France

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🔴 Pogacar wins fifth Tour de France as teen Seixas seals stunning fourth place

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How slavery money built the Élysée, France’s presidential residence

What would become the Élysée Palace, the official residence of the French president, was built three centuries ago with a fortune amassed in the slave trade. As France grapples with its legacy of slav...

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Wildfires in France: French farmers provide water tankers to help fight fire

"Civilian farmers are trying to help firefighters by bringing in tankers of water to keep their hoses running," FRANCE 24 reporter Luke Shrago said, reporting from Lège-Cap-Ferret, where one of the la...

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Germany: Berlin Pride attack believed to be an act of Islamic extremist terror

German investigators on Sunday searched for a man who allegedly drove a van into a crowd near Berlin's Pride festival, killing one person and injuring many others, before allegedly stabbing additional...

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Fires in France: 42,000 hectares burnt, 220,000 people evacuated

Andrew Hilliar has more.

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Sea drones to defend the sky in Ukraine as the war continues

FRANCE 24 report by Gulliver Cragg.

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The week in pictures: Wildfires rage in Europe, youth protests rock India and UK names new PM

Unprecedented wildfires swept across France and Spain, youth-led protests in India forced the country's education minister to resign and Andy Burnham became the United Kingdom's new prime minister. FR...

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Flavio Bolsonaro launches Brazil presidential campaign, touts support from Milei

Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, eldest son of former president Jair Bolsonaro, on Saturday formally launched his bid to challenge President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in October's election, showcas...

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Football: WAFCON kicks off in Morocco with record 16-nation line-up

Thando Sibiya, Sports Presenter and Journalist, is our guest.

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Trauma and taboos: how Portugal takes care of migrants' mental health

Migration is increasingly essential to Portugal's economy, but the mental health of many new arrivals to the country is affected by the trauma of what they have left behind, long and arduous journeys,...

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French firefighters battle blazes with military cargo planes

Fire crews in France are battling unchecked wildfires that have forced more than 300,000 people to flee were overwhelmed on Sunday as the unpredictable blazes advances. To help stop the flames from sp...

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Deadly Berlin Pride ramming believed to be 'Islamist terror attack', Germany says

German ​Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt ​said on Sunday that all evidence ​surrounding Saturday ‌night's ⁠attack at Berlin's ‌Pride celebration so ⁠far points to an Islamist terrorist ​attack. Po...

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‘Bullied, beaten up, killed’: Armenia's drag queens risk it all for the stage

Armenian attitudes toward the LGBTQ community have transformed in recent years, in part due to the war in Ukraine. While a queer club in Yerevan was firebombed in 2012, the capital is now home to a th...

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Deadly attack on holiday camp in Russian-held part of Ukraine, officials say

At least 11 people were killed, including five children, in an overnight drone attack on a holiday camp in a Russian-held part of Ukraine's ‌Zaporizhzhia region, Russian installed local authorities sa...

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UNESCO adds France's D-Day landing beaches, Greece's Mount Olympus to World Heritage List

UNESCO has added France’s D-Day landing beaches and Greece’s Mount Olympus to its World Heritage List, during a UN committee meeting in South Korea reviewing dozens of nominations.

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Wildfires ravage southwest France: Thousands face devastation after evacuation

A raging wildfire in southwest France forced the evacuation of 55,000 people overnight Sunday, bringing the total forced out of their homes to 220,000 in one region alone, as flames crept ever closer...

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Romanian jet shoots down drone entering country's airspace for third day in a row

A Romanian fighter jet on Sunday shot down the third drone flying into the country's airspace in as many days, the defence minister said. A government investigation reportedly identified the first of...

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France fire situation 'remains very unfavourable' says interior minister

French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said on Sunday the wildfire situation in southwestern France was "very unfavourable"."Another difficult night on the wildfire front," Nunez said on X. A total of...

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German police hunt suspect in Berlin Pride attack: 1 dead and 16 injured

German authorities on Sunday issued a wanted notice for a fugitive suspect in the van rammingnear Berlin’s Pride festival that left one person dead and injured at least 16 others.

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Israel detains over 70 suspects following deadly violence in the West Bank

Israel’s military said it detained over 70 suspects across the occupied West Bank overnight and on Saturday, a day after troops deployed across the territory following violence that left two Isrelisol...

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Women's Football: Women's Africa Cup of Nations kicks off in Morocco

The 2026 Women's Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) kicks off in Morocco on Sunday with qualification for the World Cup and a record two-million-dollar first prize on the line. A record 16-nation line-up...

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Women's AFCON 2026: Tournament gets underway after months of delay

Originally scheduled for last spring, the 2026 Women's Africa Cup of Nations finally kicks off this Sunday in Rabat, Morocco. Algeria take on Senegal in the opening match, while defending champions Ni...

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Wildfires keep southwest France on edge: Evacuations top 200,000

FRANCE 24 reporter Luke Shrago has more.

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Ecowas greenlights $25bn Nigeria-Morocco mega gas pipeline

West African leaders have approved plans for a gas pipeline linking Nigeria to Morocco, marking a major political milestone for one of Africa's most ambitious infrastructure projects.

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Spain struggles to contain wildfires: 60,000 evacuated around Madrid

Spain has evacuated tens of thousands of people from villages west of the capital Madrid where wildfires and extremely dry conditions have been worsened by heatwaves and strong winds.

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🔴 UNESCO adds Normandy's D-Day landing beaches to World Heritage List

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'We see a longer fire season nearly everywhere': Why are Europe's wildfires getting more extreme?

Stefan Doerr, the director of the Centre for Wildfire Research at Swansea University, speaks to FRANCE 24 about some of the reasons why fire seasons across the world seem to be getting more and more s...

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'Firefighters are hoping that more of those fires don't join up': Spain steps up wildfire response

FRANCE 24's Madrid correspondent Sarah Morris reports on what authorities have called a "difficult night" for the firefighters struggling to tackle the spreading wildfires near Madrid and Toledo.

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'He may be armed and dangerous': Manhunt continues after man drives vehicle into Berlin Pride event

FRANCE 24 correspondent Nick Holdsworth reports from Berlin after a vehicle was driven into a crowd during the city's Pride event, killing one person and wounding 16 more.

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US holds fire against Iran as media reports say Washington's stockpiles are dwindling

Another night has passed without further US air strikes on Iran after nearly two weeks of nightly bombardments. US media reports that Washington's concerns over dwindling stockpiles of Patriot interce...

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Senegal ready to show ‘what it is capable of’ at Dakar 2026 Youth Olympics

With venues nearing completion and public enthusiasm growing, Dakar 2026 chief organiser Ibrahima Wade tells RFI that Senegal is ready to make Olympic history when the Youth Games begin on 31 October.

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Van rams into Berlin Pride crowd, killing one and injuring 15

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Live: France evacuates 55,000 more as Bordeaux fires worsen

More than 300,000 people fled wildfires raging across France and Spain on Saturday as worsening conditions forced fresh evacuations and authorities warned of a "difficult night". Fire-generated whirlw...

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Several people are injured at Berlin's LGBTQ+ march after a car drives into the crowd

Berlin police called off the LGBTQ+ pride parade in the German capital on Saturday, hours after the event had begun, saying it was because several people had been injured when a car drove into the cro...

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War in the Middle East: Deadly violence mounts in the West Bank

Nomi Bar-Yaacov, renowned international negotiator, arbitrator and mediator, is our guest.

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India's 'cockroach' party says ending protest after minister resigns

Andrew Hilliar analyses the situation.

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Pesticides, cadmium, PFAS: France reckons with the hidden toxins in food (1/2)

Concern over pesticides, PFAS “forever chemicals”, cadmium and other contaminants has been on the rise since a March report revealed French residents are up to four times more likely to register unsaf...

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Spain: Wildfires force 70,000 people to evacuate in Madrid region

Sarah Morris has more.

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200,000 people flee their homes in France as wildfires continue

Luke Shrago has more.

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India’s 'Cockroach' movement ends protests after education minister resigns

Sarah Jacob has more.

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Nearly 98,000 hectares burned in France, a 'historic record' says government

The threat posed by a wildfire raging in the southwestern French department of Gironde "remains very serious," the top regional official, Sophie Brocas, said Saturday."The threat remains very serious....

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Flavio Bolsonaro launches presidential bid in Brazil despite challenges

Flavio Bolsonaro on Saturday formally launched his campaign for Brazil's October presidential election, seeking to extend his family's grip on the country's far-right movement despite a series of scan...

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Pogacar closes in on Tour de France victory, Carapaz wins Queen stage

Tadej Pogacar is set to join cycling's all-time greats after all but sealing a record-equalling fifth Tour de France title on Saturday as Ecuadorian Richard Carapaz won the 20th stage on Alpe d'Huez.

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Kazakh leader tells Putin war should end, Ukrainian drones target Siberian oil facility

Kazakhstan's president urged Russian leader Vladimir Putin to end the war during talks in the Siberian city of Omsk while Ukrainian drones struck an oil refinery in Siberia on Saturday in one of Kyiv'...

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UNESCO adds West Bank site, Lebanese castles to World Heritage List despite Israeli opposition

UNESCO added a major archaeological site in the West Bank and a group of historic castles in southern Lebanon to its World Heritage List, defying Israeli objections and reigniting a long-running dispu...

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Iran seeks to 'sow confusion among Gulf states' by targeting Bahrain and Kuwait

As Iranian drones and missiles target Bahrain and Kuwait, RFI spoke with Mahdi Ghuloom of the Dubai-based ORF Middle East think tank, who believes long-standing tensions, the small size of the two cou...

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More health workers strike as Ebola cases in Congo near 3,000, including over 1,300 deaths

Health workers at an Ebola treatment center in eastern Congo went on strike Saturday over payment issues, disrupting care for patients in the epicenter of the country’s rapidly growing outbreak.

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Wildfires in Spain: Record temparatures accelerate spread of blazes

Another 25,000 people were evacuated from villages near Madrid threatened by wildfires, bringing the total who have fled to 70,000, Spain's government delegate to Madrid said on Saturday. The latest e...

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India's education minister resigns in major victory for youth protesters

Navodita Kumari has more.