News from France-based sources, ranked by recency.
US allies at the Group of Seven summit worked Tuesday to push the war in Ukraine back up the agenda of President Donald Trump after more than four years of fighting sparked by Russia’s full-scale invasion. The Iran conflict has in recent weeks overshadowed the war in Ukraine that Russian President Vladimir Putin launched. Host President Emmanuel Macron of France said he’ll seek to persuade Trum...
Iran twice came from behind to salvage a 2–2 draw against New Zealand in a World Cup opener overshadowed by geopolitical tensions, protests and months of conflict with the United States. In Tehran, the match was an opportunity for many to forget for a moment the turmoil in the country as they came together at watch parties to cheer on their team.
Iran kicked off their World Cup with a tense 2-2 draw against New Zealand in Los Angeles. Overcoming several hurdles sparked by the US-Iran war, the team's participation and representation in the Group G matches has been at the heart of multiple controversies, among them is FIFA's ban on the use of Iran's pre-revolutionary flag, which has left the Iranian community in Los Angeles divided.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz presented U.S. President Donald Trump with a personalized football jersey during the G7 summit in France.
Shipping remains virtually at a standstill through the Strait of Hormuz, according to tracking platforms. That's despite US President Donald Trump's claim that crossings were resuming under his deal to end the war with Iran. Meanwhile a row is emerging over Iran's plan to charge levies on shipping.
US President Donald Trump has threatened to set a 100 percent tariff on French wine and champagne unless Paris removes a digital services tax on technology firms. France imposed in 2019 a three percent levy on the revenues earned by technology firms - including US giants like Facebook, Amazon, Apple and Google's parent Alphabet - within the country's borders.
PRESS REVIEW – Tuesday, June 16: Papers focus on the historic Pechersk Lavra monastery in Kyiv that was set on fire by a missile barrage blamed on Russia. Next: a French-Vietnamese woman is appealing against the companies that supplied the deadly Agent Orange chemical during the Vietnam War. Also: an investigation shows that North Korean hackers are stealing Balkan identities. Finally, a cat in...
More than a million people have been displaced by Israeli airstrikes and evacuation orders across Lebanon, with many of them left living in tents or on roadsides. But amid the horrors of war there are also touching acts of solidarity. Our reporters Elena Volochine and Antonia Kerrigan spent a day in a monastery which has opened its doors to the displaced from across the south of the country.
US President Donald Trump said on Monday a preliminary agreement to end the conflict had already been signed by the US and Iran digitally, ahead of a formal signing ceremony in Switzerland on Friday. However, details of the deal remain unclear, with Trump taking to social media to deny some elements of the agreement that have already been reported in the media, including the existence of a reco...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday joined a summit of the G7 group of leading powers seeking to up pressure on Russia to end the war against his country. The summit will likely see Zelensky and European leaders join forces in attempt to persuade US President Donald Trump to increase support for Ukraine and up sanctions on Moscow, says France 24’s international affairs editor Keth...
The UN-backed Special Criminal Court in the Central African Republic will on Tuesday, with foreign judges, begin the trial in absentia of former president François Bozizé over crimes against humanity. Bozizé, 79, who seized power in a 2003 coup before being overthrown 10 years later by rebels, has been living in exile in Guinea-Bissau since March 2023.
Une nouvelle source de biométhane près d'Angers Les Echos
Tous les matins au bureau à 5h15 : Emmanuel Roman, le Français qui pilote les 2.100 milliards de dollars du géant Pimco Les Echos
« Je crois surtout que l'IA est en train de démocratiser l'expertise, c'est toute l'architecture de l'entreprise qui va évoluer » : comment Claude et ChatGPT redéfinissent déjà les codes du travail Les Echos
Adoption de l'IA : les PME face aux résistances internes Les Echos
Trump appeared hesitant to accept the European proposal, stressing that the strategic waterway will become open and safe thanks to his tentative deal to end the war with Iran, but remained open to the idea of some naval presence to ensure water safety for commercial passage.
Anthropic : « La décision de l'administration Trump fait prendre conscience du degré de dépendance européenne Les Echos
IA : le plan du gouvernement pour développer et réguler l’intelligence artificielle dans la fonction publique Le Monde.fr
Iran twice came from behind to salvage a 2–2 draw against New Zealand in a World Cup opener overshadowed by geopolitical tensions, protests and months of conflict with the United States. The result leaves Team Melli still searching for a breakthrough on football's biggest stage.
US Vice President JD Vance said ships will pass through the Strait of Hormuz without tolls under a peace deal signed with Iran, while insisting Tehran must meet its commitments before receiving economic benefits. Officials said the agreement could unlock reconstruction funding, but key details remain to be negotiated. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.
Près de la moitié des enfants du monde sont exposés à au moins trois types d’aléas climatiques, alerte l’Unicef Le Monde.fr
G7 leaders will hold talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky on Ukraine on Tuesday, as US President Donald Trump suggested there may be room for progress after more than four years of war with Russia. The summit in Evian will also address Iran, amid renewed diplomacy and continued fighting in Ukraine following Russian strikes.
News consumers worldwide are increasingly turning to social media and video platforms for information, overtaking traditional outlets for the first time, according to a Reuters Institute report. The study warns that shifting habits, driven by younger audiences and AI tools, are reshaping the global news industry and threatening old media business models.
Crèche People & Baby : la justice relaxe une ex-directrice accusée de violences sur des enfants Le Monde.fr
Eight people were killed after a US B-52 bomber crashed and burst into flames shortly after take-off from Edwards Air Force Base in California on Monday. The aircraft was carrying a mix of military personnel, government employees and civilian contractors on a routine test mission when it went down, prompting an immediate investigation.
Saudi Arabia and Uruguay played out a 1-1 draw in the sweltering Miami heat in their opening match of the 2026 World Cup, leaving Group H finely poised after tournament debutants Cape Verde earlier held European champions Spain to a scoreless draw.
A dozen Israeli company stands were shut down Monday at a major international defence and security exhibition held outside Paris, sparking outrage from authorities in Israel. Tensions have persisted in French-Israeli relations, with France recognising Palestinian statehood last year and two far-right Israeli ministers banned from entering the country in recent weeks. FRANCE 24's Jennie Shin rep...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is on a collision course with Donald Trump as the U.S. president seeks to extricate himself from the war, with both men's goals unmet and Israeli military operations tied down in Lebanon. Speaking with FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney, Aaron David Miller, Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, says that "this has been a strategic dis...
Ahead of his arrival in the French Alps for a G7 summit, US President Donald Trump said in a media interview that the US had "no choice" but to impose 100% tariffs on French wines if Paris didn't scrap its digital services tax on tech firms. French president Emmanuel Macron has already ruled out dropping the tax which brings hundreds of millions of euros into state coffers annually.
Wall Street termine en hausse après l'accord USA-Iran, le pétrole baisse Les Echos
A B-52 Stratofortress went down at around 11:20 a.m. local time, with emergency crews scrambled to the scene. No casualty information has been released. The aircraft typically carries a crew of five.
Viral videos of the tragedy shared online show the anguish of onlookers when they realised the lady was launched off the Ponte do Esqueleto bridge in Brazil without the required safety rope. “She’s got no rope,” one witness to the accident is heard saying.
California Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat and longtime political rival of Republican President Donald Trump, said Monday the president had ordered the US Justice Department to launch a politically motivated investigation into him and his wife.
The signing of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the US and Iran on Monday has been welcomed by the international community after a devastating three-month war. The agreement was announced on June 14, President Donald Trump’s birthday, but the biggest beneficiary, experts say, is the Iranian regime.
A duck named Merlin has become an unlikely World Cup sensation after videos of him wearing a Mexico jersey and joining celebrations in Mexico City spread across social media.
Debutants Cape Verde, a nation of over 500,000 people, held out against Luis de la Fuente’s star-studded team, playing defensively and relying on few counterattacks that nearly caused an upset for Spain in the 90th.
Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen, Negah Angha, Visiting Fellow at King's College London and Former Senior Advisor at the US Department of State and National Security Council under the Biden Administration, says that "the real test is going to be whether or not this framework survives the Lebanon angle and whether it can, on the American side, be translated into some sort of nuclear framework".
A Yemeni adventurer known online as the “Spider-Man of Yemen” died after falling into a volcanic crater while attempting a climb without safety equipment.
Israelis from across the political spectrum reacted angrily Monday to the news of an initial deal between the U.S. and Iran, calling it a disaster for Israel and directing their fury at one man: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. FRANCE 24's Noga Tarnopolsky reports from Jerusalem.
