Just hours from now, Germany’s Chancellor will kick off a fight for his political future. Olaf Scholz faces a vote of confidence in parliament – one that he is widely expected to lose. If he does, voters will go...
Ex-husband in French mass rape trial asks for ‘forgiveness’ from his family • FRANCE 24 English
Dominique Pelicot, the French man who has admitted to drugging his former wife Gisele for a decade and inviting dozens of men recruited online to rape her, asked on Monday (December 16) for his family to forgive him and...
Lucy Letby’s lawyers to share ‘new evidence’ they claim ‘significantly undermines’ convictions
Lawyers for Lucy Letby say they will reveal "new evidence, which significantly undermines the convictions" of the killer nurse later today. Letby, 34, is serving fifteen whole life terms in prison for the...
New French PM Bayrou met far-right leader Marine Le Pen • FRANCE 24 English
New French Prime Minister François Bayrou will meet with the heads of parliamentary groups, starting with Marine Le Pen of the far-right Rassemblement National. FRANCE 24’s Marc Perelman tells us more. #France...
Indians splurge three times their annual income on weddings
It’s peak wedding season in India, which boasts more weddings than anywhere else. But they don’t come cheap. According to a recent report, an average Indian family spends more than 14,000 dollars on a wedding –...
Bûche de Noël: The traditional French Yule log • FRANCE 24 English
Christmas is fast approaching and here in France that means the spotlight is on the traditional Yule log, or Bûche de Noël. This week, the magazine Fou de Pâtisserie held its annual awards ceremony, including prizes for...
Israeli strike on Syria’s Tartus triggers massive explosions
A massive explosion ‘so big it registered on the Richter scale’ was seen over the Syrian coastal city of Tartus as Israeli warplanes carried out heavy air strikes on multiple military sites. Capitalising on the collapse...