Vladimir Putin says Russia hit Ukraine with a new intermediate-range ballistic missile, days after Kyiv used Western-supplied weapons to strike inside Russia In a surprise address to the nation, the Russian president says the strike was in response to Ukraine’s “use of American and British long-range weaponry” It comes after Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine was […]
Russia hits Ukraine with missileUS President Joe Biden has given Ukraine permission for the first time to strike Russian territory with US-supplied long-range missiles, a US official told AFP on Sunday. Biden's decision comes as he prepares to hand over power to President-elect Donald Trump, who has pledged to limit US aid to Ukraine.
US for the first time authorises Ukraine's use of long-range missiles inside RussiaUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Germany's Olaf Scholz of playing into the hands of Russian President Vladimir Putin after the chancellor spoke by phone to the Kremlin chief for the first time in almost two years.
Ukraine slams Germany's Scholz after call with PutinRussia has unleashed its largest wave of airstrikes on Ukraine in almost three months, killing at least seven people.
Russia pounds Ukraine's power grid in 'massive' air strikeBondi, 59, is a former Florida attorney general and long-time ally of Trump.
Trump picks Pam Bondi as attorney general after Matt Gaetz withdrawsTrump has vowed to adopt blanket 60 percent tariffs on US imports of Chinese goods as part of a package of "America First" trade measures.
Xi says he will work with Trump team as he meets Biden in PeruWright is expected to fulfil Trump's campaign promise to "drill, baby, drill" and maximise US energy production.
Trump names fracking executive Chris Wright energy secretaryThe change in policy comes as Ukraine fired long-range US missiles into Russia for the first time.
Putin issues warning to United States with new nuclear policyThe chairman of the Adani Group has been charged with bribery linked to lucrative solar energy projects.
US charges Indian billionaire Gautam Adani in bribery caseG20 leaders on Tuesday were holding the final day of a summit that offered some impetus to stalled UN climate talks, diverged on wars in Ukraine and the Middle East -- and foresaw global turbulence as Donald Trump readies to take over the US presidency. Details by FRANCE 24 correspondent in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Jan Onoszko.
Trump's shadow looms large over G20 summitElon Musk's SpaceX launched its sixth Starship test flight to space on Tuesday from Texas, eyeing an array of improvements on the rocket as U.S. president-elect Donald Trump watched in person.
Elon Musk launches Starship test flight with Donald Trump watchingDozens of Palestinians were killed or injured in an Israeli strike on a multi-storey residential building housing at least six families in northern Gaza's Beit Lahiya town on Sunday, medics and residents said. Details by Camille Knight.
Dozens killed and wounded in Israeli strikes across GazaThe United States on Wednesday stood as the sole obstacle to the adoption of a UN resolution which sought to implement an immediate ceasefire to the Israel-Hamas war, saying the resolution didn't "link release of hostages to an immediate, unconditional ceasefire".
US vetoes UN resolution for ceasefire in GazaAs many of Gaza's more than 2.3 million people desperately wait for humanitarian assistance and food to reach them, aid trucks are being ambushed and looted before getting to their destination. We look at what we know about the groups doing the looting and the efforts to stop it.
Trucks carrying aid into Gaza are being violently ransacked. Here's what we knowThe UN's climate chief urged G20 leaders on Saturday to push COP29 talks towards a deal to raise money for developing nations as diplomats struggled to find common ground in marathon negotiations. Negotiators worked through the night in efforts to produce a new draft deal before ministers arrive next week for the final days of the COP29 talks in a Baku sports stadium, but differences remained. "There is a long way to go, but everyone is very aware of the stakes, at the halfway point in the COP," UN climate chief Simon Stiell said in a statement. Stiell appealed for [...]
UN climate chief urges G20 to spur tense COP29 negotiationsEver-present wars and trade tensions dominated the agenda, but G20 leaders, meeting in Rio, did agree to boost climate funding, tackle poverty and work toward a new tax on the ultra-rich.
Did Brazil's G20 summit deliver on its promises?G20 leaders on Tuesday were holding the final day of a summit that offered some impetus to stalled UN climate talks, diverged on wars in Ukraine and the Middle East -- and foresaw global turbulence as Donald Trump readies to take over the US presidency. Details by FRANCE 24 correspondent in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Jan Onoszko.
Trump's shadow looms large over G20 summitThe International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defense minister, Yoav Gallant and Hamas leader Mohammed Deif.
ICC arrest warrant against PM Benjamin Netanyahu. Now what?An Israeli strike on a building in central Beirut on Sunday killed Hezbollah's media relations chief Mohammad Afif, two Lebanese security sources told Reuters, though there was no immediate confirmation from Hezbollah. More information with FRANCE 24 correspondent in Beirut, Rawad Taha.
Israeli strike on Beirut kills Hezbollah spokesmanIt comes amid escalating Israeli strikes seemingly aimed at pressurising Hezbollah and the government.
US awaits Lebanon response to Hezbollah-Israel ceasefire planThey include prominent campaigners, former lawmakers and ordinary citizens who joined the pro-democracy movement.
Who are the activists jailed in Hong Kong's largest national security trial?He has rubber stamped changes that were first proposed in September.
Putin approves changes to Russia's nuclear doctrineThe change in policy comes as Ukraine fired long-range US missiles into Russia for the first time.
Putin issues warning to United States with new nuclear policyTrump has vowed to adopt blanket 60 percent tariffs on US imports of Chinese goods as part of a package of "America First" trade measures.
Xi says he will work with Trump team as he meets Biden in PeruA 21-year-old man has been arrested after a stabbing incident in the city of Wuxi, police say.
Eight dead after stabbing at school in eastern ChinaPolice in Brazil have called for former president Jair Bolsonaro to be indicted along with 36 others who face potential charges for an attempted coup.
Brazilian police accuse former president Jair Bolsonaro of alleged coup plotEver-present wars and trade tensions dominated the agenda, but G20 leaders, meeting in Rio, did agree to boost climate funding, tackle poverty and work toward a new tax on the ultra-rich.
Did Brazil's G20 summit deliver on its promises?People broke windows trying to reach their children at the neonatal ward in Jhansi, local media report.
Parents 'grabbed any child they could' save from Indian hospital fireThe chairman of the Adani Group has been charged with bribery linked to lucrative solar energy projects.
US charges Indian billionaire Gautam Adani in bribery caseMore than a million people have been evacuated from the typhoon's expected path.
Super typhoon Man-Yi barrels through PhilippinesThe legendary Spaniard ended an illustrious career with a defeat. Nadal will be remembered as one of tennis' all-time greats.
Rafael Nadal's tennis career ends with Davis Cup defeatBooming Indigenous Maori "haka" chants rang out across New Zealand's capital on Tuesday, as tens of thousands rallied against a conservative push to redefine the nation's founding treaty. Story by Morgan Ayre.
Tens of thousands march in New Zealand Maori rights protestAlphabet’s Google must sell its Chrome browser, share data and search results with competitors and take a range of other measures to end its monopoly on searching the internet, US prosecutors have argued to a judge. Such changes would essentially result in Google being highly regulated for 10 years, subjecting it to oversight by the […]
Call for Google to sell Chrome to end search monopolyThe Ugandan court's charge sheet alleges Besigye was found with a pistol and rounds of ammunition
Kenya investigating how Uganda opposition figure was ‘abducted’The UK's former deputy prime minister, John Prescott, has died aged 86.
UK's former deputy prime minister John Prescott dies