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The human rights defender Bianca Jagger continues her battle against the political repression of the Ortega regime in Nicaragua, where she was born. Several bishops and priests are incarcerated in Nicaragua, where the Catholic Church is suspected of supporting the opposition. In an interview with FRANCE 24, Jagger appealed directly…

NATO allies gathering for a summit on Tuesday said they would help Ukraine fix its power grid damaged by Moscow's shelling in what the alliance's chief Jens Stoltenberg said was Russia using the cold weather as "a weapon of war". Follow our blog to see how the day's events unfolded.…

The murder and dismemberment of a 26-year-old woman in India in May and the recent arrest of her boyfriend has gripped the nation and media. But instead of focusing on the issue of femicide, a journalist and an activist say that Indian media is using the fact that the victim…

Ukraine’s tech sector has been able to continue almost as normal since the war started in February, but widespread electricity cuts are posing a new logistical problem. FRANCE 24 speaks to tech employees working with limited power supply.

Numerous accounts on Twitter and Telegram have been sharing a video they say is a report by Al Jazeera showing Nazi graffiti left by Ukrainian football fans during the kickoff game of the World Cup in Qatar on November 20. The media outlet, however, says that they didn’t make this…

French electronic duo Synapson is the combination of two childhood friends: DJs/record producers Alexandre and Paul. Since 2009, they have made a name for themselves with their unique soundscape that draws from world music, hip-hop, house, funk and pop influences. Following the success of their 2020 album "Global Musique Vol.…

Ukraine said on Monday that Russia was preparing for a fresh wave of missile attacks on its energy grid that have plunged swathes of the country into the cold and dark. The warning came as Ukrainian forces repelled Russian attacks in the Donetsk region, including in the areas of the…

As rolling electricity blackouts continue in Ukraine, the country’s industries are struggling to cope. One factory in Vinnytsia is still running, for now. It came to France’s rescue earlier this year when the country ran out of mustard. FRANCE 24’s Gulliver Cragg reports.

Iranian protests have spread into the stands and onto the pitch during the 2022 World Cup, as supporters – and the Iranian players – have used the event to speak out for and against the country’s leadership. FRANCE 24 meets Iranian football fans in Qatar.

A Kylian Mbappé double gave France a 2-1 victory over a spirited Denmark, handing Les Bleus an early ticket to the knockouts. Read FRANCE 24's liveblog below to see how the match unfolded.

In 1977, 13-year-old Megumi Yokota vanished from the Japanese coastal city of Niigata on her way home from school. Twenty-five years later, North Korea admitted that its agents had snatched her away, along with 12 other Japanese citizens, in order to train its spies. In a groundbreaking diplomatic move, Pyongyang…