Speaking with FRANCE 24’s Monte Francis, Stefan Doerr, Director of the Center for Wildfire Research at Swansea University, says that “we need to prepare the environment more to reduce the risk of fire but we will never eliminate it competitively”. France on Monday battled to contain a fire that scorched about 1,200 hectares in a … Read more
A US judge on Monday voided a settlement between President Donald Trump and the Internal Revenue Service over leaked tax returns, ruling the lawsuit was filed for an “improper purpose.” The agreement had granted Trump, his family and business broad protections from tax audits following their $10 billion lawsuit. Source link
Nearly a week after the United States became the last co-hosts to be eliminated from the 2026 World Cup, the fallout from the suspension of striker Folarin Balogun’s red card ban continues. Following the intervention of US President Donald Trump and despite FIFA having laws prohibiting political interference, organizer FIFA took the almost unprecedented decision … Read more
France on Monday battled to contain a fire that scorched about 1,200 hectares in a forest south of Paris on Monday, as police arrested two people suspected of starting it. The fire erupted Sunday in the sprawling Fontainebleau forest, about 60 kilometers (40 miles) southeast of the capital, a former royal hunting estate that today … Read more
President Donald Trump reimposed a US naval blockade on Iranian ports on Monday and vowed hefty fees for ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz, as Tehran mockingly pledged to charge a lower rate for passage through the strategic waterway. FRANCE 24’s Jennie Shin speaks with Aaron David Miller, Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for … Read more
A fire raging in the historic and much-visited Fontainebleau forest south of Paris on Monday has prompted evacuations and disrupted train and highway traffic. Authorities say the fire, which has destroyed nearly five percent of the 25,000-hectare forest, could have been started by Arson. It comes as the region endures its third heatwave of the … Read more
Buoyed by its security and economic alliance with Moscow and flush with cash after sending troops and military equipment to support Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, North Korea is testing limits closer to home. In a meeting with the United Nations Command in late June, South Korea’s Defense Ministry expressed concern about the activity of North … Read more
Ukraine and key Western allies on Monday announced an air-defense coalition that would include jointly developing a new anti-ballistic missile system as an alternative and cheaper solution to the US Patriot system. FRANCE 24’s Gulliver Cragg reports from Ukraine. Source link
In tonight’s show, the Ebola outbreak spreads to two more provinces. A Sudanese court sentences paramilitary leader Mohamed Hamdan Daglo and 15 others to death in absentia. Residents of the Niger Delta town of Billé take to the streets to demand government action over catastrophic pollution. Source link
The Hungarian Parliament passed a constitutional amendment to remove President Tamás Süleok from office. It comes as Hungary’s newly-elected Prime Minister Peter Magyar continues his efforts to dismantle the system and influence established by his predecessor, nationalist leader Viktor Orban. Magyar’s pro-European party Tisza has a two-thirds majority in parliament, a majority that allows them … Read more