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Israeli President Isaac Herzog sought to reassure Congress on Wednesday about the state of Israel’s democracy and the strength of the U.S.-Israel relationship, acknowledging “intense and painful debate” at home over actions of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hardline government.

Some new changes for the upcoming 2024 film awards feel like progress but reveal a doomed approach to instigating meaningful change.

Wildfires burned for a third day west of the Greek capital Athens on Wednesday, as authorities braced for a new heatwave stoking tinderbox conditions across the country.

The EU cancer body places melanoma as the sixth most common cancer for both men and women. Meanwhile, some “influencers” are advising against sunscreen.

Spain, Italy, and France are all facing highs of above 40?C while temperatures in Asia have triggered torrential rains.

The last time screen actors and writers struck simultaneously, in 1960, the guilds established royalty (later residual) payments for replays of films and TV episodes, among other landmark protections.

French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday criticised a move by the European Union’s antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager to hire a U.S. economist for a key EU antitrust job.

An American economist is at the center of controversy after being appointed as the European Commission’s chief competition economist. Fiona Scott Morton is leaving her life as a professor at Yale University to take up the job. Her appointment has prompted a wave of protest mostly from French politicians. FRANCE 24’s European Affairs Editor Armen Georgian tells us more.

The Hungarian crackdown on LGBT rights provided a boost to Budapest Pride this weekend, with tens of thousands pouring into the streets despite the 35 degrees heat, organisers said.

“According to the fire service, 81 fires went out in Greece in the past 24 hours [. . .] the main ones are still very much underway,” said FRANCE24’s correspondent in Greece, Nathalie Savaricas. “We have been seeing evacuations of people, of animals; property damaged as well as unfortunately many animals dying.”

Wildfires outside Athens forced thousands to flee seaside resorts, closed highways and gutted vacation homes Monday, as high winds pushed flames through hillside scrub and pine forests parched by days of extreme heat.

Russia halted a breakthrough wartime deal on Monday that allowed grain to flow from Ukrainian ports to countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia, where hunger is a growing threat and high food prices have pushed more people into poverty. Western leaders and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres denounced the move. Follow FRANCE 24’s live coverage of the war in Ukraine. All times are Paris time (GMT + 2).

The European Union and Tunisia signed a memorandum of understanding for a “comprehensive strategic partnership” on renewable energies, economic development, and irregular migration.

The European Union and Tunisia on Sunday signed a memorandum of understanding for a “strategic and comprehensive partnership” on irregular migration, economic development and renewable energy.

Azerbaijan accused Russia on Sunday of failing to fulfil its obligations under a 2020 Moscow-brokered ceasefire agreement to end fighting with Armenia for control of the Nagorno-Karabakh region.

The Kremlin said Friday that it is considering granting legal status to some of the more than two dozen private military companies active in Russia. Legally, these shadow paramilitary groups do not exist – which allows them to operate parallel to Russia’s armed forces, at times doing high-risk “dirty” jobs for the army while giving Moscow a measure of deniability.

Forecasters have warned that high temperatures will continue next week across Europe, with Italy, Spain, France, Germany, and Poland likely experiencing extreme conditions.

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French authorities confirmed that a protest against police violence set to take place in Paris on Saturday could not go ahead due to police shortages. NGOs say the ban signals a “more and more repressive” approach from authorities.

FRANCE 24’s Douglas Herbert unpacks the growing paranoia among Russia’s ruling class as Putin weeds out those he deems potentially disloyal following the Wagner Group’s abortive mutiny.

Some 289 children are known to have died in the first half of 2023 while trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Europe, the United Nations said Friday.

After suffering a devastating forest fire last year, the Greek island of Evia is looking to transform itself into Europe’s most environmentally friendly destination for filmmakers. We visited the island to meet the people planning its revival.

Russian lawmakers have adopted a bill banning gender change in what is seen as a new blow to LGBTQ+ rights.

“The Queen of Percussion”, Sheila E. gets her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She worked with artists like Prince and Ringo Starr.

Summer has just begun in the Northern Hemisphere but a brutal heat wave is already gripping parts of Europe, China and the United States, where record temperatures expected this weekend are a stark illustration of the dangers of a warming climate.