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The skeleton of famed French musketeer Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan may have been found in front of a church altar in the Dutch city of Maastricht, church officials and an archaeologist said on Wednesday. Workers discovered a grave containing human remains beneath tiles after part of the floor of St Peter and Paul Church subsided in February, triggering a race to identify the skele...
In this edition of French Connections, Genie Godula and Florence Villeminot continue their tour of Paris with a stop in one of the French capital's oldest and most influential neighbourhoods: the 6th. Le sixième arrondissement has quintessential Left Bank (Rive Gauche) energy. It's intellectual, romantic, sophisticated and no doubt a little smug, but definitely worth a stop on any visit to Paris. ...
Go to sleep in France, wake up in Germany. That's the idea between the iconic Paris-Berlin sleeper train, which is once again being revived. The night train was launched by SNCF in 2023 after a near-decade hiatus… But managed only stayed in operation until December 2025. Now, a new company is taking on the mission.
Iran and the United States appeared at an impasse Thursday, with each side hardening its position over talks and setting the stage for another potential escalation in the Middle East war. Thousands more US troops neared the region, while Tehran tightened its grip on the crucial Strait of Hormuz. Sirens over Israel warned of barrages of incoming Iranian missiles, and Gulf nations worked to intercep...
As the regional conflict between Israel and Iran enters a volatile new phase, a banned weapon of war is reappearing over civilian centers. While Israel’s defence systems remain robust, a new threat – the cluster ballistic missile – is testing the limits of safety. Unlike a single warhead, these missiles release hundreds of "bomblets," turning neighborhoods into active minefields long after the sir...
A NATO report on Thursday said military spending by European allies and Canada rose by 20 percent in 2025. US President Donald Trump has repeatedly demanded that NATO partners significantly boost defence expenditures, with leaders agreeing at a summit last year to spend 5 percent of GDP on defence and related investments by 2035.
A NATO report on Thursday said military spending by European allies and Canada rose by 20 percent in 2025. US President Donald Trump has repeatedly demanded that NATO partners significantly boost defence expenditures, with leaders agreeing at a summit last year to spend 5 percent of GDP on defence and related investments by 2035.
A NATO report on Thursday said military spending by European allies and Canada rose by 20 percent in 2025. US President Donald Trump has repeatedly demanded that NATO partners significantly boost defence expenditures, with leaders agreeing at a summit last year to spend 5 percent of GDP on defence and related investments by 2035.
Wearing identical uniforms, a dozen paramedics gathered around a pair of caskets in the southern Lebanese town of Nabatieh as they prepared to bury two of their own killed in an Israeli strike. Ali Jaber and Joud Sleiman were hit on Tuesday as they headed out on a motorcycle in southern Lebanon on a rescue mission, according to Lebanon's health ministry. Both were wearing paramedic uniforms and...
For more than 2 weeks, maritime traffic throughout the Strait of Hormuz has been disrupted. Several vessels have been attacked, and the blockage of the world's most strategically important maritime corridors has not just regional, but global repercussions. In an attempt to prevent a major oil crisis and plunging the global economy, countries around the world are trying to find ways to reopen the s...
A man who suffered extreme grief after the sudden death of his wife has spoken to FRANCE 24 about his project to travel to every single country in the world, and how it brought him out of his grief. Barry Hoffner first took one trip and found that his reconnection with people was helping him to heal. He discovered a way of shifting from grief to the idea that there was something left in life. His ...
Syria’s government has begun implementing an agreement with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to gradually integrate Kurdish fighters and administrative structures into state forces. The move follows weeks of fighting during which government forces retook significant areas in the northeast that had remained under SDF control for over a decade. FRANCE 24's Wassim Nasr tells us more.
In Hungary, mayors now have the right to "select" residents of their towns after a new law was passed last summer. The far-right mayor of Pilis, a town of 12,000 inhabitants, is one of them. One former resident of the town, who was forced to leave, explains why he believes the procedure is discriminatory, particularly towards the Roma minority. Our France 2 colleagues report, with FRANCE 24's Flor...
PRESS REVIEW – Thursday, March 26: We look at reactions after Meta and YouTube were found guilty of social media harms in what is being hailed as a "landmark" trial. Will it give impetus to thousands of other lawsuits in the waiting? Also: Italy's Giorgia Meloni headed to Algeria in a lightning-quick diplomatic visit aimed at securing gas supplies. Plus: Vogue's publisher Conde Nast goes to court ...
PRESS REVIEW – Thursday, March 26: We look at reactions after Meta and YouTube were found guilty of social media harms in what is being hailed as a "landmark" trial. Will it give impetus to thousands of other lawsuits in the waiting? Also: Italy's Giorgia Meloni headed to Algeria in a lightning-quick diplomatic visit aimed at securing gas supplies. Plus: Vogue's publisher Conde Nast goes to court ...
Elon Musk's profitable rocket and satellite internet company SpaceX is reportedly preparing to raise $75 billion on public equity markets as its subsidiary xAI burns cash. But first: a pair of US court verdicts against social media giants could signal the sector's Big Tobacco moment, and France's finance minister convenes G7 officials to address the economic fallout from the Iran war.
The European Parliament on Thursday approved a proposed reform that would allow member states to deport migrants whose asylum applications have been rejected to offshore detention facilities outside EU borders. Migrant arrivals to Europe have declined in recent years, shifting the focus to repatriating people ordered to return to their country of origin.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said during a visit to Algeria Wednesday that the two countries would work together towards "increasing deliveries of Algerian gas" to the EU member state. The two would work together on projects including shale gas extraction and offshore exploration, she said at a press conference alongside Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune.
“A great French destiny,” “a certain idea of the left”: Emmanuel Macron will pay a national tribute on Thursday to former Socialist prime minister Lionel Jospin, who died on Sunday and was a leading figure of the “plural left” coalition that governed from 1997 to 2002. FRANCE 24's Clémence Waller reports from the ceremony.
A US plan aimed at ending the war in the Middle East has been conveyed to Tehran through Pakistani mediators. However, according to Press TV, Iran has rejected the proposal and put forward its own conditions. Despite these indirect exchanges, Israel has carried out large-scale strikes in Iran. FRANCE 24's Noga Tarnopolsky reports from Jerusalem.
A US plan aimed at ending the war in the Middle East has been conveyed to Tehran through Pakistani mediators. However, according to Press TV, Iran has rejected the proposal and put forward its own conditions. Despite these indirect exchanges, Israel has carried out large-scale strikes in Iran. FRANCE 24's Noga Tarnopolsky reports from Jerusalem.
Hungary has banned its gas transmission system operator from holding auctions for shipments to Ukraine in the third quarter, as it moves to wind down supplies to its neighbour in a dispute over oil flows. Hungary and Slovakia, whose leaders are outliers in the European Union for maintaining relations with Moscow, blame Kyiv for an outage on the Druzhba pipeline that supplies their refineries ...
The WHO chief said Wednesday the health situation in Cuba was "deeply concerning" as the US fuel blockade deepens the island's energy crisis. "Health should be protected at all costs and never be at the mercies of geopolitics, energy blockades and power outages," World Health Organization director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on X.
A Los Angeles jury on Wednesday found Meta and Alphabet's Google negligent for designing social media platforms that are harmful to young people, in a $6 million verdict that will serve as a bellwether for numerous similar cases. Large technology companies in the US have faced mounting criticism in the last decade over child and teen safety.
A resolution proposed by Ghana at the United Nations on Wednesday to recognise transatlantic slavery as the "gravest crime against humanity" and calling for reparations has been adopted despite resistance from Europe and the US. At a UN General Assembly vote, 123 countries supported the resolution, which is not legally binding but carries political weight, while three opposed it, including the U...
A crude oil tanker sailing from the Russian port of Novorossiysk to Istanbul was hit by a naval drone near Istanbul's Bosphorus strait Thursday morning, Turkey's Transportation Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu said. No one was injured in the attack, which Uraloglu said had targeted the ship's engine room.
France is "more and more keen" on investing in Australian critical minerals projects, Australia's Resources Minister Madeleine King said Thursday, as countries across the world race to secure access to rare earths and other much-needed minerals. Canberra is hunting for billions in foreign investment in mining and processing projects in the hope of reaping high rewards from critical minerals export...
In their final warm-up match before the start of the FIFA World Cup (June 11-July 19) in the United States, Mexico and Canada, France face Brazil in a glamour friendly. Weakened by absences, the Brazilians will have their work cut out against the French side, the 2022 World Cup runners-up, who comfortably topped their qualifying group. This international break could also be Kylian Mbappé’s chance ...
In their final warm-up match before the start of the FIFA World Cup (June 11- July 19) in the United States, Mexico and Canada, France face Brazil in a friendly. Weakened by absences, the Brazilians will have their work cut out against the French, the World Cup runners-up, who comfortably topped their qualifying group. This international break could also be Kylian Mbappé’s chance to become the Fre...
Israel killed Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ naval commander Alireza Tangsiri in an overnight air strike, Defence Minister Israel Katz said Thursday. As the US-Israeli war on Iran creeps towards the one-month mark, both sides continue to harden their positions while a diplomatic push for a ceasefire stalls. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.
