🇫🇷 “You have a built-in danger in the system.” The Financial Times’ Victor Mallet argues #France’s two-round system could leave center voters choosing between two extremes in #2027elections, potentially opening the door to a far-right #LePen victory over the far-left. More on #F24Debate ➡️https://f24.my/C2bC Source link
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he thought he would remove Syria from the United States’ list of designated state sponsors of terrorism during a meeting with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa at a summit in Turkey. Source link
The disinformation spread by public service media in Hungary during Viktor Orbán’s 16-year rule was of a kind unique in the European Union. No other public service media in the EU in recent decades has published lies, hatred and propaganda on this scale. Some of the material was reminiscent of fascist, anti-Semitic propaganda of the … Read more
Not only have more than 3,000 died in the two earthquakes that struck Venezuela, but 17,000 were injured and thousands of homes destroyed. For many of those who survived, the psychological toll is enormous. Solange Mougin has more on the difficulty facing Venezuelans who lost everything. Source link
French hard-right leader Marine Le Pen has decided to run for president despite her conviction on embezzlement charges and she is counting on her political heir Jordan Bardella to run alongside her, casting him as her future prime minister. But how aligned are Marine Le Pen and Bardella? Do they think alike? Increasingly, the answer … Read more
Both supporters of the Iranian regime and members of the opposition have been sharing AI-generated images of funeral services held in early July for Iran’s late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei – killed during a US-Israeli strike on February 28. Source link
US President Donald Trump said the ceasefire with Iran was “over” Wednesday but left the door open to more talks, after fighting flared sparked by Iranian attacks on ships in the vital Strait of Hormuz. “As far as I’m concerned, it’s over,” Trump said at a NATO summit in Turkey on Wednesday when asked if … Read more
The US Supreme Court’s recent decision to uphold birthright citizenship has come as a relief to thousands of Indian families, even though the political battle over who is entitled to become an American is far from over. When the top court’s decision came on June 30, Rajesh and Neha, an Indian couple living in Seattle, … Read more
US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Washington would give Kyiv the “the right to make” Patriot air-defense missiles as he met Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky at NATO’s summit. Such a deal would be a “gamechanger” for the war in Ukraine, says France 24’s Kethevane Gorjestani, even if it remains unclear if a deal is an … Read more
The twin blasts that rocked Damascus during French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Syria this week underscore the fragility of President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s authority and the security challenges he faces. They also undermine the message of stability that Damascus is striving to convey to the international community. Source link