The midterms may be closely approaching. But Joe Biden’s focus, for the next week at least, will be firmly on matters overseas. The president returns to the international stage over the next few days to pay tribute to allies and exhort democracies — amid an audience where he arguably shines brighter than he does at […]
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The queue is full; long live the queue. Entry to join the line to see Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin has been paused for “at least six hours” after Southwark Park in London reached capacity Friday. The line to see the queen lying in state currently stretches almost five miles, snaking through London from Westminster to […]
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LONDON — U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss will meet U.S. President Joe Biden this weekend as the pair prepare for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II in London. The U.S. President is one of numerous heads of state descending on London for the global event who has booked some one-on-one time with the new U.K. […]
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A mass burial site of more than 440 people was found in the recently liberated city of Izium in Eastern Ukraine. In a Thursday night video speech, president Volodymyr Zelensky compared the discovery to the hundreds of people found buried in Bucha on the outskirts of Kyiv in February. “Russia is leaving death behind it […]
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Sweden and Finland are counting on further talks with Turkey to unlock their Nato accession, as Western diplomats wonder what Ankara really wants.
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The German government has put the German subsidiary of Russian oil giant Rosneft under trusteeship. Germany will eliminate all oil imports from Russia and to ensure the refinery, one of Germany’s largest, can continue operations in the winter without disruption, the majority owned Russian company has been taken over. “With the trusteeship, the threat to […]
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A report on Russian spying at the Council of Europe doesn’t present the slightest evidence for the far-reaching allegations it makes, the Council’s parliamentary president, Tiny Kox says.
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Europe’s energy crisis is leading to the spread of misinformation on social media. On a poster that has been circulating on Twitter, Facebook and Telegram, the Swiss Confederation allegedly encourages citizens to denounce their neighbours if they heat their homes above 19°C. We tell you more in this edition of Truth or Fake.
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Hungarian women voiced dismay as an amendment to abortion rules took effect on Thursday in what some see as a first step towards a tightening of access to the procedure under a deeply conservative government.
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Roughly 450 graves have been counted at one burial site near the eastern Ukraine city of Izium which was recently recaptured by Kyiv’s forces, a senior presidential aide said Friday. Meanwhile, the Biden administration announced Thursday that it will send another $600 million in military aid to Ukraine. Follow FRANCE 24’s liveblog for all the latest developments. All […]
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