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Tuareg separatists and their jihadist allies in Mali have seized control of the key northern town of Kidal after coordinated attacks on strategic junta positions, an ally of the local governor and local sources said Monday. Two days of fierce fighting between the army and jihadists allied with the Tuaregs have plunged the junta-led west African country into uncertainty over the military government...
Indonesia's president ordered an investigation Tuesday after a long-distance train smashed into a stationary commuter train overnight, killing 14 people and injuring dozens. Officials ended a nearly 12-hour rescue effort near Bekasi Timur station, east of the capital Jakarta, which saw crews prying open mangled carriages following the Monday night collision.
Britain's King Charles III met Donald Trump at the White House Monday, kicking off a high-stakes state visit shadowed by transatlantic tensions and a new alleged attempt to assassinate the US president. Behind the warm welcome for Charles and Queen Camilla in front of the cameras lay a deepening rift in the so-called "special relationship" between Washington and London over Trump's war in Iran. FR...
Four months after the deadly nightclub fire in Crans-Montana, Switzerland that killed 41 people, Italian families received bills from the Swiss hospital where the victims were treated to the tune of to tens of thousands of euros – sparking polemics from Rome.
Oliver Farry is pleased to welcome Bernard Benhamou, Secretary General of the Institute of Digital Sovereignty (ISN) and Senior Lecturer on Internet Governance at Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne. According to Mr. Benhamou, this trial is not a clash of the tech titans. Rather, it is a strategic legal battle in the uncharted waters of AI. The timing is critical, as it coincides with the anticipated IPO of...
Gunmen killed at least 29 people in an hours-long attack in Nigeria's northeastern Adamawa state, local authorities said, burning homes and places of worship and opening fire on people watching a football match. Nigeria continues to struggle with armed attacks by jihadists and armed criminal gangs.
Israeli authorities are systematically depriving Palestinians in Gaza of access to clean water, medical charity Medeçins sans Frontières (MSF, Doctors without Borders) said in a report issued Tuesday, accusing Israel of carrying out a campaign of "collective punishment" in the devastated Palestinian enclave. The destruction of Gaza's water infrastructure and continued blocking of civilian access m...
King Charles III will speak before the US Congress on Tuesday, where he is expected to deliver an address promoting US-UK unity despite widening differences between London and Washington. Charles and Queen Camilla are on a so far studiously apolitical four-day tour of the US.
Paris Saint-Germain host Bayern Munich in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final this Tuesday. Bayern are aiming for their first final since 2020.
Paris Saint-Germain host Bayern Munich in the first leg of the Champions League semifinal. Bayern are aiming for their first final since 2020.
International Air Transport Association head Willie Walsh on Tuesday warned that there was a real risk of a jet fuel shortage this summer due to the US-Israeli war on Iran. Walsh said that some flights could be cancelled if fuel rationing were to be put into effect. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.
Israel’s military on Tuesday told people living in more than a dozen towns and villages in southern Lebanon to leave their homes and head north immediately ahead of an imminent attack. The military claimed that the attack was in response to what it described as Hezbollah’s violation of the Lebanon-Israel ceasefire agreement. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.
Israel’s military told people living in more than a dozen towns and villages in southern Lebanon to leave their homes and head north immediately on Tuesday ahead of an imminent Israeli attack. The military claimed that the attack was in response to what it described as Hezbollah’s violation of the Lebanon-Israel ceasefire agreement. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.
US President Donald Trump is unhappy with the latest Iranian proposal on ending the US-Israeli war against Iran, a US official told Reuters. Iran's latest proposal would reportedly set aside discussion of Iran's nuclear programme until the war is ended and disputes over shipping from the Gulf are resolved. Washington and Tehran remain locked in a standoff over the critical Strait of Hormuz, thr...
Australia unveiled draft laws on Tuesday that would force Meta, Google and TikTok to pay local publishers for news content or face a levy worth 2.25 percent of their Australian revenue in a major push to support struggling media outlets and curb the dominance of global tech platforms.
Australia unveiled draft laws on Tuesday that would force Meta, Google and TikTok to pay local publishers for news content or face a levy worth 2.25 percent of their Australian revenue in a major push to support struggling media outlets and curb the dominance of global tech platforms.
Australia unveiled draft laws on Tuesday that would force Meta, Google and TikTok to pay local publishers for news content or face a levy worth 2.25 percent of their Australian revenue, in a major push to support struggling media outlets and curb the dominance of global tech platforms.
In tonight's edition: Two days after a wave of coordinated attacks across the country, Mali remains on edge. Also, 42 people are killed in Chad after a clash between two families over a water point escalated into a cycle of reprisals. Plus Kenya's Sabastian Sawe smashes the two-hour barrier at the London Marathon.
In today's edition, two days after a wave of coordinated attacks across the country, Mali remains on edge. Also, 42 people are killed in Chad after a clash between two families over a water point, escalated into a cycle of reprisals. And Kenya’s Sabastian Sawe smashes the two-hour barrier at the London marathon.
Two of Silicon Valley's best-known tech moguls, Elon Musk and Sam Altman, are to face each other in court, with the trial's jury selection getting underway this Monday. The lawsuit is brought by Musk, who accuses Altman of fraud and is seeking more than $130 billion in damages for "betraying" the AI startup's founding mission of being non-profit. Plus, labelling rules on honey jars are set to toug...
Two of Silicon Valley's best known tech moguls, Elon Musk and Sam Altman, are going to face off each other in court with the trial getting underway with jury selection on Monday. The lawsuit is brought by Musk, who accuses Altman of fraud and is seeking more than $130 billion in damages, for 'betraying' the AI startup's founding mission of being non-profit. Plus, labelling rules on honey jars are...
FRANCE 24's François Picard is joined by Ulf Laessing, Director of Regional Sahel Programme at the Konrad Adenauer Foundation. According to Mr. Laessing, we are witnessing in Mali the complete unraveling of a broader geopolitical experiment. Russia stepped into a vacuum left by France, promising stability through force. Instead, its reliance on mercenary brutality, coupled with a shallow understan...
Iraq’s president on Monday tasked businessman Ali al-Zaidi with forming a government after he was nominated prime minister by the country’s dominant parliamentary bloc. Zaidi is a political newcomer and has never before held a government post.
Iraq’s president on Monday tasked businessman Ali al-Zaidi with forming a government after he was nominated prime minister by the country’s dominant parliamentary bloc. Zaidi is a political newcomer and has never before held a government post.
Social media has been flooded with conspiracy theories after a gunman's thwarted attack at the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday, with both left-wing and right-wing accounts claiming – without evidence – that the attack was "staged". By midday on Sunday, the term "staged" appeared in over 300,000 posts on X, according to social media analytics firm TweetBinder.
Social media has been flooded with conspiracy theories after a gunman's thwarted attack at the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday, with both left-wing and right-wing accounts claiming – without evidence – that the attack was "staged". By midday on Sunday, the term "staged" appeared in over 300,000 posts on X, according to social media analytics firm TweetBinder.
Social media was flooded with conspiracy theories after a gunman's thwarted attack at the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday, with both left-wing and right-wing accounts claiming - without evidence - that the attack was "staged." By midday Sunday, the term "staged" appeared in over 300,000 posts on X, according to social media analytics firm TweetBinder.
The man suspected of having opened fire at the annual correspondents’ dinner in Washington over the weekend was on Monday charged with the attempted assassination of US President Donald Trump. The man, who managed to bypass security and fire several shots before he was wrestled down, had brought several weapons with him, including a pump gun and three knives.
Even if it's a ‘lone wolf’ as first suggested by President Trump, Saturday night’s White House Correspondents Dinner drama certainly did not happen in a vacuum. And just as mass shootings have become commonplace in a United States overrun by firearms so have attempts on the lives of political figures. We’ll ask about the latest targeting of the US president and the echo chambers that amplify vilif...
Mali’s ruling junta was reeling on Monday after coordinated attacks by separatists and al Qaeda-linked jihadists sparked two days of fierce fighting across the country. It was the most serious challenge to Mali's central government since a 2012 rebel offensive was pushed back by the intervention of French forces.
