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US President Donald Trump has fired Pam Bondi, a loyalist who oversaw Justice Department upheaval during her role as US attorney general, replacing her with his former personal attorney Todd Blanche.
Nabil Nahas has been painting for seven decades. From his childhood in Lebanon to his career in New York, he is now presenting his latest monumental work in Venice as his country’s representative at the 2026 Contemporary Art Biennale. The artist speaks to us about his connection to the ancient civilisations of his homeland, and why he believes politicising international platforms is the wrong appr...
Iran fired more missiles at Israel and Gulf Arab states Thursday, demonstrating Tehran’s continued ability to strike its neighbors even as US President Donald Trump claimed the threat from the country was nearly eliminated.
Russia is sending a second oil tanker to Cuba as the island struggles with a deepening energy crisis under a US fuel blockade, Energy Minister Sergei Tsivilev said Thursday. The move follows a first delivery this week amid widespread blackouts and shortages after Washington cut off key supplies, prompting Moscow to step in.
France’s hard-left France Unbowed party said several Black lawmakers received racist letters, condemning what it called entrenched discrimination. The incident follows a surge of abuse targeting recently elected Saint-Denis Mayor Bally Bagayoko, underscoring concerns about rising racism in French public life.
Nadia Massih is pleased to welcome Dr. Wouter Dewulf, professor at the University of Antwerp AMS where he serves as Academic Director for the Master of Maritime/Air Transport Management. According to Dr. Dewulf, the current crisis facing global airlines must be understood as a convergence of geopolitical upheaval and unstable markets. The sharp rise in oil prices, driven by war, has immediately ha...
Passengers on commercial flights passing over Florida were treated to a spectacular sight Wednesday as the Artemis II space mission blasted off for the moon, with some capturing footage of the launch from plane windows.
Heavily armed and dressed in camouflage, members of Iran's Basij paramilitary force have been circulating photos of themselves patrolling the streets of Tehran with portraits of the new supreme leader since early March. The aim: to dissuade Iranians from restarting protests against the regime.
The sky turned red above the Greek island of Crete on Wednesday as strong winds blew in dust from the Sahara in Africa. It comes as Storm Erminio batters the Greek mainland.
If long-time Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban emerges victorious from this month's general election it will have consequences far beyond the central European country, analysts say. Since his return to power in 2010, Orban has repeatedly tussled with the European Union, with Polish and Irish leaders condemning his government's close links with Moscow as "sinister" and "repulsive" Tuesday after...
Journalists, news outlets, satirists and cartoonists are among the spate of citizens targeted by India’s increasingly strict laws on digital censorship. Critics say that a new set of rules will further expand executive power over the internet and signal a growing digital authoritarianism.
Tehran will press on with the Middle East war until the United States and Israel face "permanent regret and surrender", the spokesperson of its armed forces' unified command said on Thursday, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency. The threat followed comments by US President Donald Trump that Washington would hit Iran "extremely hard" within weeks, although Iran was "essentia...
Come aboard the Sarfaq Ittuk, Greenland's last active ferry connecting its west coast. Despite routing opportunities presented by melting ice due to climate change, it could stop navigating by 2027 due to a lack of funding.
Global air travel remains severely disrupted, with many people still unable to fly as planned to destinations after the Iran war forced the closure of major Middle Eastern hubs, including Dubai, Doha and Abu Dhabi.
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said on Thursday there was no end in sight to a war that had already displaced a million people over the last month, as families fleeing Israeli strikes said they were exhausted by repeated rounds of conflict. Lebanon is entering the second month of conflict between Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah and Israel, which has pledged to occupy swathes of southern Le...
In this week’s show, we turn the spotlight on France’s appetite for nuclear energy. It is one of the most nuclear-dependent countries in the world, with atomic power at the heart of its national energy strategy. When – and why – did France decide to bet so heavily on the atom? For decades, nuclear energy has been seen not just as a source of power, but as a cornerstone of national sovereignty. But...
France has tightened security across Paris amid heightened international tensions and a raised "terrorist threat", authorities said Thursday, after a foiled attack targeting a US bank. Police have scaled up their presence at sensitive sites while other major US banks, including Citigroup, have asked staff in Paris and Frankfurt to work from home as a precaution.
About 40 countries are discussing joint action to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to stop Iran holding "the global economy hostage," Britain said on Thursday, after US President Donald Trump said securing the waterway was for others to resolve.
Easter is just around the corner – and for many people around the world, that means chocolate. Here in France, chocolate shops are filled with eggs, rabbits, hens, bells and – somewhat surprisingly – even small shellfish. We explore the tradition of Easter chocolates with one of France’s great masters of all things sweet, Pierre Hermé.
As the Artemis 2 mission blasts off for the Moon, an expert has spoken to FRANCE 24 about NASA’s plans to return sustainably. Olivier Sanguy, head of Space News at the Cité de l’Espace (Space City) in Toulouse, southern France, says reusable spacecraft could significantly reduce costs. He spoke to us in Perspective.
Sexual violence has become a hallmark of conflict in Sudan, according to a new report from MSF, as the country approaches the fourth anniversary of its civil war. The report highlights the scale of devastation inflicted on civilians in Darfur, set against an even longer history of repeated cycles of violence and atrocity. It reveals that in 2024 and 2025 nearly 3,400 survivors of sexual violence s...
Sexual violence has become a hallmark of conflict in Sudan. That according to new report from MSF as we approach in a few weeks the fourth anniversary of the huge war in the country. The report says the scale of devastation inflicted on civilians in Darfur is difficult to comprehend, amid an even longer history of repeated cycles of violence and atrocity. The report saying that in 2024 and 2025 ov...
Fertility treatments such as IVF are becoming increasingly common. But a study by UK-based organisation Fertility Matters at Work suggests that nearly two-thirds of respondents do not feel comfortable speaking to their employer about support during the process. Our guests, Becky Kearns – CEO and co-founder of Fertility Matters at Work – and Suzy Jackson, COO of RVO Health, say both employers and g...
In Lebanon, the reach of the war is stretching far beyond the front lines. For those with chronic illnesses, the conflict has created a silent, secondary crisis - cutting off access to the life-saving medicine they need to survive. In Beirut’s oncology wards, the cost of treatment is too much for some families to bear. Among them is eight-year-old Hani, whose battle for recovery is now a race agai...
French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday said it would be unrealistic to launch a military operation to force open the Strait of Hormuz after US President Donald Trump challenged allies to work towards reopening it. In unusually strong criticism, Macron accused Trump of constantly contradicting himself on the Iran war and of undermining faith in the NATO military alliance.
Iran responded to US President Donald Trump’s address to Americans on the war with new missile attacks targeting Israel and the Gulf Arab states Thursday, underlining Tehran’s insistence that it rejected Washington’s outreach for a ceasefire while maintaining its grip on the Strait of Hormuz. FRANCE 24's Noga Tarnopolsky reports from Jerusalem.
With President Donald Trump present, US Supreme Court justices signaled skepticism on Wednesday toward the legality of his directive to restrict birthright citizenship in the US, part of his hardline immigration approach that would upend the long-held understanding of a key constitutional provision.
US President Donald Trump delivered his first nationwide address since the start of the war in the Middle East on Wednesday. Trump claimed the US was “very close” to achieving its objectives in Iran and vowed to hit the country “extremely hard” in the coming days.
Wild leopards in the heart of Indian cities, bears roaming the streets in Japan, and foxes wandering through central London. Increasingly, wild animals are appearing in urban areas in search of food, with hundreds of videos buzzing across social media. So what explains this growing phenomenon? Our colleagues at France 2 report, with Lauren Bain.
Footage of US President Donald Trump making fun of his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte during a private lunch has sparked anger in France, prompting even some of Macron's fiercest critics at home to rally in his defence. The French president said the disparaging comments were "neither elegant nor up to standard".
