US jury rules Live Nation is illegal monopoly

16/04/2026 09:10 France 24

A federal jury in New York finds for the plaintiffs in an antitrust lawsuit against concert giant Live Nation, which owns Ticketmaster. We take a closer look. But first: the IMF warns on mounting public debt amid a global energy crisis, and China's economy beats expectations as growth accelerates despite the Iran war.

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Sudan civil war: Civilians caught in the deadly crossfire of a ruthless army-RSF power struggle

François Picard welcomes Dallia Abdelmoniem, Political / Media Analyst and Commentator on African and Middle Eastern affairs. Sudan is a war-torn nation unraveling in real time, warns Abdelmoniem. She says that we are not just witnessing a conflict between rival armed factions; it is a systematic...

16/04/2026 11:28 France 24

Pakistani army chief visits Tehran in hopes for renewed talks between US and Iran

Pakistan’s army chief is set to meet with Iranian officials in Tehran on Thursday in a bid to extend the ceasefire which paused almost seven weeks of war between Israel, the US and Iran that have killed thousands of people and upended global markets by disrupting the flow of oil. The meeting come...

16/04/2026 10:37 France 24

Ukraine: At least 16 killed in overnight Russian strikes

🔴 🇷🇺 🇺🇦 At least 16 people were killed in #Russian strikes across #Ukraine overnight between Wednesday and Thursday, which targeted residential buildings in the capital #Kyiv as well as in the cities of #Dnipro and #Odesa....

16/04/2026 10:35 France 24

Madonna announces new album, a sequel two decades later, 'Confessions on a Dance Floor: Part II'

As Madonna sang in her 2005 hit, “Hung Up,” time goes by so slowly. But it continues to move. On Wednesday, the pop superstar announced she'll release a new album, “Confessions on a Dance Floor: Part II,” on July 3 via Warner Records — 21 years after the original....

16/04/2026 10:01 France 24

Trump says Lebanese and Israeli leaders to speak

US President Donald Trump said Lebanese and Israeli leaders will speak for the first time in decades on Thursday, while Pakistan said peace in Lebanon was essential for talks it is mediating between Washington and Tehran on ending the Iran war. The Lebanon conflict spiralled out of the US-Israel...

16/04/2026 09:59 France 24

'Confusion' as Trump says Israel, Lebanon leaders to hold talks

US President Donald Trump said the leaders of Israel and Lebanon will speak on Thursday in what would be a historic first, but there was no confirmation from either side. Lebanon was pulled into the Middle East war on March 2 after the Lebanon-based armed group Hezbollah, which is backed by Iran, a...

16/04/2026 09:57 France 24

Russian massive strikes kill at least 16 across Ukraine

A massive Russian drone and missile barrage killed at least 16 people in cities across Ukraine, more than four years into the war with peace talks stalled, Ukrainian officials said on Thursday. The Ukrainian air force said Russia had launched 659 drones in the attack and 44 missiles, over the last...

16/04/2026 09:56 France 24

Russia warns drone companies in Europe could be 'potential targets'

PRESS REVIEW – Thursday, April 16: We take a look at the latest coverage from the Russian independent papers. Next: a story about how new technologies are helping the elderly to combat loneliness. Also: a baby elephant has a similar story to that of Punch the monkey. Finally, why did a British t...

16/04/2026 09:47 France 24

Anti-France influencer Kemi Seba arrested in South Africa for inciting rebellion in Benin

An anti-France activist and influencer has been arrested in South Africa for “inciting rebellion” by openly supporting last year’s foiled coup in Benin. Kemi Seba was born in France to Benin parents but was stripped of his French nationality two years ago for his many attempts to fuel anti-Fr...

16/04/2026 09:46 France 24

Why is France’s bill against ‘new forms of anti-Semitism’ sparking controversy?

French lawmakers are on Thursday set to debate a controversial bill that proposes labeling any implicitly expressed "hatred" against the state of Israel as anti-Semitic, making it a crime under the country’s terrorism laws. Critics of the “Yadan law” warn the new legislation will not just muz...

16/04/2026 08:00 France 24

More than a dozen killed in Russian attacks on Kyiv, other Ukrainian cities

More than a dozen people, including at least one child, have been killed in Russian missile and drone attacks on infrastructure and residential buildings in Kyiv and in other Ukrainian cities like Odesa and Dnipro overnight to Thursday. Several dozens of civilians were also injured in the assaults....

16/04/2026 05:14 France 24

Russian strikes kill three, including child, as drones and missiles hit Kyiv

Russia launched overnight drone and missile attacks on Ukraine, killing three people, including a child, and triggering air alerts in Kyiv, officials said Thursday. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said a 12-year-old boy and a 35-year-old woman were among the dead as strikes intensified after months of...

16/04/2026 03:26 France 24

Middle East war live: Beirut casts doubt on US president’s Lebanon-Israel talks claim

An official source in the Lebanese government has contradicted US President Donald Trump’s claim that the leaders of Lebanon and Israel are set to talk on Thursday, saying that Beirut is “not aware” of any upcoming contact between the two. Israel has also backed the US's claim, but did not gi...

16/04/2026 02:16 France 24

Two billion dollars pledged for Sudan at Berlin aid conference

In tonight's programme: Donors have pledged nearly $2 billion for Sudan as the country marks three years of war. Also, Pope Leo XIV delivers a strong message in Cameroon's capital Yaoundé. Plus Ghana is cracking down on overfishing fuelled by foreign vessels and destructive practices....

15/04/2026 21:10 France 24

Sudan's forgotten war: three years on, humanitarian catastrophe has no end in sight

Three years into a war that has displaced 11 million people and killed tens of thousands, Sudan’s conflict remains deadlocked, with civilians trapped in a cycle of violence and deprivation and no viable path to peace....

15/04/2026 19:25 France 24

Sudan enters fourth year of war as officials lament 'abandoned crisis'

Famine. Massacres. And now badly needed food and other supplies are under strain. Sudan on Wednesday enters a fourth year of war that's being called an “abandoned crisis,” as a new conflict in the Middle East throws into shadow the fighting that has forced 13 million people to flee their homes....

15/04/2026 15:28 France 24

US blockade of Iranian ports 'fully implemented'

The US military said Tuesday that it successfully stopped six ships from sailing out of Iranian ports during the first 24 hours of a naval blockade against the Islamic republic. Central Command (CENTCOM) – which is responsible for American forces in the Middle East – said more than 10,000 US tr...

15/04/2026 15:26 France 24

Live: Reports of possible Israel-Lebanon ceasefire

Israel's security cabinet will convene on Wednesday to discuss a possible Lebanon ceasefire, a senior Israeli official said, more than five weeks into a war with Hezbollah that spiralled out of the US-Israeli conflict with Iran. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ‌Netanyahu's security cabinet...

15/04/2026 15:25 France 24

'War on women and girls' : Sexual violence the 'blueprint and strategy' of Sudan's brutal civil war

As Sudan's brutal civil war enters its fourth year, Angela Diffley is joined by Idil Absiye, Regional Policy Advisor for Women, Peace and Security at the UN Women East and Southern Africa Regional Office. Drawing on field data, partner testimonies, and recent institutional reporting, she examines h...

15/04/2026 15:06 France 24

'If we don't divide the land we're heading to apartheid': Ex-head of Israel's Shin Bet

In an interview with FRANCE 24, Ami Ayalon, former head of Israel's domestic intelligence agency Shin Bet, warned that Israel is "heading to apartheid" unless it divides the land with the Palestinians. He argued that "there is a limit to what we can achieve by the use of military power" in Iran and...

15/04/2026 14:55 France 24

168 children killed by Israel's strikes in Lebanon

Jawad Younes, 11, and his cousins were playing soccer in the lot between their houses, as they often did. Minutes later, an Israeli strike came. Jawad and his cousin are among 168 children killed — of more than 2,100 people in all — by Israel's strikes in the six weeks of renewed war between th...

15/04/2026 13:03 France 24

Israel-Lebanon talks: US Rubio hails 'historic opportunity' even amid challenges

Lebanon and Israel held their first direct diplomatic talks in decades on Tuesday in Washington following more than a month of war between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group, with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio calling it a “historic opportunity” but making clear that no bre...

15/04/2026 13:00 France 24

Israel & Hezbollah trade fire a day after historic talks in Washington

Israeli strikes rocked southern Lebanon overnight and into Wednesday, a day after a first round of historic talks between Lebanese and Israeli officials in Washington. Smoke rose over the coastal city of Tyre, underscoring the fragility of diplomatic efforts. Though Israeli strikes in Beirut have e...

15/04/2026 12:54 France 24

Mediators move to extend US-Iran ceasefire, Trump says talks could resume soon

President Donald Trump said talks with Iran to end the war could soon resume and end in a deal, telling the world to watch out for an "amazing two days", while US forces imposing a blockade turned back vessels leaving Iranian ports. With the prospect of US and Iranian officials returning to Pakista...

15/04/2026 12:53 France 24

'At every single step there is death and danger': The struggle to get food in Sudan

On the third anniversary of the start of the war in Sudan, which has killed tens of thousands of people, an aid worker from one of the main NGOs still there has spoken to FRANCE 24 about the starvation of the people. She also spoke about the incredible way the Sudanese come together to try to help...

15/04/2026 12:31 France 24

No, south Lebanon towns haven’t disappeared from Apple Maps

Social media users are claiming that Apple has intentionally removed towns in southern Lebanon from its Maps app, sparking allegations of a link to the ongoing Israel-Lebanon conflict. Apple has denied the claims, stating the locations were never indexed to begin with and citing longstanding covera...

15/04/2026 11:04 France 24

Italian papers united as PM Meloni faces off with Trump

PRESS REVIEW – Wednesday, April 15, 2026: First, the Italian front pages rally around Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni as she stands up to US President Donald Trump. Next, war robots in Ukraine have captured Russian positions for the first time in history. Meanwhile, the war in Sudan enters its fou...

15/04/2026 10:08 France 24

Toddler among 10 killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza

Gaza's civil defence agency said on Tuesday that a toddler was among 10 people killed in separate Israeli strikes in the northern part of the Palestinian territory. Violence continues despite a ceasefire in the Gaza war that came into effect on October 10, with both Israel and Hamas regularly accus...

15/04/2026 10:01 France 24

After three years of war, exiled Sudanese find their place in Kenya

This Wednesday marks three years since the start of the civil war in Sudan, a conflict that has forced 14 million people to flee their homes. Some 4 million of them have left their country altogether. While many have fled to neighbouring countries, some have chosen Kenya. The capital Nairobi has be...

15/04/2026 09:39 France 24

US urges IMF, World Bank to abandon climate finance goals

The climate-denialist Trump administration is pushing the World Bank and International Monetary Fund to stop focusing on clean energy development projects. We take a closer look. But first: Russia vows to make up for any shortfall in Chinese oil supplies due to the US-Israeli war on Iran, and crude...

15/04/2026 09:23 France 24

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