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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.
Israel's military said Thursday its forces had carried out a wave of strikes across Iran, as Tehran continues to insist that it will not negotiate on a peace deal. US President Donald Trump has warned he is ready to “unleash hell” if Iran does not accept a deal to end the nearly four-week Middle East war. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.
Israel's military said Thursday its forces had carried out a wave of strikes across Iran, as Tehran continues to insist that it will not negotiate on a peace deal. US President Donald Trump has warned he is ready to “unleash hell” if Iran does not accept a deal to end the nearly four-week Middle East war. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.
Ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro is set to appear in a New York court on Thursday for the second time since his dramatic capture by US forces in January. Maduro faces multiple charges including drug trafficking and weapons offences, as his lawyers challenge legal and procedural obstacles amid US sanctions.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko made his first visit to North Korea on Wednesday, where he was warmly received by Kim Jong Un. The trip highlights growing ties between the two Moscow-aligned nations, both of which have supported Russia’s war in Ukraine, even as human rights abuses and Western sanctions continue to mount.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko made his first visit to North Korea on Wednesday, where he was warmly received by Kim Jong Un. The trip highlights growing ties between the two Moscow-aligned nations, both of which have supported Russia’s war in Ukraine, even as human rights abuses and Western sanctions continue to mount.
Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky said the US is conditioning post-war security guarantees on Kyiv ceding the Russian-occupied Donbas, as Washington pushes for a swift end to the war. Zelensky warned such terms would weaken Ukraine’s defences and embolden Moscow, amid uncertainty over future US support despite continued military aid.
France's Finance Minister Roland Lescure revealed on Wednesday that between 30 and 40 per cent of Gulf refining capacity has been damaged or destroyed by Iran's retaliatory strikes, leaving a shortage of 11 million barrels a day on global oil markets. Lescure warned it could take up to three years to restore damaged facilities, and several months to restart those that were urgently shut down.
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Thousands of oil contracts -- a far higher volume than normal -- were traded 15 minutes before Trump pledged to halt strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure, sending prices tumbling. Traders who bet on prices dropping ahead of the announcement would likely have profited from Trump's sudden reversal, prompting analysts to question whether some market participants had acted on prior information. FR...
François Picard is pleased to welcome Tina Khidasheli, Jurist and former Minister of Defence of Georgia. According to Khidasheli, Georgia is suspended between its declared European future and an increasingly authoritarian present. While formally holding candidate status for European Union membership, the political reality has shifted toward systemic control, legal ambiguity, and the suppression of...
François Picard is pleased to welcome Tina Khidasheli, Jurist and former Minister of Defence of Georgia. According to Khidasheli, Georgia is suspended between its declared European future and an increasingly authoritarian present. While formally holding candidate status for European Union membership, the political reality has shifted toward systemic control, legal ambiguity, and the suppression of...
In tonight's edition, the UN General Assembly designated the transatlantic African slave trade as "the gravest crime against humanity," in a move advocates hailed as a step towards healing and possible reparations. Also, in a visit to top African trading partner Algeria, Italy's prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, said the two nations would work to increase deliveries of Algerian gas. And the conflic...
