Russia has stepped up attacks in recent days as the US paused military and intelligence aid to Kyiv.
It's a bitter blow for Ukraine and Europe - but not the first time the US has withheld aid, writes BBC's Jonathan Beale.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced European leaders will draft a peace plan for Ukraine to present to the US, aiming to secure vital security guarantees for the country.
Donald Trump says the deal would give Ukraine "the right to fight on" in its war with Russia.
Donald Trump and Emmanuel Macron expressed hope that peace could be achieved in Ukraine. But questions remain at what cost, as the French President said that any agreement cannot amount to "the surrender of Ukraine."
Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump will speak by phone on Tuesday to discuss the war in Ukraine and the feasibility of a 30-day ceasefire. Putin said last week he had "serious questions" about the ceasefire that he wanted to discuss with Trump.
US secretary of state Marco Rubio said he hoped Russia would "say yes to peace".
Kyiv faces sustained pressure from high-ranking U.S. officials to agree to a resource-sharing deal that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has judged is not in his country's interest, under terms Washington has presented.
A viral video shared by some internet users claims to show Ukrainian troops surrendering to Russia's forces in the Kursk region. However, as FRANCE 24's Charlotte Hughes explains, the video has been taken out of context and was not, in fact, filmed in Kursk.
The U.S. has paused intelligence-sharing with Ukraine, CIA Director John Ratcliffe said. Piling pressure on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to cooperate with U.S. President Donald Trump in convening peace talks with Russia. The suspension, which could cost lives by hurting Ukraine’s ability to defend itself against Russian missile strikes, followed a halt this week to […]
Israeli airstrikes pounded Gaza, killing more than 400 people, Palestinian health authorities said on Tuesday, threatening the complete collapse of a two-month ceasefire as Israel vowed to use more force to free hostages held by Hamas, Reuters reports. The Palestinian militant group, which still holds 59 of the 250 or so hostages seized in its October 7, …
Hamas handed over the bodies of Israeli infant Kfir Bibas and his four-year-old brother Ariel, the two youngest captives taken by Hamas in their October 7, 2023 attack and among the most potent symbols of the trauma inflicted that day. Analysis by FRANCE 24 correspondent in Jerusalem, Noga Tarnopolsky, and Philip Turle, FRANCE 24 international affairs editor.
It was the last exchange of the Gaza ceasefire deal's first phase, leaving questions over what happens next.
Arab leaders meeting in Cairo on March 4 are set to endorse a counterproposal to US President Donald Trump’s call for the Gaza Strip to be depopulated and transformed into a beach destination, even as the continuation of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire is uncertain.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected the allegations, accusing the UN Human Rights Council of antisemitism.
The president also appeared to threaten civilians in Gaza, saying they would be "dead" if they held hostages.
The 25% tariffs were due to come into effect at 0501 UTC on Tuesday. Canada vowed to impose retaliatory 25% tariffs.
Donald Trump is due to give a joint address to both Houses of Congress at 2pm. It’s the first time Trump will address Congress since returning to office in January The speech comes the day after Trump has ordered a pause on military aid to Ukraine and less than 24 hours after he announced sweeping […]
The US said it launched a "decisive and powerful" wave of air strikes on Houthi targets on Saturday.
US President Donald Trump erupted at Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday, angrily sending the Ukrainian leader out of the White House after an extraordinary Oval Office meltdown because he was "not ready" for peace with Russia.
The EU says it will impose counter-tariffs on €26bn worth of American goods in response to US tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports, the BBC reports. The European Commission said it will end the current suspension of tariffs on US products on 1 April and will also put forward a new package of counter-measures …
The Trump administration deported alleged members of a Venezuelan gang despite a court order.
President Donald Trump's urge to make Greenland part of the United States means the upcoming parliamentary election in the autonomous Danish territory will be a global event.
US-UK dual citizens Andrew and Tristan Tate have been accused of human trafficking and sexual exploitation. Romanian prosecutors say they have lifted a travel ban on the pair while maintaining other restrictions.
US Supreme Court won't let Trump withhold payment for foreign aid
Amid a nationwide drop in vaccination rates, a measles outbreak in Texas left an unvaccinated child dead, authorities said on Wednesday. The first US fatality from the disease since 2015 was announced as Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has long supported debunked falsehoods on vaccines and recently minimised the current measles surge, begins his term as the head of Health and Human Services.
Ireland will take a "step-by-step" approach in response to any trade tariffs imposed on the EU by US President Donald Trump, Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said.
China announces hikes to import levies covering $21 Billion worth of US agricultural products.
Three Americans and three Russians took part in negotiations and agreed to reset diplomatic relations.
USAID was integral to Bangladesh's fight against tuberculosis but cuts now leave tens of thousands at risk.
Tornadoes killed at least 32 people across several states in the U.S. Midwest and Southeast on Saturday night, part of a monster storm strong enough to topple tractor-trailers and wipe out hundreds of buildings.
The Republican-controlled US Senate has confirmed Kash Patel, a staunch loyalist of President Donald Trump, to be director of the FBI, the country's top law enforcement agency.
US President Donald Trump's $5 million so-called 'gold card' visa programme is unlikely to trigger a major inflow of wealthy global investors seeking US citizenship because of concerns over higher taxes, immigration and wealth advisers said.
As US President Donald Trump escalates a trade war with the European Union – most recently by threatening a 200% tariff on wine and champagne – Europeans are taking matters into their own hands by starting grassroots boycotts of American products that are mobilising tens of thousands of consumers.
Pope Francis who is battling double pneumonia, remains in a critical condition and his prognosis is still guarded because of the "complexity" of his clinical condition, the Vatican has said.
Pope Francis's health was reported to be "slightly improving" on Monday, as he continues to battle pneumonia in both lungs, and the onset of kidney failure. The 88-year-old head of the Catholic Church has been in the hospital for 11 days, prompting his followers to pray for his recovery, while discussions surrounding his potential successor have started to emerge.
Pope Francis is no longer in immediate danger of death and is responding well to treatment in hospital, the Vatican said. In a sign of progress as the 88-year-old pontiff battles double pneumonia. Francis has been in Rome’s Gemelli hospital for more than three weeks. He was admitted on February 14 with a severe respiratory […]
The EU says it will impose counter-tariffs on €26bn worth of American goods in response to US tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports, the BBC reports. The European Commission said it will end the current suspension of tariffs on US products on 1 April and will also put forward a new package of counter-measures …
Ireland will take a "step-by-step" approach in response to any trade tariffs imposed on the EU by US President Donald Trump, Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said.
Cyclone Alfred stalled off Australia’s east coast delaying landfall as officials shut airports, schools and public transport and residents stockpiled supplies and sandbagged homes against floodwaters expected when the category-two storm hits. Satellite timelapse footage showed the cyclone stalling as it approached the east coast of Australia over the week. The storm is now expected […]
Tornadoes killed at least 32 people across several states in the U.S. Midwest and Southeast on Saturday night, part of a monster storm strong enough to topple tractor-trailers and wipe out hundreds of buildings.
The 25% tariffs were due to come into effect at 0501 UTC on Tuesday. Canada vowed to impose retaliatory 25% tariffs.
All 80 people on board the Delta Air Lines flight survived the dramatic crash landing Monday, with 21 sustaining injuries. It was the latest in a spate of aviation accidents in North America that has rattled passangers concerned with the safety of flying.
Mark Carney will be sworn in as Canada’s next prime minister on Friday morning, marking the final day of Justin Trudeau’s more than nine years in power. Governor General Mary Simon will preside over the swearing-in of Carney and his cabinet ministers Friday at 11 a.m., her office said in a statement. Carney, a former […]
A deadline has expired for all Israeli troops to leave south Lebanon under a ceasefire deal with Hezbollah, hours after Israel said it planned to remain in five strategic locations.
Hundreds of thousands of people bid farewell to Hezbollah’s slain leader Hassan Nasrallah at a mass funeral in Beirut. Nearly five months after he was killed in an Israeli airstrike in a stunning blow to the Iranian-backed group. Carrying pictures of Nasrallah and Hezbollah flags, supporters from Lebanon and other countries in the region filled […]
Yoon Suk Yeol still faces trial on insurrection charges for his failed attempt to impose martial law.
South Korea and the United States will kick off their annual “Freedom Shield” military exercise from next week, Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff announced. The joint drills, which will last until March 20, will strengthen the readiness of the alliance for realistic threats such as North Korea’s military strategy and tactics, the JCS said. The […]
German police arrested a suspect in the stabbing at Berlin’s Holocaust memorial that seriously injured a man two days before a watershed national election. Berlin’s police department gave no details on the identity of the suspect or his possible motive. “Our forces have detained a suspect in the vicinity of the crime scene,” city police […]
Germany's conservatives won the national election but a fractured vote handed the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) its best ever result in second place and left conservative leader Friedrich Merz facing messy coalition talks.
Armed militants in Pakistan’s Balochistan region have attacked a train carrying hundreds of passengers and taken a number of hostages, military sources have told the BBC. The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) fired at the Jaffar Express Train as it travelled from Quetta to Peshawar. A statement from the separatist group said it had bombed the […]
Pakistani security forces stormed a train that had been hijacked by separatist militants, killing all 33 attackers and ending a day-long standoff involving hundreds of hostages, the military said.
Duterte, who led a "drug war" that killed thousands, was arrested for alleged crimes against humanity.
Oscar-winning US actor Gene Hackman, his wife Betsy Arakawa and their dog have been found dead at their home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the BBC reports. In a career spanning more than six decades, Hackman received two Academy Awards for his work on the movies The French Connection and Unforgiven. A statement from the …
A massive fire tore through a nightclub in North Macedonia’s eastern town of Kocani on March 16, killing 59 people and injuring 155, authorities said. The blaze broke out around 2:30 a.m. local time during a concert by a local pop group at Club Pulse, Interior Minister Panche Toshkovski told reporters. Officials said 39 of the dead had so far been identified, adding that 18 of those injured were in critical condition.
Tens of thousands of protesters converged on Serbia's capital Belgrade on Saturday for what could be the largest single rally since the start of an anti-corruption protest movement triggered by a deadly railway station roof collapse in the city of Novi Sad last November.
A 59-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of "gross negligence manslaughter" in connection with the collision between a tanker and a container ship in the North Sea yesterday, according to British police.
Tens of thousands of people gathered in Athens and other Greek cities to mark the second anniversary of the country's worst rail tragedy as strikes caused a general standstill. 57 people, mostly students, died on February 28, 2023 when a train from Athens to Thessaloniki carrying more than 350 passengers collided with a freight train near the central city of Larissa.
Despite previously refusing to engage in negotiations, Congolese officials have agreed to meet M23 rebels in Luanda to discuss an end to the deadly conflict.
Syria's interim president Ahmed Sharaa has called for national unity after security forces allegedly killed hundreds of civilians from the Alawite minority in recent days. France has condemned violence targeting "civilians because of their faith, and prisoners".
Former Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro has been charged with leading a plot to overthrow the government and undermine the country's 40-year-old democracy after his 2022 election loss, complicating his narrow chances of a political comeback.