What we know so far about the Berlin Pride ramming attack
The attack happened at about 22:00 local time (20:00 GMT), with a report made to police in Berlin that a white vehicle struck crowds at a Pride event in the capital. Hundreds of thousands of people had gathered at Tiergarten park, near the iconic…
UNESCO adds Normandy’s D-Day landing beaches to World Heritage List
World War II’s D-Day landing beaches in northern France were among the sites added to the World Heritage List on Sunday at a UN committee meeting in South Korea reviewing dozens of nominations. The French designation covers the five Normandy landing…
France battles fire ‘whirlwinds’ as another 55,000 evacuated
A further 55,000 people have been evacuated from six towns in France, as wildfires which have caused devastation across the country pick up pace. The most recent evacuations took place in towns to the south of Bordeaux, in the Gironde region. Wildfires…
'Firefighters are hoping that more of those fires don't join up': Spain steps up wildfire response
FRANCE 24’s Madrid correspondent Sarah Morris reports on what authorities have called a «difficult night» for the firefighters struggling to tackle the spreading wildfires near Madrid and Toledo. Fuente: Leer la noticia original
Dvorkovich faces endgame after EU agrees new Russia war sanctions
The world of chess has been thrown into turmoil after the president of the International Chess Federation (Fide), Arkady Dvorkovich, said he was stepping aside because he was included on the European Union’s latest sanctions list. Dvorkovich, 54, a…
Pogacar closes in on Tour de France victory, Carapaz wins Queen stage
Tadej Pogacar all but sealed a record-equalling fifth Tour de France title on Saturday as Ecuadorian Richard Carapaz won the 20th stage on Alpe d’Huez. With Sunday’s 21st and final stage of the 113th edition of the Tour likely to be the usual…
What Love Island tells us about the changing face of dating
On the fourth series of Love Island UK in 2018, Megan Barton-Hanson pulled fellow Islander, Wes Nelson, for a chat. Just moments earlier, she had ended her relationship with Eyal Booker after admitting the pair had little more than physical chemistry.…
Flavio Bolsonaro launches presidential bid in Brazil despite challenges
Battered by a string of political crises, Flavio Bolsonaro on Saturday prepared to formally launch his candidacy for Brazil‘s October presidential election, seeking to follow in the footsteps of his father, Jair Bolsonaro. Far-right firebrand Jair…
Left-wing Democrats are riding high – but can they lure back swing voters?
On a Saturday evening in Michigan, the skies still hazy from drifting Canadian wildfire smoke, hundreds of voters packed into Detroit’s opulent 104-year-old Opera House, rising from their seats to cheer loudly as Senator Bernie Sanders and…
Nearly 98,000 hectares burned in France, a 'historic record' says government
The threat posed by a wildfire raging in the southwestern French department of Gironde «remains very serious,» the top regional official, Sophie Brocas, said Saturday.»The threat remains very serious. We are still facing a grave situation,» she said,…