- Ukrainian forces target Russian military sites amid drone strikes
- Indonesia marks anniversary of Mount Tambora eruption that caused climate catastrophe
- Rumen Radev wins parliamentary vote amid Europe’s moral leadership challenge
- Shamar Elkins identified as Louisiana gunman in shooting of eight children
- South Africa’s Gary Freeman killed by charging elephant during tourist tour
- Pope Leo XIV addresses Angola’s leaders on corruption and history
- US announces negotiations with Pakistan following Iran’s Strait of Hormuz incident
- Spain calls for EU to end Association Agreement with Israel at rally
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A night-time drone strike in northern Ukraine resulted in the death of a 16-year-old boy and injuries to four others, according to Chernihiv’s military administration. Ukrainian air defences neutralised 203 of 236 Russian drones during the assault, with significant damage reported to homes and infrastructure.
Rumen Radev commented on Europe’s ambition to be a moral leader, stating it has rendered the region a victim of unclear global rules, following his parliamentary vote victory. This highlights the challenges Europe faces in navigating its role on the international stage.
Pope Leo XIV’s visit to Angola underscores the nation’s struggle with historical exploitation and contemporary corruption. Addressing President João Lourenço, he highlighted the need to combat corruption while advocating for a culture of justice, during his first address to Angola’s governing authorities amid the Pope’s African tour.
In 1943, the Warsaw Ghetto uprising took place. It was a courageous act of resistance against the Nazis by several hundred Jewish fighters.
Since 1941, the Jewish population of the Polish capital – approximately 400,000 people – had been confined by the Nazi occupiers to a small neighbourhood in the center of the city. Many died as a result of starvation and diseases there. Others were sent to the Treblinka death camp.
Talking Europe hosts Bujar Osmani, the foreign minister of North Macedonia, which launched EU accession talks nearly a year ago – although it has been in the EU’s waiting room for far longer than that. Currently a screening process of North Macedonia’s legislation is under way, and Osmani urges the opening of talks with the EU on key topics. He warns that North Macedonian society has become wary of “making concessions while there are no deliverables”.
Official reactions are pouring in after home affairs ministers struck a major deal to revamp the European Union’s migration and asylum policy.
As European countries grapple with the question of how to handle migration policy across the continent, many countries are looking to Denmark, known for having some of the strictest immigration rules in the European Union. Today’s Focus takes us to a district of the capital, Copenhagen, where the debate around immigration and integration has flared in recent times. This report by our colleagues at France 2 and FRANCE 24’s Jack Colmer Gale.
Russia will start deploying tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus after the facilities are ready on July 7, President Vladimir Putin told his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko on Friday during a meeting in Sochi. Follow our live blog for all the latest developments on the war in Ukraine. All times are Paris time (GMT+2).
Residents in the quiet French Alps town of Annecy awoke in shock on Friday, a day after a Syrian refugee armed with a knife stabbed four preschool children and injured two adults in an attack whose motive remains unclear.
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