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US President Donald Trump said Monday that he was “not at all” concerned about the risk of committing war crimes in Iran if he carried out his threat to bomb bridges and power plants. Experts in military law, however, say that deliberately bombing civilian infrastructure is a violation of international humanitarian law and may constitute a war crime.
US President Donald Trump said Monday that he was “not at all” concerned about the risk of committing war crimes in Iran if he carried out his threat to bomb bridges and power plants. However, according to experts in military law, deliberately bombing civilian infrastructure is a violation of international humanitarian law and may constitute a war crime.
Paul Seixas dominated the opening time trial of the Tour of the Basque Country. He has become the third-youngest rider in history to win a World Tour race.
Taiwanese opposition leader Cheng Li-wun arrived in China on Tuesday for a six-day visit. Although she has long advocated for Taiwan’s independence, she is now working to improve relations with Beijing.
Taiwan's main opposition leader landed in China on Tuesday for a rare visit aimed at building cross-strait "peace", as the government warns Beijing will seek to stop US arms sales to the democratic island.
US Vice President JD Vance flew to Hungary on Monday to back nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban ahead of a closely contested parliamentary election. Vance said talks would cover bilateral ties, Europe and Ukraine. He is due to meet Orban and deliver a speech highlighting US-Hungary relations, his office said.
US Vice President JD Vance flew to Hungary on Monday to back nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban ahead of a closely contested parliamentary election. Vance said talks would cover bilateral ties, Europe and Ukraine. He is due to meet Orban and deliver a speech highlighting US-Hungary relations, his office said.
Iran's Revolutionary Guards warned on state television Tuesday they would respond beyond the region and deprive the US and its allies of oil and gas "for years" if Washington crossed Tehran's "red lines". Their warning came after US President Donald Trump threatened to take out the country “in one night” after Tehran rejected a 45-day ceasefire proposal from Pakistan. Follow our liveblog for the l...
Iran's Revolutionary Guards warned on state television Tuesday they would respond beyond the region and deprive the US and its allies of oil and gas "for years" if Washington crossed Tehran's "red lines". Their warning came after US President Donald Trump threatened to take out the country “in one night” after Tehran rejected a 45-day ceasefire proposal from Pakistan. Follow our liveblog for the l...
US President Donald Trump said Monday that he was “not at all” concerned about the risk of committing war crimes in Iran if he targets Iranian bridges and power plants, given that key infrastructure is usually off-limits even during wartime. Trump warned the country could be “taken out in one night” after Tehran rejected a 45-day ceasefire proposal from Pakistan. Follow our liveblog for the latest...
US President Donald Trump on Monday expanded his threats against Iran after Tehran rejected a 45-day ceasefire proposal from Pakistan and as his deadline for a deal to open the Strait of Hormuz neared. Trump warned the country could be “taken out in one night” if it failed to comply. Follow our liveblog for the latest developments.
US President Donald Trump on Monday expanded his threat against Iran to include power plants and bridges as a deadline for a deal neared, after Tehran rejected a 45-day ceasefire proposal. Trump warned the country could be “taken out in one night” if it failed to comply. Follow our liveblog for the latest developments.
An Israeli airstrike killed at least 10 people and wounded several others near a school sheltering displaced Palestinians on Monday, health officials said, as violence strains a fragile US-backed Gaza ceasefire. The World Health Organisation announced it was suspending evacuations from Gaza after a worker contracted to help them was killed.
US President Donald Trump's mixed messaging and conflicting signals have characterised the war in Iran. For more on the American leader's increasingly bombastic rhetoric, and what is likely to happen next, FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks to Lisa Gaufman, assistant professor at the Centre for Democratic Politics and Cultures at the University of Groningen and author of “The Trump Carnival: Populi...
US President Donald Trump's mixed messaging and conflicting signals have characterised the war in Iran. For more on the US president's increasingly bombastic rhetoric, and what's likely to happen next, FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks with Lisa Gaufman, Assistant Professor at the Centre for Democratic Politics and Cultures at the University of Groningen and Author of 'The Trump Carnival: Populism...
US President Donald Trump's mixed messaging and conflicting signals have characterised the war in Iran. For more on the US president's increasingly bombastic rhetoric, and what's likely to happen next, FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks with Lisa Gaufman, Assistant Professor at the Centre for Democratic Politics and Cultures at the University of Groningen and Author of 'The Trump Carnival: Populism...
Israeli airstrikes hit two petrochemical plants in Iran's South Pars gas field complex. It's the second time Israel has targeted the key energy complex since the war started. The previous attack on March 18 triggered retaliatory strikes by Iran on energy infrastructure across the region. We look at why the gas field is so important for Iran and the world. Plus, Pakistan has offered public transp...
In tonight's edition, dozens of people have been killed in multiple attacks in Nigeria on Easter weekend. Also, disruption to shipping routes linked to the Iran war has left about eight million kilograms of tea stuck in warehouses in Kenya. And in the DRC, tens of thousands of jubilant fans gave their football team a hero’s welcome after securing qualification for the World Cup for the first time ...
The White House briefly published – then deleted – a video from Donald Trump’s private Easter luncheon in which the US president made a series of inflammatory remarks, and repeated false claims about several public figures. These extraordinarily candid comments were likely never supposed to be heard by the public. However, the closed-door footage was downloaded by a journalist before it was remove...
The White House briefly published — then deleted — a video from Donald Trump’s private Easter luncheon in which the US president made a series of inflammatory remarks, and repeated false claims about several public figures. These extraordinarily candid comments were likely never supposed to be heard by the public. However, the closed-door footage was downloaded by a journalist before it was remove...
Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen, Dr Marc Roscoe Loustau, Affiliated Fellow at the Central European University, says that "next to Viktor Orban, the person who stands to lose the most in case of a Fidesz party loss is Vladimir Putin". According to press reports quoting intelligence officials, the powerful explosives found near a Serbian gas pipeline to Hungary may be part of a "false flag" oper...
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday told reporters that Iran could be taken out in one night, "and that night might be tomorrow night," warning Tehran it had to make a deal by Tuesday night or face wider bombing raids. FRANCE 24's Reza Sayah reports from Tehran.
NASA’s Artemis II astronauts sent detailed observations of the Moon after traveling farther from Earth than any human before, breaking Apollo 13’s distance record. Mission control regained contact after a 40-minute blackout behind the Moon, with the crew expressing relief as communications were restored with Earth.
Artemis II set a new distance record on Monday, breaking the previous record set by the Apollo 13 mission, for the farthest spaceflight from Earth. During the lunar flyby, which will last for several hours, the Artemis II crew will study specific lunar sites and phenomena as part of a 10-goal plan by NASA.
Artemis II set a new distance record on Monday, breaking the previous record set by the Apollo 13 mission, for the farthest spaceflight from Earth. During the lunar flyby, which will last for several hours, the Artemis II crew will study specific lunar sites and phenomena as part of a 10-goal plan by NASA.
Artemis II set a new distance record on Monday, breaking Apollo 13's previous record, for the farthest spaceflight from Earth. During the lunar flyby, which will last for several hours, the Artemis II crew will study specific lunar sites and phenomena as part of a 10-goal plan by NASA.
