Around 320,000 protesters took part in a third mass protest over living costs across France on Saturday, the interior ministry estimated, while organizers counted nearly half a million. Tensions flared at the end of marches in some cities but authorities reported that most demonstrations were largely peaceful.

Police and protesters clashed Saturday in Germany, where tens of thousands of young people took to the streets, inspired by similar movements in other European countries. At the call of a collective called "GenZ regelt!" (Gen Z has got this!), protesters formed marches across the countryto demand more funding for education and to protest the high cost of ...

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham says he was "open" to the UK apologizing for the first time for its role in the transatlantic slave trade, but has rejected calls for the country to pay financial reparations. Issues around Britain's colonial history have loomed large over King Charles' ongoing visit to three Carribean countries leading up to a ...

Turkey has nominated its former foreign minister and UN ambassador Feridun Hadi Sinirlioglu for the position of UN secretary-general, state-media reported on Saturday. The submission was officially backed by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who has been particularly vocal in calling for reform of the UN Security Council.

France is preparing for a third weekend of protests, with 70,000 security personnel deployed to prevent a repeat of the violence seen on October 17. Shops have boarded up their premises as authorities warn of further clashes, with Halloween adding to concerns over masked demonstrators. The protests, initially driven by anger over the cost of living and poor ...

France is bracing for a third consecutive weekend of protests, with around 70,000 security personnel deployed to prevent a repeat of the violence seen on October 17. Shops have boarded up their premises as authorities warn of further clashes, with Halloween celebrations adding to security concerns over masked demonstrators. The protests, involving Yellow ...

Binance executives are scrambling to recover billions of dollars after the crypto platform was hit by what is being described as the biggest heist in cryptocurrency history. Hackers reportedly stole $6.3 billion from users, with analysts pointing the finger at North Korea. The attack far surpasses the previous record set in February 2025, when hackers stole ...

A night to remember for PSG in Le Havre. In the opening fixture of Ligue 1's ninth round, the French champions thrashed Le Havre at the Stade Ocane, inspired by an outstanding performance from Achraf Hakimi. The Moroccan star scored a hat-trick and provided two assists, playing a decisive role in all five of his team's goals. PSG strengthened their grip on ...

France is bracing for a third weekend of protests, with demonstrations against the rising cost of living planned across the country. Nearly half a million people are expected to take to the streets, prompting the government to deploy 70,000 police officers to maintain order. In Paris, a last-minute court ruling has restricted todays march to the eastern ...

Saturday is set to see another day of nationwide demonstrations over the cost of living and conditions in schools. Dubbed Act Three, the protests bring together Yellow Vest activists and student demonstrators. But Frances highest administrative court has just upheld a ban on the planned route of the Paris march, forcing protesters to remain on the eastern ...

The G20 foreign ministers meeting in the US is wrapping up two days of talks without agreement on several key global security issues. On the sidelines, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio signed an Arctic cooperation deal with Japan and South Korea and confirmed Washingtons participation in Riyadhs World Expo in 2030. Meanwhile, European ministers confronted ...

Police in Poland have stepped up security around the countrys Constitutional Tribunal after dozens of protesters gathered on Friday to oppose the governments suspension of its president, which they say was unlawful. Police say several people were detained after some demonstrators breached the courts perimeter fence. Charlotte Hughes reports.

The 2026 Youth Olympic Games opens with a spectacular ceremony Saturday in the Senegalese capital Dakar in the first ever Olympics to be held on African soil. It comes as the continent seeks a bigger role in international sporting competitions.

France on Saturday braced for a third weekend of protests coinciding with Halloween, as shops boarded up and authorities scrambled to prevent a repeat of the street violence that swept the country two weeks ago.

France on Saturday braced for a third weekend of protests coinciding with Halloween, with authorities alert to the possibility that rioters could use festive masks to conceal their identities. Around 70,000 security personnel have been deployed to prevent a repeat of street violence that erupted two weeks ago. Follow our live blog for all the latest updates.

Brazil's defeated right-wing presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro posted a video message on social media late Friday to declare he fled to the US because he was a victim of 'persecution'. Bolsonaro, who lost Sunday's election runoff to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, gave no details of how he left the country.

France braces for another weekend of unrest as the Yellow Vests return to the streets under the rallying cry of Act III Halloween, with 70,000 police and security forces deployed after the riots and looting of recent weeks. A cash-strapped government faces mounting grievances, a rolling protest movement and little room for manoeuvre ahead of elections, as ...

Residents evacuated from the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky have left for Russia's Anapa city with a Ukrainian delegation, senior official David Arakhamia said Friday. They are expected to fly to Belarus before returning to Ukraine by bus,during a rare ceasefire brokered by the United States.

In tonight's show, the Senegalese capital is hosting the first Olympic event ever held in Africa, welcoming nearly 2,700 athletes for the 2026 Youth Olympic Games. Also,South Africas local elections are set for November 4, with the African National Congress facing growing pressure over its record in local government. And finally we are joined by Muse ...

Almost 200 nations approved two agreements on Friday to halt biodiversity loss by 2030,following almost two weeks of negotiations that ran into extra time on the final day.

Several social media accounts associated with sharing anti-immigrant views claim French Muslims were responsible for burning five churches on October 17 the day the nation was rocked byen masse protests. But both this number and story are fictitious. The French government agency that monitors religious heritage sites confirmed only one fire in a church ...

We speak to the influential and long-serving president of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), Koen Lenaerts. The court is the EU's supreme judicial authority, responsible for ensuring that European law is interpreted and applied across all 27 member states.

Catherine Viette is pleased to welcome Jens Schumacher, Field Coordinator in Mykolaiv and Kherson with Solidarity International. Just a few kilometers separate the Ukrainian-controlled city of Kherson from Russian-occupied Oleshky. For civilians caught between military occupation, disrupted essential services and uncertain evacuation arrangements, ...

Russian made an unprecedented combative move this month as one of its military satellites, the Cosmos-2612, encroached upon the orbit of Ukrainian commercial satellite, Iceye-X36, in behaviour deemed "threatening" by the US State Department. Norbert Pouzin, an orbital analyst at French space tech firm, Aldoria, described the mercenary manoeuvre as the first ...

In an interview with FRANCE 24, former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "did not win" this week's election in Israel but "lost dramatically", and that his rival Gadi Eisenkot should ally with Arab parties. Barak also suggested that claims of Qatari funding for an Arab party aimed to distract from an ongoing corruption ...