US threatens to end mediation if Russia, Ukraine fail to offer 'concrete proposals'

Sudan's North Darfur : dozens killed in shelling of El Fasher

The Sudanese army says at least 41 people have been killed in shelling of the town of El Fasher. Tts the last major town in the Darfur region still held by government forces in their war with the RSF paramilitary. Tt has been under siege since last May, with the prospect of a devastating cost in ci...

France accuses Russian military intelligence of cyberattacks

France on Tuesday accused Russian military intelligence of being behind a series of cyberattacks against the country over the last decade, including against Macron's first presidential campaign in 2017. Since 2021, a branch of Russian military intelligence (GRU) dedicated to such attacks has also t...

Fall of Saigon: Vietnam marks 50 years since the war's end

Vietnam is preparing to commemorate 50 years since the fall of Saigon, which marked the end of the Vietnam War in 1975. The anniversary highlights a pivotal moment in the nation’s history, reflecting on its journey of recovery and reconciliation....

France accuses Russia of cyberattacks on defence, finance, media sectors

France's foreign ministry said on Tuesday that Russia's military intelligence service has for years been orchestrating cyberattacks against French entities, including attempts to disrupt the 2017 election won by President Emmanuel Macron and the 2024 Paris Olympics....

‘Daunting’ challenges ahead, says Canada’s Carney after election victory

Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney warned that there were “daunting” challenges ahead as he celebrated election victory on Tuesday. Among them are responding to threats from US President Donald Trump to make Canada the 51st US state and pivoting Canada’s economy away from reliance on its s...

‘Enemy of my enemy’: For Canada to wean off US, the path may lead past EU, through India and China

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberal Party has secured a fourth consecutive election win, propelled by public backlash to US President Donald Trump’s annexation threats and trade war. In a seismic shift, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre, once up 20 points, lost his seat, according to...

Putin announces 3-day truce as Trump struggles to secure Ukraine peace

Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared a unilateral 72-hour ceasefire in Ukraine to commemorate Victory Day, while Kyiv pushes for a longer and immediate truce. U.S. President Donald Trump faces challenges in brokering a lasting peace deal to end the three-year conflict, as FRANCE 24's James...

Amnesty International: Trump has wielded 'an even bigger sledgehammer to the international system'

Attacks on the global human rights system have intensified since the return of US President Donald Trump, Amnesty International warns in its latest annual report. Secretary General Agnès Callamard cites mounting assaults on accountability, international law, and the UN. As authoritarianism rises w...

Forbidden Stories: a journalist's disappearance in Russian-occupied Ukraine

Journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna never returned from what is thought to have been her fourth trip to Russian-occupied Ukraine. She disappeared in August 2023 and was confirmed to be in Russian custody in April 2024. In October the Russian defence ministry wrote to Roshchyna’s father to say she had...

Sudan doctors network accuses RSF of 'war crimes' in Omdurman

Doctors are accusing Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of war crimes following an attack on Omdurman that killed at least 30 people. The RSF is also alleged to have kidnapped dozens, including women, from the southern area of Salha. The attack is part of a series of deadly incidents this month, wi...

Kashmir tensions soar amid deadly attack and border clashes

Indian and Pakistani soldiers exchanged gunfire for a fourth consecutive night in Kashmir, the Indian army reported on Monday. Pakistan’s defence minister stated that troops had been reinforced at the border, warning of an “imminent” military incursion by India. Relations have worsened after...

Russia declares 72-hour ceasefire in Ukraine for Victory Day

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday declared a unilateral 72-hour ceasefire next week in Ukraine to mark Victory Day in World War II as the U.S. presses for a deal to end the 3-year-old war. Kyiv insisted on a longer and immediate truce....

'We'll make it home together': Suzanne and Simone, a friendship at Ravensbrück camp

Eighty years ago, on April 29, 1945, the last SS troops fled the German camp of Ravensbrück, the largest Nazi concentration camp for women. Among those held there was Suzanne Bouvard, a young woman from Brittany. During her deportation, she became friends with Simone Séailles, a Parisian resistan...

Israel committing 'live-streamed genocide' in Gaza, says Amnesty International

Amnesty International said Israel is committing a "live-streamed genocide" against Palestinians in Gaza by targeting critical infrastructure, displacing most of the enclave's inhabitants and depriving them of life-saving aid. Amnesty added that Israel had also committed numerous war crimes and crea...

Mark Carney's Liberal Party wins Canadian election

FRANCE 24 Correspondent Christopher Guly reports from Ottawa shortly after former banker Mark Carney and his Liberal Party won the Canadian election, fending off Pierre Poilièvre's Conservatives, who just a few months ago seemed poised to come into power following former Prime Minister Justin Trud...

Canadians head to the polls amid new Trump annexation bid

Canadians on Monday cast their votes for their new Prime Minister, who, after Justin Trudeau's decade-long rule, will be tasked with tackling soaring costs and housing shortages at home, along with Donald Trump's trade war and renewed push for the US to annex its resource-rich neighbour....

Canadians vote in an election dominated by Trump's trade war and bluster

Canadians were deciding Monday whether to extend the Liberal Party’s decade in power by picking new Prime Minister Mark Carney or hand control to the opposition Conservatives and their populist leader Pierre Poilievre. But the election also was a referendum of sorts on someone who isn’t even Ca...

Israel's domestic security chief says he will step down in June, defusing battle with Netanyahu

The head of Israel’s internal security service says he will resign in June over the failure of his agency to warn of Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attacks — defusing an escalating battle with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar announced his resignation Monday, saying he will f...

War in Ukraine: Putin orders unexpected 3-day truce

The announcement came as the United States scaled up efforts to broker an end to the three-year conflict, warning this week would be "critical" for determining whether peace was possible. France 24's Angela Diffley tells us more....

Putin orders three-day truce in May but Ukraine asks 'Why wait?'

Russian President Vladimir Putin on April 28 ordered a truce with Ukraine on May 8-10 to coincide with Moscow's World War II commemorations, drawing ire from Ukraine which demanded Moscow pause hostilities immediately....

Rearming France: The race is on

Faced with American uncertainty surrounding the war in Ukraine and the future of NATO, Europe is looking to wean itself off US defence. France has promised to ramp up spending, putting its industry into overdrive, but what are the financial and recruitment issues? From the factory floor to AI engin...

Russia declares a 72-hour ceasefire to mark Victory Day in World War II

Russian President Vladimir Putin on April 28 declared a unilateral 72-hour ceasefire next week in Ukraine to mark Victory Day in World War II as the U.S. presses for a deal to end the 3-year-old war. Kyiv insisted on a longer and immediate truce. Professor of International Politics at the Clinton I...

Canada election: Is the US-Canada relationship the main focus for voters?

Canadians began voting on April 28 for a new government to confront annexation threats from the United States and deal directly with President Donald Trump, whose trade war has defined the campaign. Our guest Tari Ajadi is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at McGill University, he tells u...

Live: Putin decrees a 3-day truce as Trump seeks 'permanent' ceasefire in Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared an unexpected three-day ceasefire in Ukraine from May 8-10 when Russia celebrates Victory Day over Nazi Germany in World War II. US President Donald Trump indicated that he finds Putin's three-day pause unsatisfactory, his spokeswoman said on Monday. Fo...

🔴 Putin orders unexpected three-day ceasefire on May 8-10

Russia says claims over annexed Ukraine regions key to peace

Russia said on April 28 it was ready to negotiate directly with Ukraine, but that recognition of its claims over five Ukrainian regions including Crimea were "imperative" to resolving the conflict....

Canada's election: How Trump's trade war is impacting voters in key province of Ontario

The duel between the Liberals and Conservatives in Canada's federal election this Monday is shaping up to be a close one. Led by Prime Minister Mark Carney, the Liberals were struggling at the beginning of January but are now in leading in the polls ahead of Pierre Poilièvre's Conservatives, again...

Global military spending rises to level not seen since Cold War

Defence expenditure rose by 9.4 percent worldwide in 2024 amid wars in Ukraine and Gaza, with researchers warning that rising military budgets will mean less funding for social welfare and humanitarian aid. Also in this edition: France aims to merge or eliminate one third of its government agencies...

War in Ukraine: North Korea confirms troop deployment to Russia's Kursk

North Korea confirmed for the first time on April 28 it had deployed troops to Russia, with state news agency KCNA reporting Pyongyang's soldiers helped Moscow reclaim territory under Ukrainian control in the Russian border region of Kursk....

North Korea confirms troop deployment to Russia as Putin hails 'heroes'

North Korea confirmed for the first time on April 28 that it had sent troops to fight for Russia in the war in Ukraine under orders from leader Kim Jong Un and that it had helped regain control of Russian territory occupied by Ukraine. France 24's correspondent Yena Lee tells us more....