Lebanese army deploys to three southern pilot zones under US-backed security framework

The Lebanese army began assuming security responsibilities in three southern villages on Monday under a US-backed pilot initiative, the State Department said. Operations in Froun, Srifa and Zawtar al-Gharbiya mark the first implementation of a framework aimed at enabling a phased Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon and Hezbollah’s disarmament. Source link

Senegalese president assumes ECOWAS leadership

In tonight’s edition, the Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye takes the helm of ECOWAS. Also, in Nigeria nearly 19 million Nigerian children are out of school, with the threat of kidnapping keeping many classrooms empty. And Tangier is celebrating the art of visual storytelling with the International Photography Festival. Source link

Mexican drug lord ‘El Mayo’ sentenced to life imprisonment without parole

Mexican drug trafficker Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Tuesday for co-founding and leading the notorious Sinaloa Cartel. Zambada was one of the most prominent Mexican drug traffickers to face sentencing in a United States court since Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán was sentenced to life … Read more

‘Labour thinks it has responsibility to prevent the rise of Reform UK’, historian says

Speaking with FRANCE 24’s Sharon Gaffney, Martin Farr, Senior Lecturer in Contemporary British History at Newcastle University, explains that “the Labor Party members and its MPs think that it’s their responsibility to prevent” the rise to power of right-wing populist party Reform UK, and that has motivated the decision to replace Keir Starmer with Andy … Read more

Spain PM Sanchez visits Algeria for first time in four years as ties thaw

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Monday visited Algeria for the first time in four years in a bid to mend diplomatic ties between the two countries after they were frayed by a row over Western Sahara. In 2022, Madrid abandoned its neutrality stance over the disputed territory and backed Morocco’s sovereignty claim, angering Algiers. … Read more