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The majority of the Allied troops who took part in the D-Day landings were American, British and Canadian. But a small number were French; part of the Free Forces serving with the Allies. The story of the "Groupes Lourds", French squadrons who were integrated into the Royal Air Force and…

Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said on Sunday that Israel would not accept Hamas continuing to rule Gaza at any stage during the process to end the war, and that it was examining alternatives to the Palestinian militant group. Israeli forces bombarded several areas of Gaza as mediators called on…

Papua New Guinea’s government estimates that 2,000 people may be buried underneath a massive landslide that struck a highland settlement in the central Enga province in the early hours of May 24. After several days of frantic digging with makeshift tools, only six bodies have been pulled from under the…

Israeli forces hammered Rafah in southern Gaza with tanks and artillery Saturday, hours after US President Joe Biden said Israel was offering a new roadmap towards a full ceasefire backed by France and Germany. While the Palestinian militant group Hamas described the proposal as “positive”, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu…

Five years after the fall of the so-called Islamic State caliphate in Iraq and Syria, the EU's anti-terrorism coordinator sees a more diffuse threat, coming from many different directions and spreading online. This is what Bartjan Wegter calls "mutant jihadism". With FRANCE 24's Armen Georgian, he discusses Afghanistan, IS-KP (Islamic…

Fourteen prominent pro-democracy activists have been found guilty in a landmark subversion trial in Hong Kong. They were among the 47 opposition figures arrested under the Beijing-imposed National Security Law and charged with trying to overthrow the government by organising an unofficial primary for the 2020 legislative election. While Beijing…

"Bridgerton" is back with more scandal and more sex! FRANCE 24's Olivia Salazar-Winspear and Dheepthika Laurent take a look at everyone's fan favourite focusing on Penelope Featherington and Colin Bridgerton's story. Meanwhile, "The Big Cigar" looks at the improbable story of a daring escape by Huey P. Newton, the founder…

Amid concerns about the financing, fate or limits imposed on public broadcasters in several EU countries such as France and Poland, this edition of Scoop looks at Italy. The International and European Federations of Journalists are concerned that Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is turning public broadcaster RAI into a…

In August 2013, a chemical attack using sarin gas was perpetrated in Syria’s Ghouta region, northeast of Damascus, killing some 1,400 people. Attributed to the regime of Bashar al-Assad, the crime remains unpunished to this day. But Syrian refugees in Europe are fighting for justice. Activists, lawyers and witnesses have…

US President Joe Biden on Friday called on Hamas militants to agree to a new offer from Israel on releasing hostages in exchange for a Gaza ceasefire, saying it was the best way to begin winding down the deadly conflict. Biden's speech came after the Israeli military said it had…

Nicolas Schmit, the lead candidate for the Party of European Socialists (PES), speaks to FRANCE 24 about the dangers, as he sees them, of a potential alliance between the right and the far right. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has called for Italy’s Giorgia Meloni and French far-right leader Marine…