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Belarus opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya tells FRANCE 24 that Ukrainian forces’ advances have bolstered efforts in her country to sway key players in Minsk. What happens when strongman Alexander Lukashenko stakes his survival on a Vladimir Putin who’s losing on the battlefield in Ukraine? Lukashenko’s now-exiled 2020 presidential election rival speaks to François Picard and […]

Ukraine said Thursday it had recaptured over 400 square kilometres in Kherson in less than a week, after Moscow claimed to have annexed the southern region. FRANCE 24’s Gwendoline Debono reports alongside the soldiers fighting on the front line.

The Nobel Peace Prize will be unveiled Friday, with experts speculating it could go to critics of Vladimir Putin, climate activists or even no prize at all amid the war in Ukraine.

The Nobel Peace Prize was on Friday awarded to human rights champions Ales Bialiatski of Belarus, Russia’s Memorial group and Ukraine’s Center for Civil Liberties. 

President Joe Biden said Thursday that the risk of nuclear “Armageddon” is at the highest level since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, as Russian officials speak of the possibility of using tactical nuclear weapons after suffering massive setbacks in the eight-month invasion of Ukraine. Follow FRANCE 24’s liveblog for all the latest developments. All times […]

The European Union will send a “civilian EU mission” to Armenia to help delineate the borders with Azerbaijan, stakeholders announced Friday after a meeting with France in Prague.

French President Emmanuel Macron is a friend of Britain, Prime Minister Liz Truss said on Thursday, having declared earlier this year while campaigning to become leader that the jury was out on whether he was a friend or foe. 

A growing list of failings and military defeats in Ukraine have spawned angry outbursts from members of the Russian elite – including lawmakers, media figures and at least one former general – who generally still support Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” but are now actively blaming army chiefs for a slew of military reversals. 

French author Annie Ernaux won the 2022 Nobel Prize for Literature “for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory”, the award-giving body said on Thursday.

Seven Russian rockets slammed into residential buildings in Zaporizhzhia before dawn Thursday, killing two people and trapping at least five in the city close to Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant, the governor of the mostly Russian-occupied region said. Follow FRANCE 24’s live blog for all the latest developments. All times are Paris time (GMT+2).