Iran: Dams almost empty in Mashhad, home to 4 million people
• 9 nov 2025, 16:23
1 min de lecture
Water levels at the dam reservoirs supplying Iran’s north-eastern city of Mashhad have plunged below 3%, according to reports, as the country suffers from severe water shortages. Director of the United Nations University for Water, Environment and Health, Kaveh Madani, gives his insights on this critical drought in Iran.
COP30 kicks off with call for faster action, but without the US
• 10:20
1 min
UN climate negotiations were expected to begin Monday at a meeting on the edge of the Brazilian Amazon, with leaders pushing for urgency, cooperation and acceleration after more than 30 years fighting to curb global warming by drastically reducing the ca
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Ten years on, France bears the scars of the November 13 attacks
• 10:14
1 min
France marks 10 years since the November 13 attacks.
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US senators take major step to end record 40-day federal shutdown
• 10:04
1 min
Fraser Jackson, our cotrrespondant in Washington, has more.
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Oil drilling to begin in part of Brazil's Amazon rainforest
• 10:02
1 min
As the COP30 climate summit opens in the Brazilian Amazon city of Belem, Brazil is stepping up its race for oil. The government agency in charge of environmental protection recently authorised oil giant Petrobras to drill several oil wells at the mouth o
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Paris court to hear Sarkozy’s request to be freed from jail pending appeal
• 07:44
1 min
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy's request to be released from prison pending appeal will be heard by a Paris court Monday less than three weeks after the ex-head of state began serving a five-year prison sentence for conspiring to raise campaign
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How the November 13 Paris attacks increased police powers and eroded civil liberties
• 07:12
1 min
In the wake of the November 13, 2015 Paris terror attacks, the French government declared a nationwide state of emergency that gave the authorities sweeping powers to fight terrorism – at the expense of some civil liberties. Ten years later, some of thes
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French prosecutors request Sarkozy's supervised release from jail pending appeal
• 06:25
1 min
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy's request to be released from prison pending appeal will be heard by a Paris court Monday less than three weeks after the ex-head of state began serving a five-year prison sentence for conspiring to raise campaign
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COP30: France's Fontainebleau forest serves as ‘laboratory' for climate change adaptation
• 06:21
1 min
France’s Fontainebleau forest – one of the world's first nature reserves – has felt the impacts of the climate crisis for many years. As the world’s nations meet for the COP30 climate talks, this forest just 60 kilometres southeast of Paris serves as a “
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Ligue 1: PSG get narrow win over Lyon to return to first place in standings
• 06:14
1 min
Paris Saint-Germain won (3-2) away at Olympique Lyonnais. PSG are back at the top of the table, while OL are seventh.
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BBC director resigns after row over Donald Trump documentary edit
• 04:32
1 min
The director general of Britain's BBC, Tim Davie, and the chief executive of news, Deborah Turness, have stepped down following criticism over bias at the corporation, including in the way it edited a speech by US President Donald Trump.
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US senators take step towards ending longest government shutdown in history
• 03:15
1 min
The US Senate on Sunday advanced a bill to end the government shutdown after some Democrats agreed to drop demands for an immediate extension of health care subsidies, angering others in their party. Lawmakers voted 60-40 in a procedural step toward pass
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Ecuador prison riot turns deadly as 27 inmates found asphyxiated, four shot dead
• 02:59
1 min
At least 27 inmates were found dead from asphyxiation Sunday at Ecuador’s Machala prison in El Oro province, hours after an armed riot killed four others and injured dozens, authorities said.
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