Indian tourist killed after two helicopters collide near Everest base camp
The two aircraft crashed just metres from the ground after trying to land at the same spot.
US midterm elections: Food stamp crisis a key campaign issue in Arizona
Arizona, a battleground state in the US midterm elections, is at the centre of a sweeping overhaul of America’s social safety net. Since US President Donald Trump’s tax and spending law passed last year, about half of the state’s food stamp recipients have lost their benefits – the steepest drop in the country. State officials now admit…
DR Congo opposition figure Prince Epenge arrested for spreading fake news
DR Congo senior opposition leader Prince Epenge has been arrested and transferred to prison. He is being held on charges of spreading fake news. FRANCE 24’s correspondent in Kinshasa, Emmet Livingstone, has more.
Chadian farmers suffer from intensifying drought and take stock of their losses
In Chad, Wadi Fira is one of the two regions hardest hit by the drought. Just a few kilometres outside Biltine, the regional capital, farmers take stock of their devastating losses. FRANCE 24’s Harold Girard reports.
Nine things on US voters' minds ahead of midterm elections: poll
Poll highlights living costs, Trump, Iran, election trust and other key concerns for US voters
Dozens killed, dozens more missing after Russian strike on Ukrainian aid site
The death toll from a Russian attack in southern Ukraine on a site where people had gathered to receive humanitarian aid rose to 29 on Tuesday, with 48 still missing, as a wave of overnight strikes targeted power plants across the country, damaged hospitals and wounded scores of people. Russia launched 289 attack drones, 17…
Americans to vote in US midterms: Trump's Republicans scramble to stop Democratic wave
Republicans made a final push to avoid a predicted thumping in the US midterm elections, as Democrats seek to win control of Congress. A Democratic-controlled House would impose the first real political constraints on President Donald Trump since he returned to office in 2025. Polls show the Republican to be the most unpopular president in…
'Hopefully we make history': El-Sayed fires up Michigan Democrats on eve of crucial US Senate race
Abdul El-Sayed, the doctor vying for a crucial US Senate seat for the Democrats, made his closing pitch to Michigan voters at the Majestic Theatre in Detroit, in one of America’s poorest communities. The left-wing former medical administrator has drawn huge crowds at campaign rallies across Michigan with his promise to make healthcare free for…
Cheese theft becomes rife among Europe's gangsters
PRESS REVIEW – Tuesday, November 3: We look at reactions and analyses in Poland, where pro-European Prime Minister Donald Tusk is involved in a standoff with the nationalist president over the composition of the constitutional court. In other news, there’s fresh outrage at big tech, after Google went rogue in Finland and cut down 250,000…
Could Texas turn blue? Democrat James Talarico takes on Republican establishment
In a state that has long been a Republican stronghold, Democratic candidate for the US Senate, James Talaricois is carrying the hopes of what once seemed unlikely: Texas turning blue. The former schoolteacher and Presbyterian seminarian has been doing well in polls against Republican Ken Paxton, the longtime state attorney general whose legal troubles have…
