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• 'Both sides are committed' to US-EU trade deal, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer says June 3, 2026
  In an interview with FRANCE 24, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer insisted that despite fresh US tariffs proposed this Wednesday, "both sides are committed to compliance" with the US-EU trade deal. The top US trade official said he saw "a lot of room" for continued compliance, notwithstanding Washington's new tariff proposals on imports of goods produced using […]
• Months after the regime crackdown, Iranians search for missing protesters June 3, 2026
  The deadly crackdown on the December 2025-January 2026 anti-regime protests saw many Iranians killed, tracked or detained. The US-Israel war on Iran has intensified the repression, but it has not stopped families from trying to trace their missing loved ones or from seeking justice for people who have disappeared into prisons and juvenile correction centres […]
• Japan: Modern-day samurais battle new foe: Climate change June 3, 2026
  It is a tradition that dates back a thousand years and has survived wars, earthquakes and even a nuclear disaster. But in recent years, Japan’s Soma Nomaoi samurai festival has found itself under threat from a new enemy: extreme heat.
• Director Wim Wenders pulls 1975 film featuring then-teenager Nastassja Kinski in nude scene June 3, 2026
  German director Wim Wenders announced Wednesday that he would be pulling his 1975 film “Wrong Move” from circulation due to a scene in which actress Nastassja Kinski, then a teenager, appeared topless.
• 'US war on Iran not about the Iranian people: Europe can put the issue of human rights on the table' June 3, 2026
  Nadia Massih is pleased to welcome Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, President of Iran Human Rights and Professor of Neuroscience at University of Oslo. He offers a stark assessment of the Iranian regime's response to recent unrest and wartime conditions. Professor Amiry-Moghaddam argues that the authorities have exploited international attention on regional conflict to intensify domestic repression. Civilians […]
• Iranian Revolutionary Guards claim attacks on Bahrain and Kuwait June 3, 2026
  The already fragile ceasefire between Iran and the US has come under strain following a series of attacks from Iran in the Gulf and from the US on Qeshm Island. The Iranian attacks killed one person and injured 63 others. FRANCE 24's Hoda Abdel-Hamid tells us more on the attacks.
• Algeria court clears way for pardon of jailed French journalist Christophe Gleizes June 3, 2026
  French sports journalist Christophe Gleizes, detained in Algeria since 2024 on terror charges, may be eligible for a possible presidential pardon, his lawyers said Wednesday. Algeria's Court de Cassation, the country's highest appeals court, rejected prosecutors' calls for a tougher sentence, and noted the withdrawal of the defendant's own appeal. 
• France arrests Russian captain of Moscow-linked oil tanker June 3, 2026
  The captain of the Tagor, a tanker suspected of belonging to Russia’s “ghost fleet” that was boarded in the Atlantic Ocean by the French Navy, was taken into custody on Tuesday, announced Brest prosecutor Stéphane Kellenberger.
• AI chatbot responses polluted by pro-Russian disinformation June 3, 2026
  AI-driven chatbots are increasingly being used as sources of information, but they are also vulnerable to disinformation campaigns. Experts have found that pro-Russian misinformation, in particular, can seep into the responses generated by these conversational agents.
• Ukraine's attack on Saint Petersburg 'brings war back to Russia' June 3, 2026
  Volodymyr Zelensky called Kyiv's attack on Saint Petersburg a 'fair' response to the deadly Russian strikes on several Ukrainian cities a day earlier. It is also a testimony to Ukraine's growing capacity to strike further inside Russia. FRANCE 24's Douglas Herbert tells us what that means for Russia.