France

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France in turmoil: 'No one is willing to say the country needs to make sacrifices'

As Paris wrestles with political deadlock, questions are mounting over France’s ability to project strength abroad. RFI spoke to author and political strategist Gerald Olivier about the ongoing politi...

8h ago

At least three killed in Russian drone and missile strikes on Ukraine

Russian drone and missile attacks in and around the Ukraine's capital killed at least three people early Saturday, officials said. The Kyiv City Military Administration said two people were killed in...

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Pope Leo follows papal tradition with Blue Mosque visit

Pope Leo XIV visited Istanbul’s iconic Blue Mosque on Saturday, echoing similar trips by past pontiffs. Previous papal visits to the Sultan Ahmed Mosque, as it is officially known, signalled respect f...

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Gunmen storm party headquarters as military cements power in Guinea-Bissau

Two of Guinea-Bissau's main political parties saw their headquarters attacked by armed men on Saturday as the military continues to establish its grip on power following a coup earlier this week. Part...

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Security guarantees a 'sticking point' in Ukraine peace deal

Ukraine is facing extremely hard challenges ahead as it is under pressure from Washington to agree to the terms of a peace deal with Russia, FRANCE 24's Douglas Herbert said in an analysis. "The stick...

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Trump says Venezuela airspace should be considered closed 'in its entirety'

President Donald Trump on Saturday warned that the airspace above and around Venezuela should be considered closed, escalating tensions with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro as Washington steps up...

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Change on the horizon for the Netherlands’ strained asylum system

As coalition talks progress this week in the Netherlands, following the general election on 29 October – in which the centrist Democrats 66 narrowly defeated Geert Wilders’ far-right Party for Freedom...

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Germany’s far-right AfD sets up youth wing, drawing thousands of demonstrators

Thousands of demonstrators gathered Saturday in the central German city of Giessen for the launch of far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party’s new youth organisation. The meeting was delayed as...

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French minister says most Airbus A320 planes fixed after emergency recall

Most of the 6,000 Airbus aeroplanes affected by an emergency recall had undergone a software fix by Saturday morning, according to France's Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot. Flights are resuming af...

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Airlines worldwide work to fix software glitch on A320 aircraft

Airlines around the world reported short-term disruptions heading into the weekend as they fixed software on a widely used commercial aircraft, after an analysis found the computer code may have contr...

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Airlines rush to fix Airbus A320 software glitch, disruptions reported

Airlines worldwide on Saturday rushed to fix software on hundreds of Airbus A320s after a JetBlue jet’s sudden altitude drop exposed a solar radiation-linked glitch. There were short-term disruptions...

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Trump casts long shadow over Honduran politics ahead of vote

US President Donald Trump on Friday made a major intervention into Honduran politics days before the Central American nation votes, pardoning a convicted ex-leader and threatening to cut US support if...

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US Defense Secretary Hegseth issued kill order after strike on Caribbean boat, reports say

The US military conducted a follow-up strike on a boat in the Caribbean that it believed to be ferrying drugs, killing survivors of an initial missile attack, US media reported Friday. Prior to the op...

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Hong Kong mourns victims of deadly building fire

An outpouring of grief swept Hong Kong on Saturday as thousands paid their respects and laid flowers for the 128 people killed in one of the city's deadliest fires, marking the start of an official, t...

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Bedbug scare at Cinémathèque Française forces Paris film hub to close

The Cinémathèque Française, home to one of France's biggest film archives, has halted screenings for a month after cinemagoers reported being bitten by bedbugs.

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Haitian prisoners dying as crowded jails buckle under impact of gang violence

Haitian prisoners are dying in increasing numbers as violence, state collapse and chronic overcrowding turn the country's jails into dangerous places, where people wait years for a hearing. More than...

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Trump announces pardon of Honduran ex-president ahead of election

President Donald Trump on Friday said he will pardon former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez, who was extradited to the US and serving a drug trafficking sentence. The announcement came as Tr...

15h ago

Runaway nuns allowed back in Austrian convent 'until further notice'

Three nuns in their 80s who made headlines after fleeing their care home to take back their convent in Austria are being allowed to stay there "until further notice", church officials said Friday. The...

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Zelensky removes top aide and negotiator after anti-graft raids

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky removed his powerful chief of staff and top negotiator on Friday, after detectives raided Andriy Yermak's house as part of a sweeping corruption probe. Yermak's...

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Airbus rush to update A320 software after plane's sudden altitude drop

Airlines around the world canceled and delayed flights heading into the weekend to fix software on a widely used commercial aircraft after an analysis found the computer code may have contributed to a...

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Ultra-Orthodox military conscription row reignites in Israel

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Ligue 1: Leaders PSG face Monaco test this Saturday

Just three days after their spectacular Champions League win over Tottenham, Paris Saint-Germain return to Ligue 1 action on Saturday with a tricky trip to Monaco. Unbeaten in the league for over two...

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German president visits Spanish town of Guernica, hit by Nazi bombs in 1937

President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Friday became the first German head of state to visit the Spanish town of Guernica, where Nazi bombers killed hundreds of civilians in 1937.

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A Louvre Museum burgling history

This week on The Sound Kitchen, you’ll hear the answer to the question about the OTHER famous theft from the Louvre Museum. There are your answers to the bonus question on “The Listeners Corner”, and...

17h ago

How the last words of a little girl in Gaza became an award-winning film

Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania's The Voice of Hind Rajab is based on a recording of a six-year-old girl trapped under fire in Gaza, calling the Palestinian Red Crescent for help. RFI spoke to t...

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Exclusive: The first proof of the use of chemical weapons in Sudan’s civil war

An investigation by the FRANCE 24 Observers team reveals how chlorine gas was used as a weapon in the ongoing civil war in Sudan. All evidence suggests the Sudanese army used chlorine to recapture a s...

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How did chlorine imported to Sudan for water purification end up being used as a poison gas?

Barrels containing chlorine gas were used as a chemical weapon near an oil refinery in Sudan in September 2024, as shown by the first part of an investigation by the FRANCE 24 Observers. In this secon...

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Paris arthouse cinemas reinvent themselves amid audience decline

With audiences dwindling and streaming on the rise, Paris’s iconic arthouse cinemas are racing to reinvent themselves or risk closing for good. The existential crisis is particularly visible in the Ch...

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Thailand, Indonesia launch clean-up after floods kill hundreds

The death toll from catastrophic floods and landslides across Southeast Asia soared past 350 on Saturday, as rescue teams raced to reach stranded communities in Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia and be...

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Live: Russian drone strike on Kyiv kills at least one, injures 11 in Kyiv

Russian drones and missiles attacked districts of Kyiv early on Saturday, killing one person and injuring 11, officials said. The head of Kyiv's military administration, Tymur Tkachenko, said there ha...

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Pope visits Istanbul's Blue Mosque before talks with Turkey's religious leaders

Pope Leo visited Istanbul's iconic Blue Mosque on Saturday, removing his shoes out of respect but not appearing to pray in his first visit as leader of the Catholic Church to a Muslim place of worship...

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Zuma's daughter quits South African parliament amid war recruitment claims

A daughter of South Africa's ex-president Jacob Zuma has resigned from parliament after claims she was involved in recruiting men to join Russian mercenaries in the Ukraine war, her party said Friday....

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Hong Kong begins mourning period after residential fire kills at least 128

Hong Kong entered an official, three-day mourning period on Saturday after a blaze killed at least 128 people in one of the city's deadliest fires. Crowds gathered in somber silence near the blackened...

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Airbus warns of travel disruption as thousands of planes require urgent software fix

Airbus urged airlines on Friday to take "immediate precautionary action" after identifying a software flaw affecting thousands of A320-family aircraft and warning of travel disruption as carriers roll...

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Ukraine & the shape shifting 'Dim-Wit' plan, Venezuela, Europe's call of duty

This week brought frantic peace manoeuvres over Ukraine, as a leaked 28-point plan triggered emergency talks and a swift Geneva rewrite, with President Trump quietly shelving his ultimatum while Kyiv...

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Dr Achcar: Trump's Gaza plan 'most slapdash peace plan in the history of the Arab‑Israeli conflict''

Tonight, Mark Owen welcomes Dr. Gilbert Achcar, Professor of International Relations at SOAS University of London and author of "The Gaza Catastrophe" delivers a searing critique of Donald Trump's pe...

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Iconic Paris Cinémathèque shuts its screening rooms after bedbug infestation

The prestigious Cinemathèque Française closed all four of its screening halls for a month on Friday after repeated sightings of bedbugs, including during a master class with Hollywood star Sigourney W...

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‘Empty building sites’: North Carolina immigration crackdown sparks fear among workers

As a major federal immigration enforcement operation began targeting Charlotte, North Carolina, in mid-November, numerous construction sites and local businesses temporarily shut down. The president o...

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All that jazz: 'Chicago' brings grit and glamour to Paris

The Broadway classic "Chicago" now has a certain "je ne sais quoi" on stage at the Casino de Paris. Our reporters went to check out this new production of the musical famed for Bob Fossé's choreograph...

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Hungary's Orban defies EU by promising to go on buying Russian oil

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban defied Brussels on Friday by promising Russia's President Vladimir Putin he would keep buying Russian oil, despite the EU's push to isolate Moscow over its invasi...

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How a regional reset has left isolated Iran fighting to stay relevant

Iran is entering one of the most difficult moments in its history. The alliances it had built across the region are falling apart, Western sanctions have returned and its rivals are gaining ground. As...

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The cow of the future? France introduces smaller, low-emission livestock

How can we reduce greenhouse gas emissions? In the wake of the COP30 climate conference in Brazil, attention is turning to cattle. A single cow produces between 154 to 264 pounds of methane gas per ye...

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'We need a coalition of the billing, not just of the willing': Belgian FM on Ukraine

The EU was caught off guard when US President Donald Trump unveiled his 28-point plan for peace in Ukraine on November 21 – a document that Brussels and Kyiv see as being heavily favourable to the Kre...

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UN condemns apparent execution of two in West Bank

The UN human rights office on Friday said it was "appalled" by the "brazen" killing of two Palestinian men by Israeli forces in the West Bank city of Jenin, calling it an "apparent summary execution"....

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French prosecutor charges fourth suspected member of Louvre jewel heist gang

A 39-year-old man with six prior convictions has been charged in connection with the brazen daylight theft of France’s crown jewels from the Louvre, Paris prosecutor said Friday. He is believed to be...

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Zelensky says his chief of staff Andriy Yermak has resigned after anti-graft raids

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Friday that his chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, has submitted his resignation amid a corruption scandal. Ukrainian anti-corruption agencies searched Yermak's home in...

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Israeli soldiers kill two Palestinians who seemed to be surrendering in the Occupied West Bank

Images show Israeli soldiers killing two Palestinians who seemed to be surrendering in the Occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Authority denounced a "war crime", while Israel says it is investigating...

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Macron pushes for new legislation to rapidly block digital disinformation

President Emmanuel Macron has called for swift changes to French law that would allow judges to urgently block 'false information' circulating online, arguing that disinformation is becoming a major t...

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Guinea-Bissau junta names ally of ousted president as prime minister

Guinea-Bissau’s new military ruler deepened concerns over this week’s coup by appointing an ally of the ousted president as prime minister on Friday, even as international condemnation continues to mo...