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Footage provokes outrage, as bellicose and performative far-right politics continue to spread across AmericasColombia’s hardline president, Abelardo De La Espriella, has provoked outrage after posting a video on social media in which he strides through rows of white body bags that he says contained the corpses of 23…
Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is celebrating a milestone: her hard-right government is now the longest-lasting in the country's post war history. In a country known for its political instability, it's a notable record. But considerable challenges remain for Italy's first female prime minister, ahead of…
Shein and Temu are expanding across Africa with low prices and vast product ranges. Businesses and unions warn the growth could come at a cost for local jobs.
Shein and Temu are expanding across Africa with low prices and vast product ranges. Businesses and unions warn the growth could come at a cost for local jobs.
The Houthis, an Iran-backed militia, appear to be trying to gain control of a port city near the Bab al-Mandab Strait, a key choke point for global trade.
"Who do I call if I want to speak to Europe?" The famous quote attributed to Henry Kissinger still resonates today. There is in fact a Mrs Europe on the world stage: Kaja Kallas, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. She is actually the sixth high representative. But ever since that post…
Two Muslim female journalists allege they were detained and brutally assaulted by police in India’s capital, Delhi.
Warrant follows charge she threatened to have Marcos, his wife and a cousin killed by a hitman.
Unbeaten French challenger Flora Pili stands in the way of Taylor becoming undisputed world champion for a third time.
Israel has seized the strategically placed Ali al-Taher ridge in southern Lebanon from Hezbollah fighters, Defence Minister Israel Katz said Friday. The Iran-aligned Shiite group did not confirm losing the highland, which sits around 10 kilometres from the border with Israel and was pummelled by Israeli strikes in…
UN food price index rises to four-year high, illustrating impact of war and weather.
William Hilderbrandt is pleased to welcome Dr. Giulia Sandri, Associate researcher at the Free University of Brussels. Meloni has benefited from something historically scarce in Italian politics: longevity. Four years of governmental stability have allowed her to accumulate diplomatic relationships, strengthening…
In a show to kick off a new season, we explore the rise of women archaeologists – and how they are helping to transform our understanding of ancient societies. In the last 30 years, women have come to make up more than half of the profession. At the same time, advances in technology – from DNA analysis to carbon…
From My Lai to civilian killings in Afghanistan, Iraq, the US has often denied role before later quietly acknowledging.
The growing number of attacks on substations and railway lines in Germany is raising concern. Experts say, however, that people will have to get used to the likelihood that such incidents will continue.
Fighting has intensified between Iran-backed Houthi rebels and Yemeni government forces since Thursday.
Ben-Gvir sets out a plan for the illegal forced expulsion of all Palestinians from the Gaza Strip
This week, FRANCE 24's media show Scoop looks at the murder of anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. Press freedom groups are furious after Maltese businessman Yorgen Fenech was acquitted of involvement. Caruana Galizia was an outspoken critic of the government and described as a "one-woman WikiLeaks".…
British hard-right leader Nigel Farage's Reform UK party gathered for its annual conference on Friday engulfed by a fresh scandal. Just hours before Farage's address, two senior Reform officials resigned following an undercover investigation aired by Channel 4 News that alleged they had conspired to secure a foreign…
US President Donald Trump's White House on Thursday unveiled a website featuring classic arcade games – but with a "MAGA" twist, in which players can deport migrants and build a border wall. Rights groups swiftly criticised the release of the online games, which comes as the Trump administration steps up its mass…
The return of Washington's negotiators raises hope of progress towards a settlement to end Moscow's war on Ukraine.
US President Donald Trump raised doubts about whether the United States would support Britain in another conflict over the Falkland Islands in an interview with a British broadcaster aired Thursday, injecting new tension into the long-standing dispute over the British-controlled archipelago also claimed by Argentina.…
France on Friday allocated more than €1 billion in aid to support farmers recovering from droughts after a brutal, record-breaking summer. The allocation includes €520 million for rapid payments to help farmers deal with weather damage and a €235 million recovery fund to buy seeds, plants and animal feed,…
Britain insisted Friday that the Falkland Islands "are British" after Argentine President Javier Milei suggested the "winds of change" now favoured his country's claim to the archipelago, citing Washington's readiness to reconsider its neutrality in the dispute. The islands' fate returned to the headlines after US…
