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 ...

PRESS REVIEW Monday, April 28:Coverage of the preparations of the secretive papal conclave continues, as cardinals are set to announce a date of the start of deliberations. Also, French papers are reacting to the mosque attack in the south of the country, as news breaks that the suspect has handed himself in. Next, tension continues to grow between India ...

Defense expenditure rose by 9.4 percent worldwide in 2024 amid wars in Ukraine and Gaza, with researchers warning that rising military budgets will mean less funding for social welfare and humanitarian aid. Also in this edition: France aims to merge or eliminate one third of its government agencies amid a deficit crisis. Plus, the Chinese city of Chengdu ...

Suspects have been arrested in connection with attacks carried out against French prisons earlier this month, said French justice minister Gerarld Darminin on Monday. "Thank you to magistrates and law enforcement for arresting the alleged perpetrators of the attack against prison officers and our country's prisons early this morning," wrote Darminin on X.

Canadian prosecutors have charged a 30-year-old Vancouver resident with murder for killing at least 11 people between the ages of five and 65 and injuring around two dozen people when he rammed a SUV through a crowd at a Filipino community festival in Vancouver.

The man suspected of killing a Muslim worshipper in a mosque in southern France has turned up in a police station in Italy, announced a French prosecutor on Monday.

One suspect in Kim Kardashians 2016 Paris heist vowed to admit guilt as the trial began Monday. Yunice Abbas, 71, among 10 charged with armed robbery and kidnapping, told AP: "I will apologise. I mean it sincerely." Kardashian, 44, is expected to testify before the trial ends May 23.

Canadian leaders rallied for votes Sunday ahead of Mondays election, overshadowed by US President Donald Trumps policies but shaken by a deadly vehicle attack in Vancouver that killed 11. Liberal Prime Minister Mark Carney, favored over Conservative rival Pierre Poilievre, paused campaigning to address the incident as polls show a narrowing race.

The US military said Sunday it has struck more than 800 Houthi targets in Yemen since mid-March, killing hundreds of fighters, including leaders. Near-daily air raids under"Operation Rough Rider"aim to halt attacks on Red Sea shipping and restore US "deterrence," officials said.

North Korea on Monday confirmed for the first time it has sent troops to Russia to support its war against Ukraine. US, South Korean and Ukrainian intelligence officials said last year Pyongyang dispatched about 10,000 to 12,000 troops, but North Korea had previously neither confirmed nor denied the reports.

Worldwide military expenditure surged to $2.7 trillion in 2024, marking the sharpest annual increase since the Cold War, driven by escalating conflicts and geopolitical tensions, SIPRI reported Monday. Europe and the Middle East saw the steepest rises, with some European nations posting "unprecedented" spending hikes, the research institute said.

An Israeli strike hitsouth Beirut on Sunday for the third time since a fragile November 27 ceasefire. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said the strike targeted a building used by Hezbollah to store "precision-guided missiles".