed its border with Lebanon after a warning it would be targeted by Isra...

04/03/2026 11:50 France 24

US plans for Iran remain unclear as it defends "pre-emptive" strikes

On the fourth day of US-Israeli bombardment of Iran, US officials gave more reasons for their offensive in the country, though their plan for after the war remains unclear. Stated US motivations have also shifted over time, from intervening on the behalf anti-regime protesters in January to "preemp...

04/03/2026 11:49 France 24

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