US fighter jet downed. Spencer Boyer speaks to France 24
France 24 speaks to Spencer Boyer, former US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, about Iran’s claim that it shot down a US fighter jet.
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Europe, NATO under pressure over Iran war: ‘Trump strong with the weak and weak with the strong’
François Picard is pleased to welcome Hélène Conway-Mouret, French Senator, Vice Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee. According to Conway-Mouret, Donald Trump’s Iran war strategy is creating incredible volatility for European security, transatlanti…
Thomas Pesquet on space exploration: ‘We’re all on the same boat, we have to take care of the ship’
François Picard is pleased to welcome from Toulouse in southwest France, European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet. As an astronaut who has experienced spaceflight firsthand, Pesquet sees the Artemis II mission not simply as a technological miles…
Death penalty law ‘a deep stain on the law books of the state of Israel’
François Picard is pleased to welcome Dr. Gershon Baskin, former hostage negotiator and Middle East Director of the International Communities Organisation. As someone deeply embedded in the realities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, he argues that…
Death penalty law ‘a deep stain on the law books of the state of Israel’
François Picard is pleased to welcome Dr. Gershon Baskin, former hostage negotiator and Middle East Director of the International Communities Organisation. As someone deeply embedded in the realities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, he argues that…
Sir Westmacott challenges Trump rationale as war on Iran sparks ‘serious’ economic fallout worldwide
For Spotlight, François Picard is pleased to welcome Sir Peter Westmacott, distinguished ambassadorial fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Europe Center and former British Ambassador to Turkey, France and the United States. As a senior British diplomat…
World trade is struggling as war in Iran continues
30 days into the war in Iran, the key Strait of Hormuz is still partially closed, making prices of oil rise, considerably affecting businesses and citizens all around the world. Business owner John Catsimatidis decrypts this situation with France 24’s…
Mrs la maire – Maureen Searle becomes the first foreign-born woman to run a French town
In the last 2026 mayoral elections, for the first time a British-born woman, who acquired the French nationality after living in France for years, became the mayor of a French town. Maureen Searle speaks to Gavin Lee about her life and experience in F…
‘New phenomenon of dangerous rhetoric’: World leaders embrace proud disregard for international law
Gavin Lee is pleased to welcome Philippe Bolopion. Executive Director of Human Rights Watch. He describes a profound and accelerating shift in the conduct of war, marked not merely by violations of international humanitarian law, but by an unprecedent…
As Maduro appears in New York court, Venezuela’s state apparatus ‘remains in place’
François Picard is pleased to welcome Christopher Sabatini, Senior Research Fellow for Latin America, the US and the Americas program at Chatham House. According to Sabatini, the removal of a head of state through external force may appear, at first g…