What challenges await the UK’s incoming Prime Minister Andy Burnham?
The UK will be getting a new prime minister on July 20. And many challenges await Andy Burnham. He will be faced with a tepid economy, high government borrowing costs, and irregular migrants arriving in small boats that have fuelled support for Reform.…
Japan relaxes royal succession rules – but ban on female emperors remains
The Japanese parliament has approved a bill to relax imperial succession rules, amid concerns over the dwindling size of the imperial family. The bill, passed by the upper house on Friday, allows the imperial family to adopt distant male relatives over…
Project ‘Afrika’: Inside Russia’s propaganda machine – The Observers
After a leak of confidential documents revealed how Russian agents have been placing hundreds of articles in French-speaking media outlets in West and Central Africa, FRANCE 24 travelled to Dakar, Senegal, to investigate this secret operation. «When you…
Bodycam footage shows airlift of girl stranded by Texas floods
Bodycam footage showed the moment a rescuer reached a family of three, and their dogs, sheltering in their destroyed house as water flooded parts of Uvalde county, Texas. The rescuer airlifted a girl to safety, telling the rest of the family that another…
Fire reignites in Fontainebleau forest as investigation continues
First the storms, now the fires. President Emmanuel Macron has described the blazes in the Fontainebleau Forest as some of the worst since the end of World War II. The president visited the scene to show his support for the 950 firefighters still working…
Trump alleges China meddled in 2020 election and questions voting security ahead of midterms
US President Donald Trump has delivered a primetime address in which he accused China of interfering in the 2020 election and alleged «shocking vulnerabilities» in American voting systems. Trump, who spoke from the White House on Thursday, has repeatedly…
Trump changes Reflecting Pool ‘gash’ size again, but offers no evidence – Truth or Fake
When announcing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool had been drained again, Donald Trump doubled down on his vandalism claims, but his latest account raises fresh questions. Online, Trump said the alleged «slashes» stretched for 300 yards, after…
China hits out at British Steel nationalisation
The nationalisation came after Parliament on Wednesday passed legislation allowing the government to bring the steel industry into public ownership under circumstances where it met a public interest test. Jingye is seeking compensation, having previously…
Buenos Aires locals support Argentine footballers over World Cup Falkland banner
Locals in Buenos Aires voiced support on Thursday for Argentine World Cup players who held up a banner asserting sovereignty over the Falkland Islands after their semi-final victory over England, even as Britain urged FIFA to investigate the incident.…
Trump Media to sell fast feed of key posts to Wall Street
Trump Media & Technology Group, which owns Truth Social, is launching a paid service to give Wall Street firms high-speed access to its most influential posts. From 1 August, instant updates will be delivered from «the highest-ranking» accounts, it…