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• South Korean court to rule on Yoon impeachment over martial law scandal April 4, 2025
  South Korea's Constitutional Court will make its long-awaited verdict on the fate of suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday, as the embattled nation seeks closure following months of political turmoil in the aftermath Yoon's failed martial law bid last December.
• Marco Rubio makes first visit to NATO headquarters April 4, 2025
  US Secretary of State Marco Rubio made his first visit to NATO headquarters in Brussels on Thursday, amid fears that the US might withdraw from the military alliance and push to annex Greenland. Rubio called these concerns "hysteria and hyperbole," insisting that the US remains committed to NATO, but reiterated US President Donald Trump's call […]
• Fresh Israeli strikes kill 100 Palestinians in Gaza April 4, 2025
  Ramping up its renewed offensive in Gaza since the ceasefire broke down last month, Israel's latest airstrikes killed 100 Palestinians across Gaza on Thursday, as Israel continued its month-long blockade of humanitarian aid entering Gaza. Israel maintained that its brutal attacks on the enclave are the only way to return the hostages held by Hamas, […]
• Macron calls for EU rebuttal to Trump tariffs April 3, 2025
  French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday called for a "coordinated European response" in the aftermath of US President Donald Trump's decision to impose "brutal and unfounded" tariffs on all US imports. Macron further suggested that European Union member states, who were hit with 20% tariffs, suspend their US investments as Trump's trade war worsens fears […]
• Radio Free Europe says Washington shut off its Russian broadcast despite restraining order April 3, 2025
  Washington has switched off a satellite transmitting the US-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty into Russia, chief executive Stephen Capus said Thursday. Although the station won a temporary restraining order against US President Donald Trump's funding freeze, it is still waiting to receive the $77 million it needs to keep running until October.
• Threats against Le Pen trial judges 'reek of 1934', researcher says April 3, 2025
  Judges who convicted Marine Le Pen on embezzlement charges and banned the far-right politician from public office for five years have faced death threats since the sentencing earlier this week. FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks to Andrew Smith, lecturer in liberal arts at Queen Mary, University of London. He says that the ramping up of […]
• Trump slaps tariffs on Africa: 50% on Lestho, 30% on South Africa April 3, 2025
  US President Donald Trump has called tariffs the "most beautiful word" in the dictionary. Some African countries might disagree. Lesotho was slapped with the White House's highest tariff rates in a list released on Wednesday, with a 50% import tax. Other countries hit include Madagascar with 47% and South Africa with 30%. South Africa's trade […]
• Fact-checking Donald Trump’s tariff plans April 3, 2025
  President Trump announced his ‘Liberation Day’ reciprocal tariff package, in a move that’s set global economies into panic and stock markets into turmoil. But Trump said several falsehoods - many that he’d made before - and economists are baffled as to the White House’s methodology to calculate the exorbitant reciprocal rate. Vedika Bahl explains in […]
• US stocks lead worldwide sell-off after Trump’s tariff announcement April 3, 2025
  Stocks plummeted on Thursday after Donald Trump’s trade war escalation sparked a global sell-off. Beijing is amongst those worst hit by the announcement, and has called the move “bullying”. Reports hint that it could soon be the end of Elon Musk’s time in Washington. Plus, Trump’s tariffs target odd locations like uninhabited volcanic islands home […]
• EU threatens US tech but keeps door open to Trump tariff talks April 3, 2025
  Scrambling to limit the "dire" consequences of sweeping new US tariffs, the EU on Thursday told President Donald Trump the door remained open for trade talks -- while threatening retaliation like targeting US Big Tech if negotiations fail. FRANCE 24's David Keating reports from Brussels.