Making it rain: Inside the United Arab Emirates' cloud-seeding programme
• 7 nov 2025, 00:09
1 min de lecture
With the COP30 climate summit under way in Brazil, we take you to the United Arab Emirates, one of the most arid countries in the world. There, the government has implemented a cloud-seeding programme to increase rainfall. While the UAE mainly uses seawater desalination to obtain water, it has also employed this cutting-edge technology as drought continues to worsen in the Middle East. It's therefore a necessity, but also a soft power tool for the Gulf monarchy, which plans to become a global leader in access to "blue gold" and will host the next UN Water Conference in 2026. FRANCE 24's Amélie Zaccour and Sophie Guignon report, with Josh Vardey.
Israeli strikes in Lebanon kill three, EU calls for truce to be respected
• 15:30
1 min
Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon on Saturday killed three people, including two brothers in a car on the slopes of Mount Hermon. The IDF said they were "terrorists" smuggling weapons. The EU called on all parties to respect a ceasefire reached in Nove
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Iran plans water cuts for Tehran amid worst drought in decades
• 14:36
1 min
Iranian officials on Saturday were drawing plans for periodic water supply cuts to Tehran neighbourhoods a day after President Masoud Pezeshkian warned that the Iranian capital might have to be evacuated if there were no rains before the end of the year.
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Turkey issues arrest warrant against Netanyahu for 'genocide' in Gaza
• 10:54
1 min
Turkey on Friday announced it had issued arrest warrants for Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli government officials for "systematically" perpetrating "genocide and crimes against humanity" in Gaza. France24 correspondent Noga T
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Gaza's students celebrate their graduations after two years of war and amid ongoing hardship
• 10:23
1 min
Though the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas remains fragile, Gazans are finding reason to celebrate, their students. In Khan Yunis, in the south of the enclave, the first graduation ceremony in more than two years was held yesterday. Despite bombings a
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Iranian's capital Tehran faces possible mass evacuation due to sever water shortages
• 10:19
1 min
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian warned in a televised address on Friday that Tehran may have to be evacuated due to severe water shortages if no rain falls before the end of the year. Morgan Ayre reports.
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Israel identifies returned remains as Israel-Argentine hostage killed at start of war
• 08:29
1 min
Israel on Saturday identified the latest remains returned by Hamas as Israeli Argentinian Lior Rudaeff, who was killed in the October 7, 2023 attack. The Palestinian death toll in the Gaza war rose to more than 69,000, Gaza health officials said Saturday
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