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🔴 Pogacar wins fifth Tour de France as teen Seixas seals stunning fourth place
Pogacar wins fifth Tour de France as teen Seixas seals stunning fourth place
Tadej Pogacar claimed his record-equalling fifth Tour de France title as Mathieu van der Poel won a sensational 21st and final stage around Paris on Sunday. Two-time world champion Pogacar joined Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault and Miguel Indurain as the most successful riders in Tour history.
🔴 Main suspect in Berlin Pride attack shot dead by police
Wildfires in France: French farmers provide water tankers to help fight fire
"Civilian farmers are trying to help firefighters by bringing in tankers of water to keep their hoses running," FRANCE 24 reporter Luke Shrago said, reporting from Lège-Cap-Ferret, where one of the largest forest fires France has seen since WWII is still blazing.
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Germany: Berlin Pride attack believed to be an act of Islamic extremist terror
German investigators on Sunday searched for a man who allegedly drove a van into a crowd near Berlin's Pride festival, killing one person and injuring many others, before allegedly stabbing additional people with a machete in what authorities believe was an Islamist extremist terror attack.
Fires in France: 42,000 hectares burnt, 220,000 people evacuated
Andrew Hilliar has more.
Sea drones to defend the sky in Ukraine as the war continues
FRANCE 24 report by Gulliver Cragg.
The week in pictures: Wildfires rage in Europe, youth protests rock India and UK names new PM
Unprecedented wildfires swept across France and Spain, youth-led protests in India forced the country's education minister to resign and Andy Burnham became the United Kingdom's new prime minister. FRANCE 24 looks back at some of the week's most striking images.
Flavio Bolsonaro launches Brazil presidential campaign, touts support from Milei
Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, eldest son of former president Jair Bolsonaro, on Saturday formally launched his bid to challenge President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in October's election, showcasing support from Argentine President Javier Milei, an AI-generated message from his jailed father and a video address from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Football: WAFCON kicks off in Morocco with record 16-nation line-up
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French firefighters battle blazes with military cargo planes
Fire crews in France are battling unchecked wildfires that have forced more than 300,000 people to flee were overwhelmed on Sunday as the unpredictable blazes advances. To help stop the flames from spreading, a giant A400M military cargo aircraft has been converted for firefighting in southwest France. Swooping low over arid, fire-threatened woodlands, the plane dropped a long plume or ochre-colou...
Main suspect in Berlin Pride attack shot dead by German police forces
The suspect in the deadly Berlin Pride attack that left one person dead and 29 injured was shot and killed by police during a confrontation on Sunday in a suburb of the city, authorities said.
Main suspect in Berlin Pride attack shot dead by police
The suspect in the deadly Berlin Pride attack that left one person dead and 29 injured was shot and killed by police during a confrontation on Sunday in a suburb of the city, authorities said.
Berlin grieves deadly pride ramming as police search for Islamist attacker
Germans on Sunday mourned a deadly attack near Berlin Pride, which Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said was likely an Islamist terror attack. Police are still hunting for the prime suspect in the car-ramming, which left one woman dead and 29 others injured.
Berlin grieves deadly pride ramming as manhunt continues for suspected Islamist attacker
Germans on Sunday mourned a deadly attack near Berlin Pride, which Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said was likely an Islamist terror attack. Police are still hunting for the prime suspect in the car-ramming, which left one woman dead and 29 others injured.
Deadly Berlin Pride ramming believed to be 'Islamist terror attack', Germany says
German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said on Sunday that all evidence surrounding Saturday night's attack at Berlin's Pride celebration so far points to an Islamist terrorist attack. Police are still hunting for the prime suspect in the car-ramming, which left one woman dead and 29 others injured.
Deadly Berlin Pride ramming was 'Islamist terror attack', says German interior minister
German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said on Sunday that all evidence surrounding Saturday night's attack at Berlin's Pride celebration so far points to an Islamist terrorist attack. Police are still hunting for the prime suspect of the car-ramming, which left one woman dead and 29 others injured.
‘Bullied, beaten up, killed’: Armenia's drag queens risk it all for the stage
Armenian attitudes toward the LGBTQ community have transformed in recent years, in part due to the war in Ukraine. While a queer club in Yerevan was firebombed in 2012, the capital is now home to a thriving underground drag scene. But despite these events attracting hundreds, police raids and family rejection are still commonplace.
Deadly attack on holiday camp in Russian-held part of Ukraine, officials say
At least 11 people were killed, including five children, in an overnight drone attack on a holiday camp in a Russian-held part of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region, Russian installed local authorities said on Saturday, accusing Ukraine of deliberately attacking civilians.
Wildfires ravage southwest France: Thousands face devastation after evacuation
A raging wildfire in southwest France forced the evacuation of 55,000 people overnight Sunday, bringing the total forced out of their homes to 220,000 in one region alone, as flames crept ever closer to the wine region city of Bordeaux. Authorities in France's Gironde region, where Bordeaux is located, issued overnight evacuation orders for five more localities southwest of the historic city, as s...
Romanian jet shoots down drone entering country's airspace for third day in a row
A Romanian fighter jet on Sunday shot down the third drone flying into the country's airspace in as many days, the defence minister said. A government investigation reportedly identified the first of the three drones as a Shahed model used by Russia in its war with Ukraine.
France fire situation 'remains very unfavourable' says interior minister
French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said on Sunday the wildfire situation in southwestern France was "very unfavourable"."Another difficult night on the wildfire front," Nunez said on X. A total of 2,500 firefighters, including a Swiss firefighting team, 1,500 military personnel and around 1,200 police have been deployed to battle the blazes in the southwestern department of Gironde, he said.
German police hunt suspect in Berlin Pride attack: 1 dead and 16 injured
German authorities on Sunday issued a wanted notice for a fugitive suspect in the van rammingnear Berlin’s Pride festival that left one person dead and injured at least 16 others.
Israel detains over 70 suspects following deadly violence in the West Bank
Israel’s military said it detained over 70 suspects across the occupied West Bank overnight and on Saturday, a day after troops deployed across the territory following violence that left two Isrelisoldiers and four Palestinian villagers dead. Soldiers remained in the village of Tell, in the northern West Bank, where Friday's clashes were centered. Palestinians described searches that included ra...
Women's Football: Women's Africa Cup of Nations kicks off in Morocco
The 2026 Women's Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) kicks off in Morocco on Sunday with qualification for the World Cup and a record two-million-dollar first prize on the line. A record 16-nation line-up -- up from 12 at the previous edition -- will compete with 10-time title-holders and defending champions Nigeria the team to beat.
Women's AFCON 2026: Tournament gets underway after months of delay
Originally scheduled for last spring, the 2026 Women's Africa Cup of Nations finally kicks off this Sunday in Rabat, Morocco. Algeria take on Senegal in the opening match, while defending champions Nigeria begin their quest to retain the title as the tournament favourites.
Wildfires keep southwest France on edge: Evacuations top 200,000
FRANCE 24 reporter Luke Shrago has more.
Spain struggles to contain wildfires: 60,000 evacuated around Madrid
Spain has evacuated tens of thousands of people from villages west of the capital Madrid where wildfires and extremely dry conditions have been worsened by heatwaves and strong winds.