'El Niño turbocharging climate change', warns Gareth Redmond-King

Strikes on Russian strategic sites show Ukraine 'ramping up long-range strikes'

Ukrainian drones hit energy and military sites in Saint Petersburg as officials gathered for a flagship economic forum in the city. The strikes come a day after a barrage of Russian missiles and drones killed 23 people across Ukraine. FRANCE 24's Kethevane Gorjestani looks at why those strikes are...

Israel strikes hospital in southern Lebanon

Israel continues to hit targets in Lebanon despite a partial US-brokered ceasefire in place. Lebanese and Israeli diplomats are in Washington for the fourth round of direct talks, but those negotiations have been strongly opposed by Hezbollah. Pressure also mounting within Netanyahu's own governmen...

Kuwait airport hit by Iranian drones as US and Iran trade fire

The fragile ceasefire in the US Iran war was tested overnight as Tehran launched a series of drone and missile attacks on Kuwait, hitting and severely damaging its international airport. Kuwaiti authorities have insisted that missiles are being intercepted while the US has launched what it calls se...

Frederiksen to remain Denmark's PM leading centre-left coalition government

Denmark's government has finally been unveiled after the country's general election back in March. Mette Frederiksen will return for a third term as prime minister, leading a centre-left coalition minority government. She is expected to maintain a firm stance against US President Donald Trump's amb...

NATO chief on unannounced visit to Kyiv after deadly Russian attacks

NATO chief Mark Rutte arrived in Kyiv on June 3 for an unannounced trip after a series of large-scale fatal Russian attacks on the Ukrainian capital. It also comes as Ukrainian drones hit Saint Petersburg just as the city's flagship economic forum opens. FRANCE 24's Emmanuelle Chaze has more from K...

France's recognition of Its role in the 1994 Rwanda Genocide marks a historic turning point

François Picard is pleased to welcome Juliette Bour, Historian and Author of a forthcoming book in French, "Like Men, Women Politicians Complicit in Rwandan Genocide". More than three decades after the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, France continues to confront difficult questions abou...

Live: Russian warship at Baltic Fleet base struck overnight, Ukraine says

The Ukrainian military said Wednesday it struck Russia’s Boikiy warship at its Baltic Fleet base overnight, causing a massive fire aboard the ship. Russia said it would continue to strike Ukraine "systematically" after Ukrainian drones hit an oil terminal and naval base in Saint Petersburg. The...

Japan's samurai spirit still burns in cooler conditions

Japan's thousand-year-old samurai horse festival has survived wars, earthquakes and a nuclear disaster. Now it's battling a new challenge -- climate change....

Middle East war live: Iran launches deadly drone attack on Kuwait airport

Kuwait on Wednesday said an Iranian drone and missile attack targeted the country’s international airport and ‌killed at least one person and wounded several others and briefly caused flight suspensions and diversions. The attack comes just hours after Iran and the United States traded missile...

Russia 'trying to prevent Armenia's diversification of connectivity', expert says

Speaking with FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney, Anna Ohanyan, Richard B. Finnegan Distinguished Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Stonehill College, explains that the narrative of "Armenia pivoting from Russia to Europe is a misconception", adding that [Vladimir] "Putin is try...

Macron unveils Rwanda genocide memorial in Paris, marking 'quest for truth'

French President ⁠Emmanuel Macron and ​his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame on Tuesday inaugurated a ​memorial in Paris honouring the victims of the 1994 genocide. Unveiling the installation on the banks of the Seine, Macron said the monument marked "the culmination of a long and patient quest...

The Macron method: How to deal with Putin's Russia?

Here's one for free speech absolutists to chew on: What should the French government do when the former head of Russian state television's French-language channel is offered a place of rank on an all-news station with a free-to-air broadcast license and she touts Kremlin propaganda lines with littl...

US, Iran: Washington keeps 'chasing the perfect war'

No lessons learned:The Quincy Institute's Adam Weinstein tells #F24Debate Washington keeps chasing the fantasy of a 'quick and easy' war abroad ➡️https://f24.my/BxciRead the full article⤵️https://quincyinst.org/2026/05/06/washington-is-still-chasing-the-perfect-war/...

REPLAY: Rubio faces Senate grilling over Trump's foreign policy

Secretary of State Marco Rubio told lawmakers Tuesday in his first public testimony since the Iran war began that the Iranians have agreed to negotiate on nuclear points that they had not been willing to address in the past but would not offer an assessment on what those talks might produce....

Russia 'bogged down' in Ukraine, suffering net territorial losses for first the time since 2023

Angela Diffley is pleased to welcome Peter Zalmayev, director of the Eurasia Democracy Initiative. He offers a forceful assessment of the evolving dynamics of Russia's war against Ukraine. Rejecting narratives of Russian momentum, he argues that Moscow's intensified bombardment of Kyiv reflects mou...

140,00 Kyiv residents without power after Russian attack

Russia pounded several Ukrainian cities with hundreds of drones and dozens of ​missiles early on Tuesday, killig18 people and wounding more than 100. Ukraine says Russia launched 656 drones and 73 missiles overnight. FRANCE 24's Gulliver Cragg reports from Kyiv....

French wine made in late 1890s and hidden under Czech castle lovingly restored

Eight bottles of Chateau d'Yquem – one of the world's most expensive white wines – were among a collection of 136 bottles discovered under a Czech castle floor that were hidden by the owners after the end of World War II. They have now been restored by the original French winemakers in what th...

Ukrainian cities targeted by hundreds of drones as Russia intensifies attacks

Moscow launched over 600 drones and 70 missiles on Kyv and other Ukrainian cities overnight on June 2. Dozens were injured, and the death toll is rising quickly. This comes as Russia has intensified its attacks on Ukraine in the past few weeks....

WWII internment of travellers: French survivors fight for recognition

Throughout World War II, discriminatory policies saw thousands of Romani, Sinti, Manush, Yenish and travellers displaced across France, imprisoned in vast internment camps and sent to extermination camps in Eastern Europe. Eighty years ago, the last travellers were freed from French internment cam...

Armenia Prime minister refuses Moscow's pressure for EU referendum

Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan rejected on Monday Russian leader Vladimir Putin's call for Yerevan to hold a referendum on joining the EU. This pressure from Moscow comes a week before a parliamentary vote, on June 7th....

Trump says Iran talks moving fast despite threat to widen war

US President Donald Trump said Monday that talks with Iran were moving at a "rapid pace", even as Tehran threatened to widen the war by keeping the Strait of Hormuz blocked and activating other pressure points around the region. Iran's Tasnim news agency reported that Tehran had suspended dialogue...

Russian attack on Ukraine kills at least 14 and traps others in damaged buildings

Moscow launched hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles against Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities overnight. At least 14 civilians were killed and more than 100 others were wounded. Residents crowded into the metro in an attempt to escape the bombardment....

French Open: Aryna Sabalenka prevails in night session game against Naomi Osaka

Aryna Sabalenka made easy work of Naomi Osaka (7-5, 6-3) in round of 16. She will face Russia's Diana Shnaider in the quarter-final....

Middle East war live: Israel calls on residents of Lebanon's Nabatiyeh city to leave their homes

The Israeli military on Tuesday called on residents of the southern Lebanese city of Nabatiyeh to leave their homes ahead of planned strikes in the area. Clashes continue between Israel and Shiite militant group Hezbollah despite US President Donald Trump’s claim to have brokered an end to fighti...

Russian attacks kill several people and wound more than 100 across Ukraine

Russian air strikes hit several major Ukrainian cities early on Tuesday, killing at least 18 people and wounding more than 100, authorities said. Kyiv, Dnipro and Kharkiv were among the hardest hit, with residential buildings damaged and thousands of residents sheltering underground amid ongoing ai...

Iran rejects reports President Masoud Pezeshkian resigned over power struggle

Over the last 24 hours, reports have surfaced claiming Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian resigned due to an alleged power struggle between his government and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps which is “excluding” him from decision-making in the Iran war. Tehran has outright denied the rep...

Who is Abelardo de la Espriella, the far‑right Trump fan who could lead Colombia?

Far-right defence attorney and businessman Abelardo de la Espriella topped the first round of Colombia’s presidential election Sunday, followed closely by leftist senator Ivan Cepeda. A fervent supporter of US President Donald Trump as well as the authoritarian crime crackdown of El Salvador’s...

Forever at war? US, Iran trade blows as Israel pushes deeper into Lebanon

What happened to that four-week campaign that the Pentagon promised? Overnight volleys between Iran and the United States are met by many with a shrug, so often has the current ceasefire been violated. Even the deal in the works is mostly to roll over that fragile truce and open more talks, not to...

France seizes Russia-linked oil tanker

France's navy has intercepted a sanctioned tanker linked to the Russian oil trade in the Atlantic Ocean and ordered the vessel to head for the French mainland, in a move Russia said was illegal and bordered on "international ​piracy". French President Emmanuel ‌Macron on Monday posted a video o...

Live: Israeli military issues evacuation warning for Beirut's southern suburbs