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Two major protests have been announced for Saturday. One will see students and unions marching against high living costs, while the Yellow Vests plan to march separately, despite a police ban.
A final tribute will be paid on Saturday to Pengo Bossio Wangi, killed in the racist attack on 23 October in Trappes, told his family during a public ceremony at Guyancourt cemetery. The 26-year-old was targeted for his skin colour by the suspect, Kevin T., who considered the Yvelines city as "an Islamist den".
The leader of La France insoumis Jean-Luc Mélenchon organises a big meeting on Saturday in the Bourget to present his program and demonstrate "the strength" and "the dynamics" of his presidential campaign, which takes the lead to the left.
Daryna, 25, began her adult life in a Ukraine at war. Since the Russian invasion on a large scale, his daily life has fluctuated between air alerts, underground nights and power outages. Despite the uncertainty of every day, she strives to preserve a normal life in Kiev. France 24 met this young woman, a symbol of a generation that learns to live under bombs.
Roughly 250,000 people took part in Saturday’s country-wide demonstrations against the rising cost of living and in support of the ongoing youth movement, a group of French student unions said. The Interior Ministry put the number at closer to 146,000. Follow our liveblog to see how the day's events unfolded.
France plans to spend an extra €4 billion on education amid nationwide protests. But with public debt mounting and interest costs climbing, how much fiscal room does the government have?
New demonstrations are taking place on Saturday for the fourth consecutive weekend, with the epicentre Paris, where yellow vests intend to approach the places of power. A day of mobilization under high security, two days after a large-scale national mobilization at the call of the unions. Follow our direct.
Since the 17 October demonstration and the accompanying scenes of chaos, law enforcement forces have made massive use of drones and helicopters to search for crowd movements from the air. France 24 provides an update on the rules governing the use of these surveillance devices and the concerns of defenders of public freedoms.
Pope Leo XIV began an apostolic tour of Uruguay, Argentina and Peru, a journey that strengthens the links of the Catholic Church with Latin America and marks his return to a region with which he maintains a close personal and pastoral relationship. Marcial Sánchez Gaete, a doctor in history and expert in history of the Catholic Church, addresses the subject in France 24.
Zinédine Zidane unveiled on Friday the new list of players of the Team de France who will play the games to reach the quarter finals of the League of Nations, against Turkey and Italy. Among them are Kylian Mbappé and Aurélien Chuameni, who were wounded. Pablo Pagis, Paris FC attacker, was summoned for the first time.
In an interview with France 24, John Bolton, Donald Trump's former national security adviser during his first term, responded to the mid-term elections, which saw a wide-ranging victory for the Democratic Party. He believes that "this is the beginning of the end" of the role of the US President in the Republican Party.
Around ten demonstrators wounded at recent protests in France on Friday said they will sue Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez over police brutality. Student and cost-of-living protests in recent weeks have been marred by violence, including reports of police inflicting serious and lifechanging injuries on protesters – many of whom are minors.
How did Ueno Bank grow in Paraguay and what role did President Santiago Peña's business links play with the group behind the entity? The financial scandal that shook the country raised questions about the relationship between political power, public resources and the banking system. We analyzed it in The France Debate 24.
The Ministry of National Education has introduced a new compulsory ceremony for November 11 in all schools starting with the CM1, in honour of all "deaths for France". Some trade unions oppose this and call for a boycott, denouncing a "glorification of war".
Europe is in the midst of a social buzz. Like France, where the first high school movements started, several countries of the Union are facing waves of protest in the street. Italy, Belgium, Greece and Germany are experiencing events of varying magnitude.
"We could have avoided on 17 October," says the economist Philippe Aghion, former advisor to Emmanuel Macron. At the microphone of "With Judith", the Nobel Prize in Economics 2025 presents its vision of innovation as the main engine of economic growth. Find the podcast in its entirety this Saturday noon on the YouTube channel of France 24.
France plans to spend an extra €4 billion on education amid nationwide protests. But with public debt mounting and interest costs climbing, how much fiscal room does the government have?
The train left at 9:56 a.m., with two and a half years late, but full time: the new SNCF TGV made its first commercial service on Friday, between Paris and Marseille, with a multitude of technical innovations to accompany the high speed of the 21st century.
Hard-left presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon is beloved by French youth, but also one of the country’s most controversial politicians. His encouragement of the youth protests sweeping through France months ahead of the presidential election has only made him more divisive. So, why is Mélenchon a Gen Z favourite? FRANCE 24's Gabrielle Nadler spoke to young supporters to find out.
A growing wave of discontent is sweeping across Europe. What began in France as student protests over deteriorating school conditions, teacher shortages and an education system under pressure has quickly grown into something much bigger: a groundswell of discontent over the rising cost of living, unaffordable housing and struggling public services.
