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US President Donald Trump says he's weighing lifting oil sanctions in an effort to keep energy prices down, in a move that is seen benefiting Russia and its financing of the war in Ukraine. Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen, Sergey Vakulenko, Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Centre, explains that sanctions have done little so far to stem oil exports, but a crude shortage is much more...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday that a "key" military factory in Russia's western city of Bryansk had been targetted and hit in a missile strike. Russia earlier accused Kyiv of a "terrorist" attack in Bryansk that it said killed six civilians and wounded at least 37 people, without specifying what the target was.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday that it hit a "key" military factory in Russia's western city of Bryansk in a missile strike. Russia earlier accused Kyiv of a "terrorist" attack in Bryansk that it said killed six civilians and wounded at least 37 people, without specifying what the target was.
Ukraine hit a "key" military factory in a missile strike Tuesday on Russia's western city of Bryansk, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said after Moscow gave a toll of six dead in the attack.
Reporting from Doha in Qatar for FRANCE 24, journalist Hoda Abdel-Hamid explains that the Gulf region will undergo "a complete reset at the end of this war" as a result of the relentless strikes from Iranian drones and missiles, "whether it is on the military side, rethinking the need or use of the US assets around the region, or people thinking about moving or not" to the area.
It is the centerpiece of Iran's oil industry. Located some 25 kilometers, or 15 miles, off the shore of mainland Iran, Kharg Island is a small but vital strip of land, for the Iranian regime. Around 90% of its crude oil exports pass through here. FRANCE 24's Solange Mougin reports.
In the space of 24 hours, more than 100,000 people fled in #Lebanon amid #Israeli strikes. About 667,000 people have been displaced since the start of the attacks, which started following that of #Hezbollah on #Israel.
New footage shows what an expert investigative group says is likely an American Tomahawk missile hitting a compound in Minab, southern Iran, metres from the school where a deadly unclaimed blast killed over 165 people at the start of the war in the Mideast. It comes as mounting evidence points to US culpability for the strike.
After the October 7th attacks, Israel spent billions housing 200,000 displaced citizens. Now, the government is determined to keep people in their homes even as war rages just across the border in southern Lebanon, while esidents say they aren’t going anywhere, no matter the risk. Our special correspondents filed this report.
Several cities in #Iran were targeted by fresh Israeli strikes as the US-Israeli campaign carried on in the country. US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth on March 10 warned it would be the "most intense day" of strikes in the country.
Some 25 kilometres off Iran’s southern coast lies a tiny island overrun by pipelines, terminals and storage facilities. This is Kharg Island – the beating heart of Iran’s oil exports – and a seemingly perfect target to weaken the Islamic Republic. But despite mounting pressure from Israel, the United States appears reluctant to strike it. Why?
Russia's deportation and forcible transfer of "thousands" of Ukrainian children during the war in Ukraine amounts to a crime against humanity, a United Nations team of investigators said Tuesday. Moscow has failed to establish a system facilitating returns, focusing instead on long-term placement of the children with families or institutions in Russia while relatives were not informed of their fat...
“The Bechdel Test” started as a joke in one of her comic strips before becoming one of the most famous measures of gender representation in film. Now, acclaimed American cartoonist Alison Bechdel has joined forces with French critic Iris Brey for their new essay, “La Véritable Histoire du test de Bechdel”. FRANCE 24’s Charli James speaks with Bechdel about the true story behind the test, how it fe...
Russia has so far been the only winner from the war in the Middle East as energy prices soar and attention for its war against Ukraine has faded, EU Council President Antonio Costa has said. Late on Monday, US President Donald Trump and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin discussed the war amid reports that Trump's administration is considering reducing oil sanctions on Russia - in a bid to boost w...
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tuesday his country would keep fighting as long as necessary, casting doubt on US President Donald Trump's insistence that the conflict would be over "soon."
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday will be the most intense day yet of US strikes inside Iran as the Islamic Republic, its firepower diminished, vowed to fight on. US President Donald Trump, for his part, has sent contradictory signals about how long the war could last. France 24’s Douglas Herbert takes a closer look.
An emblematic monument of French culture, the Louvre Museum embodies nearly 9,000 years of history and houses more than 600,000 works of art across over 70,000 square metres of gallery space. It is the most visited museum in the world, welcoming around nine million visitors each year – well beyond the capacity for which it was originally designed. In recent years, the institution has been shaken b...
While Iranian forces continue to block the Strait of Hormuz, which normally carries around 20 percent of global oil supplies, a number of ships linked to China have managed to transit through the strait, leaving some to speculate a deal has been made between Beijing and Tehran.
There is "real fear" among many ordinary Iranians that Donald Trump, who said this week the US war on Iran could be over "soon", may strike some sort of deal with the country's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei, a man many see as behind some of the harshest internal repression seen in the country in recent years. That is according to France 24 Observers journalist Ershad Alijani, who has been sp...
France 24's Catherine Norris Trent reports from Lebanon's Sidon, where she says waves of displaced people have been arriving as they head further north in an effort to escape Israeli strikes. Israel's military said earlier Tuesday it would soon strike Hezbollah infrastructure in Sidon and other locations in Lebanon's south, warning residents to move away from targeted buildings.
On Europe’s eastern flank, the Baltic states – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania – fear they could become Vladimir Putin’s next target. After several drone incursions from Russia, the three countries are stepping up their defence strategies on the ground and in the air. This report from our colleagues at FRANCE 2 and FRANCE 24’s Guillaume Gougeon.
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that the country's military offensive against Iran was "not done yet", saying the operation was degrading Iran's clerical leadership, despite comments from US president Donald Trump that the war could be over "very soon". France 24's Olivia Bizot has the latest from Jerusalem.
US attacks on Iran will hit a new intensity Tuesday and the war will continue as long as President Donald Trump decides, Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth said. "Today will be yet again, our most intense day of strikes inside Iran -- the most fighters, the most bombers," Hegseth told a news conference at the Pentagon.
A strike hit near the south Lebanon city of Tyre on Tuesday after the Israeli military said it would target Hezbollah infrastructure there and warned residents to leave. The Israeli military had said it would also target coastal city of Sidon. France 24’s correspondent Renée Davis has the latest.
After accusing Israel of “unlawfully” using white phosphorus over residential areas of a southern Lebanese town last week, Human Rights Watch says Israel “must be pressured by its allied countries” to prevent such incidents from happening again. Speaking to FRANCE 24, HRW Communications Director for the Middle East and North Africa, Ahmed Benchemsi, said countries could “even impose targeted sanct...
Australia on Tuesday granted humanitarian visas to five Iranian women soccer players after they sought asylum, fearing persecution on their return home for their refusal to sing the national anthem at an Asia Cup match. "Australians have been moved by the plight of these brave women," Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told a news conference in Canberra a day after police helped extract ...
Australia on Tuesday granted humanitarian visas to five Iranian women soccer players after they sought asylum, fearing persecution on their return home for their refusal to sing the national anthem at an Asia Cup match. "Australians have been moved by the plight of these brave women," Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told a news conference in Canberra a day after police helped extract ...
FRANCE 24's François Picard welcomes Jon Marks, author, political scientist and chairman/founder of Cross-border Information. Having followed energy markets for decades, Marks warns that we are in uncharted waters: the current crisis bears little resemblance to any previous shock.
François Picard is pleased to welcome Jon Marks, Author, Political Scientist and Chairman / Founder of Cross-border Information. As someone who has followed energy markets for decades, Mr. Marks warns we are in uncharted waters: the current crisis does not neatly resemble any of the previous shocks. Analysts instinctively search for historical parallels: the oil shocks of the 1970s, the tanker war...
Beloved children's character Winnie the Pooh, who ambled into the world in 1926 in a book written by English author AA Milne and illustrated by EH Shepard, is turning 100. Disney, which now holds the rights to the self-described bear of "very little brain" and his lovable pals, is holding a year-long celebration in its honour.
