Surging waters have burst through a dam, wiped out at least 20 villages and left at least 30 people dead but probably many more in eastern Sudan, the United Nations said on Monday, devastating a region already reeling...
UN halts aid operations in Gaza and six killed in West Bank strike | BBC News
The United Nations says it has had to temporarily suspend its aid operation in the Gaza Strip because of Israeli military evacuation orders in the centre of the Palestinian territory. A senior UN official told reporters...
Sky’s Beth Rigby asks the prime minister if he will raise taxes
Sky’s Political Editor Beth Rigby asks Sir Keir Starmer if he plans to raise taxes in the forthcoming autumn budget. The prime minister reiterates again that "in relation to working people, income tax, VAT...
Watch live: Sir Keir Starmer makes speech before summer recess ends
Watch live from London UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer gives a speech, a week before parliament returns after a shortened summer recess. Sir Keir Starmer is expected to vow to "reverse a decade of decline"...
China’s New Silk Road: Beijing increases its influence in Nepal • FRANCE 24 English
From infrastructure to tourism, China is strengthening its control over its smaller neighbour Nepal. Beijing has been increasing its investment in trade, tourism and reconstruction since Nepal’s devastating 2015...
FRANCE 24 reports from epicentre of Mpox outbreak in eastern DR Congo • FRANCE 24 English
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, 3.4% of the 16,700 recorded Mpox cases have died. The government has announced a response and hopes to receive the first vaccine doses this week. But in the meantime, medical teams...
Why are Americans so polarised?
Democrats, Republicans and their supporters love to trade blame over the cause of the US’s copious issues – but what is the real source of their division? From politicians playing up the drama to social media...