Saturday, 5 September 2026
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France 24 · 02:37
Trump sends envoys Witkoff and Kushner to Moscow and Kyiv with new plan to 'end the war' ↗US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are travelling to Moscow and Kyiv this weekend with what US President Donald Trump says is a new proposal to end the Russia-Ukraine war. Despite Trump's promises to resolve the conflict, Washington's efforts to broker a peace have so far come to nothing.
France 24 · 05:01
Middle East live: Israeli strikes on south and east Lebanon kill three people ↗Israeli strikes in southern and eastern Lebanon late on Friday killed at least three people and wounded 23 more despite a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, the Lebanese health ministry said. The ministry said in a statement that strikes hit five locations in the southern Tyre and Nabatieh regions and the Beqaa…
France 24 · 06:30
Two senior Reform UK officials resign as Farage faces fresh foreign donations scandal ↗Two senior officials from the hard-right Reform UK party stepped down Friday following a hidden-camera investigation that appeared to show them soliciting substantial foreign funding for party-commissioned opinion polls as well as a potential £500,000 donation from a US donor – banned under UK law.
France 24 · 09:15
Trump sends envoys to Moscow, Kyiv with new plan to 'end war' ↗US President Donald Trump said Friday he is sending envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Moscow and Kyiv with a plan to end more than four years of war in Ukraine.
France 24 · 09:16
Monaco rally to edge winless PSG and reclaim top spot ↗Monaco made it three wins on the trot and reclaimed the top spot by beating Paris Saint-Germain, who were playing their first home match of the season. Luis Enrique's men have now gone four matches without a win.
France 24 · 09:20
Nepal: Temporary education centres help flood-displaced children ↗Children displaced by flash floods in Nepal are attending a temporary education centre in Nuwakot, while aid organisations work to support devastated communities. The UN estimates that $158 million worth of buildings have been damaged, with Nepal warning that reconstruction could cost billions.
France 24 · 09:58
Germany: AfD eyes historic state election win ↗In Saxony-Anhalt, AfD – Germany's far-right party – is polling at 40% or more of voting intentions, just days ahead of the regional election on 6 September 2026. If the AfD wins an absolute majority of seats, it could soon be in charge here. It would be the first time since 1945 that a far-right party has led a Germ…
France 24 · 10:16
'I don't know if I'm dreaming': Rebuilding lives after Nepal's devastating floods ↗With thousands of people driven from their homes by a massive flash flood that swept entire villages away, FRANCE 24 visits a school in Nepal's remote Rasuwa district that has been converted to a temporary shelter for the dispossessed.
France 24 · 12:18
Bangladesh measles toll nears grim 1,000-child mark ↗Bangladesh's deadliest measles outbreak in decades is nearing the grim milestone of 1,000 child deaths, as a devastating epidemic sweeps through the country and crowded hospital wards fill with struggling babies.
France 24 · 12:19
US ambassador to Israel visits Palestinian town hit by West Bank settler violence ↗US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee on Saturday visited Turmus Ayya, a Palestinian town in the Israeli-occupied West Bank that has been repeatedly targeted by Israeli settler violence. Huckabee, a staunch supporter of Israel and its illegal settlements in the Palestinian territory, said that it was in the Israeli…
France 24 · 12:24
DR Congo: Ebola burial teams race against time ↗In eastern DR Congo, Ebola burial teams are racing against time as the outbreak continues to spread. They face a dangerous mission: safely burying victims while dealing with distrust and threats from local communities. The response is further complicated by the ongoing rebel conflict in the region.
France 24 · 12:47
Two Nepal rescues revive hopes 10 days after flood ↗Rescuers in Nepal pulled alive on Saturday a Chinese national from a tunnel and a local woman from her partially submerged home, as emergency response teams searched with renewed vigour for thousands missing since catastrophic flooding 10 days ago. Our correspondent Shahzaib Wahlah tells us more.
France 24 · 14:32
Presidential campaigning kicks off in France ahead of 2027 elections ↗On April 18th and May 2nd next year - France will be voting to elect a new president to replace Emmanuel Macron. The country's latest opinion polls predict a victory for Marine le Pen of the Far-right National Rally. Although the election is still over seven months away, many potential candidates have already throw…
France 24 · 15:02
France: Emmanuel Macron unveils new disability strategy ↗French President Emmanuel Macron delivered the closing speech at the national conference on disability. It is an event the government holds every three years. It aims to set or guide policies. Macron made disability one of the priorities of his first five-year term. Since 2017, the government has implemented a numbe…
France 24 · 15:09
Witkoff and Kushner are in Moscow in a new push for peace between Russia and Ukraine ↗US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Moscow on Saturday to try to revive a stalled push to end Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russian state news outlets reported. Our correspondent Gulliver Cragg tells us more.
France 24 · 15:12
Nepal: Two more people rescued alive ↗Rescuers in Nepal pulled out a Chinese man and a woman in separate operations Saturday, 10 days after devastating floods hit the country, as teams continued searching for thousands of missing people. Our correspondent Shahzaib Wahlah tells us more.
France 24 · 15:16
UN experts urge Sudan-wide arms embargo ↗A weapons embargo must be extended to the whole of Sudan, and it must be enforced. That is, in essence, the conclusion of a UN experts' report presented to the Human Rights Council. The report also points to the responsibility of foreign entities in a conflict that has now been raging for more than three years. Our…
France 24 · 15:20
Uber announces immediate withdrawal from Nigeria and Uganda ↗Uber has announced its immediate withdrawal from Nigeria and Uganda. The decision comes amid a global restructuring, but mainly as Uber has lost significant ground to its competitors in both countries.
France 24 · 15:22
Paris hosts African Diaspora International Film Festival ↗This weekend, Paris is hosting the 16th edition of FIFDA, the African Diaspora International Film Festival. From September 4 to 6, 15 films from 13 countries will be screened, spanning fiction and non-fiction, as well as feature-length and short films. The festival provides a space to explore how contemporary soci…
France 24 · 15:55
'Culture of fear within US Defence Department: Slow leakage of dissent against the administration' ↗Catherine Viette is pleased to welcome Dafydd Townley, Senior Teaching Fellow in International Security at the University of Portsmouth. He argues that the turmoil surrounding Pete Hegseth points to a problem much deeper than personnel disputes at the Pentagon: The removal and marginalization of experienced official…
France 24 · 16:14
US envoys Witkoff, Kushner arrive in Moscow for talks on peace in Ukraine ↗US special representatives Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner landed in Moscow on Saturday for talks on how to end the war in Ukraine, where they were met by Russian presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev. Our guest Jamie Smith-Maillet tells us more.
France 24 · 16:15
War in Ukraine: Putin, Zelensky order pause in strikes ↗Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday ordered a 72-hour pause in strikes on Kyiv as US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Moscow.
France 24 · 16:17
Chinese national rescued from Nepal tunnel 10 days after flash flood ↗A Chinese national was pulled alive from a tunnel in Nepal on Saturday, authorities said, 10 days after a wall of ice, rock and mud tore through a Himalayan valley, killing more than 1,300 people.
France 24 · 16:22
‘Rain man’ to the rescue? France’s ex-president Hollande plots unlikely comeback ↗Once so deeply unpopular he had to give up running for a second term in office, former French president François Hollande has slipped back into the conversation ahead of next year’s Elysée Palace race, hoping voters put off by squabbling candidates will come to see him as a safe – if unexciting – pair of hands after…
France 24 · 16:23
UN approves resolution in support of map that shows Africa's true size ↗The United Nations on Friday voted for a shift away from the 16th-century Mercator global map towards one more accurately reflecting countries' true size, a resolution sponsored by African states to counter perceptions that the continent is peripheral.
France 24 · 16:29
'Wallace & Gromit' creators turn 50 with spook-tacular Shaun yarn ↗Crochet hook in hand, the animator slightly raises the eyelid of a clay model sheep in a filmmaking technique as old as cinema, perfected over five decades by Aardman Animations.
France 24 · 16:31
The closely-watched Lindsay Clancy trial ends with one last dramatic moment ↗The closely watched case of the Massachusetts mother who killed her three young children was on the verge of being declared a mistrial Friday — but there was still one more dramatic moment to come.
France 24 · 18:02
Witkoff: Putin’s Messenger? ↗What did Steve Witkoff know about Russia when he was first sent to see President Putin in February last year?