War in Iran exposes cracks in Trump's MAGA coalition

17/03/2026 20:36 France 24

Joe Kent, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, announced his resignation on Tuesday, citing his concerns about the justification for military strikes in Iran and saying he “cannot in good conscience” back the Trump administration’s war. Kent, a former Green Beret and political candidate with connections to right-wing extremists, was in charge of an agency tasked with analyzing and detecting terrorist threats. FRANCE 24's Fraser Jackson reports from Washington.

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Top Iranian officials killed in Israeli airstrike in wartime blow to country's leadership

Iran has confirmed the deaths of two senior security officials, considered among the most powerful figures in the country, in overnight strikes: Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, and General Gholamreza Soleimani, head of the Revolutionary Guard’s Basij force....

17/03/2026 21:18 France 24

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17/03/2026 20:43 France 24

'I tell my children it’s just thunder': How ordinary Iranians are dealing with war

As US and Israeli airstrikes continue to pound Iran, many residents there live in fear, choosing to limit outings as much as possible. France 24's Carys Garland and Ludovic de Foucaud take a look at how one family are trying as best they can to continue life as normal amid the constant threat of bo...

17/03/2026 16:14 France 24

Top US counterterrorism official resigns over Iran war

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17/03/2026 16:11 France 24

Larijani's death would be a 'significant blow' but may not deter Iran

Israel said Tuesday it had killed Iran's powerful national security chief, Ali Larijani, in what would be a huge blow to the Islamic republic, but probably not one that would deter Tehran from continuing the war against Israel and the US, says France 2''s correspondent in the Iranian capital Reza S...

17/03/2026 15:05 France 24

British photographer Mark Neville on documenting four years of war in Ukraine

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17/03/2026 14:40 France 24

Britain hit by ‘unprecedented’ meningitis outbreak, two students dead

Britain has been hit by an “unprecedented” meningitis outbreak, the country’s health minister warned Tuesday after two students died from catching a rare bacterial strain of the disease. So far, 15 cases have been reported. The outbreak has been linked to a Canterbury nightclub....

17/03/2026 14:35 France 24

Trump seeks to delay China visit as Beijing rebuffs Hormuz demands

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17/03/2026 14:21 France 24

Larijani's death would mean 'Iran's leadership very much infiltrated by Israeli intelligence'

Israel said Tuesday it had killed Iran's powerful national security chief, Ali Larijani, in what would be a huge blow to the Islamic republic more than two weeks into the war engulfing the Middle East. It would also suggest Iran's senior leadership has been infiltrated by Israeli intelligence, says...

17/03/2026 13:43 France 24

Iran's Larijani - A pillar of power working from the shadows

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17/03/2026 13:42 France 24

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17/03/2026 13:23 France 24

Guy Poran urges international community to demand Israeli govt end settler violence in West Bank

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17/03/2026 12:32 France 24

'Coalition of the unwilling': Allies refuse to clean up Trump's Strait of Hormuz mess

PRESS REVIEW – Tuesday, March 17: Donald Trump has called on US allies to help the US secure the Strait of Hormuz as the energy crisis intensifies. But after those allies refused to help, Trump promptly threatened NATO. In the midst of the EU's energy crisis, Belgium's prime minister has suggest...

17/03/2026 11:29 France 24

US embassy in Baghdad attacked as Iraq pulled deeper into Mideast war

A drone and rocket attack targeted the US embassy in Baghdad early Tuesday, while a strike killed four people at a house reportedly hosting Iranian advisors, security officials said, pulling Iraq deeper into the Middle East war....

17/03/2026 09:59 France 24

'Like buying a ticket to the Titanic': EU leaders reject Trump's Hormuz demands

EU leaders have almost universally rejected US president Donald Trump’s demand to send warships to escort oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz as the continent’s leaders strive to stay out of the war in the Middle East, with one French official going as far to say that participating now wou...

17/03/2026 09:56 France 24

Middle East war live: Israel killed Iran’s security chief Ali Larijani, Defence Minister Katz says

Israel has killed Iran's powerful national security chief Ali Larijani in an overnight strike, Defence Minister Israel Katz said Tuesday. Gholamreza Soleimani, the head of Iran's volunteer Basij paramilitary force, was reportedly also killed in a strike. Iran has not yet commented on Israel's claim...

17/03/2026 03:13 France 24

Oil eases amid signs Iran is allowing some tankers to pass through Strait of Hormuz

Global oil prices fell sharply on Monday after a Pakistan-bound oil tanker passed through the Strait of Hormuz with its transponder on. The decline came even as countries have so far rebuffed Donald Trump's request to send warships to escort vessels through the waterway. Meanwhile, the Internation...

16/03/2026 21:57 France 24

Kenyans will no longer be enlisted to fight for Russia in Ukraine, Moscow says

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16/03/2026 21:38 France 24

China overlooks Trump's demands for Hormuz strait, calls for all sides to de-escalate

China on Monday called on all sides to halt military operations in the Strait of Hormuz to avoid further escalation. The remarks came after US President Donald Trump urged China and six other countries to send warships to secure the vital shipping route. Beijing however made no mention of military...

16/03/2026 21:01 France 24

Strait talk on Hormuz: Insults, chaos, shadow of Iraq, keep Trump's allies at bay?

Day 17 of the war in the Middle East and as the missiles and the drones keep falling, the US President has done a U turn on needing help from his friends and allies. Trump is calling now for a coalition to keep open the Strait of Hormuz. The US strikes on Iran's Kharg Island on Friday 13th sent a m...

16/03/2026 19:12 France 24

Trump laments US allies' lack of 'enthusiasm' to help secure Strait of Hormuz

US President Donald Trump on Monday criticised US allies on Monday for a lack of enthusiasm in helping unblock the Strait of Hormuz amid the ongoing war against Iran. US and Israeli strikes on Iran have jolted global energy markets, sending oil prices higher and raising gasoline costs for US consu...

16/03/2026 18:23 France 24

Replay: Trump says US dismantled Iran's defense as Middle East war continues

Rewatch as US President Donald Trump gives an update on the war against Iran....

16/03/2026 16:57 France 24

US allies 'know how to deal with Trump' amidst threats over Strait of Hormuz

US President Donald Trump has demanded seven countries send ships to the Strait of Hormuz to secure toe crucial passagepoint for global oil flows. He threatened that refusal to help would mean a 'very bad' future for NATO. But US allies refuse to be dragged into the ongoing war in the Middle East....

16/03/2026 16:55 France 24

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Hezbollah’s entry into the war against Israel on March 2, in retaliation for the US-Israeli strikes on its Iranian ally, has triggered a massive displacement of civilians across Lebanon. With many shelters at capacity and rental prices skyrocketing, many now find themselves sleeping in the street...

16/03/2026 16:53 France 24

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Israel's devastating war with Hezbollah has compounded the suffering of ordinary Lebanese who were already grappling with an economy on the brink of collapse. FRANCE 24's reporter travelled to Sidon, a coastal city south of Beirut, to visit the once-bustling alleys of the old souk that have n...

16/03/2026 16:05 France 24

Russia is 'country that benefits most the longer Middle East war continues'

Donald Trump is putting pressure on European countries to keep Strait of Hormuz open. But as Europe refuses to get dragged into the war in the Middle East, it also doesn't want to jeopardise Ukraine, which benefits from the US in different ways. FRANCE 24's Angela Diffley looks at how the two confl...

16/03/2026 15:48 France 24

Europe refuses to join Middle East war, weighs options to secure Strait of Hormuz

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16/03/2026 15:36 France 24

Possibility of long war source of concern Israeli military leaders

Conflict across the Middle East continues to rage, and Israel is fighting a war on several fronts all at once, but for how long? Since it attacked Iran, Israel has endured regular strikes, forcing widespread air raid alerts, school closures and the mobilisation of reservists. How mu...

16/03/2026 15:13 France 24

Trump administration threatens media over negative coverage of Middle East war

Donald Trump's broadcast regulator has issued a warning to top news channels in the United States, threatening to cancel the spectrum permits of broadcasters pushing what he called "hoaxes and news distortions". The criticism was echoed by Brendan Carr, the chair of the Federal Communi...

16/03/2026 14:52 France 24

Sri Lanka and Thailand bring in fuel-rationing measures amidst Middle East war

As oil prices continue to rise and supply is disrupted by the conflict in the Middle East, the Sri Lankan government has announced fuel-rationing measures, effective immediately. Thailand has seen a rush to the pumps causing shortages, as people try to fuel up before price control m...

16/03/2026 14:49 France 24

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