France's foreign ministry said on Tuesday that Russia's military intelligence service has for years beenorchestrating cyberattacks against French entities, including attempts to disrupt the 2017 election won by President Emmanuel Macron and the 2024 Paris Olympics.

TV critic Dheepthika Laurent speaks to presenter EveJacksonabout this month's new series including "Dying for Sex" a bold new series about female sexuality and terminal cancer, starring Michelle Williams. They also look at the new seasons of "The Last of Us", "Black Mirror", "The Handmaid's Tale" and the new French-American ballet drama, "toile".

80 years after French women cast their ballots for the first time, we take a look at the history of womens suffrage in France. We dive into what it was like to vote on April 29th, 1945, and how, today, France still has work to do on this front. We also discuss some nations where suffrage is being unexpectedly walked back.

Power was restored in Spain and Portugal on Tuesday after lights, communications services and transport stopped working this week due to a sweeping blackout that sparked chaos for millions of people across the Iberian Peninsula. Authorities are still investigating what caused the unprecedented power outage.

An Irish artist whose work has become synonymous with social injustices has spoken to FRANCE 24 about how he wants to take revenge, not by violence, but by painting. Brian Maguire has dedicated his artwork to trying to help marginalised groups as a way of expressing his anger about how some people can fly, when others have to walk. His work is on display ...

JournalistViktoriia Roshchyna never returned from what is thought to have been her fourth trip to Russian-occupied Ukraine. She disappeared in August 2023 and was confirmed to be in Russian custody in April 2024. In October the Russian defence ministry wrote to Roshchynas father to say she had died.

PRESS REVIEW: Tuesday, 29 April: Spanish and Portuguese press are covering the huge blackout which has caused chaos among locals. Papers look at who to blame, and how to make the most of a medieval lifestyle. Also, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists published a report highting how China represses dissent abroad. And, Sports fans look ...

French carmaker Citron, part of Stellantis, launched a new SUV model this Tuesday in Paris in a bid to turn around sales that have dropped over 10 percent in the first quarter of the year. In this edition, we speak to Citron CEO Thierry Koskas about the fierce competition in the electric vehicle sector, the impact of tariffs on Citron's Chinese competitors, ...

Eighty years ago, on April 29, 1945, the last SS troops fled the German camp of Ravensbrck, the largest Nazi concentration camp for women. Among those held there was Suzanne Bouvard, a young woman from Brittany. During her deportation, she became friends with Simone Sailles, a Parisian resistance member. In life and in death, the two women bound their ...

Arsenal host PSG in the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals in a clash between two sides that have never won the competition.

Power returned to Spain early Tuesday after a major blackout disrupted flights, metros, and communications across Spain and Portugal. Authorities said over 99 percent of energy demand was restored, but the cause of the outage remains unclear.

The Nine, by Gwen Strauss, tells the extraordinary true story of how nine young women from the Resistance survived the Ravensbrck concentration camp and then escaped from a death march in Nazi Germany. Its American author recounts their remarkable getaway, their friendship and the lives the women led once back home.

Human rights organization Amnesty International said Israel is committing a "live-streamed genocide" against Palestinians in Gaza by targeting critical infrastructure, displacing most of the enclave's inhabitants, and depriving them of life-saving aid. Amnesty added that Israel had also committed numerous war crimes and created an apartheid state in the ...

In tonight's edition,Sudan's army calls for the international community to declare the RSF paramilitary a terrorist organization after they are accused of kidnapping and murdering dozens of civilians in Omdurman including children. Also,sexually suggestive content on platforms like Instagram, TikTok, Telegram, and X in Kenya is surging. Andwe head to ...

Electricity is gratually being restored to parts of Spain and Portugal following a massive blackout that brought much of the two countries to a standstill. While the cause of the outage is still being investigated, Yuka Royer takes a look at how Europe is trying to modernise its grid system. Plus, India has ordered 26 more Rafale fighter jets from French ...

Already-icy relations between India and Pakistan continue to deteriorate following the deadly attack in disputed Kashmir that left 26 tourists dead. But along with tensions increasing between the neighbours, misinformation is also escalating as well. In this edition of Truth or Fake, Vedika Bahl looks into misleading claims surrounding the attacks victims, ...

TheCannes film festival announced on Monday thatAmerican actor Halle Berry, "Succession" star Jeremy Strong and Franco-Moroccan writer Leila Slimani are set to join a women-majority judging panel this year,which will be presided over by French actress Juliette Binoche.Seven of the films in the main competition have also been made by women directors, a joint ...

The death toll from a massive explosion in Iran'slargest commercial port Bandar Abbas has risen to at least 65, the Iranian state media reported Monday, asfirefighters continue to battle Saturday's blaze.Iran's interior minister has blamed the blast on "negligence" and said culprits had been "identified and summoned".

Faced with American uncertainty surrounding the war in Ukraine and the future of NATO, Europe is looking to wean itself off US defence. France has promised to ramp up spending, putting its industry into overdrive, but what are the financial and recruitment issues? From the factory floor to AI engineers, our reporters went to meet the companies that are ...

Indonesia leads the world in nickel production, fuelling the global shift to electric cars. But this rapid growth comes at a steep environmental cost. Nickel mining is driving deforestation, polluting rivers and endangering local communities. Our France 2 colleagues have been toWeda Bay, at the heart of Indonesia's mining boom. They bring us this report, ...

Operatic soprano Chen Reiss has just released a new album alongside Daniel Grossman and the Jewish Chamber Orchestra Munich entitled "Jewish Vienna". The Austrian capitalhas always been a key spot for classical music and the goal of this record was to focus on the artists and composers who were part of this rich scene until the annexation of Austria by Nazi ...

As the trial of the robbers of Kim Kardashian's jewellery opens this Monday in Paris, we take a look at how the 2016 heist unfolded. We also discuss why it took over eight years for the case to go to trial and how this diamond robbery compares to other famous heists.

A winner of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize has spoken to FRANCE 24 about how she wanted to be a makeup artist in her small village in northern Iraq before her life was nearly destroyed by the Islamic State group. In 2014, when Nadia Murad was just 21 years old, IS group terrorists attacked her community, killing hundreds of people, including her mother and six ...

Spain and Portugal were hit by a major power outage on Mondayknocking out subway networks, phone lines, traffic lights and ATM machines.The Portuguese Cabinet convened an emergency meeting at the prime ministers residence, and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Snchez visited Red Elctrica to follow efforts at restoring power to the grid.

A French astronaut who has been to space three times on board the Space Shuttle has spoken to FRANCE 24 about the US's aim to put a man on the Moon once again. The Artemis programme is well underway, with the aim of going to the Moon this side of 2027, for the first time since 1972. Jean-Franois Clervoy is involved in the mission himself: he is a Venturi ...