British Prime Minister Andy Burnham on Sunday warned French and German voters of potential for Russian influence in upcoming elections, on the back of "clear" interference in Britain's referendum on European Union membership in 2016. Russia has previously denied meddling in the Brexit vote, while former British leader Boris Johnson 2020 also said there was no evidence of interference. Burnham made the comments in an interview with The Rest is Politics podcast, released on Sunday.
Read briefing Raphaël Glucksmann has won the primary to represent the French centre-left in the upcoming presidential election, securing 66% of the vote.
Read briefing Raphaël Glucksmann will be the centre-left candidate for France's 2027 presidential election following a crushing victory on Sunday, with 66.13% of the vote, positioning himself as the left's main alternative to hard-left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon.Raphaël Glucksmann, an EU lawmaker, won France's centre-left's presidential primary on Sunday, positioning himself as the left's main alternative to hard-left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon.Glucksmann, 46, who leads the Place Publique movement, won the primary in a first round of voting, securing an outright majority with 66% of the vote."I am the candidate who stands for a break with Macronism, the candidate who stands for a break with Jean-Luc Melenchon’s hegemony over the French left, the candidate who can defeat our long-standing enemy – the far right," he told party activists after the vote.To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement.One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site.Glucksmann now faces the task of uniting a fractured left in a presidential campaign increasingly shaped by the far right.More than 120,000 people turned out for the vote, far fewer than in the past – 2.8 million took part in the Socialists’ 2011 primary, won by the eventual president, François Hollande. Glucksmann, who led the mainstream left to secure 14% of French seats in the 2024 European Parliament election, opposes any alliance with Mélenchon. Opinion polls show he could make it into a May 2 run-off vote in the presidential election, but would lose to frontrunner Marine Le Pen from the far right.Glucksmann's victory in the primary vote is a blow for Socialist Party head Olivier Faure, who has been open to alliances with Melenchon's France Unbowed party and won only 14.5% of the vote.Read moreFrench student protests fuel political clash ahead of 2027 presidential vote"We shall unite to take up the fight and prevent the Trumpists, the coup plotters, the xenophobes and the demagogues from seizing control of the Republic," Glucksman said.While critical of some of President Emmanuel Macron's pro-business policies, Glucksmann has advocated a similar pro-European, pro-Ukraine line, positioning himself as a staunch defender of liberal democracy.
Read briefing Raphaël Glucksmann will be the centre-left candidate for France's 2027 presidential election following a crushing victory on Sunday, with 66.13% of the vote, positioning himself as the left's main alternative to hard-left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
Read briefing It's reported that Ukraine is right now facing intense diplomatic pressure and coercion from the Trump administration to end the war quickly.
Read briefing Adam Barron is an independent Middle East political analyst and consultant, specialising primarily in Yemen, where he has reported from the capital, Sanaa, for The Economist. He writes for Foreign Policy and The Atlantic.
Read briefing At least two people were killed in an attack on Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport on Saturday, including an Egyptian flight attendant, according to a medical source at a local hospital. Earlier this week, another attack on the airport by the Houthis killed three people and damaged a plane, though the Iran-backed group did not announce any new attacks on Saturday.
Read briefing Christa Pike's lawyers on Saturday said that the 50-year-old convicted murderer has been discharged from the hospital and returned to prison. Pike was transported to the hospital in critical condition on September 30 after she survived Tennessee's botched effort to execute her for murdering a classmate when she was a teenager.
Read briefing US President Donald Trump on Saturday said that Ukraine needs a new president “who can make a deal” to end the war, and he called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to stop hitting Russian oil refineries. This comes after Washington moved to ease sanctions on Russian diesel, and Moscow's continued strikes on Ukraine killed at least 21 people, including four children. Read our liveblog to see how the day's events unfolded.This liveblog is no longer being updated. For more coverage on the war in Ukraine, click here.British Prime Minister Andy Burnham on Saturday told Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky he had his "complete solidarity" after he clashed with US President Donald Trump over a diesel deal with Russia.In a call between the two leaders, Burnham told the Ukrainian president he recognised that "the past 24 hours had been difficult for Ukraine and reiterated his complete solidarity", according to a readout released by his Downing Street office.Ukraine's foreign minister said President Volodymyr Zelensky had the backing of the Ukrainian people and deserved support after US President Donald Trump called for him to be replaced."He has the support of the Ukrainian people, and they have the right to decide," Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga said of Zelensky in a post on X."Statements from abroad only confirm that he is doing his job well. He deserves support."Russian President Vladimir Putin's top economic negotiator on Saturday welcomed Donald Trump's call for a new Ukrainian president, describing the US leader's remarks as "iconic and historic"."President Trump joins the many who believe that Ukraine needs leadership actually focused on peace, not Zelensky's warmongering ... Iconic and historic," Kirill Dmitriev, the Kremlin's special envoy on economic cooperation, said in a post on X.US President Donald Trump called for new leadership in Ukraine, slamming Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and calling on Kyiv's leader to stop hitting Russian oil refineries."He better damn well stop," Trump told reporters at the White House, one day after saying he had struck a deal allowing Russia to supply diesel to global markets."I suggest they get a new leader who can make a deal," he said, referring to Zelensky.Early Saturday, Russia targeted residential neighbourhoods in the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia with "five guided aerial bombs", according to Ukraine's National Police. At least 15 people were killed, including three children, Ukraine's State Emergency Service said.Russia’s Defence Ministry said its drones had struck a data-processing centre in Kyiv earlier on Saturday and a cargo ship carrying military supplies to the Ukrainian port of Odesa.In a statement, the ministry said the Kyiv facility was used by Ukraine’s armed forces to collect, process and store intelligence.Fifteen people, including three children, were killed in a Russian attack on the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia on Saturday, a day after US President Donald Trump announced a deal to lift sanctions on Russian diesel, in a major setback for Kyiv.A delegation of Ukrainian officials who visited Miami for talks on ending Russia's war in Ukraine was heading home on Saturday, an aide to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said."The groups are already on their way home," Dmytro Lytvyn, an advisor to the president, told reporters in response to an AFP question.US negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, who have spearheaded efforts to broker a Ukraine peace agreement, may visit Moscow within the next two weeks, Russian state news agency TASS reported, citing a source.EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said lifting sanctions on Russian diesel helped fuel the Kremlin's war on Ukraine, after US President Donald Trump announced a deal for Moscow to supply fuel."Russian strikes killed over 80 Ukrainian civilians in two days. Moreover, it has stepped up its hybrid attacks against Europe, both EU Member States and NATO allies," Kallas posted online."Suspending sanctions on Russian diesel provides Moscow with more revenues to wage war. This is not the time to ease pressure on Russia, and Europe won't," she wrote.French President Emmanuel Macron spoke on Saturday with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky to “express solidarity” on behalf of France “in the face of the ongoing attacks” by Russia, as 15 people were killed in Russian bombings on Zaporizhzhia.“The President of the Republic spoke today with President Zelensky to express our solidarity in the face of the ongoing attacks,” the head of state’s office said.The Élysée did not immediately react to US President Donald Trump’s announcement of a deal on the delivery of Russian diesel to the US and global markets, accompanied by a lifting of sanctions on Moscow.Rescue workers pull a woman from the rubble of a residential building destroyed by a Russian air strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on October 10, 2026. ©Kateryna Klochko, AP
Read briefing Indian police detained the head of the satirical "cockroach" online movement on Saturday, the group said, ahead of a major protest against the Election Commission that prompted strict security measures. "They seem to have seen that coming," notes France 24's Andrew Hilliar. In a prerecorded video, Abhijeet Dipke, founder of the Cockroach Party, names an interim leader to take over.
Read briefing A multi million euro wine heist in Italy. As thieves in Tuscany steal 30 thousand bottles of the one of the most iconic labels in the country from a warehouse of the the prized Marchesi Antinori winery as it prepared for a major export. The company said in the past few hours, they believe two vans and up to six thieves were involved. Gavin Lee speaks to France 24's correspondent in Rome, Seema Gupta.
Read briefing US President Donald Trump said Friday that Russia had agreed to immediately supply more than 300,000 tonnes of diesel to US and global markets in an effort to cut fuel prices before November's midterm elections. The move marks a stunning change of policy after the US and its allies hit Russia with waves of sanctions over its invasion of Ukraine.
Read briefing A 29-year-old Indian man was sentenced to 20 years in prison Friday in a Paris trial over his alleged involvement in an international criminal network that targeted vulnerable children in the US, Britain and Canada and coerced them into producing violent and sexual videos.
Read briefing A strong 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck near the southern coast of Panama on Friday at a 10 km depth, according to the US Geological Survey, shaking buildings as far away as the capital and prompting evacuations. The US Tsunami Warning System showed potential tsunami threats across much of Central America's Pacific coast.A magnitude-7.7 earthquake jolted Panama on Friday, setting off panic in the capital city and warnings of dangerous tsunami waves.USGS said the quake was detected at 1756 GMT with an epicenter 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) from the small town of Pitaloza Arriba in the south-center of Panama. It initially measured at magnitude 8.The quake was registered at a shallow depth of 12 kilometers, meaning its impact was likely to be more severe.It was felt across the country of around 4.5 million people, according to the USGS.There were no reports yet of casualties but extensive damage was expected, particularly in the center of the Central American nation.Many people were evacuated from buildings in Panama City, about 200 kilometers from the epicenter, AFP witnessed.Tsunami waves up to three meters high could hit the Panama coastline in the coming hours, the US Tsunami Warning System said.Earthquakes are rare in Panama and when they do occur usually strike in western Chiriqui province.
Read briefing A strong 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck near the southern coast of Panama on Friday at a 10 km depth, according to the US Geological Survey, shaking buildings as far away as the capital and prompting evacuations. The US Tsunami Warning System showed potential tsunami threats across much of Central America's Pacific coast.
Read briefing Students on Thursday barricaded a Parisian high school with garbage bins before police shot tear gas at them as France’s nationwide protests showed little sign of ending. At least a dozen demonstrations supporting the high school students’ movement were planned across the country while 375 schools were fully or partially closed.
Read briefing Over 70,000 people took part in demonstrations across France on Thursday demanding better education and less police brutality, as students protested nationwide despite government attempts to ease a crisis that has rocked the country for more than a week. Students have blocked entrances to hundreds of high schools, with squads of riot police deployed -- occasionally resulting in violent clashes. The interior ministry said 71,500 participated in protests across the country, with police detaining more than 500 people. FRANCE 24's Claire Paccalin reports from central Paris.
Read briefing Fifteen years after "The Social Network", Aaron Sorkin is taking on Facebook again. His new film, "The Social Reckoning", looks at what the platform has become and the role it plays in division, extremism and misinformation in America, themes that have fuelled his long-running public feud with Mark Zuckerberg. It tells the true story of Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen, played by Oscar-nominated actress Mikey Madison ("Anora"), who leaked thousands of internal documents to Wall Street Journal reporter Jeff Horwitz, played by Jeremy Allen White ("The Bear").
Read briefing Canadian poet, essayist and translator Anne Carson won the Nobel Prize in literature Thursday for playful, genre-blending works that fuse the classical and the modern. The Toronto-born Carson, 76, draws on themes and stories from ancient Greek and Roman literature for writing that often blends elements of poetry, essay and fiction.
Read briefing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday there would be a response to a Russian strike that hit two buses in the frontline city of Kramatorsk, killing 30 people and wounding 18 others. France 24's Andrew Hilliar says it comes a bid a growing number of Russian attacks on civilians in the country, with UN figures showing that more civilians had been killed in Ukraine as of August this year than in all of 2025.
Read briefing After more than two weeks of high school protests across France, police have arrested a total of 6,100 individuals, the majority of whom are minors who, until now, had no previous criminal record. So, what has happend to these students, and what lies ahead for them? FRANCE 24's Caitlin Brown has more.
Read briefing Maricarmen Abascal, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction sparked housing protests in Spain, has died, Madrid's tenants' union said on Wednesday. Abascal's eviction sparked a series of protests across Spain in the past couple of weeks, including activists camping on one of Madrid's main squares, and calls for tackling a mounting housing crisis. FRANCE 24's Sarah Morris reports from Madrid.
Read briefing As Israel marks the third anniversary of the October 7 attacks, questions linger about the warnings Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received about them. Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen, Ayala Panievsky, Lecturer at City University of London and author of The New Censorship, explains that the allegations in the run-up to the elections "are very damaging for Netanyahu but there are some factors mitigating the risk for him", including a fragmented opposition as well as the control of major media.
Read briefing The White House has promoted “Trump TV” using an AI-altered photo of passengers apparently watching the president’s new streaming channel. But the image was originally posted online in February 2023, showing passengers watching the NFL Super Bowl, with one watching the film “Hitch”. The original photo was modified using AI to make it appear the passengers were watching Trump TV. The post did not disclose that the image had been altered. Vedika Bahl explains in Truth or Fake.
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