At least 40 people have died from drowning in France since the weekend as a major heatwave brings record temperatures to Europe. Much of France was set to experience temperatures around 40 °C as Spain also swelters in...
‘A very different Afghanistan: Violence now linked to socioeconomic pressures’ • FRANCE 24 English
François Picard is pleased to welcome Silvia Boccardi, freelance journalist based in Rome. Nearly five years after the Taliban’s return to power, Afghanistan occupies an uneasy position in international politics...
Achieving net-zero carbon emissions can reduce the intensity, duration, and frequency of heat waves
Haxie Meyers-Belkin is pleased to welcome Dr. Chloe Brimacombe. She presents a clear and sobering analysis of the current European heatwave as both a meteorological event and a societal stress test. Her argument is that...
Full interview with the police on what it took to prosecute Peter Murrell | BBC News
Peter Murrell has been sentenced to five years and three months for embezzling £400,000 from the Scottish National Party over the space of 12 years. He was the Chief Executive of the political party and married to...
Is the ‘gateway’ to the Donbas about to fall? | Ukraine-Russia war analysis
Ukraine’s fortress city is surrounded: Russian troops have reportedly seized a key strategic city along the frontline. From the importance of dramatic drone warfare to Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s strategy of putting pressure...
Netanyahu meets Bosnian Serb leader Cvijanovic as only Republika Srpska flag displayed
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Zeljka Cvijanovic, the Serb member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in West Jerusalem on June 22. During the meeting, only the flag of Republika Srpska was...
Inside the investigation into Peter Murrell’s £400,000 SNP fraud
Former SNP chief executive and husband of ex-First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, Peter Murrell, has been jailed for more than five years after being found guilty of stealing £400,000 from the Scottish National Party...