The EU accused Meta and TikTok on Friday of breaking the bloc's digital content rules, putting the companies at risk of hefty fines.

This week, Charles Pellegrin talks to Jaco Cilliersd, the UN development programme's representative for Palestine about the arduous task of trying to clear the millions of tonnes of rubbles from Gaza and preparing the stage for reconstruction amid a tenuous ceasefire.

An Ankara court on Friday rejected a bid to oust Turkeys main opposition leader, Ozgur Ozel, and annul his partys 2023 congress. The courtroom broke into applause as the judge read out the ruling, saying accusations of vote buying had no basis.

Lyon climbed the overall rankings after winning the Europa League for the third time, while Nice sank once again. Meanwhile, Lille delivered a spectacular performance against Greek side PAOK. They put up a brave fight to get back into the game after a tough first half, but it was all to no avail.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Friday hosts a meeting of the coalition of the willing, comprised of more than 20 Ukraine allies, in London, where he is set to call on Europe to supply Kyiv more long-range missiles. Ukraines President Volodymyr Zelensky is attending the meeting, which comes a week after he failed to convince the US to supply Tomahawk ...

Lithuania summoned a Russian diplomat on Thursday to protest what it said was a brief incursion of two Russian military aircraft into its airspace. The defence ministry said a Sukhoi SU-30 fighter and an IL-78 tanker from Kaliningrad crossed 700 metres into Lithuania during likely refuelling training before exiting.

EU leaders launched a final push Thursday to agree on a 10-year carbon-cutting target ahead of a key UN climate summit, balancing climate ambitions with industrial concerns. Meeting in Brussels, the 27 leaders sought a deal that supports struggling businesses and keeps options open for future policy revisions.

EU leaders on Thursday asked the European Commission to prepare options to fund Ukraine for two more years, keeping open the possibility of a vast loan backed by frozen Russian assets. After marathon Brussels talks, they deferred a final decision on the proposed 140-billion-euro ($162 billion) reparations loan to December.

In tonight's edition,UNESCO releases three new volumes of its "General History of Africa". Also,South Africa's Madlanga Commission continues to look into damning allegation of corruption by some of the country top figures. And TikTok has helped Kenyan creators make more time for local tunes.

Since the robbery ofthe world's most-visted museum - that saw thieves take off with France's priceless crown jewels - multiple videos on social media claim to show CCTV footage of the heist taking place. These videos vary in their depiction of the burglars and the methods of theft, but they have one thing in common: they're all AI-generated using Sora 2, ...

Israel is rejecting a ruling by the International Court of Justice that orders it to ease the passage of aid into Gaza. The UN aid agency has been effectively barred from operating in the enclave since January. The decision comes as humanitarian organizations scramble to scale up desperately needed aid to the territory. Meanwhile, funerals are being held ...

French authorities have issued a new arrest warrant for Syrian ex-president Bashar al- Assad over the suspected Syrian government chemical attacks on Adra and Douma outside Damascus and in Eastern Ghouta in August 2013. Nearly 1,500 people were killed or injured in the attacks, US intelligence sources say.

The election campaign in Ivory Coast has come with an upsurge in disinformation on social media. Supporters of both the ruling and opposition parties have circulated fake news about presidential candidates and Abidjan is concerned about destabilisation attempts from abroad, including from its neighbour Burkina Faso. As a response, the Ivorian government has ...

His latest exhibition, Dedicated to the One I Love, reflects what Jeffrey Gibson describes as a journey much like a loving relationship marked by ups and downs, moments of great joy, and times of difficulty. As the first Indigenous artist to represent the United States at the Venice Biennale, Gibson talks about bringing Native American practices and ...

French MPs on Thursday voted to change the legal definition of rape to include anynon-consensual sexual act,bringing France in line with other European nations that have introduced consent-based legislation. The bill is expected to be passed by the French Senate next week.

From Montjuic in Barcelona to Montmartre in Paris, the 2026 Tour de France presents champion Tadej Pogacar and his rivals with a plethora of mountain passes and peaks, including two stages tackling the revered Alpe d'Huez.

From our correspondent in Abidjan In the Abidjan district of Yopougon, a historic stronghold of former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo, some residents reject politics, which they see as a divisive force. Others have decided to get involved, convinced that an alternative to President Alassane Ouattara, who is seeking a fourth term in office,is possible.

The Deputy Director and Chief Curator of one of the worlds leading art museums the Guggenheim in New York has spoken to France 24 about how her new exhibition in Paris is her love letter to France. Naomi Beckwith is currently in Paris, working temporarily at the Palais de Tokyo on her exhibition 'Echo Delay Reverb American Art Francophone Thought.' She ...

A Belfast judge on Thursday acquitted a former British paratrooper known as Soldier F of murder in the 1972 Bloody Sunday killings, citing insufficient evidence he fired on unarmed civilians. The verdict dealt a heavy blow to victims families who have spent more than a half-century seeking justice for one of Northern Irelands darkest days.

Syrian authorities on Thursday negotiated a ceasefire with a group of foreign jihadists led by Frenchman Oumar Diaby in northwestern Syria, according to sources.

When the Islamic State group was defeated in 2019, more than 40,000 men, women, and children were held in the al-Hol camp in northeastern Syria. Alongside civilians fleeing the fighting, families of Islamic State group members were also detained. Faced with the ongoing challenge of managing this sprawling camp, authorities have begun implementing a ...

A French court on Thursday ruled oil and gas giant TotalEnergies had engaged in "misleading commercial practices" by overstating its climate pledges in the first decision applying France's greenwashing law to an energy company.

On his visit to the Vatican, Britain's King Charles III on Thursday is set to pray publicly with Pope Leo XIV, marking the first ever joint prayer meeting between the heads of the Church of England and the Roman Catholic Church sinceEnglish monarch Henry VIII broke with Rome in 1534.

Shortly before leaving for Israel,US Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned that the Knesset's vote on Wednesday advancing an Israeli annexation of the occupied West Bank "potentially" threatens the Gaza ceasefire deal. Rubio is the latest US official to visit Israel in a bid toshore up the shaky, US-brokered truce.

For a third day in a row, drones targeted the army-held Sudanese capital and the Khartoum international airport in attacks blamed onthe paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which the country's regular military has been battling since April 2023.