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As Donald Trump rejects Iran's counterproposals, Tehran has reacted saying that the Iranian government doesn't care if the United States aren't happy with the proposals. The United States had agreed to lifting such sanctions and freeing funds, but it first wants Iran to halt uranium enrichment and hand over its stocks. Residents in the capital are concerned about the war extending despite the curr...
All of the passengers have now been evacuated from a cruiseship hit by an outbreak of the hantavirus. The MV Hondius had been docked in the Spanish Island of Tenerife; it will now head to the Netherlands. Three cruiseship passengers have died and at least seven people with confirmed cases of the virus are among those being quarantined, including a French woman.
Prosecution in former president Nicolas Sarkozy's appeal trial has asked the court to find him guilty of conspiracy by having instigated meetings with representatives of the Libyan regime to receive funds to finance his 2007 election campaigns. Prosecutors will be presenting their closing statements on May 12. During the initial trial, he had been acquitted of three major charges but had been foun...
It remains the deadliest single attack in the war on Iran so far. On the 28th February, a missile strike hit a school in Minab in Hormozgan Province. 155 people died, including 120 children. According to US media, a preliminary American military investigation found that the strike was made in error: the actual target was an adjacent Islamic Revolutionary Guards Military Base. FRANCE 24's correspon...
The red carpet has been rolled out at the 79th Cannes Film Festival in the south of France, with twelve days of nonstop world premieres before culminating with the Palme d'Or on May 23. But unlike other years, Hollywood is largely absent this year, which 'is highly unusual', as FRANCE 24's Emma Jones explains straight from Cannes.
Across France there's a race against time to break the chain of Hantavirus transmission. Twenty-two close contacts with the virus have been identified. They will all be placed in quarantine. One of these identified close contacts is set to be hospitalised in Rennes, in the west of France. To combat the virus, the government has announced that it will hold two crisis meetings a day.
Ahead of the second day of the Africa Forward summit, French President Emmanuel Macron announced that it had raised 23 billion euros in investment on the continent. As France pitches a 'partnership of equals' with African countries, it aims to distance itself from its neocolonial past. This comes as it completes a military withdrawal from West African countries, which has been seen as a sign of it...
Oil prices continued to climb on Tuesday, as US President Donald Trump said the ceasefire with Iran was "on massive life support". Meanwhile, the CEO of Saudi Aramco, the world's largest oil company, told analysts the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has generated a loss of 100 million barrels every week. Also in this edition: Trump wants to scrap the US federal gas tax to help consumers deal with ...
Nations like Kenya are looking to scale up their ability to meet Africa's artificial intelligence needs. Recently, the likes of Zambia, Zimbabwe and most recently Ghana turned down deals to store citizens' data in the United States. For France, a summit like the Africa Forward one in the Kenyan capital Nairobi is an opportunity to offer a third way between US and Chinese tech. We bring you a speci...
Day two of the Africa Forward summit in Kenya brings together leaders and top officials from more than 30 countries from across the continent as President Emmanuel Macron pitches a new French model for partnerships with African nations.
🎞️ Did you know that the world’s most famous film festival was born from a political dispute with Fascist Italy? 🎥 Created in response to censorship and propaganda, #Cannes became a symbol of artistic freedom on the French Riviera. 👀France 24’s Stella Elgersma takes a closer look.
Paris Saint-Germain forward Ousmane Dembélé on Monday was named the Ligue 1 player of the year for the second year running. Paris Saint-Germain and RC Lens shared the main trophies.
Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem on Tuesday said his group's weapons were not part of upcoming negotiations between Lebanon and Israel, and vowed his fighters would turn the battlefield into "hell" for Israeli forces as they "defend Lebanon and its people". Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.
French Defence Minister Catherine Vautrin and her British counterpart John Healey co-chair a multinational meeting Tuesday on military plans to restore trade flows through the blocked Strait of Hormuz after the Iran war ends. The virtual meeting of dozens of defence ministers comes as President Donald Trump warned the US-Iran ceasefire was on “life support”. Follow our liveblog for the latest upda...
US President Donald Trump warned that Tehran's rejection of his administration's demands meant the already tenuous ceasefire is now "unbelievably weak", and called Iran's counteroffer "garbage". Meanwhile, Iranian parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, who served as chief negotiator in previous talks with Washington, said his country was prepared "for any eventuality". Follow our liveblog...
US President Donald Trump warned that Tehran's rejection of his administration's demands meant the already tenuous ceasefire is now "unbelievably weak", and called Iran's counter-offer 'garbage'. Meanwhile Iranian parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, who served as chief negotiator in previous talks with Washington, said shortly afterwards that his country was prepared 'for any eventuali...
The European Union on Monday imposed sanctions on more than a dozen Russian officials suspected of helping Moscow to abduct thousands of children from Ukraine.
The European Union says thousands of children have been stripped of their Ukrainian identity and culture, given Russian passports and put up for adoption.
A pop-up exhibition in New York titled, "The Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Reading Room" offers viewers roughly 3.5 million pages on the convicted sex criminal released by the US Justice Department. The immersive educational experience is sponsored by a US transparency NGO and runs until May 21.
A US transparency advocacy group has opened a temporary exhibition in New York with only one text on display: a print-out of all the files released by the US Department of Justice -- roughly 3.5 million pages -- relating to financier and convicted sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein.
The 2026 Cannes Film Festival opens Tuesday with 22 films vying for the prestigious Palme d'Or. The off-screen discourse this year is dominated by a dispute over AI, with festival director Thierry Fremaux and thousands of French actors and filmmakers warning about its effects on the industry. Despite the absence of Hollywood studio giants such as Disney or Warner, there will be no shortage of cele...
The forward is only the fifth player to win the trophy in consecutive years, despite a difficult season.
Calls for Keir Starmer to resign as British prime minister intensified Monday after heavy local and regional election defeats, with dozens of Labour MPs reportedly urging him to step aside despite his vow to “prove doubters wrong” and push a more ambitious agenda.
Calls for Keir Starmer to resign as British prime minister intensified Monday after heavy local and regional election defeats, with dozens of Labour MPs reportedly urging him to step aside despite his vow to “prove doubters wrong” and push a more ambitious agenda.
British prime minister Keir Starmer said he would introduce legislation this week to give the government powers to take full ownership of British Steel in Scunthorpe, the last plant in the UK that can make steel from scratch. Last year the government seized control of the steelworks from its Chinese owner to stop the potential closure of the blast furnaces. Plus, French farmers dump manure near T...
In tonight's edition: French President Emmanuel Macron urges investment in Africa as he co-hosts an economic summit in Kenya. Also, we take a closer look at the cost of some of the deeply rooted misperceptions and clichés about Africa still clinging on in societies. Plus Kenyan conservationists are working hard to boost the numbers of the critically endangered Bongo antelope.
In tonight's edition, French President Emmanuel Macron urges investment in Africa as he co-hosts an economic summit in Kenya. Also, we take a closer look at the cost of some of the deeply rooted misperceptions and clichés about Africa still clinging on in societies. And Kenyan conservationists are working hard to boost the number of the critically endangered Bongo antelope.
French has arrested a 27-year-old Tunisian man suspected of planning attacks "inspired by jihadism", the anti-terror prosecutor's office said on Monday. A source said he was targeting a Paris museum and members of the Jewish community.
As the world saw with Covid-19, the only thing that spreads faster than a virus is misinformation, and hantavirus is no exception. Despite only a few confirmed cases, conspiracy theories have swirled on social media falsely claiming hantavirus is a planned pandemic, or a ploy to disrupt the US midterm elections. Others alleged it's a "bioweapon" created by big pharma to “poison” people or even tha...
