News : France24

Today

Ukraine studies debris said to be from Russia's experimental ballistic missile

Ukraine has recovered what it says are fragments of the experimental ballistic missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead that Russia fired at the Ukrainian city of Dnipro earlier this month. Members of Ukraine’s SBU security service said investigator

Read the article

Music show: Kendrick Lamar drops surprise album 'GNX'

In this arts24 music show, Jennifer Ben Brahim tells us about the big album release of the week: rapper Kendrick Lamar's "GNX". The surprise record pays homage to the California hip-hop artist’s roots, with a heavy dose of West Coast rap. The album comes

Read the article

Genital mutilations: Kenyan families send their girls across border to evade prosecution

Today marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. In Kenya, 15 percent of girls have undergone female genital mutilation. Efforts to combat and criminalise the practice are growing, with stricter laws having been in place s

Read the article

Israel, Hezbollah at war; Lebanon caught in crossfire: Attacks could 'destroy centuries of heritage'

The war between Israel and Hezbollah continues to escalate, leaving Lebanon's most treasured archaeological sites in danger of getting caught in the crossfire and becoming another casualty of war. As heavy exchanges of fire continue unabated and battles

Read the article

'Wicked' and 'Gladiator' make gravity-defying theater debuts

The musical adaptation "Wicked" and action epic "Gladiator II" racked up a combined $270.2 million in global ticket sales over the weekend, a gift to cinemas heading into what may be a record-setting holiday season. The robust box office returns provided

Read the article

'Existential challenge': Plastic pollution treaty talks begin

A final round of talks on a treaty to end plastic pollution opened on Monday, with deep differences between nations emerging almost immediately. The meeting opened just hours after a chaotic end to the COP29 climate talks in Baku, which agreed to a boost

Read the article

Survivors, sniffing dogs join anti-mine march at Cambodia's Angkor Wat

Survivors and sniffing dogs joined hundreds of people at Cambodia's Angkor Wat on Sunday for a march against landmines after the US decision to send anti-personnel mines to Ukraine. Participants, including landmine victims and deminers, repeatedly chante

Read the article

The moving testimony of one woman who escaped femicide

Last year in France 134 women were killed by their current or former partners. Tackling the rate of femicide was one of Emmanuel Macron’s pledges when he came to power in 2017. Since then various measures have been put in place to bring that number down

Read the article

In election shock, Romanian far-right NATO critic set to contest presidential run-off

A hard-right critic of NATO who has praised Russia is set to face a centre-right opposition leader in a presidential election run-off in Romania that could undermine its pro-Western stance after a shock outcome in the first-round vote. The outcome was a

Read the article

Pro-Russia candidate leads Romanian polls, PM out of the race

A pro-Russia far-right candidate took a surprise lead Monday in Romania's presidential election, as the EU-leaning premier was knocked out of the race that will be decided in a December run off. The result is a political earthquake in the country of 19 m

Read the article

Menswear & couture collections 2024/25: New inclusive communication strategies

Luxury fashion is big business. To stay relevant, big luxury houses and independent labels alike know to constantly refresh their communication strategies. Celebrity endorsement still holds enormous sway, but the clothes themselves need to tell a story.

Read the article

Russia, Ukraine trade aerial strikes amid fears of escalation

Russia said Monday that it had shot down eight ballistic missiles fired by Ukraine, without saying where, while Russian attacks on Odesa and Kharkiv wounded more than 30, Kyiv said. Ukraine also targeted a Russian fuel depot in the latest wave of attacks

Read the article

'We need to reframe the language' on FGM as sexual assault, survivor Leyla Hussein says

Africa • 11:52 AM

A woman who was subjected as a child to Female Genital Mutilation has spoken to FRANCE 24 about the violence and torture she was forced to undergo. Leyla Hussein is a psychotherapist who now specialises in supporting survivors of sexual abuse. She grew u

Read the article

UAE arrests three Uzbek nationals as remains of murdered rabbi repatriated to Israel

United Arab Emirates authorities revealed on Monday the identities of the three suspects arrested for the murder of UAE-based Israeli-Moldovan rabbi Tzvi Kogan. All three suspects "are Uzbek nationals”, the interior ministry said. A plane carrying Kogan'

Read the article

Violence Against Women: Deadliest place for women is at home, UN report says

Europe • 10:50 AM

A UN report released on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women said that "almost 60 percent of all women who were intentionally killed in 2023" died at the hands of partners or family members. The report added that “the home

Read the article

'Glicked' dominates US box office

"Wicked" and "Gladiator II" dominated the US box office over the weekend, with "Wicked" expected to rake in $114 million. But first, Huawei's launch of its first flagship phone on Tuesday shows it's ready to cut ties with Western-backed systems. Plus, wi

Read the article

Vendée Globe: Swiss-German skipper living 'childhood dream'

FRANCE 24's Stuart Noval is joined live by Oliver Heer, Vendée Globe competitor and skipper on Tut gut' -- good for you -- boat. "it's a childhood dream," explains Heer, speaking from the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. But the skipper is also well aware o

Read the article

Israel moving towards a ceasefire deal in Lebanon

Lebanon's Hezbollah movement fired heavy rocket barrages at Israel on Sunday, after a powerful Israeli airstrike killed at least 29 people in Beirut the day before. Israel also struck Beirut's Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs, where intensified bomb

Read the article

Romania in shock after far-right populist enters presidential election's runoff

Europe • 9:54 AM

Romania's political landscape is reeling after a little-known, far-right populist secured the first round in the presidential election, electoral data showed Monday, going from an obscure candidate to beating the incumbent prime minister. Calin Georgescu

Read the article

French rape trial must 'change relations between men and women'

The trial in France of a man charged with enlisting dozens of strangers to rape his heavily-sedated wife has shaken French society and must fundamentally change relationships between men and women, a prosecutor said Monday. FRANCE 24's Carys Garland repo

Read the article

Violence against women: In Italy, a social cooperative helps victims rebuild their lives

The 25th November is the UN-designated International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. In the Campania region of the South of Italy, reintegrating the job market is a challenge for victims of domestic violence given the patriarchal cult

Read the article

French PM meets with far-right leader Le Pen as govt wobbles under budget pressures

Europe • 9:03 AM

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier met with far-right National Rally (RN) leader Marine Le Pen on Monday in an effort to forge a deal allowing approval of the government’s budget. Opposition parties have denounced the budget and the RN could join force

Read the article

Romania's far-right presidential candidate takes first round in shock poll, PM out

Europe • 8:33 AM

In a surprise outcome in the first round of Romania's presidential election, obscure hard-right candidate Calin Georgescu came in first place with 22.9 percent of the vote while pro-EU Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu was knocked out of the race despite hav

Read the article

France mass rape trial moves to sentencing

With evidence over in the shocking trial of a man who drugged his wife Gisele Pelicot for years so he could invite dozens of strangers to abuse her, French prosecutors will from Monday set out their sentencing requests to judges.

Read the article

Pelicot mass rape trial in France proceeds to sentencing phase

After 11 weeks of testimony, the Pelicot mass rape trial in France proceeds to the sentencing phase. Judges are expected to give their verdict on sentencing around December 20.

Read the article

G7 ministers meet in Italy to discuss conflicts in Gaza, Lebanon and Ukraine

Europe • 7:33 AM

The Group of Seven (G7) foreign ministers will meet near Rome on Monday and Tuesday to discuss the situation in the Middle East and the Red Sea, notably efforts to reach a ceasefire in Gaza and Lebanon. Officials will also discuss ways to continue suppor

Read the article

Israeli government boycotts Haaretz, one of the country's leading newspapers

PRESS REVIEW – Monday, November 25: Haaretz, one of Israel's leading newspapers, is boycotted by the Israeli government. Elsewhere, key talks aimed at reducing global plastic pollution begin in South Korea. Also, Donald Trump looks set to expel all trans

Read the article

Far-right candidate takes shock lead in Romania presidential poll

Hard-right candidate Calin Georgescu appears to be on track to make it to the final round of the presidential elections in Romania. Georgescu is leading with 22 percent, followed closely by center-left Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu at 20.6 percent, accor

Read the article

EU's top diplomat Borrell in Beirut as Israel and Hezbollah trade strikes

FRANCE 24 correspondent Rawad Taha reports on the EU's top diplomat Josep Borrell's visit to the Lebanese capital of Beirut on Sunday, as world leaders push for a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.

Read the article

Israel, Hezbollah trade strikes across Lebanese border

Israeli air strikes again rocked southern Beirut's suburbs on Sunday, with more attacks targeting eastern Lebanon. Hezbollah fired more than 250 projectiles into Israel, targeting the Tel Aviv area and the southern part of the country.

Read the article

Live: Israeli strikes hit south Beirut as education ministry shuts schools

Israel again hit Beirut’s southern suburbs on Monday, with state media reporting “three strikes on the vicinity of Haret Hreik”, as AFPTV images showed heavy smoke rising from the area. Lebanon’s education ministry shut schools on Monday, citing “the cur

Read the article

Number of children recruited by violent gangs in Haiti up 70%, says UNICEF

With violence surging across Haiti, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Sunday that almost half of the gangs which control the vast majority of the capital are made up of children, and the recruitment of children has seen a 70% increase o

Read the article

French prosecutors demand 20-year sentence of ex-husband in Pelicot mass rape case

The prosecution asked on Monday that Dominique Pelicot be given the maximum sentence of 20 years in prison for drugging and raping his then-wife, Gisele Pelicot, and recruiting others to rape her. The prosecutor told the court in Avignon that the prison

Read the article

Sudan on 'countdown to famine', says aid group

The head of the Norwegian Refugee Council said on Sunday that the ongoing war between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has pushed Sudan to the edge of famine, with both parties accused of weaponizing hunger and impeding the flo

Read the article

Leftist candidate Orsi wins Uruguay's presidential election

Former history teacher Yamandu Orsi of the Frente Amplio leftist alliance defeated conservative Alvaro Delgado of the National Party, part of the ruling Republican Coalition, in Uruguay's presidential election on Sunday. The Orsi victory sees Uruguay shi

Read the article

'World needs to wake up': War, famine ravage Sudan, as world 'sits & waits for people to make peace'

Since April 2023, war has pitted Sudan's armed forces against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), killing tens of thousands of people and uprooting more than 11 million. The NRC warns humanitarian aid is only "delaying deaths". As war-torn Sudan

Read the article

Justice eludes victims of sexual violence: 1% of rape cases in France 'result in a conviction'

Europe • 12:30 AM

An unprecedented mass rape trial in France has moved into a new phase with prosecutors beginning to lay out the verdicts and punishments they want for dozens of men accused of raping Gisèle Pelicot while she was drugged and rendered unconscious by her hu

Read the article

Collages as a reminder: The dedicated women supporting Gisèle Pelicot

The mammoth trial of 71-year-old Dominique Pelicot and the 49 other men who he recruited online is now in its closing stages. His now ex wife Gisele, has become a global feminist icon by waiving her right to remain anonymous. Each day at the trial, a ded

Read the article

Yesterday

US Secret Service puts robot patrol dog to work guarding Donald Trump

As US president-elect Donald Trump continues to nominate personalities to his cabinet, we take a look behind the scenes at how the US Secret Service is using the most up-to-date technology to protect the president-elect and ease the burden on agents. Thi

Read the article

Tzvi Kogan not 'a well-known figure, he [wasone of thousands of emissaries'

The body of an Israeli-Moldovan rabbi who went missing in the United Arab Emirates has been found after he was killed in what Israel described as a heinous 'anti-Semitic' attack. "If the Israeli suspicions are proven correct, and the UAE announces this w

Read the article

South Korea hosts treaty talks on curbing 'existential challenge' of plastic pollution

A conference on how to end plastic pollution opened on Monday in Busan, South Korea, but there was little consensus between nations on how to deal with the 90 percent of plastic produced globally that is not recycled.

Read the article

UAE arrests three suspects in murder of Israeli rabbi

The UAE's interior ministry said Sunday that it had arrested three people in connection with the murder of an Israeli-Moldovan rabbi who was living and working in the Gulf state. Israel condemned the killing as a ‘terrorist attack’.

Read the article

Italy retains Davis Cup after Sinner and Berrettini defeat the Netherlands

Italian Jannik Sinner completed a remarkable season on Sunday by sealing his country a second successive Davis Cup title with a 2-0 victory over Netherlands in the final at the southern Spanish city of Malaga. Matteo Berrettini laid the foundations with

Read the article

Israel: healing the traumas of volunteers who collect the remains of corpses through therapy

More than one year after October 7, Zaka volunteers, who collect the remains of the dead, including terror victims, are trying to find resilience in therapy sessions. These orthodox Jews were not accustomed to these methods, but some were surprised by th

Read the article

PM Marcel Ciolacu leads first round of Romanian presidential vote, show exit polls

In the first round of Romania's presidential election on Sunday, far-right leader George Simion is campaigning to replace President Klaus Iohannis, a liberal and staunch Ukraine ally. The election is being held amid a surge in inflation and fears over th

Read the article

More than 80 killed, dozens injured amid Pakistan sectarian violence

Pacific Asia • 3:46 PM

At least 82 people were killed and dozens were injured after days of clashes that began Thursday after gunmen attacked convoys of Shiite Muslims traveling under police escort. The incident sparked retaliatory attacks against Sunni residents and gunfights

Read the article

Hezbollah fires about 250 rockets and other projectiles into Israel in massive barrage

Hezbollah fired about 250 rockets and other projectiles into Israel on Sunday, wounding seven people in one of the militant group's heaviest barrages in months, in response to deadly Israeli strikes in Beirut. This comes as the EU's foreign policy chief

Read the article

Palestinian pottery sees revival in war-ravaged Gaza Strip

Traditional clay pottery is seeing a resurgence in the Gaza Strip, where Palestinians are forced to find solutions for a shortage of plates and other crockery to eat from in the territory ravaged by more than a year of war.

Read the article

Pakistan: outbreak of violence between Sunnis and Shiites, at least 82 dead

The new outbreak of violence between Sunnis and Shiites in northwest Pakistan since Thursday has left at least 82 people dead and 156 wounded. Community violence has been going on in the region for years, as France 24's local correspondent Shahzaib Wahla

Read the article

Six to face trial in Paris for blackmailing France footballer Paul Pogba

Six men with ties to French footballer Paul Pogba go on trial Tuesday on blackmail and extortion charges and for holding him at gunpoint. Three of Pogba's childhood friends and his own brother are among the accused.

Read the article

At least 82 killed in three days of Pakistan sectarian violence

Three days of bitter sectarian gunfights in northwestern Pakistan have killed at least 82 people and wounded 156 more, a local official said Sunday. Pakistan is a Sunni-majority country but Kurram district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province -- near the borde

Read the article

Developing nations blast 'paltry' $300 billion deal approved at COP29 UN climate summit

Europe • 7:48 AM

The contentious deal reached at the UN climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, commits developed nations to paying at least $300 billion a year by 2035 to help developing countries reduce their greenhouse gas emissons and prepare for disasters related to glo

Read the article

Far-right candidate takes shock lead in Romania presidential poll

Putin-praising candidate Calin Georgescu appears to be on track to make it to the final round of the presidential elections in Romania. Georgescu is leading with 22 percent, followed closely by center-left Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu at 20.6 percent, a

Read the article

Key points of the COP29 deal to help poorer nations cope with climate change

Europe • 3:19 AM

The Baku accord raises the amount of money that developed countries must provide to help poorer nations adapt to global warming to at least $300 billion per year by 2035. The deal states that the money will come from a "wide variety of sources", includin

Read the article

Uruguay voters head to polls with leftist alliance hoping for a comeback

Former history teacher Yamandu Orsi of the Frente Amplio leftist alliance faces Alvaro Delgado of the National Party, part of the ruling Republican Coalition, as voters head to polls on Sunday. A victory for Orsi would see Uruguay shift left after five y

Read the article

Famine in Sudan: the head of an NGO blasts the international community

War-torn Sudan is the victim of “the biggest humanitarian crisis on the planet”, Jan Egeland, Director of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), told AFP on Saturday, criticizing the indifference of the international community. Since April 2023, a war has

Read the article

EU urges immediate halt to Israel-Hezbollah war

The EU's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell called for an "immediate ceasefire" in the Israel-Hezbollah war while on a visit to the Lebanese capital for talks, as the militant group claimed a wave of cross-border attacks. Analysis by Yossi Mekelberg, Sen

Read the article

Basel approves splashing out nearly $40 million to host Eurovision

Europe • 12:01 AM

Voters in the Swiss city of Basel on Sunday approved putting nearly $40 million into hosting the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest. With funding approved, the glitzy annual TV event will proceed, despite opposition from conservatives.

Read the article

Saturday, november 23, 2024

'The Ukrainian army is outnumbered, in men and equipment'

Europe • 9:21 PM

Ukraine was bound to lose the territory it held in Russia, said FRANCE 24's correspondent in Ukraine Emmanuelle Chaze. "At the height of the Ukrainian offensive in the Kursk region, the Ukrainian army controlled over 1300 square kilometres of land, and w

Read the article

Israeli PM's speech was 'a declaration of war directed inside Israel'

Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu's speech on Saturday was, "a declaration of war directed inside Israel", said FRANCE 24's correspondent in Jerusalem Noga Tarnopolsky. 'The Prime minister, in his video statement, said that he and the state have

Read the article

COP29 final draft proposes 'at least' $300 billion for developing countries

Pacific Asia • 7:11 PM

A final draft deal released Sunday at the UN COP29 summit proposes that developed nations commit at least $300 billion per year by 2035 to help poorer countries confront climate change. A number of developing countries have already responded that they ne

Read the article