Disaster declared as heavy rains spark Bangkok flooding
Days of almost continuous heavy rains have caused widespread flooding in the Thai capital, with the city’s governor declaring it a disaster-affected zone. Almost 300 millimetres (11.8 inches) has fallen over the period, and more is expected in the…
Israelis, Palestinians must 'reboot relations': Absence of diplomatic route means 'perpetual war'
Mark Owen is pleased to welcome Yossi Mekelberg, Senior Consulting Fellow of the Middle East and North Africa Programme at Chatham House. Can Israel continue to define its future primarily through security and territorial control? Mekelberg challenges…
Bangkok roads submerged as flood disaster declared
Somkid Pheuk-ngam, a 67-year-old who lives near a canal just north of central Bangkok, told the AFP news agency: «The water keeps coming in. It’s hard to go out now. It’s like at my waist level now. «I cannot go anywhere. I have been closing…
CNN removed from Trump press pool, despite judge order to reinstate White House access
CNN reporters have been barred from traveling with US President Donald Trump as planned on Saturday, in a new move by the White House to limit the news network’s access. The president last week sought to ban three US outlets – CNN, MS NOW and Politico…
White House bars CNN from travelling with Trump on Air Force One
US broadcaster CNN has been barred from travelling with President Donald Trump on Air Force One for a trip to Tennessee on Saturday. The move is the latest in a battle between the White House and the media after it was forced to lift its ban on some news…
Trump reportedly rejects Iran’s 7-day plan to reopen Strait of Hormuz
Iran offered a plan to reopen the strategic Strait of Hormuz, Tehran said Friday, but within hours reports indicated that US President Donald Trump rejected the proposal. The waterway key to the world’s oil supply is central to the conflict between…
As Merz scrambles for support, Germany’s identity crisis is laid bare
In the last fortnight, Friedrich Merz’s party was beaten to first place in Berlin, pummelled in the polls in Saxony-Anhalt and pushed out of parliament altogether in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. A lifeline for Merz is that no-one, within his own…
America at 250: From the American dream to book bans and AI – arts24
As the United States marks its 250th anniversary, its founding promises, identity and place in the world are being fiercely debated. As the Festival America in Vincennes gets underway, we’re putting that question to two acclaimed novelists: New…
South African white genocide does not exist, new ambassador to US tells BBC
An Afrikaner lobby group is holding a vigil on Saturday with thousands of white crosses on Washington’s National Mall to commemorate what it says are victims of «farm attacks». Claims of genocide against white South Africans have been discredited…
Pope Leo XIV rides through Paris in the popemobile to Notre-Dame
Watch our special FRANCE 24 coverage of Pope Leo XIV’s visit to Paris as the pontiff travelled through the French capital in the popemobile on his way to Notre-Dame Cathedral, where our journalist Claire Paccalin was reporting live. During the…