European News French govt reports clear ex-environment minister de Rugy of over-spendingFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESThe reports by the prime minister’s office and France’s parliament were made public Tuesday and ordered after a week of French media reports with claims that de Rugy used taxpayers’ money to pay for lobster
World News Australian Caleb Ewan wins Tour stage 16, Alaphilippe retains yellow jerseyFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESWith temperatures soaring as high as 40 C (104 F), Alaphilippe and his main rivals in the Tour de France did not attack each other over the 177-kilometer mainly flat stage in the Nimes rural hinterland.
Jeffrey Epstein US financier Jeffrey Epstein appeals bail denial in sex-trafficking caseFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESAccording to a court notice made public on Tuesday, Epstein will ask the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn the judge’s July 18 rejection of his request to remain under house arrest in his $77
Play buttonCETA French parliament approves controversial EU-Canada trade deal CETAFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESIn a vote in the National Assembly, 266 members approved the deal which has been championed by centrist President Emmanuel Macron, while 213 voted against it, including left-wingers and the far-right.
Play buttonArles Encore! - French town of Arles celebrates 50 years of photographyFrance 24 - France 24 ENEvery year, the southern French town of Arles becomes the world photography capital and welcomes more than 140,000 visitors. "Les Rencontres d'Arles" is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. FRANCE
European News Moroccan lawmakers vote to bolster French in public schoolsFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESThe legislation was adopted in Morocco's lower house by 241-4, with 21 abstentions. Most members of the mainly Islamist co-ruling PJD and conservative Istiqlal lawmakers abstained from voting on the articles
European News Probe opened in France over radioactive water rumoursFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESIn a viral message spread on the WhatsApp messaging app last week, a woman presenting herself as a nurse from a hospital in Paris can be heard telling people not to drink water from the tap because of
Play buttonLizzo Encore! - Music show: The sounds of summer 2019France 24 - Florence VILLEMINOT From Lizzo and Aya Nakamura to Mark Ronson and Angel Olsen plus Ed Sheeran, FRANCE 24's Olivia Salazar-Winspear and Florence Villeminot bring you the sounds of summer 2019 in our music show.
Boris Johnson Boris Johnson wins race to become UK’s next prime ministerFrance 24 - FRANCE 24Known for his jokes, gaffes and volte-faces, Boris Johnson, the UK’s prime minister-in-waiting, has pitched himself as the big personality Britain needs to finally deliver Brexit and save his ruling Conservative
Play buttonGreta Thunberg Live: Young ecologist Greta Thunberg addresses French parliamentFrance 24 - FRANCE 24Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg, 16, speaks before France's lower house of parliament Tuesday as she continues her campaign for action on climate change. French conservative parties denounced
Osama Bin Laden Imran Khan claims Pakistani intelligence led CIA to bin LadenFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESPakistan has until now officially denied having any knowledge of the terror chief until he was shot dead in a night time raid by US special forces on May 2, 2011, an incident that was a major national
World News South Korean fighters fire hundreds of warning shots at Russian military planeFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESThe Russian A-50 early warning and control aircraft breached South Korean airspace twice off its east coast, the defence ministry official said, forcing the air force to scramble fighters. Moscow denied
Play buttonCanada Business daily - Will French MPs block the EU-Canada trade deal?France 24 - Stephen CarrollFrench MPs will vote on a motion to ratify the CETA free trade deal between Canada and the European Union later this Tuesday. In the run-up to the vote, former French environment minister Nicolas Hulot
Play buttonHong Kong Hong Kong police criticised for failing to protect protesters from attacksFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESSunday's attack came during a night of escalating violence that opened new fronts in Hong Kong's widening crisis over an extradition bill that could see people from the territory sent to China for trial
Play buttonBoris Johnson UK faces further Brexit turmoil with Boris Johnson tipped to win PM raceFrance 24 - FRANCE 24Johnson and his rival, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, have spent the last month crisscrossing the country seeking to win over the less than 200,000 Conservative Party members who will choose Britain's
Cristiano Ronaldo Footballer Ronaldo will not face rape charges in USFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESA district attorney in the state of Nevada said it would not prosecute the Portuguese soccer player because it "cannot be proven beyond a reasonable doubt" that a sexual assault occurred. Kathryn Mayorga,
Play buttonRicardo Rosselló Massive San Juan protest demands Puerto Rico governor resignFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESRosselló's announcement on Sunday that he would not seek re-election next year and would step down as head of the New Progressive Party failed to appease the crowds, who called for him to immediately the
Haiti Haiti’s president names a new prime minister, his fourth in less than three yearsFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESFormerly an executive in the Ministry of Economy and Finance, Michel is Moise's fourth head of government in his two-and-a-half years in office. The president made the announcement in a Monday night Twitter
Imran Khan Trump, Pakistan's Khan discuss way out of Afghanistan warFrance 24 - FRANCE 24In return, Trump held out the possibility of restoring aid to Islamabad. "I think Pakistan is going to help us out to extricate ourselves," Trump said, with Khan sitting next to him at the start of a House
Caracas Venezuela's government says attack caused massive power cutFrance 24 - FRANCE 24Communications Minister Jorge Rodríguez read a statement broadcast on social media Monday in which he said authorities were working to restore service as quickly as possible. He appealed for calm and contingency
World News EU countries agree on new scheme to allocate migrants across blocFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESForeign affairs and Interior ministers of the EU had earlier gathered in Paris to discuss immigration and security issues following a first gathering in Finland last week. "The conclusion of this morning's
Play buttonEuropean News Britain blasts Iran seizure of tanker as act of 'state piracy'France 24 - NEWS WIRESIran's Revolutionary Guards seized the Stena Impero in the Strait on Friday. British Royal Marines seized an Iranian tanker off the coast of Gibraltar two weeks ago. "Under international law Iran had right
Ebola Congo health minister resigns in protest over govt's handling of EbolaFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESIlunga has overseen the nearly year-long response to Democratic Republic of Congo's latest Ebola epidemic, which is the second deadliest in history. It has killed more than 1,700 people and infected more
European News France asks EU to bring forward aid for drought-hit farmersFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESHot weather in France this week is expected to prolong drought conditions that have impacted several sectors over the past months, including nuclear power generation and farming, and had led to restrictions
Play buttonEuropean News Hunt vs Johnson: The battle for UK PMFrance 24 - Sam BALLAn initial field of 10 candidates has been whittled down to just two after a series of votes by Conservative MPs. Now, some 160,000 grassroots Conservative party members must vote for the man to not just
Adani Group Australia arrests French journalists filming anti-coal protestFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESState police said seven people, including four French men aged 29, 30, 32 and 39, had been arrested and charged with trespassing on a railway at the Abbot Point coal terminal. Reporter Hugo Clément and
European News French submarine lost for over half-a-century located in MediterraneanFrance 24 - NEWS WIRES"It's a success, a relief and a technical feat," Defence Minister Florence Parly wrote on Twitter, after the wreck was discovered 45 kilometres (30 miles) off the southern French port of Toulon. "I am
Play buttonBill & Melinda Gates Foundation The Interview - Melinda Gates: 'In Africa, digital financial inclusion for women is fundamental'France 24 - Haxie MEYERS-BELKINDuring a meeting of G7 finance ministers and central bank governors in Chantilly near Paris last week, Melinda Gates presented a report on the digital financial inclusion of women in Africa. The co-chair
Play buttonChandrayaan-2 India launches second lunar mission, aiming for Moon's South PoleFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESChandrayaan-2 – or Moon Chariot 2 – took off on time at 2:43 pm (0913 GMT) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre on an island off the coast of Andhra Pradesh state. Applause broke out in the mission control
Play buttonEuropean News Talking Europe - Forest fires, bees and Georgia's EU aspirations: Talking Europe highlights (part 2)France 24 - Catherine NicholsonWith Brexit climbing back up the news agenda, we revisit our interview with Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, who tells us why she will continue to push for Scottish Independence as a "No Deal"
European News French govt reports clear ex-environment minister de Rugy of over-spendingFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESThe reports by the prime minister’s office and France’s parliament were made public Tuesday and ordered after a week of French media reports with claims that de Rugy used taxpayers’ money to pay for lobster
World News Australian Caleb Ewan wins Tour stage 16, Alaphilippe retains yellow jerseyFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESWith temperatures soaring as high as 40 C (104 F), Alaphilippe and his main rivals in the Tour de France did not attack each other over the 177-kilometer mainly flat stage in the Nimes rural hinterland.
Jeffrey Epstein US financier Jeffrey Epstein appeals bail denial in sex-trafficking caseFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESAccording to a court notice made public on Tuesday, Epstein will ask the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn the judge’s July 18 rejection of his request to remain under house arrest in his $77
Play buttonCETA French parliament approves controversial EU-Canada trade deal CETAFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESIn a vote in the National Assembly, 266 members approved the deal which has been championed by centrist President Emmanuel Macron, while 213 voted against it, including left-wingers and the far-right.
Play buttonArles Encore! - French town of Arles celebrates 50 years of photographyFrance 24 - France 24 ENEvery year, the southern French town of Arles becomes the world photography capital and welcomes more than 140,000 visitors. "Les Rencontres d'Arles" is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. FRANCE
European News Moroccan lawmakers vote to bolster French in public schoolsFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESThe legislation was adopted in Morocco's lower house by 241-4, with 21 abstentions. Most members of the mainly Islamist co-ruling PJD and conservative Istiqlal lawmakers abstained from voting on the articles
European News Probe opened in France over radioactive water rumoursFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESIn a viral message spread on the WhatsApp messaging app last week, a woman presenting herself as a nurse from a hospital in Paris can be heard telling people not to drink water from the tap because of
Play buttonLizzo Encore! - Music show: The sounds of summer 2019France 24 - Florence VILLEMINOT From Lizzo and Aya Nakamura to Mark Ronson and Angel Olsen plus Ed Sheeran, FRANCE 24's Olivia Salazar-Winspear and Florence Villeminot bring you the sounds of summer 2019 in our music show.
Boris Johnson Boris Johnson wins race to become UK’s next prime ministerFrance 24 - FRANCE 24Known for his jokes, gaffes and volte-faces, Boris Johnson, the UK’s prime minister-in-waiting, has pitched himself as the big personality Britain needs to finally deliver Brexit and save his ruling Conservative
Play buttonGreta Thunberg Live: Young ecologist Greta Thunberg addresses French parliamentFrance 24 - FRANCE 24Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg, 16, speaks before France's lower house of parliament Tuesday as she continues her campaign for action on climate change. French conservative parties denounced
Osama Bin Laden Imran Khan claims Pakistani intelligence led CIA to bin LadenFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESPakistan has until now officially denied having any knowledge of the terror chief until he was shot dead in a night time raid by US special forces on May 2, 2011, an incident that was a major national
World News South Korean fighters fire hundreds of warning shots at Russian military planeFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESThe Russian A-50 early warning and control aircraft breached South Korean airspace twice off its east coast, the defence ministry official said, forcing the air force to scramble fighters. Moscow denied
Play buttonCanada Business daily - Will French MPs block the EU-Canada trade deal?France 24 - Stephen CarrollFrench MPs will vote on a motion to ratify the CETA free trade deal between Canada and the European Union later this Tuesday. In the run-up to the vote, former French environment minister Nicolas Hulot
Play buttonHong Kong Hong Kong police criticised for failing to protect protesters from attacksFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESSunday's attack came during a night of escalating violence that opened new fronts in Hong Kong's widening crisis over an extradition bill that could see people from the territory sent to China for trial
Play buttonBoris Johnson UK faces further Brexit turmoil with Boris Johnson tipped to win PM raceFrance 24 - FRANCE 24Johnson and his rival, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, have spent the last month crisscrossing the country seeking to win over the less than 200,000 Conservative Party members who will choose Britain's
Cristiano Ronaldo Footballer Ronaldo will not face rape charges in USFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESA district attorney in the state of Nevada said it would not prosecute the Portuguese soccer player because it "cannot be proven beyond a reasonable doubt" that a sexual assault occurred. Kathryn Mayorga,
Play buttonRicardo Rosselló Massive San Juan protest demands Puerto Rico governor resignFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESRosselló's announcement on Sunday that he would not seek re-election next year and would step down as head of the New Progressive Party failed to appease the crowds, who called for him to immediately the
Haiti Haiti’s president names a new prime minister, his fourth in less than three yearsFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESFormerly an executive in the Ministry of Economy and Finance, Michel is Moise's fourth head of government in his two-and-a-half years in office. The president made the announcement in a Monday night Twitter
Imran Khan Trump, Pakistan's Khan discuss way out of Afghanistan warFrance 24 - FRANCE 24In return, Trump held out the possibility of restoring aid to Islamabad. "I think Pakistan is going to help us out to extricate ourselves," Trump said, with Khan sitting next to him at the start of a House
Caracas Venezuela's government says attack caused massive power cutFrance 24 - FRANCE 24Communications Minister Jorge Rodríguez read a statement broadcast on social media Monday in which he said authorities were working to restore service as quickly as possible. He appealed for calm and contingency
World News EU countries agree on new scheme to allocate migrants across blocFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESForeign affairs and Interior ministers of the EU had earlier gathered in Paris to discuss immigration and security issues following a first gathering in Finland last week. "The conclusion of this morning's
Play buttonEuropean News Britain blasts Iran seizure of tanker as act of 'state piracy'France 24 - NEWS WIRESIran's Revolutionary Guards seized the Stena Impero in the Strait on Friday. British Royal Marines seized an Iranian tanker off the coast of Gibraltar two weeks ago. "Under international law Iran had right
Ebola Congo health minister resigns in protest over govt's handling of EbolaFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESIlunga has overseen the nearly year-long response to Democratic Republic of Congo's latest Ebola epidemic, which is the second deadliest in history. It has killed more than 1,700 people and infected more
European News France asks EU to bring forward aid for drought-hit farmersFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESHot weather in France this week is expected to prolong drought conditions that have impacted several sectors over the past months, including nuclear power generation and farming, and had led to restrictions
Play buttonEuropean News Hunt vs Johnson: The battle for UK PMFrance 24 - Sam BALLAn initial field of 10 candidates has been whittled down to just two after a series of votes by Conservative MPs. Now, some 160,000 grassroots Conservative party members must vote for the man to not just
Adani Group Australia arrests French journalists filming anti-coal protestFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESState police said seven people, including four French men aged 29, 30, 32 and 39, had been arrested and charged with trespassing on a railway at the Abbot Point coal terminal. Reporter Hugo Clément and
European News French submarine lost for over half-a-century located in MediterraneanFrance 24 - NEWS WIRES"It's a success, a relief and a technical feat," Defence Minister Florence Parly wrote on Twitter, after the wreck was discovered 45 kilometres (30 miles) off the southern French port of Toulon. "I am
Play buttonBill & Melinda Gates Foundation The Interview - Melinda Gates: 'In Africa, digital financial inclusion for women is fundamental'France 24 - Haxie MEYERS-BELKINDuring a meeting of G7 finance ministers and central bank governors in Chantilly near Paris last week, Melinda Gates presented a report on the digital financial inclusion of women in Africa. The co-chair
Play buttonChandrayaan-2 India launches second lunar mission, aiming for Moon's South PoleFrance 24 - NEWS WIRESChandrayaan-2 – or Moon Chariot 2 – took off on time at 2:43 pm (0913 GMT) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre on an island off the coast of Andhra Pradesh state. Applause broke out in the mission control
Play buttonEuropean News Talking Europe - Forest fires, bees and Georgia's EU aspirations: Talking Europe highlights (part 2)France 24 - Catherine NicholsonWith Brexit climbing back up the news agenda, we revisit our interview with Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, who tells us why she will continue to push for Scottish Independence as a "No Deal"
