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Several killed in Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon

At ⁠least ​11 ​people were killed, including two infants, were injured ⁠in Israeli strikes on ​a ‌residential building in ‌a town ​in southern Lebanon early on Monday, ​Lebanon's ​state ​news agency ​reported. The Israeli army had demanded early Monday that residents of Deir Zahrani in southern Lebanon leave a specific…

France 24 · Sep 7

US envoys bring ‘more effective’ Ukraine peace proposals to Kyiv, official says

US envoys brought new, “more effective” proposals to Kyiv aimed at ending the war with Russia, a senior Ukrainian presidential official said on Sunday. President Volodymyr Zelensky and US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner described talks positively but announced no breakthrough, as Zelensky warned fighting could continue into winter.

France 24 · Sep 7

EU to boost Greenland investment amid Trump annexation claims

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is expected to announce increased EU investment in Greenland on Monday, including in critical minerals, satellite communications and renewable energy. Her two-day visit signals support for Greenland and Denmark amid US President Donald Trump’s push for American control of the Arctic territory.

France 24 · Sep 7

The week in pictures: Nepal rescue operations, World Nomad Games and Russian strikes on Kyiv

From the desperate search for workers trapped in the hydropower tunnels buried by the catastrophic flooding in Nepal to crowds of women mourning the victims of a US bombardment of a wedding in southern Iran, FRANCE 24 looks back at the week's most striking pictures.

France 24 · Sep 6

Egyptian TV presenter Sarah Khalifa sentenced to death in drug case

Sarah Khalifa, a well-known Egyptian TV presenter, has been sentenced to death for her involvement in a drug ring, state media reported over the weekend. Eleven others were also convicted in the case and handed a death sentence. Khalifa is best known for her program “Mission Impossible”.

France 24 · Sep 6

Israeli strikes kill four in Lebanon after alleged Hezbollah drone launch

Israeli air strikes on southern Lebanon Sunday killed four people, two of them women, the country's health ministry said. Israel's military said that the strikes were a response to an alleged Hezbollah drone launch targeting troops in the Israeli-occupied "security zone" in the country's south.

France 24 · Sep 6

Eight airports in Indonesia suspend operations after volcanic eruption

Eight airports in Indonesia, including Jakarta's main international airport, suspended operations Sunday after the erupting Anak Krakatoa volcano spewed clouds of ash across the archipelago. Geologists said that the latest series of eruptions does not have the potential to trigger a tsunami at this time.

France 24 · Sep 6

Germany's far-right AfD eyes historic state victory in Saxony-Anhalt election

Germany's anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany party is aiming to become the first far-right party to take power at a state level since World War II as voters in the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt head to the polls Sunday. However, a failure to secure an absolute majority may see the…

France 24 · Sep 6

🔴 Trump's envoys Witkoff and Kushner arrive in Kyiv after 'substantive' talks with Putin

US President Donald Trump's two envoys have left Kyiv after talks with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky, the country's rail service operator said Monday.

France 24 · Sep 6

Witkoff: Putin’s Messenger?

What did Steve Witkoff know about Russia when he was first sent to see President Putin in February last year?

France 24 · Sep 5