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Rome has called in Moscow's ambassador after a Russian TV presenter attacked Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on air, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said Tuesday. The remarks, condemned across the political spectrum, risk deepening already strained ties between Rome and Moscow amid tensions over Ukraine.
Rome has called in Moscow's ambassador following a string of harsh insults aimed at Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni by a Russian TV presenter, Italian FM Antonio Tajani said Tuesday. The remarks, widely condemned across Italy’s political spectrum, have further strained already tense relations between Rome and Moscow amid ongoing disagreements over Ukraine.
Italy has summoned Russia's ambassador in Rome after a Russian television presenter delivered a stream of insults against Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said Tuesday.
President Donald Trump said Tuesday the United States would indefinitely extend its ceasefire with Iran, easing fears that a fragile pause in fighting could collapse as stalled peace talks remain in limbo. The move comes amid mounting diplomatic pressure, with Pakistan scrambling to bring both sides back to the negotiating table and warnings from Washington and Tehran that hostilities could quickl...
Japan on Tuesday scrapped a ban on lethal weapons exports, a major change in its postwar pacifist policy as the country seeks to build up its arms industry amid worries over Chinese and North Korean aggression. FRANCE 24's Luke Shrago reports.
The EU's top court ruled Tuesday that anti-LGBTQ legislation in Hungary breached the bloc's rules, in a move hailed as a "landmark" victory by Brussels. The European Commission, 16 of 27 member states and the European Parliament took Hungary to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) over the law, in what has been billed as the largest human rights case in the bloc's history. FRANCE 24's James Vasina ...
President Donald Trump on Tuesday extended the US ceasefire with Iran to allow more time for talks, just hours before hostilities were set to resume, but he vowed to maintain a blockade of Tehran's ports. Trump indefinitely pushed back the end of the truce, crediting a request from mediator Pakistan and stressing the need to give Iran's "fractured" leadership time to form a proposal. FRANCE 24's F...
More than $71 billion will be needed over the next decade for recovery and reconstruction in war-ravaged Gaza, according to an EU-UN assessment published Monday. In their final Gaza Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment (RDNA), the United Nations and the European Union said that more than two years of war in the Palestinian territory "has led to unprecedented loss of life and a catastrophic humanitari...
Kyiv said Tuesday it has repaired the damaged Druzhba oil pipeline, clearing the last obstacle to a long-delayed €90 billion EU loan. The move forces Ukraine into the uncomfortable position of resuming Russian oil flows to Hungary and Slovakia even as Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky presses allies to tighten sanctions on Moscow.
France says the economic fallout from the Iran war has cost France at least 6 billion euros, as the government has rolled out support measures for businesses and households, increased defence spending and faced surging borrowing costs. To offset this while meeting its budget deficit target, officials say a freeze in some spending is necessary. Plus, Kevin Warsh, President Trump's pick for the next...
Former Chilean president Michelle Bachelet said Tuesday she hopes the world is finally ready for a woman to lead the United Nations as she campaigns to succeed António Guterres. She framed her bid as a chance to restore trust in the crisis-hit organisation and send a powerful global signal by appointing its first female chief.
More than $71 billion will be needed over the next decade for recovery and reconstruction in war-ravaged Gaza, according to an EU-UN assessment published Monday. In their final Gaza Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment (RDNA), the United Nations and the European Union said that more than two years of war in the Palestinian territory "has led to unprecedented loss of life and a catastrophic humanitari...
Former CIA analyst Larry Johnson alleged on a podcast this week that President Donald Trump wanted to use the nuclear codes against Iran during an emergency White House meeting, but that he was stopped by General Dan Caine, Chairman of his Joint Chiefs of Staff. He described the interaction as "quite the blow up." It comes as concern mounts over the US President's unpredictable behaviour, as many ...
In tonight's edition: The European Union is set to resume budgetary aid to Ethiopia, which was suspended when a brutal civil war broke out in 2020. Also, Nigeria's jet fuel shortage is being driven by disruptions at the Strait of Hormuz that have curtailed global supplies. Plus it's the final stop for Pope Leo's four-nation visit to Africa: he's now in Equatorial Guinea.
In tonight's edition, the European Union is set to resume budgetary aid to Ethiopia, which was suspended when a brutal civil war broke out in 2020. Also, Nigeria’s jet fuel shortage is being driven by disruptions at the Strait of Hormuz that have curtailed global supplies. And final stop for Pope Leo the 14th's four-nation visit to Africa: he's now in Equatorial Guinea.
The safety of Russian citizens in Moldova's breakaway Transnistria region is currently under threat, Sergei Shoigu, secretary of Russia's Security Council, said on Tuesday. Speaking on FRANCE 24, Laurențiu Pleșca, Policy Fellow at the German Marshall Fund, explains that Russia is using the same playbook it used in eastern Ukraine and Donbas adding that "it's remarkable that Shoigu is not e...
The European automobile industry is pivoting from car production to manufacturing combat drones and defense systems as the continent seeks to rearm in the face of Russia's continued threats. Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen, Rico Luman, Senior Economist for Transport and Logistics at ING Bank, explains that there is an extensive overlap in expertise between auto and weapons engineering that can...
US officials have announced that Vice President JD Vance's trip to Pakistan for peace talks with Iran is on hold, as a two-week truce was set to expire and both countries warned that, without a deal, they were prepared to resume fighting. Iran said on Tuesday it had still yet to decide whether to attend the talks. FRANCE 24's Reza Sayah reports from Tehran.
Yousra Elbagir, a journalist with British TV channel Sky News, has become the target of a smear campaign by supporters of Burkina Faso's junta leader Captain Ibrahim Traoré after she raised questions about security in the country and the repression of free speech.
Oliver Farry is pleased to welcome Dr. Maya Sion-Tzidkiyahu, Director of the Israel–Europe Relations Program at Mitvim. She says the relationship between Israel and Europe is becoming increasingly complex. While the US remains Israel’s primary strategic ally, Europe continues to play a decisive role economically, diplomatically, and symbolically. She highlights shifting European political and pub...
Oliver Farry is pleased to welcome Dr. Maya Sion-Tzidkiyahu, Israeli political scientist and Director of the Israel–Europe Relations Program at Mitvim Institute. The relationship between Israel and Europe is becoming increasingly complex, explains Dr. Sion-Tzidkiyahu. While the United States remains Israel’s primary strategic ally, Europe continues to play a decisive role economically, diplomatica...
In Brazil, the government has purchased land for Indigenous communities as part of historic reparations for human rights abuses linked to the construction of a hydroelectric dam in the 1970s. The newly acquired property covers 107 hectares—a small portion of the 3,000 hectares the government has agreed to buy for those whose land was flooded by the Itaipu dam. France24 correspondent Jan Onoszko te...
A former senior British Foreign Office official says he was under “constant pressure” from the Prime Minister’s office to speed up Peter Mandelson’s appointment as ambassador to the US, escalating a political row that is now threatening Keir Starmer’s leadership. Olly Robbins, the department’s most senior official until his dismissal last week, told a parliamentary committee that Number 10 showed ...
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam is set to meet with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée Palace late on Tuesday, with the president expected to reaffirm his support for the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, three days after the death of a French peacekeeper in southern Lebanon.
France’s far-right National Rally party president Jordan Bardella sat down for lunch Monday with the country’s leading employer federation, marking the latest step in a years-long campaign to woo business leaders in the lead-up to next year’s presidential election – and once again revealing the deep contradictions within the populist party's economic programme.
Israel carried out an airstrike in the Wadi Houjeir valley in southern Lebanon on Tuesday, according to local outlet L’Orient-Le Jour, despite a truce that came into effect on Friday. The Israeli army has also accused Hezbollah of violating the ceasefire, while the Iran-backed group says it is holding mass funerals for 44 fighters killed during more than six weeks of fighting. Eliza Herbert report...
Mediator Pakistan has yet to receive a formal response from Iran on whether it would send a delegation for a second round of talks with the United States, Islamabad's information minister said. "Formal response from Iranian side about confirmation of delegation to attend Islamabad Peace Talks is still awaited," Minister Attaullah Tarar posted on X, saying that a decision was "critical" as just ho...
Israeli bulldozers uprooted dozens of fruit trees in the plains of al-Lubban al-Sharqiya village, south of Nablus. “I've cared for these olive trees for 40 years, just as I cared for my own children. They uprooted about 40 olive trees,” says Fuad Daraghmeh, owner of some of the uprooted trees.
British counter-terrorism officers have made a total of 23 arrests over a wave of arson attacks targeting Jewish sites and an Iran-critical media outlet in London, the Metropolitan police said Tuesday. Police are investigating whether Iran paid "criminal proxies" to carry out the attacks.
In today's programme: Pope Leo XIV is in Angola, where he slammed exploitation and corruption by the rich and powerful before 40,000 faithful at an open-air mass in the city of Saurimo. Also, the Congolese government and the M23 rebel group say they have agreed to ease humanitarian aid deliveries and release prisoners within 10 days. And in Mali, more than a thousand people flee across the border ...
