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A glacier broke apart. An ice and rock avalanche followed. Then came an earthquake, before a landslide triggered devastating floods that tore through kilometres of valley. This is what happened along the Nepal-China border, where rescue teams are still trying to recover survivors 48 hours after the catastrophe. FRANCE 24 breaks down the chain of events and the scientific explanations behind the di...
Towards the end of World War II, as US troops advanced across the Pacific, Japan resorted to a desperate strategy: kamikaze attacks. Thousands of Japanese pilots, with an average age of just 21, were ordered to crash their explosive-laden planes into enemy ships. More than 3,800 pilots gave up their lives, killing over 7,000 allied naval personnel. Our reporter Mélodie Sforza met one of the last s...
Within hours of a devastating glacier collapse on the China-Nepal border, a Beijing-based satellite company had already redirected six of its satellites to survey the disaster zone. The high-resolution radar images they captured revealed a massive collapse site near a remote mountain pass. Unlike optical sensors, radar signals can pierce through haze and cloud, mapping terrain changes with high pr...
The fish farm's manager blames upstream irrigation, but water authorities say water was shared according to the rules and none was witheld.
Nepali soldiers rescued around 100 people trapped inside a flooded hydropower tunnel as the death toll from the Nepal-China floods continued to climb, with more than 1,500 people still missing. Rescue efforts were briefly suspended over fears that an overflowing landslide lake could trigger more flooding, while families across the disaster zone continue searching for loved ones.
Many of the US president's goals remain unfulfilled, despite claims of victory.
Rescue operations are continuing after the devastating Nepal-China floods, but authorities have ordered emergency teams to stay on high alert as a newly formed upstream lake threatens to burst and trigger fresh flooding. Satellite imagery suggests the lake formed in the same area where a glacier collapse on Wednesday unleashed the deadly chain of events. FRANCE 24's Navodita Kumari has the latest ...
Families are waiting for news of their loved ones as rescue teams race to reach survivors of the Nepal-Tibet flash flood
One of the two people killed in an attack at a school near Berlin was a 30-year-old nursery worker, police said on Friday. It had previously been reported that the man who was killed in Thursday’s attack was the caretaker. A woman and a man were killed in the violent incident at a school in the small community of Gosen-Neu Zittau on the southeastern edge of the German capital. The school site hous...
With the end of the 60-day US-Iran memorandum of understanding, tensions in the Strait of Hormuz have flared again. The crisis in the strait highlights how the security and stability of key international waterways are becoming an increasingly urgent global concern. Over the past decade, major maritime routes have been affected by regional armed conflicts, geopolitical tensions and growing security...
Alaska, American, Delta and United are among the US airlines to announce new direct flights to destinations in Europe next year.
Caused by parasites spread via Anopheles mosquitoes, malaria can cause symptoms including nausea, headache and intense waves of fever and chills.
Japan is currently grappling with a significant rise in bear conflicts, with incidents surging alarmingly. Conservationists are voicing urgent concerns regarding the extensive culling of endangered bear populations. Factors such as extreme heat and declining food sources are pushing bears into human territories in search of food. While the government’s response aims at curtailing bear numbers, cri...
Two migrants deported from the U.S. have arrived in Eswatini under a controversial agreement between the two countries
Christian Drogan crossed the channel in a small boat from France into England for a TalkTV documentaryRupert Murdoch’s online channel TalkTV is facing criticism after it did not disclose that a journalist who travelled to Britain in a small boat for a documentary was a Reform party member and activist.The channel revealed the “world exclusive” this week, stating that the treacherous journey had ma...
In a landmark initiative, the Wildlands Conservancy is set to acquire the AP Ranch in Northern California, establishing an impressive public preserve in Siskiyou County. This strategic 14,177-acre purchase will unite with an existing land reserve, exceeding 20,000 acres in total. The project aims to protect essential wildlife corridors and headwaters within the Scott River watershed, while also fa...
The world's youngest reigning monarch has died aged 34.
More than 1,300 people are missing in Nepal and in Tibet after catastrophic flash floods swept through the region, killing at least 469. Plus: Six months of the war in IranDon’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning.Rescue operations have resumed in Nepal and Tibet after a pause when a lake at the border began to overflow. The lake was formed when a wall of mud and debris...
More than 1,500 people are missing, including hundreds of foreign nationals and tourists, amid race to find survivorsFlood risk forces halt to rescues in Tibet, as Nepal death toll rises to 469Visual guide: how the deadly flooding unfoldedTell us: have you been affected by the flash floods?More now on the Nepali army’s rescue operation to save about 100 people trapped in a tunnel at a hydropower p...
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on August 27 to rename Lake Ontario as 'Lake America', a change he said would take effect immediately. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney took to X, writing the Great Lake's name will remain 'now and always'. The order comes after US-Canada trade talks collapsed last week, prompting the two longtime allies to announce tit-for-tat tariffs
The court in The Hague convicted the 66-year-old of war crimes and the crime of genocide.
Norway has a new king
Police said the two men did not wear masks, paid to enter the museum and were clearly seen on surveillance cameras.
An 81-year-old man has been sentenced to life imprisonment in Germany for the murder of an American tourist more than 30 years ago, the presiding judge at Koblenz Regional Court, Rupert Stehlin, announced on Friday. The court also found that the offence was of a particularly serious nature. In doing so, the bench concurred with the unanimous assessments of the prosecution, the representatives of t...
The popular king modernized the royal house but refused to follow in the footsteps of other aging monarchs who have abdicated in recent times.
The BEJN pavilion connects Malta and Korea through poetry, sacred ropes, festa traditions and space data.
Once again this year, archaeological sites, monuments and museums across Greece are bathed in the glow of the August full moon at night.
A tribal monarch in Uganda who ascended his ancient throne as an infant and fascinated world leaders as a boy king has died
A rights group reports that drone strikes have killed eight civilians and wounded dozens in Sudan's Kordofan region
