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Billie Eilish, Lenny Kravitz and Jon Batiste are headlining a concert aimed at building awareness around climate at the foot of the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Thursday.

A 27-year-old Palestinian was killed and twelve more were wounded after hundreds of Israeli settlers torched dozens of Palestinian homes and cars in the occupied West Bank.

Italy is the country in Europe that suffers the most from natural disasters: it’s the scene of two thirds of landslides that occur on the continent. The island of Ischia is particularly vulnerable, and the problem of uncontrolled urban development is making the damage worse. Some 27,000 of the 64,000 houses on the island do not meet building regulations. As the village of Casamiccciola rebuilds after a deadly landslide in November 2022, the council is trying to reduce risk factors to better adapt to climate change. Our correspondents report.

The French government issued a decree Wednesday outlawing an activist climate group it accuses of fomenting violence in a series of recent demonstrations, including one that saw fierce clashes with police over an irrigation project.

Advertisers and the media are tackling inclusivity in an increasingly tech-driven world. Success means tapping the potential of Black consumers.

The Nature Restoration Law, which has attracted enormous controversy, was on Tuesday endorsed by EU member states.

Members of the European Union should think twice before selling sensitive advanced technology to countries that seek to “undermine international peace.”

The French government said Tuesday that it would soon shut down an activist climate group over a series of recent demonstrations including one that led to fierce clashes with police over a controversial irrigation project.

President Emmanuel Macron will Tuesday hold talks in Paris with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, the French presidency said, as both sides seek to smooth a series of disputes that have frayed ties since she took the reins of Italy’s government last year. FRANCE 24’s Europe Editor Armen Georgian tells us more about these talks.

The number of confirmed victims from one of the worst migrant shipwrecks in the Mediterranean rose to 81 Monday after three more bodies were found off southern Greece, as more survivors claimed that the battered trawler had been under tow by another vessel just before it sank with hundreds of people aboard.

It’s official: the European Union is no longer the top client of Russian oil.

Italy, Sweden and now Finland: Far-right parties in Europe have started to govern.

France will offer Tunisia 25.8 million euros to help it stop boats carrying migrants across the Mediterranean, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said during a visit to Tunis on Monday.

One of French President Emmanuel Macron’s closest political allies caused a stir on Monday by backing constitutional changes to enable the head of state to seek a third term in office.

The Swiss on Sunday backed a new climate bill aimed at steering their country of melting glaciers towards carbon neutrality by 2050.

Missak Manouchian, an Armenian genocide survivor who went on to become a French Resistance hero, will enter France’s Panth?on mausoleum of revered historical figures next year, President Emmanuel Macron announced in a statement Sunday.

A rare 5.8 magnitude earthquake hit large parts of western France on Friday evening, with the seismology bureau BCSF calling it “very strong” amid reports of damage to buildings.

French police used tear gas on Saturday as they clashed with protesters seeking to stop construction of a new high-speed train line between France and neighbouring Italy which opponents argue will wreck the sensitive Alpine environment.

In this edition of Brussels, my love?, we discuss the EU’s recent decision to be the first to regulate artificial intelligence. Some parties, however, were not completely happy with the final compromise.

In this edition of Brussels, my love?, we discuss the EU’s recent decision to be the first to regulate artificial intelligence. Some parties, however, were not completely happy with the final compromise.

French President Emmanuel Macron and Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman called for a “rapid end to the institutional political vacuum in Lebanon”, the Elysee said on Friday.

Finland’s new coalition government, which includes the far-right Finns Party, on Friday announced plans to crack down on immigration with the far right heading the interior ministry.

After last week’s bursting of the Nova Kakhovka dam, flood waters in Kherson region are receding and revealing the extent of the damage, like in the Dnipro river island of Afanasiivka where homes and the garlic crop have been washed away. FRANCE 24’s correspondent Gwendoline Dobono reports from Kherson.

MEPs also voted on a report on spyware.

The annual study released by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) warned that the use of illegal substances is a concern to the health of people on the continent, as well as its security.