World leaders push to make tougher 2035 climate plans ahead of COP30

22/09/2025 14:33 France 24

World leaders are under pressure to submit stronger Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) for 2035 ahead of COP30, but divisions among major emitters and within the EU threaten delays and weaker targets. Climate activists have staged protests, warning that current pledges fall far short of limiting global warming to 1.5 °C. FRANCE 24's Valerie Dekimpe has more.

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US: Migrants in Texas help each other to avoid ICE raids

In Texas, migrant communities are using social media and community patrols to warn each other about possible ICE raids. Activists in Houston post coded alerts, share videos and eyewitness reports, and even drive early-morning patrols to check for immigration agents. The network helps undocumented m...

22/09/2025 14:35 France 24

Dominican Republic drug bust underscores growing US-Venezuela standoff

In the Dominican Republic, authorities announced the seizure of one thousand kilograms of cocaine. The operation follows a recent US strike on a speedboat in the Caribbean. Last month, eight US warships were deployed to the region, further escalating tensions between the United States and Venezuela...

22/09/2025 13:07 France 24

Hope and fear in the occupied West Bank as Palestine gains recognition

In the occupied West Bank and Gaza, international recognition of Palestine has sparked a mix of hope and caution, as FRANCE 24's Catherine Norris Trent explains. On a diplomatic level, the move is seen as a significant gesture—a symbolic measure that could help push for an end to the war in Gaza...

22/09/2025 13:05 France 24

France to recognise Palestine at the UN two-state solution conference

France is set to officially recognise the State of Palestine at the United Nations General Assembly on Monday, September 22, 2025, joining the UK, Canada, Australia, and Portugal in this move. President Emmanuel Macron has defended the decision, stating that recognising Palestine is essential for i...

22/09/2025 13:04 France 24

Poland will shoot down flying objects clearly violating its airspace, PM says

Ahead of a UN Security Council meeting Monday to discuss the recent violation of Estonia's airspace by three Russian fighter jets, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Poland would shoot down aircraft that clearly violate its airspace. ...

22/09/2025 12:50 France 24

Life after trauma: Palestinians start anew in France

Since the start of the war in Gaza, France has welcomed several hundred Gazans to safety. Priority has been given to families of children seriously injured in bombings, such as Ayham, who lost both his legs at just 15 years old on October 14, 2023. Artists and scientists have also been evacuated th...

22/09/2025 10:43 France 24

‘MurdochTok’: Trump taps Fox Corp for role in new US TikTok ownership

President Donald Trump name-dropped media mogul Rupert Murdoch and his heir Lachlan as key figures involved in efforts to take control of TikTok in the United States. He also mentioned Oracle CEO Larry Ellison and Michael Dell of Dell Technologies as potential stakeholders in a US-specific version...

22/09/2025 09:26 France 24

Israeli-Palestinian conflict: How the push for a two-state solution could backfire

France and Saudi Arabia on Monday are set to join a raft of nations in officially recognising the state of Palestine amid a renewed push for a two-state solution. But some analysts warn the effort could backfire, entrenching unequal rights for Palestinians living under Israeli control and possibly...

22/09/2025 09:25 France 24

French town halls raise the Palestinian flag in defiance of interior ministry order

Ahead of President Emmanuel Macron’s expected recognition of the state of Palestine at the UN on Monday, more than 50 French town halls raised the Palestinian flag above their entrances despite the interior ministry's warning not to do so. "The principle of neutrality in public service prohibits...

22/09/2025 08:59 France 24

Gaza: 'How can you talk of recognition when there's a genocide being committed against 2.3m people?'

As a host of major Western countries are now recognising the State of Palestine, in a historic first, Eve Irvine welcomes Chris Gunness, former spokesperson for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). Mr. Gunness warns that 'it's just 'symbolic. How can you talk of recognition when ther...

22/09/2025 08:04 France 24

Russia and Ukraine accuse each other of deadly overnight strikes

A Ukrainian drone strike on the Crimean resort town of Foros killed three and wounded 16, the head of the Kremlin-backed regional government said Monday, while Kyiv said overnight Russian strikes in the southern city of Zaporizhzhia had killed three and injured two. ...

22/09/2025 06:19 France 24

Foreign journalists under pressure as Trump plans to slash visas

Foreign journalists are facing mounting pressure in the United States as the Trump administration prepares to slash correspondent visas and issues warnings seen as veiled threats, raising concerns among media groups about press freedom....

22/09/2025 04:30 France 24

Russia intensifies attacks on Ukraine, killing at least 3 and wounding dozens

Russia intensified attacks across Ukraine on Saturday, killing at least three people and wounding dozens in its latest aerial attack. This comes as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced he would meet US counterpart Donald Trump on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly next week. Franc...

21/09/2025 08:33 France 24

'Demographic conquest': Inside Russia’s campaign to indoctrinate kidnapped Ukrainian children

Two recent studies show where thousands of Ukrainian children kidnapped by Russia are taken and the re-education they undergo. The reports are based on open-source intelligence and the accounts of those Ukrainian children who have returned home from Russia....

21/09/2025 07:33 France 24

Zelensky to meet Trump on sidelines of UN assembly as Russian strikes persist

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday he will meet US President Donald Trump next week at the UN General Assembly, after Russia launched overnight attacks across Ukraine. The Ukrainian leader said he would discuss security guarantees for Ukraine and new sanctions on Russia in the upc...

20/09/2025 20:00 France 24

Vietnam wins Russia's 'Intervision' song contest, US contestant drops out

With artists from more than 20 countries, Russia on Saturday revived its Intervision song contest, which the Kremlin promotes as an alternative to Eurovision and a means to highlight "traditional values". Vietnamese singer Duc Phuc won the event with a song inspired by a poem about bamboo....

20/09/2025 19:29 France 24

Estonia seeks Nato consultation after Russian jets violate airspace

Estonia has called for consultations with NATO allies after three Russian MiG-31 fighter jets entered its airspace over the Gulf of Finland for 12 minutes on Friday without authorization. In response, Italy, Finland, and Sweden scrambled jets as part of NATO’s mission to strengthen its eastern fl...

20/09/2025 18:13 France 24

The comeback of a Soviet-era tradition: Russia hosts Intervision, Eurovision-rival song contest

Intervision revives the name of a music contest that Moscow used to stage in the Soviet era with its Eastern European satellite states. The new version will feature acts from countries Russia now considers friendly, including Belarus, Cuba, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, the UAE and Venezuela....

20/09/2025 15:37 France 24

US TikTok will be mostly under American control, White House says

A deal to shift TikTok’s US operations away from Chinese control is nearing completion and would place the popular app under a board dominated by Americans, the White House said Saturday. US officials, including during Trump’s first term, have warned that China could exploit TikTok to use Amer...

20/09/2025 15:27 France 24

Estonia seeks urgent NATO consultation after Russian airspace violation

Three Russian military jets violated NATO member Estonia's airspace for 12 minutes in an "unprecedentedly brazen"incursion, the country's foreign ministry said Friday. Estonia is set to request urgent NATO talks over the incident, which the EU's top diplomat Kaja Kallas called an "extremely dangero...

20/09/2025 12:39 France 24

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20/09/2025 12:36 France 24

Russian jets cross into Nato territory

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20/09/2025 10:56 France 24

Cyberattack disrupts European airports: Brussels, Berlin, Heathrow among affected

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Ukraine develops its drone industry as it seeks to triple production

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20/09/2025 08:58 France 24

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Estonia has accused Russia of breaching its airspace, alleging that three supersonic Russian fighter jets carried out an “unprecedented and brazen” incursion. The accusation, made on Friday, drew swift condemnation from NATO and several European nations, which described the incident as a “rec...

20/09/2025 08:42 France 24

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20/09/2025 07:27 France 24

Soft power: Russia revives the Intervision song contest, Cold War rival to Eurovision

Russia on Saturday hosts Intervision, an international song contest that was a regular fixture in Soviet states in the 1960s and ’70s. The revival follows Russia’s exclusion from Eurovision since its full-scale 2022 invasion of Ukraine. ...

20/09/2025 06:26 France 24

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20/09/2025 05:24 France 24

Trump raises fee for skilled worker visas by $100,000 despite tech sector warnings

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20/09/2025 02:41 France 24

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