In Germany’s capital, Berlin power has been restored to thousands of homes and businesses hit by a 5-day blackout. A left-wing extremist group says it was behind an arson attack which caused the outage. The...
Deadly snowstorm disrupts travel across Europe
Five people have died and hundreds of flights have been cancelled across Europe because of ice and snow. The Dutch airline, KLM, blamed what it called ‘extreme weather’ with rail journeys also disrupted. Paul Hawkins...
Trump Greenland threats: ‘ego politics rather than geopolitics’, expert says • FRANCE 24 English
Speaking with FRANCE 24’s Monte Francis, Klaus Dodds, Professor of Geopolitics at Royal Holloway, University of London, says that US President Donald Trump’s threats of annexation of Greenland are about...
Incoherence: America First creates mixed policy signals in Russia, China, Latin America, Greenland
The leaders of France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain and the United Kingdom have joined Denmark in reaffirming that mineral-rich Greenland “belongs to its people.” As the Americas and Europe find themselves deep in...
Trump says doubts ‘NATO would be there for us’ if needed • FRANCE 24 English
US President Donald Trump, whose renewed threats to seize Greenland from NATO member Denmark have rattled the transatlantic alliance, said Wednesday he doubted allies would "be there for us if we really needed them...
United States’ three-step plan for Venezuela
"We are going to take between 30 and 50 million barrels of oil." United States has unveiled a three-step plan for Venezuela, focusing on stabilisation, economic recovery and a political transition, according...
Why does Trump want to annex Greenland? • FRANCE 24 English
What’s behind US President Donald Trump’s obsession with taking over Greenland? FRANCE 24’s Laurent Berstescher takes a look at the territory’s strategic & economic importance for the US, and...