France 24 Live News

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 09:37:17 GMT
France's 'Battery Valley' makes use of Asian experts
In the Verkor factory outside the northern city of Dunkirk, which will be inaugurated on Thursday, foreign specialists, notably from South Korea and Malaysia, are training the local staff. Verkor is the third battery gigafactory to open in northern...

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 09:30:26 GMT
Ford, Renault team up on low-cost electric cars to counter Chinese rivals
Automotive heavyweights Renault and Ford are to join forces to develop a line of compact, more affordable Ford-branded electric vehicles and commercial vans in a bid to curb a wave of cheaper Chinese electric models gaining ground in Europe. Ford CE...

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 08:53:40 GMT
The best of the French pastry world
The fifth edition of the Oscars of the French Pastry World were held in Paris on December 8. They reward the best French pastry chefs in different categories. We speak to awards director Eugénie Pont and one of the award-winning chefs, Maëva Manc...

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 08:40:52 GMT
Europe according to Trump: What response to claim of 'civilisational erasure'?
Europe is weighing its words after Washington's publication of an official policy paper that warns the Old Continent is under threat of "civilisational erasure", with fading powers overrun by migrants. It’s the logical follow-up to Vice President ...

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 07:27:13 GMT
New Zealand lose Tickner as West Indies all out for 205
New Zealand were 24-0 at the close of play after bowling the West Indies out for 205 in 75 overs. Tickner was the pick of the New Zealand bowlers, taking 4-32 from 16 overs, but his day ended prematurely when he tumbled onto his shoulder while fiel...

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 06:29:11 GMT
Moo dunnit? Dog lets bull, horse into living room in Australia
Andrew Mackay, a Northern Territory politician, posted the incriminating evidence from his pet cam to social media at the weekend. His two pet dogs can be seen exiting the living room into a yard after one of them, a mutt named Thunder, nudges open...

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 06:22:20 GMT
Champions League: Marseille keep playoff hopes alive as they beat Union Saint-Gilloise
Olympique de Marseille beat Belgian side Union Saint-Gilloise (3-2) on Tuesday. OM now have nine points and are closing in on a playoff spot in the Champions League.

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 06:19:42 GMT
Venezuela opposition leader Machado will not attend Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, officials say

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 05:47:12 GMT
China surplus pushing EU to take 'offensive' trade measures: business lobby
The report by the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China underscores the turbulence in economic ties between the key trading partners, as they navigate heightened uncertainty sparked by Beijing-Washington tensions. Data this week showed that C...

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 05:27:18 GMT
Japanese ivory trade attracts fresh global scrutiny
International trade in elephant ivory is illegal, but Japan hosts one of the world's largest remaining legal domestic markets for the product, which can only be bought and sold within its borders. It is fed with stockpiles of ivory imported before ...

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 05:01:14 GMT
Cambodia-Thailand border clashes send half a million into shelters
Five Thai soldiers and seven Cambodian civilians have been killed in the latest fighting, officials said, while more than 500,000 people have fled border regions near where jets, tanks and drones were waging battle. AFP journalists in northwestern ...

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 04:47:10 GMT
Orlando to face New York in NBA Cup semis at Vegas
Bane went 6-of-9 from three-point range and added six rebounds and five assists in Orlando's 117-108 victory over visiting Miami. Jalen Suggs added 20 points for the Magic, who despite lacking top scorer Franz Wagner due to a high ankle sprain won ...

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 04:33:12 GMT
Cambodia pull out of SEA Games in Thailand over border conflict
At least 11 soldiers and civilians have been killed on both sides, according to officials, as renewed hostilities derailed a US-brokered truce. Cambodia had already pulled out of eight sports at the Thailand-hosted Games, but National Olympic Commi...

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 03:53:11 GMT
Australian mum of late teen says social media ban 'bittersweet'
Her 14-year-old took his life last year after being bullied online and seeing an endless stream of content on apps such as TikTok, Instagram and YouTube that fuelled an eating disorder. The Australian mother and other parents whose children killed ...

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 03:15:22 GMT
Oil-rich UAE turns to AI to grease economy
Towering cranes clank as long, low buildings take shape below, the eventual home of data centres powered by five gigawatts of electricity -- the biggest such facility outside the United States. The campus will provide storage and computing capacity...

home