A wildfire in in the Fontainebleau forest south of Paris has burnt nearly 1,000 hectares since July 12 – an area larger from Gibraltar. Hundreds of residents from nearby towns have had to be evacuated, as...
Marianne: The allegory that defines France • FRANCE 24 English
🇫🇷 As the face of #France, #Marianne is everywhere: the #Louvre, the Senate, even on the official government logo. This #BastilleDay, FRANCE 24’s Gabrielle Nadler looks at how the allegory of Marianne was invented...
‘The facts are there’: Macron salutes fulfilling pledge to boost defence spending • FRANCE 24
Emmanuel Macron has vowed France, and Europe, will defend freedom at all costs — and with blood, if necessary. The French President made the call to action as he gave his traditional speech to the armed forces on...
Yemeni government strikes Sanaa airport to deter Iranian plane from landing
Smoke rose over Sanaa International Airport on July 13, as the Yemeni government said it carried out an air strike to prevent an Iranian plane from landing. Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree vowed the attack would...
Dark Houses: FETO’s Hidden History | Episode 1
The first episode of Dark Houses: FETO’s Hidden History’s examines the early years of FETO’s establishment, tracing how the organisation expanded from the 1970s onward and later evolved into an...
‘Preventive measures’ needed to avoid ‘increasingly common’ wildfires, says Spanish PM • FRANCE 24
Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez urged Spain to strengthen its prevention measures after one of the country’s deadliest wildfires in recent history killed 13 people and razed a huge area. The prime minister was...
‘When biodiversity decays, you decay’: French biologist Marc-André Selosse • FRANCE 24 English
A leading environmentalist is warning that the destruction of the world’s biodiversity is one of the defining challenges of our time – and one that deserves far greater public attention. Marc-André Selosse, a...