KHERSON, Ukraine (AP) — A six-day ceasefire in a Russian-occupied city in southern Ukraine held for its first day and night, officials said Wednesday, but Moscow and Kyiv continued to batter each other elsewhere.The localized truce in the devastated southern city of Oleshky began Tuesday and is due to last through Sunday as a planned…
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — A high-speed train slammed into the rear of another train that had stopped, derailing two cars and killing at least 10 people on Wednesday in central Spain, authorities said.Esther Padilla, spokeswoman for the Castilla La Mancha region, said authorities can confirm 10 deaths, but added “that number will surely rise.” [potential…
In this edition of Perspective, we focus on the results of the election in Israel. For analysis, we speak to Yossi Mekelberg, senior consulting fellow at Chatham House’s Middle East and North Africa Programme. He tells us there is “no clear winner” from the country’s pivotal vote.
Seat is critical to both political parties, with Republicans currently holding a 53-47 majority in the Senate
There have been no breaches of the US-brokered local ceasefire around the Russian-occupied town of Oleshky in southern Ukraine during its first 30 hours, Ukraine’s human rights ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets said on Wednesday. A ceasefire has been agreed until November 1 to allow residents of the frontline town – who had been unable to leave…
François Picard welcomes Igor Mladenovic, a French-Serbian sports writer, sports business analyst and former football commentator based in Luxembourg. For Mladenovic, the backlash in China over Kylian Mbappé’s playful reference to a meme depicting him in the likeness of Mao Zedong illustrates a dilemma of the digital age: How a seemingly innocuous anecdote from a…
More than 500 passengers were on board the trains when the incident occurred in the province of Toledo, south of Madrid.
Israel was counting votes on Wednesday after pivotal elections in which exit polls showed no clear winner. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc appears to have lost a significant number of seats compared with the previous election in 2022. France 24’s International Affairs Editor Angela Diffley shares further insights.
Flavio Bolsonaro, who lost Brazil’s runoff election to incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Sunday, boarded a flight to Ecuador after arriving in Argentina on Tuesday night, October 27. He is expected to land in Miami, as the US State Department said it would issue visas to him and his family. France 24’s correspondent…
With more than three-quarters of the votes counted, Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition was in the lead but remained shy of the 61 seats needed to form a government.