Lithuanian schoolchildren taught to fly drones in order to strengthen defense capabilities
Europe • Sep 22, 2025, 7:00 PM
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Drone technology has changed the nature of the war in Ukraine. And neighbouring countries are grasping the importance of the remote controlled flying units. Lithuanian youngsters are now learning how it's done. FRANCE 24's James Vasina reports.
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Europe • 9:01 PM
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Following FRANCE 24's wide-ranging interview with French President Emmanuel Macron in New York at the UN, François Picard welcomes our International Affairs Commentator Douglas Herbert and Time magazine’s veteran international correspondent Vivienne Walt
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Europe • 8:16 PM
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Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen, Melinda Haring, Senior Community Engagement Advisor, Razom for Ukraine, says that there are forces within the Trump camp that support Ukraine and one of them is Melania Trump, who has been reportedly very affected by
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'A speech calculated to appeal to Trump and the Global South'
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Reporting from Kyiv, FRANCE 24's correspondent Gulliver Cragg says Volodymyr Zelenskyy's speech at the United Nations General Assembly was one very much calculated to please US President Donald Trump and 'to appeal to the Global South, to people who are
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Ukraine’s president says the world is in `the most destructive arms race in human history’
Europe • 7:09 PM
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told global leaders Wednesday that the world is in “the most destructive arms race in human history” and urged the international community to act against Russia now, asserting that Vladimir Putin wants to expand hi
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Trump’s pro-Kyiv pivot raises stakes: Will EU release €200bn in frozen Russian assets to Ukraine?
Europe • 5:50 PM
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Bart M. J. Szewczyk, Author, nonresident Senior Fellow at the German Marshall Fund and adjunct professor at Sciences Po, joins Genie Godula to break down Donald Trump’s latest rhetorical pivot on Russia. The US president’s recent remarks, suggesting Ukra
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Emmanuel Macron to France 24: We must show ‘we know how to protect Ukraine’
Europe • 4:04 PM
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French President Emmanuel Macron speaks to France 24 and RFI about the situation in Ukraine.
Watch the full interview at france24.com.
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Amid death spiral of war, militancy, and genocide, is two-state solution politically unattainable?
Europe • 3:35 PM
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The collapse of the two‑state paradigm is not the failure of a single actor. The Israeli and Palestinian leaderships, Arab states, international mediators, Europe, the United States, and the United Nations all bear some level of responsibility for the vo
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Drone incursions and cyberattacks shake European security
Europe • 1:04 PM
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Tensions are high in Europe after a series of drone incursions and hacking episodes at critical sites over the past few days. Investigators have yet to figure out who was behind the disruption, but Moscow has come out and said allegations of Russian invo
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In Arctic region of Svalbard, scientists study impact of climate change on polar bears
Europe • 11:43 AM
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Some 300 polar bears live in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard. But with sea ice rapidly receding due to climate change, researchers are trying to understand how the animals are adapting. FRANCE 24's Olivier Morin, Matthew Kay and Solenn Marcoux repo
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Greenland women recount forced contraception as Danish PM set to apologise
Europe • 9:13 AM
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Danish and Greenlandic leaders will apologise Wednesday for decades of forced contraception of Indigenous women in Greenland, including the forced insertion of IUDs, a policy that traumatised thousands.
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Macron stands with Palestine and Ukraine in UN speech, refuting political 'double standards'
Europe • 3:05 AM
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In his speech at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, French President Emmanuel Macron spoke in defence of the organisation, countering US President Trump's dismissal of the United Nations. Macron, who officially recognised the state of Palestine on behal
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France refuses to grant asylum to anti-whaling activist Paul Watson
Europe • 12:51 AM
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According to a French asylum agency document seen on Tuesday, NGO Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson has been refused political asylum in France. The dual US/Canadian citizen has an outstanding arrest warrant from Japan relating to damage caused to a Japan
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UK man arrested over alleged cyberattack that disrupted major European airports
Europe • 12:16 AM
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British police arrested a man in his 40s in southern England over an alleged cyberattack that disrupted operations at airports including London Heathrow, Berlin and Brussels, officials said Wednesday.
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