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• All-out war: How far will Israel and Iran go? June 16, 2025
  It’s a threat repeated so often over so many years that it started to ring hollow.
• Israel struck Iran 'without clear endgame': 'Can't finish job they started and unclear if US will' June 16, 2025
  Iran vows to 'pummel' Israel until attacks stop while the Iranian Foreign Minister has insisted the US could stop Israeli attacks with 'one phone call'. As Trump pondered inviting Putin to mediate between Israel and Iran, Macron immediately threw cold water on the idea highlighting that Russia lacked the credibility for that kind of role. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective, FRANCE 24's François Picard welcomes Hussein Ibish, Senior Resident Scholar […]
• Iranian state-run television halts live broadcast after Israeli strike June 16, 2025
  Iran fired a new wave of missile attacks at Israel early Monday, killing at least eight people, while Israel warned hundreds of thousands of people in the middle of Tehran to evacuate ahead of new strikes. The national news agency reported that state-run television abruptly stopped a live broadcast after an Israeli strike. Details by […]
• At least 34 Palestinians killed in new shootings near Gaza food distribution centres June 16, 2025
  At least 34 Palestinians were killed trying to reach food distribution centres operated by the Israeli- and US-supported Gaza Humanitarian Foundation on Monday, the Gaza health ministry said. Witnesses reported that Israeli soldiers opened fire in a bid to control crowds.The toll is the deadliest yet of the near-daily shootings that have taken place since […]
• 'Under occupation’: Life inside Trump’s border military zone June 16, 2025
  Since April this year, some 172 square miles of New Mexico has been under the control of the US army as part of Donald Trump’s controversial crackdown on illegal migrants crossing into the US from Mexico. Here, troops patrol in armoured vehicles more commonly seen in war zones and have the right to hold and […]
• Trump reportedly vetoed Israeli plan to kill Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei June 16, 2025
  US president Donald Trump has reportedly vetoed an Israeli plan to take out Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei… According to the AP news agency, Trump saw the move as too destabilizing for the region and risked inflaming tensions even further. Analysis by FRANCE 24 International Affairs Editor Philip Turle.
• 🌟The Bright Side: Tribes from India visit UK museum to bring home ancestors' remains June 16, 2025
  Tribes from the state of Nagaland in northeastern India have held talks at Oxford University's Pitt Rivers Museum to secure the return of ancestral remains taken during the colonial era. "Trophies", such as skulls and other body parts, have been displayed at the museum for decades. The call for their return comes amid growing claims […]
• Iran: What are the casualties following Israeli strikes on the country? June 16, 2025
  With information only trickling out of Iran, what do we know about the casualties from the barrage of Israeli missiles that have hit the country? Details by Solange Mougin.
• Overwhelmed Louvre workers strike to protest overtourism, shutting down world's most-visited museum June 16, 2025
  A spontaneous strike at the Louvre shut down the world's most-visited museum on Monday after workers refused to take up their posts in frustration with what they described as "untenable" working conditions and chronic overtourism. 
• The name's Metreweli – Blaise Metreweli. Who is the new spy chief at Britain's MI6? June 16, 2025
  A self-described "geek" whose appointment comes as the intelligence world faces new challenges from cyber attacks and AI, Blaise Metreweli will be the first woman to head Britain's MI6 spy service. The head of MI6 is the only publicly named member of the organisation and reports directly to the foreign minister.