Thursday, 24 September 2026
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France 24 · 00:02
Turkey to hand over military base in northern Iraq to Baghdad ↗Turkey will gradually hand over control of its Bashiqa military base in northern Iraq to Baghdad, Ankara and Baghdad said Wednesday, in a move aimed at strengthening Iraqi state authority and easing a long-running source of tension between the neighbours.
France 24 · 01:48
Trump gives Xi rare airport welcome as Chinese leader begins US state visit ↗US President Donald Trump personally welcomed Chinese President Xi Jinping at a military airfield outside Washington on Wednesday, kicking off a lavish state visit focused on trade, artificial intelligence and Iran, as the two powers seek to preserve a fragile diplomatic and economic truce.
France 24 · 02:35
US war on Iran: Trump will ‘declare victory and go home’, embracing the ‘Greenland option’ ↗François Picard welcomes Scott Anderson, journalist, war correspondent and best-selling author of "King of Kings: The Fall of the Shah and the Revolution That Forged Modern Iran". For Anderson, there is a striking parallel between 1979 and 2026: Washington’s persistent misreading of Iran, and the consequences that f…
France 24 · 03:11
Live: Netanyahu faces UN over Gaza as Abbas set to address assembly by video ↗Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to address the UN General Assembly on Thursday, as international scrutiny of Israel's war on Gaza and occupation of Palestinian territory takes centre stage on the third day of the annual debate. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is also due to address wor…
France 24 · 05:10
From TikTok to church pews, France's Catholic influencers find a new flock ↗Brother Paul-Adrien preaches from a studio with gamer-like codes. Sister Albertine debunks convent clichés on Instagram. Father Benoît prays with followers on TikTok. As France sees a surge in teen and adult baptisms, a new generation of Catholic influencers is fuelling a quiet religious revival.
France 24 · 05:31
Russia slams Kyiv with ballistic missiles as Ukrainians brace for harsh winter ↗Russia hit Kyiv with ballistic missiles and drones, killing two people, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday as a series of blasts rocked the Ukrainian capital. As autumn approaches, Ukrainians are bracing for a tough winter following Moscow's intensifying attacks on the country's energy infrastructure.
France 24 · 05:33
🔴 US judge lifts Trump's White House ban on CNN, MS NOW, Politico ↗France 24 · 06:12
Germany, Netherlands and France: New European managers make their debuts ↗Like France under Zinédine Zidane, Germany and the Netherlands are entering new eras with their new managers. Both the Netherlands and Germany exited the World Cup frustrated following painful eliminations. Both nations are rebuilding and will face each other in the Nations League opener. Meanwhile, Cristiano Ronald…
France 24 · 06:29
'Death of the Soccer God' pays 'homage' to Haitian diaspora and 'those who go back & do their best' ↗Eve Irvine is pleased to welcome Dimitry Elias Léger, journalist and author of "Death of the Soccer God". He begins with an extraordinary but largely forgotten moment in sporting history: the Haitian-born Joe Gaetjens scoring the goal that gave the US its famous victory over England at the 1950 World Cup. But Léger…
France 24 · 08:53
Pakistan launches air strikes in Afghanistan, killing civilians, Taliban says ↗Pakistan launched air strikes Thursday on 10 sites in Afghanistan in what Islamabad said was a retaliation for a drone attack by Afghanistan's Taliban forces on a border post. A Taliban government spokesman denied the allegation and said Pakistan's latest strikes killed four civilians in Afghanistan's southern and e…
France 24 · 09:33
How did an OpenAI agent hack into Australian government website? ↗Australia said on Wednesday an OpenAI agent breached a government health data portal in June, gaining unauthorised access to files, in what could be the first known instance of an AI agent hacking a government website. France 24's correspondent in Sydney, Irris Makler, has the details.
France 24 · 09:38
'Risk to humanity': At UN, tech leaders urge caution in AI development ↗The heads of major artificial intelligence firms pleaded with the United Nations on Wednesday to save the world or at least its people — by somehow regulating the fast-expanding technology that they have been designing. “If managed poorly, I even believe AI could be a risk to humanity as a whole,” said Dario Amodei,…
France 24 · 09:43
A look back at Tunisia's summer of shortages ↗Repeated power and water outages, long queues for bottled water, and poultry farms destroyed by the heat: millions of Tunisians were affected by water and electricity shortages over the summer. Our Observers say this is the result of years of underinvestment. The water shortage eased in late August when authorities…
France 24 · 09:46
Trump welcomes China's Xi to Washington ↗US President Donald Trump welcomes Chinese President Xi Jinping to the White House on Thursday for a lavish state summit expected to be heavy on symbolism but light on substance, with both leaders keen to showcase stable ties despite a deep underlying rivalry. Trump greeted Xi on arrival on Wednesday evening, the fi…
France 24 · 09:47
‘I felt like I'd been tricked’: France probes secret filming of women with smart glasses ↗It's a trend that first started in the US and is becoming more and more prevalent in France. Women are being filmed in the street without their knowledge, by men wearing smart glasses. The men are earning money by posting the videos online without the consent of their victims. Ellen Gainsford has details.
France 24 · 09:53
Fears of flooding, landslides as Hurricane Polo churns off Mexico coast ↗Residents of Mexico's Pacific beach towns were preparing for heavy rain and dangerous surf on Wednesday as Hurricane Polo, a powerful Category 4 storm, tracked northwestward just offshore, threatening flooding and mudslides along the country's southwestern coast.
France 24 · 09:58
Pope's visit to France 'an important moment for the Vatican' ↗France is gearing up for the arrival of Pope Leo XIV in what will be the first state visit to the country by a pontiff since 2008. Seema Gupta, France 24's correspondent in Rome takes a look at the visit from the Vatican's point of view.
France 24 · 10:01
Discovery of ancient wall could confirm origins of Paris ↗An ancient wall discovered in central Paris was hailed as a "major breakthrough" on Wednesday, as the archaeological find may have settled a long-standing debate about the location of the city's original settlement. A roughly 20-metre (66-foot) wall dating from the Gallo-Roman period was discovered in Paris this sum…
France 24 · 11:03
Donald Trump startled by the sound of a fighter jet ↗🇺🇸 🇨🇳 As Donald #Trump welcomed his Chinese counterpart Xi #Jinping for a state visit on the tarmac of an airport near #Washington, the sound of a fighter jet during the military ceremony caught the US president off guard, prompting a series of startled facial expressions.
France 24 · 11:11
Ukraine: Zelensky says Putin 'patient zero' for spreading war ↗🇺🇦 🇺🇳 Speaking at the UN General Assembly, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian President Vladimir Putin was "patient zero" for spreading war in the region with Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. The Ukrainian president also asked world leaders to cut back on buying oil from Russia, in a bid to put p…
France 24 · 11:54
Pope Leo in France: 'Huge amount of excitement building in Paris' ↗France 24's Antonia Kerrigan reports from Paris as the French capital prepares for the arrival of Pope Leo XIV, where he is set to hold a huge open-air Mass.
France 24 · 11:56
US says China trade truce extended as Trump welcomes Xi ↗US President Donald Trump welcomed Chinese President Xi Jinping to Washington on Wednesday for a three-day visit that will test relations between the superpowers as tensions simmer over trade, technology, Taiwan and Tehran. Xi’s first trip to the US in nearly three years was not expected to deliver major breakthroug…
France 24 · 11:59
'Particularly heavy night' of Russian strikes on Kyiv ↗France 24's Gulliver Cragg reports from Kyiv where he says a "particularly heavy night" of Russian strikes on the Ukrainian capital involved the use of ballistic missiles.
France 24 · 12:02
Australia’s Albanese rebukes OpenAI after government website hacked ↗Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Thursday he was extremely concerned about OpenAI 's breach of an Australian health department website and that the artificial intelligence company took too long to reveal the incident. An OpenAI agent infiltrated the public-facing Medicare Statistics Reporting Service portal on J…
France 24 · 12:05
Ethiopia's Tigray rebels in 'full-blown' war with govt ↗Tigray rebels in Ethiopia told AFP on Thursday they were in a state of "full-blown war" with the federal government, as heavy artillery attacks were reported in neighbouring states. Tensions have been rising for months between the federal government and the authorities in the northern Tigray state, who fought a deva…
France 24 · 12:09
Huge security operation underway for Pope's visit to France ↗Hundreds of thousands of the faithful and visitors are expected in Paris this weekend as Pope Leo XIV visits the French capital, marking the first papal visit to the country since 2008. France has pulled out all the stops to welcome the pontiff over the two-day visit in the capital and security forces are ensuring m…
France 24 · 12:11
Australia's Medicare AI hack: Its seriousness 'cannot be overstated' ↗PRESS REVIEW – Thursday, September 24: The Spanish press express outrage after the forced eviction of an elderly woman from her Madrid residence. Unrest in the Tigray region sparks fears of a new war between rebels and Ethiopia's central government. Australian authorities reveal that the national health insurance sy…
France 24 · 12:17
‘Massive, maximum destruction’: Putin seeks to bring Ukrainian civilians ‘to their knees’ ↗Mark Owen is pleased to welcome Peter Zalmayev from Kyiv, Founder and Director of the Eurasia Democracy Initiative. According to Zalmayev, Russia’s ongoing attacks on Ukraine reflect a broader political logic in which military force, political objectives and territorial ambitions are intertwined as instruments of Ru…
France 24 · 12:32
Does the future belong to China? ↗US President Donald Trump is rolling out the red carpet for his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping ahead of Thursday's summit in Washington. But is China's leader overconfident in thinking the future belongs to Beijing? FRANCE 24's Yinka Oyetade speaks to Rex Li from King's College London.
France 24 · 12:55
Mass shooting at a house party in South Africa kills 11 ↗Three gunmen barged into a small house in an impoverished neighborhood in South Africa and opened fire on a group enjoying a party inside, killing at least 11 people, police and local authorities said Wednesday.
France 24 · 13:04
Who is paying for the pope’s visit to France? ↗Initially estimated at €12 million, the cost of Pope Leo XIV’s visit to France has now risen to €27 million due to the immense excitement around his trip. But with France a firmly secular country, who is going to be footing the bill? Our journalist Sam Ball explains.
France 24 · 13:06
Tigrayan leaders say new war with Ethiopian govt has begun ↗The TPLF says war has kicked off with the federal forces, four years after the end of the last conflict in Tigray which killed more than 600,000 people. The TPLF seized control of the airport in the capital of the northern region and fighting on the ground took place on the eastern border with Afar. It comes after m…
France 24 · 13:08
Judge orders White House to restore access to barred media companies ↗A federal judge temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s ban of three news outlets from the White House grounds, ordering early Thursday that CNN, MS NOW and Politico must have their access restored.
France 24 · 13:11
Why is Trump rolling out the red carpet for China's Xi? ↗US President Donald Trump will host Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the White House on Thursday for a day full of pageantry. Trump personally greeted Xi on the tarmac after his arrival on Wednesday, the first time in more than six decades that a US president has welcomed a foreign political leader at Joint Base Andrews…
France 24 · 13:17
Taiwan: Home of semiconductor giants at the centre of AI race ↗The topic of artificial intelligence looms large as Chinese President Xi Jinping begins his highly anticipated state visit to Washington. The fate of Taiwan – coveted by its larger neighbour, China – will also be on the table. It's the global leader in superconductor research and development. These powerful chips ca…
France 24 · 13:27
The French Senate: Old, expensive and out of touch or necessary safeguard to democracy? ↗France is gearing up for an election this Sunday, September 27 to renew just about half of the Senate's 348 red velvet seats. The French parliament is the country's bicameral legislature. The lower house (the National Assembly) tends to overshadow the upper house (the Senate). So what does the Senate actually do? Is…
France 24 · 13:45
EU sanctions Russian pundit Xenia Fedorova after expulsion from France ↗The European Union on Thursday imposed sanctions on Russian commentator Xenia Fedorova, whom France expelled in August over claims that she was disseminating "pro-Russian narratives" in the country.
France 24 · 13:59
Kévi Donat, founder of Le Paris Noir: 'Paris is much more diverse than perhaps people expect' ↗The man behind a company that aims to put the stories of Black men and women back at the heart of Paris where they belong has spoken to FRANCE 24 about his mission. Kévi Donat came up with the idea of Le Paris Noir – an agency providing tours in Paris that follow in the historical footsteps of major Black figures to…
France 24 · 14:16
Nigerian superstar Yemi Alade: From viral hit 'Johnny' to working with Beyoncé ↗Nigerian superstar Yemi Alade is one of Africa's biggest female artists, with global hits, hundreds of millions of views online and a collaboration with Beyoncé. Speaking to Eve Jackson as she kicks off her new tour, the Grammy-nominated singer looks back on her remarkable career, reveals how she nearly missed the e…
France 24 · 14:40
United States: Trump's unconventional welcome for Xi's state visit ↗🇺🇸 🇨🇳 In a first for a US president, Donald Trump greeted his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on the tarmac as the latter landed in a military airbase near Washington DC on Wednesday for a three-day state visit.
France 24 · 15:01
'Trump views US-China relations as a personal friendship: Xi views US as an adversary to be managed' ↗Erin Ogunkeye is pleased to welcome Henrietta Levin, Senior Fellow with the Freeman Chair in China Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. The US remains a powerful actor in its relationship with China. But power on paper is not the same thing as leverage at the negotiating table…
France 24 · 15:03
How do the French feel about religion? ↗Amid the enthusiasm over the first papal visit to France in 18 years, we take a deep dive into religion in France. We try to answer the question, "How do the French feel about religion?" From its Catholic heritage to laïcité, or secularism, we break down the statistics on the French people's relationship to faith.
France 24 · 15:06
REPLAY: Palestinian president Abbas addresses UN General Assembly ↗Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas told the UN on Thursday that Israeli policies no longer just jeopardized a two-state solution but were now threatening the "very life and existence" of his people. Abbas delivered prerecorded remarks to the UN’s General Assembly from his office in Ramallah after the United States d…
France 24 · 15:09
Threat to 'life and existence': Major takeaways from Palestinian president's UN speech ↗Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas addressed the UN General Assembly on Thursday, delivering prerecorded remarks from his office in Ramallah after the United States denied him and other top Palestinian officials visas to attend the gathering for the second year in a row. “The Palestinian people face one of the most…
France 24 · 15:18
Schism with rebel Catholic sect casts a pall over Pope Leo’s visit to France ↗The Vatican’s recent excommunication of followers of a Catholic splinter sect, the Society of Saint Pius X, has revived a longstanding feud within the Roman Catholic Church ahead of Pope Leo XIV’s state visit to France. The ultra-conservative group has established an extensive network of schools and has attracted th…
France 24 · 15:54
Israeli policies threaten 'life and existence' of Palestinians, Abbas tells UN ↗Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas addressed the UN General Assembly on Thursday by video after being denied a visa to the United States for the second year in a row. In his prerecorded speech, he denounced Israeli policies that he said threatened Palestinians with a new Nakba and vowed that his people would remain…
France 24 · 18:47
Residents in West Bank's Masafer Yatta face Israeli demolitions ↗On September 2, the Israeli army demolished the village of Khirbet a-Taban in the occupied West Bank. The village is located in Masafer Yatta, an area Israel declared a restricted military zone. Residents of the area have been reporting an increase in demolitions by the Israeli army and harassment by Israeli settler…
France 24 · 19:05
The future of AI in their hands? Trump-Xi summit dismisses calls for global oversight ↗It’s their AI world and we’re just living in it. If that's the feeling of those who suffer from AI anxiety, it may worsen watching the Chinese president’s first state visit to Washington in nine years. If there's one issue where the planet's biggest superpowers agree on, it's now’s not the time for global regulation…
France 24 · 19:28
REPLAY: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the UNGA ↗Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the UN General Assembly.
France 24 · 19:31
Israel must win 'because we’ve got no other choice’, PM Netanyahu tells UN ↗Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave a combative speech at the UN General Assembly on Thursday in which he denied that Israel had committed genocide in Gaza, lashed out at leaders, including New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, and said attacking Iran was "one of the easiest decisions" he had ever made.
France 24 · 20:23
Tigray rebels in 'full-blown' war with government ↗In tonight's edition, Tigrayans in northern Ethiopia start panic buying supplies in the rush to stock up amidst fears that months of tensions have finally tipped over into full-blown conflict. Also, power cuts return to Senegal. And Yemis Alade, the Nigerian superstar, is out with a new album and speaks to Fran…
France 24 · 20:35
Iran sees air, land travel chaos as US sanctions bite ↗Flights between Iran and the United Arab Emirates have been suspended, following tighter US sanctions on Iran's aviation industry. The move effectively cuts Tehran off from Dubai, one of the region's most important commercial hubs. There are also huge backups near Iran's border with Turkey, as overland shipping rout…
France 24 · 20:38
Macron says 'CIA did not inform French services' of possible Russian drone attacks ↗Macron says 'CIA did not inform French services' of possible Russian drone attacks French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday denied a report by Spanish newspaper El Mundo that the US Central Intelligence Agency had warned European governments of a possible Russian drone attack from the Mediterranean. He also sai…
France 24 · 21:00
‘Send in the Clowns’: Viral video fuels claims Denmark trolled Trump and Rubio ↗A viral video claims Danish officials played Judy Collins’ “Send in the Clowns” as US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived for a Greenland signing ceremony, sparking claims of Danish “trolling”. Our checks of separate livestreams confirm the song really played and the video was not manipulated. Denmark has denied…
France 24 · 21:04
Trump and Xi meet, but hopes for AI cooperation stay slim ↗Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump have been holding talks in the Oval Office at the White House today. President Donald Trump gave the visiting leader of communist China a personal tour of several of his favorite White House features. He took him aboard the Marine One helicopter, presented…
France 24 · 23:34
Saudi reports fresh Houthi attacks as France pledges to defend key oil port ↗Saudi Arabia intercepted Houthi ballistic missiles on Thursday after warning several regions, including Mecca, of possible attacks. France said it would send military assets to help protect the Saudi oil terminal at Yanbu. The strikes came amid renewed fighting in Yemen that has killed dozens, according to sources c…
France 24 · 23:52
Live: Iran's President says US ‘must choose’ whether to end war ↗It is for the United States to choose whether to end its war in Iran as Tehran does not wish to continue fighting, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told Fox News in an interview aired Thursday. Pezeshkian took a defiant stand at the UN Wednesday, for which he travelled to New York, telling the world that Iran wou…
France 24 · 23:52
Live: Iran's President says US ‘must choose’ whether to end war ↗It is for the United States to choose whether to end its war in Iran as Tehran does not wish to continue fighting, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told Fox News in an interview aired Thursday. Pezeshkian took a defiant stand at the UN Wednesday, for which he travelled to New York, telling the world that Iran wou…