Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah group said Monday it had launched explosive-laden drones at military targets in Tel Aviv, as Israeli rescuers said five people were injured by rocket fire in the city suburbs. Follow our liveblog for the latest developments in the Middle East. Source link
The US decision to authorize long-range Ukrainian strikes could help Kyiv defend the foothold in Russia’s Kursk region that it seized as leverage in any war talks, but may come too late to change the course of the war, analysts said. Details by FRANCE 24 correspond in Slovianska, Ukraine, Gulliver Cragg. Source link
Major escalation or mother parting shot? Nine weeks before Joe Biden hands the reins back to his predecessor, the US president approving Ukraine’s use of American-made long-range missiles inside Russian territory. The move is in response to Moscow’s deployment of North Korean troops to the frontline in Kursk region. Are the missiles only for that … Read more
There was no time for nostalgia or looking back in anger, as Germany’s Greens pivoted into campaign mode at their weekend party conference in Wiesbaden. Germany is expected to elect a new federal parliament on February 23, seven months earlier than expected, following the collapse of its governing coalition of the Greens, the neoliberal Free … Read more
Tyler Bosselman was wearing the dark blue vest and the red tie of a Deutsche Bahn train driver. As he sat comfortably in the operator’s seat of his regional DB train, the landscapes of southern Germany rushed from outside, reflected in his sunglasses. Construction is underway on one of the routes that the 24-year-old Bosselman … Read more
The Taurus cruise missile is one of the most powerful weapons in the German army’s arsenal, and has been at the top of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s wish list for a long time. However, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, of the Social Democrats (SPD), continues to reject exports of the weapon to Ukraine. With a warhead … Read more
President-elect Donald Trump confirmed Monday that he plans to declare a national emergency on border security and use the US military to carry out the mass deportation of undocumented migrants. Source link
The US will allow Ukraine to use American-supplied longer-range weapons to conduct strikes inside Russian territory, a long-sought request by Kyiv. What will this change? Answer by FRANCE 24 journalist and former Moscow correspondent, Elena Voloshin. Source link
French farmers launched Monday a new wave of action to protest the adoption of a trade pact between the European Union and four South American countries they fear would threaten their livelihoods. What exactly contains the deal? Answer by Andrew Hilliar. Source link
Russia on Monday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Sudan, where General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan’s regular army has been fighting the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces led by his one-time deputy. An unnamed diplomat told AFP that Russia seemed to have become “visibly more aligned” with Burhan during the resolution’s … Read more