Maria Corina Machado, Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, appeared publicly for the first time in nearly a year Thursday, waving to supporters from her Oslo hotel balcony. Her daughter accepted the award on her behalf Wednesday, as Machado arrived in Norway only hours later, ending a long period in hiding under Maduros regime.

A senior Hamas leader says the group is willing to consider a temporary freeze on its weapons but will not accept full disarmament, a central demand of the US-backed Gaza peace plan. Speaking to Al Jazeera, Khaled Meshaal signaled limited flexibility in ongoing negotiations with mediators, even as the fragile ceasefire enters a new phase and tensions ...

Iceland has become the latest country to boycott next years Eurovision Song Contest, its public broadcaster RUV announced Wednesday, joining a growing wave of withdrawals triggered by the decision to allow Israel to compete. Iceland is now the fifth nation to pull out, following Spain, the Netherlands, Ireland and Slovenias coordinated exit last week amid ...

The US may soon require travellers from visa-exempt countries to provide extensive personal information, including social media activity, email accounts, and family history, before being allowed entry. Under the proposal, citizens of roughly 40 countries who currently travel through the Visa Waiver Program would need to submit five years of social media ...

The Louvre museum is making headlines once again. This time, not because of stolen jewellery, but because of a water leak. A few days ago, a pipe malfunctioned causing water to rain over rare books, and triggering a wave of AI-generated disinformation.We take a closer look in this edition of Truth or Fake.

Nobel laureate Maria Corina Machado is set to address the world on Thursday, according to the Norwegian government, after the Venezuelan opposition leader was awarded the prestigious peace prize in her absence. FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks with Phil Gunson, Senior Analyst at International Crisis Group.

Erling Haalands relentless scoring, Arsenals flawless Champions League march and Unai Simons heroics headlined a dramatic night of European football on Wednesday. Manchester City edged a faltering Real Madrid to deepen the pressure on Xabi Alonso, Arsenal cruised to a sixth straight victory with a pair of wonder goals in Brugge, and Athletic Bilbao held ...

In tonight's edition,Rwanda-backed M23 fighters have entered the strategic town of Uvira in eastern DRC, near the Burundian border. Also, at least 22 people have died in Morocco's third largest city, Fez, following the collapse of two residential buildings. And we celebrate women in science with theL'Oreal-UNESCO's Women in Science Young Talents award.

Will history remember this as the day the planet started to rein in big tech? Australia firing the first shot by banning under 16s from platforms and social media that include giants such as Instagram, YouTube and TikTok. Well of course ask if rebellious teens will make light work of the ban. More broadly, is this the day regulators start treating ...

Numerous posts on social media claim that South Korean researchers developed a patch that can regrow teeth. This is false. Although scientists are indeed looking at the issue of tooth regeneration, no credible scientific article has reported such a discovery.

Jean-Philippe Tanguy,a lawmaker from Marine Le Pen's National Rally (RN), plans to submit a bill that would allow "maisons closes" to reopen in France for the first time since 1946,albeit run as cooperatives by sex workers themselves.Prostitution is technically legal in France, although a law introduced in 2016 made it illegal to buy sex.

Iceland will not take part in the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest in Austria, the country's public broadcaster said Wednesday, becoming the fifth country to boycott the competition after organisers declined to exclude Israel from participating over its conduct of the war in Gaza.

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy describes his recent 20-day stint in prison as hell in a new book released on Wednesday. His Diary of a Prisoner provides a rare glimpse into La Sant prison in Paris, were Sarkozy was kept in solitary confinement for security reasons. It also sees the ex-president turn his back on the republican front of parties that ...

Critic Manon Kerjean takes us through the week's French film releases, starting with an assured dbut from Alice Vial. "You Found Me" deals with medical emergencies, mortality and a medium who helps souls leave our earthly realm, managing to balance its heavy subject matter with a gentle tone. We also discuss "Love Me Tender", Anna Cazenave Cambet's ...

Nigerias timely military intervention in Benin over the weekend proved decisive in defeating an attempted coup against Beninese President Patrice Talon. It was also a win for Nigerian President Bola Tinubu, whose country was powerless to prevent a spate of coups in neighbouring Niger and across the volatile West African region.

A doctor who spent over 700 days working in hospitals in Gaza during Israel's war there has spoken to FRANCE 24 about the horrors he witnessed, and his hopes for a real ceasefire in the future. Dr Mohammed Abu Mughaiseeb is deputy medical coordinator for MSF's operations and left Gaza back in September. He told us how medical staff had to do operations on ...

One of the world's leading peace campaigners has told FRANCE 24 that the cycle of impunity for Russian troops must be broken to bring justice in Ukraine and prevent the "next Russian attack" on another nation. Oleksandra Matviichuk is head of the Ukrainianhuman rights organisation Center for Civil Liberties, one of the laureates of the 2022 Nobel Peace ...

France is known around the world for its culinary delights and the art of French cooking. That's where coleDucasse comes in. Founded by Alain Ducasse one of the most acclaimed chefs in the world the school focuses on high-level training in culinary arts, pastry and hospitality management, blending traditional French techniques with modern, innovative ...

A government probe found that thieves who stole $102 million in crown jewels from the Louvre escaped with just 30 seconds to spare, exposing major security failures at the museum and prompting fresh scrutiny of its management.

PRESS REVIEW Wednesday, December 10, 2025: First, Australia's social media ban for under 16s takes over the Australian front pages. Next, a cartoon in the Guardian suggests that adults might have slight screen addiction problems too. Also, the winner of the Turner Prize this year is Nnena Kalu. She is the first person with a learning disability to win the ...

Since Ahmed al-Sharaa and the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) took power in Syria a year ago after the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime, hundreds of thousands of Syrians have returned to their country.During the war, many were dispossessed of their land and homes under several laws and presidential decrees aimed at permanently preventing refugees ...

A separatist group has seized key oil-rich provinces in southern Yemen, shattering a fragile lull in the civil war and deepening rifts within the anti-Houthi camp.

As Australia's ban on social media for children under 16 takes effect, we speak with Jess Butcher, a tech entrepreneur and founder of digital wellbeing foundation ScrollAware. In spite of being opposed to over-regulation, she tells us she supports the Australianban on account of the scale of the "harms that these platforms are causing" to users and the ...

Automotive heavyweights Renault and Ford are to join forces to develop a line of compact, more affordable Ford-branded electric vehicles and commercial vans in a bid to curb a wave of cheaper Chinese electric models gaining ground in Europe. Ford CEO Jim Farley said in a joint statement: We will combine Renault Group's industrial scale and EV assets with ...

At least 19 people were killed and 16 injured when two buildings collapsed early Wednesday in Moroccos city of Fes, the state news agency said, highlighting ongoing concerns over poor housing and public safety.