Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said the planned rail strikes will see people “miss out on medical treatment” and that students will be “unable to get to their GCSE and A level exams”.
French National Assembly: How can MPs work to block Emmanuel Macron’s legislative agenda?
Allies of French President Emmanuel Macron started working Monday to cobble together a working parliamentary majority to salvage his second term, after his alliance crumbled in the election against surges from the left...
BREAKING: Strikes will go ahead, confirms RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch
General Secretary of the RMT Union, Mick Lynch, says that strikes on Network Rail, train operating companies and London Underground will go ahead as planned.
French minotaur stalks streets of Toulouse • FRANCE 24 English
Since 2018, a strange creature has been stalking the streets of the south-western French city of Toulouse. Standing 13 metres tall and weighing in at 46 tonnes, Asterion the Minotaur is a giant wood and steel puppet who...
Rail Strike: ‘We are past the point of no return’
Kevin Groves, head of media relations at Network Rail, says the chances of the dispute being resolved are becoming smaller. He also confirmed that even if there was a breakthrough, “we are beyond the point of no...
Le Pen’s National Rally got 89 seats in the French National Assembly • FRANCE 24 English
Marine Le Pen’s far-right Rassemblement National (National Rally, or RN) made historic gains in Sunday’s French parliamentary election second round. FRANCE 24’s Luke Shrago tells more.














