Naples struck by 4.4 magnitude earthquake overnight
One woman was injured in the Italian city of Naples after an earthquake shook buildings and disrupted power supplies.
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Trump deepens NATOโs crisis of trust on sharing intel
Military alliance members already had trouble trusting each other with classified information. It’s just got worse.
Why is USAIDโs death being met with silence?
The impact of cutting international assistance is incredibly harmful, and it hurts America too. It’s time for our former leaders to speak up.
Did FC Porto’s former president predict the Lisbon earthquake on the day of his funeral?
The front page of an old edition of a defunct Portuguese newspaper has gone viral for allegedly showing an eerily accurate prediction by the late Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa that Lisbon would experience an earthquake on the day of his funeral.
Lisbon hit by 4.8 magnitude earthquake, no damage reported
The Portuguese capital experienced a 4.8 magnitude earthquake on Monday, with the epicentre near the city of Seixal.
Shaken by 10,000 earthquakes, Greece’s Santorini island is left deserted by its inhabitants
The threat of a more major earthquake seems to have subsided on the most visited of the Greek islands but experts disagree on the origin of the tremors that have caused 11,000 of the 15,000 permanent residents to flee.
Two years after the earthquake, villages in southern Turkey face expropriation
The Hatay region still has 220,000 people living in container cities. Faced with the pressing demand for housing, the authorities are stepping up land seizures in rural communities, as in Hidirbey and Vakifli, ‘Turkey’s last Armenian village.’
Survivors remember Turkey’s deadly 2023 earthquake
Two years after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck southern Turkey, survivors remember the tragedy that claimed over 53,000 lives in Turkey and 6,000 in Syria.
State of emergency declared on Santorini after earthquakes shake island
Greek civil protection authorities announce measures after an estimated 7,700 tremors in less than a weekGreek civil protection authorities have declared a state of emergency on Santorini after hundreds of undersea earthquakes shook the resort island f…
Pain, anger as Turkey’s quake survivors mark two years since ‘disaster of the century’
Two years after the deadliestย and most destructive earthquake in modern Turkish history,ย hundreds of thousands of people remain displaced, many still living in containers as rebuilding efforts lagย behind. Almost 200 people have been jailed, many for n…
Left without a trace: Families search for missing children of Turkey’s earthquake
Two years on from the twin earthquakes, at least 30 children remain missing.
Left without a trace: Families search for missing children of Turkey’s earthquake
Two years on from the twin earthquakes, at least 30 children remain missing.
Greece: Emergency crews deployed on Santorini as an earthquake swarm worries experts
More than 200 undersea earthquakes were recorded in the area over the past three days, prompting hundreds to leave the island. Mobile phones received alert warnings about potential rockslides, while several of the earthquakes caused loud rumbles.
Hundreds of tourists flee Santorini after powerful earthquake warning
Hundreds of tourists flee Santorini after powerful earthquake warning
People flee Santorini as earthquake fears grow
Residents and tourists scramble to leave Greek island on ferries and planes after โbarrageโ of tremorsEarthquake fears have prompted people to flee Santorini, as Greeceโs most popular island destination continues to be hit by what scientists described …
Greek PM calls for calm as hundreds of ‘very intense’ tremors hit Santorini
Hundreds of tremors have hit the Greek island of Santorini in the past week, leading more than a thousand people to flee the tourist hotspot.ย Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called for “calm” on Monday as the government advised people to avoi…
Greece sends rescue teams to Santorini amid fears of big earthquake
Schools shut as precautionary measure and people told to avoid shoreline after hundreds of seismic tremorsGreek authorities have dispatched special forces, rescue teams, tents and drones to the island of Santorini after hundreds of seismic tremors were…
“Bad news for democracy”, analyst says as Germany’s far-right ‘firewall’ crumbles
Weeks before Germany’s elections, a heated immigration debate inflamed by a deadly knife attack sparked a political earthquake Wednesday when conservative parties for the first time cooperated with the far-right AfD. FRANCE 24’s Yinka Oyetade speaks t…
Northern Irish nun killed in Ecuador earthquake takes step towards sainthood
Beatification ceremony for Clare Crockett, former party girl from Derry, draws more than 100 people to MadridA nun from Northern Ireland who was killed in an earthquake while she was teaching music in Ecuador has taken a step closer to sainthood.A cere…
Do Syriaโs liberators still deserve the terrorist label?
Assadโs downfall was met with unbridled joy and relief among Syrians and Syriaโs expatriate community.
Romanian court cancels presidential election in latest political earthquake
Romanian court cancels presidential election in latest political earthquake
Election annulment risks pouring fuel on Romaniaโs political blaze
Many Romanians are suspicious of the country’s traditional old parties and fear they are trying to manipulate a rerun.
Brussels, my love? German coalition collapse triggers political earthquake
Brussels, my love? German coalition collapse triggers political earthquake
Partyโs over: Trump takes fizz out of election night as embassies ditch soirees
U.S. election night 2024 promises to be a sober affair in Europe.
Czech zoo files EU complaint over โbarbaricโ bear cull in Slovakia
Bears are a hot political topic in Slovakia.
Istanbul on the fault lines: Turkey prepares for massive earthquake
Turkey sits on one of the world’s two most active fault lines, which means numerous devastating earthquakes have claimed thousands of lives and reshaped entire cities. Turkish history is still marked by the Erzincan earthquake in 1939 and the Izmit ea…
Turkeyโs outlawed Kurdish rebel leader is back โ thanks to his nemesis
Imprisoned militia chief Abdullah รcalan set for dramatic return to the political stage.
Watch: Narrow escape as debris falls during Turkey quake
Falling masonry just misses people standing in a street in the eastern Turkish city of Elazig, that was hit by an earthquake.
Austriaโs new electoral earthquake
Victory for the far-right FPร crystallises dilemmas across the EU
Austria’s far right achieves highest election result since 1945
With 28.8% of the vote in Sunday’s parliamentary elections, Austria’s Freedom Party victory has triggered a political earthquake in the country of 9 million inhabitants. But all the other parties still refuse to form a coalition with them.
Valentino steals the show in Paris with Alessandro Michele at the helm
Ex-Gucci star brings 70s haute bourgeoisie ladies in trailing chiffons and Gen Z boys in tattoos and pearls to the runwayValentino was the hottest ticket of this Paris fashion week, and the show had a sense of occasion to match.A vast floor was laid wi…
Weather tracker: Extensive flooding in Japan after โunprecedentedโ rainfall
One dead and several missing as โlife-threatening situationโ declared in earthquake-hit Ishikawa prefectureHeavy rain caused extensive flooding in central Japan over the weekend, with at least one person reported dead and several more unaccounted for.O…
Donald Trump says he will โprobablyโ meet Volodymyr Zelenskiy next week โ Ukraine war live
Ukrainian president due to visit the US next week to address meeting of UN security council about war with RussiaA Ukrainian drone attack on a large Russian weapons depot caused a blast that was picked up by earthquake monitoring stations, in one of th…
Ukrainian drone attack triggers earthquake-sized blast at arsenal in Russiaโs Tver region
A large-scale Ukrainian drone attack on Russia triggered an earthquake-sized blast at a major arsenal in the Tver region on Wednesday (18 September), forcing the evacuation of a nearby town, war bloggers and some media reported.
Ukrainian drone attack triggers earthquake-sized blast at arsenal in Russia’s Tver region
A large-scale Ukrainian drone attack on Russia triggered an earthquake-sized blast at a major arsenal in the Tver region on Wednesday, forcing the evacuation of a nearby town, according to war bloggers. FRANCE 24’s Catherine Norris Trent reports from …
Mushroom cloud seen in Russia’s Tver region after Ukrainian drone attack โ video
A Ukrainian drone attack on a Russian weapons depot in the Tver region, about 230 miles west of Moscow, caused a large explosion and mushroom cloud on Wednesday. The blast was so powerful that earthquake-monitoring stations registered what sensors thou…
Blast from attack on Russian arms depot picked up on earthquake monitors
Ukrainian drone attack causes large explosion at arsenal in Toropets, more than 300 miles north of UkraineA Ukrainian drone attack on a large Russian weapons depot caused a blast that was picked up by earthquake monitoring stations, in one of the bigge…
A political earthquake, what East German elections mean for the future of democracy in the country
Following the recent state election results,ย have politicians seen the “twilight” of the established German party system, writes Peter Hefele.
An โearthquakeโ at Volkswagen โ and a crisis for Germany?
The company is seen as crucial not just to local but national wellbeing โ and never before have its workers been threatened in their own homeland like thisโEarthquake at Volkswagenโ ran the stark headline in the Wolfsburger Nachrichten, the newspaper s…
Germany’s far-right AfD has won its first regional election
The mood was jubilant among supporters of the AfD after the party triumphed with 32.8% of the vote in Thuringia in what election pundits labeled a political earthquake.
Photographyโs eternal present at Arles
This yearโs Les Rencontres dโArles photography festival pays homage to female artists amid a dystopian squint, highlighting overlooked worlds.
Far right eyes political earthquake as Germans head to the polls
The far-right Alternative for Germany is set to do very well in state elections in the east.
Far right eyes political earthquake as Germans head to the polls
The far-right Alternative for Germany is set to do very well in state elections in the east.
Putinโs next coup
Elections in three eastern German states are likely to usher in Russia-friendly parties, giving Vladimir Putin a foothold in the country’s politics.
Right-wing extremist set to win the state election in Germanyโs Thuringia
A political earthquake is on the horizon in the German state of Thuringia, where a right-wing extremist is poised to win this Sundayโs election and is eying the position of prime minister amid growing dissatisfaction with the established parties.
Portugal coast hit by 5.3 magnitude earthquake
The quake hit waters 7.7km south-east of the capital, Lisbon, and 74km south-west of Setรบbal.
Germany looks on nervously as AfD crowds cheer nationโs most feared politician ahead of state elections
Alternative for Germanyโs Bjรถrn Hรถcke was in a bullish mood at a rally in Thuringia, one of three regions where support is high for the far-right party ahead of elections next monthThe most feared man in German politics cleared his throat and took a si…
Italyโs budget mess leaves earthquake-stricken towns in limbo
The subsidy program that Rome can’t afford is a crucial part of efforts to piece shattered lives and towns back together.
Powerful earthquake in Russia’s Far East triggers volcanic eruption
The Shiveluch volcano began sputtering shortly after a powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck off Kamchatkaโs east coast early Sunday.
Watch: Russia earthquake triggers volcanic eruption
Homes shook and ash covered the roads after an earthquake caused the Shiveluch volcano to erupt.
Watch: Russia earthquake triggers volcanic eruption
Homes shook and ash covered the roads after an earthquake caused the Shiveluch volcano to erupt.
Watch: Russian earthquake triggers volcanic eruption
Homes shook and ash covered the roads after an earthquake caused the Shiveluch volcano to erupt.
Extremist surge in eastern Germany threatens a political earthquake
Government parties and mainstream opposition face a dire set of results in three state elections next month
Earthquake at same time as eruption could have caused Pompeii deaths โ study
Research argues tremors occurred as Vesuvius erupted in AD79, causing buildings to collapse on to peopleVictims who perished in Pompeii after the devastating AD79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius may have been killed by a simultaneous earthquake, research ha…
Near Naples, renewed seismic activity deepens distrust
Inhabitants of the Phlegrean Fields seismic zone are suspicious of the public authorities’ earthquake prevention efforts due to numerous past embezzlements and misappropriations.
Helping child earthquake victims rebuildโdreams for the future
A Turkish foundation is looking beyond the provision of โpsychological first aidโ to give young people career opportunities
Sinn Fรฉin dominates Northern Ireland with unionists in post-Brexit shambles
Irish republican party completes hat trick of first-place elections finishes.
France can argue later โ now everyone who cares about our democracy must unite to keep the far right out | Rokhaya Diallo
Time is running out, and only putting aside petty party squabbles will stop the disaster of the National Rally taking powerThe far rightโs historically high score in the first round of the French legislative elections was reflected in the alarmed headl…
Rutte: Iโd give myself a 6 or 6.5 out of 10 as PM
Rutte cited a number of missteps that tarnished his premiership.
EU braces for the nightmare scenario- a eurosceptic France
National Rally win may hamper blocโs ability to get things done and pose existential question over French roleOn the night her party swept to a crushing victory in European elections and Franceโs president triggered a political earthquake by dissolving…
How Britainโs Conservatives lost their heart and soul
Trends point to an historic collapse of the Tory vote in rural, semi-rural and suburban seats, the like of which England has maybe never seen before.
Macron’s Gambit, ‘lame ducks’ at the G7?
Itโs been a week of political aftershock in France, after the earthquake that wasย President Macronโs sudden call for snap elections. His gambit, in testing the far rightโs EU election triumph and his banking on it being just a sign of voter frustratio…
Macron challenges French voters and spooks Brussels
As the EU comes to terms with its new (sort of) political reality following last weekendโs European Parliament election, France is already back in campaign mode โ preparing for snap elections called unexpectedly by President Emmanuel Macron. The French president dissolved the National Assembly in response to the massive success of the far-right National Rally [โฆ]
โIt could have been usโ: filming the devastation after the Turkish-Syrian earthquakes
Waad al-Kateabโs documentary Death Without Mercy collects agonising experience from the aftermath of 2023. She reflects on a natural disaster made much worse by politics, and how she is trying to helpWaad al-Kateab has always looked for hope, but when …
EU elections: earthquake in France and a rightward policy lurch? Our panel responds | Mariam Lau and others
Emmanuel Macron calls a snap election and the hard right wins big in Germany โ but thatโs far from the whole pictureIn Germany, the further rise of the far right was expected โ every poll had predicted as much. What was not expected, however, was that …
Franceโs Macron calls snap election in huge gamble after EU polls debacle
French President Emmanuel Macron said Sunday he was dissolving the National Assembly and calling early legislative elections, setting off a political earthquake after his party suffered a humbling defeat at the hands of the far right in elections for …
As Europe votes, a populist wave surgesย
Five months before the US election, radical right parties are expected to make major gains in the EU election
ECB to deliver historic rate cut on Thursday
Lagarde can count the first rate cut in the absence of a financial earthquake in two decades as a major win.
How a supervolcano on the Italian coast became a problem too big to tackle
Earthquake this week finally jolts authorities into action after decades of runaway construction puts half a million people at risk.
Homes evacuated in Italy after strongest quake in 40 years near supervolcano
Cracks form in buildings after 150 quakes follow 4.4-magnitude tremor around Campi Flegrei near NaplesHomes were evacuated and many people slept in their cars or on the street after the strongest earthquake in 40 years shook the area around the sprawli…
Salviniโs last hope rests on building a bridge to Sicily
Fading Italian firebrand pins his election chances on a 3km crossing thatโs been mooted since Roman times.ย
Republicans scramble to contain abortion โearthquakeโ
The one-two punch from Florida and Arizona left Republicans reeling across the electoral map.
As Leo Varadkar departs, who in the Irish government will hold off Sinn Fรฉin?
Mainstream parties Fine Gael and Fianna Fรกil are seeking to stabilize their first-time partnership and strand Sinn Fรฉin in opposition.
Leo Varadkar steps down as Irish prime minister in shock move
Varadkar announces decision to resign as taoiseach and leader of Fine Gael party for โpersonal and politicalโ reasonsEurope live โ latest updatesLeo Varadkar has announced he is standing down as Irelandโs prime minister and also giving up his role as l…
Israel using hunger as weapon of war, Borrell tells UN
Israel was using starvation to wage war in Gaza, Josep Borrell told the UN Security Council, in one of his strongest allegations since 7 October. “This isn’t a natural disaster. It’s not an earthquake or a flood โ it’s man-made.”
โItโs not like the moviesโ: Why delivering aid to Gaza by sea gets complicated quickly
Delivering supplies through a maritime corridor can be difficult and dangerous.
In the ruins of Antakya, Turkey’s earthquake victims are left to deal with their trauma alone
It’s a year since two earthquakes rocked Hatay province in Turkey. In the ruins and camps, survivors are grappling with a mental health crisis alone.
One year after devastating earthquake, Turkey mourns its many dead
Millions of people across Turkey on Tuesday mourned the loss of more than 53,000 friends, loved ones and neighbors in the countryโs catastrophic earthquake a year ago.
A year on from Turkeyโs earthquake, devastation continues
Hundreds of kids are still missing, as families say their children were rescued from the rubble and checked into nearby hospitals but have vanished since.
How a grieving mother exposed the truth of Turkeyโs deadly earthquake
After losing her son, Nurgรผl Gรถksu set out to investigate how building alterations left his home vulnerable to earthquakes.
โNo one can bring back what we lostโ: fears rise among poor in Turkish city ravaged by earthquakes
Less well-off residents in the southern city of Antakya feel left out of the cityโs rebuilding effortsโข Read more: A year in the aftermath of Turkeyโs earthquake โ a photo essayRows of bright white marble gravestones dot a hillside on the outskirts of …
Still in ruins: the 2023 Turkish earthquake โ then and now
A 7.8-magnitude quake hit southern Turkey and northern Syria on 6 February 2023, killing more than 40,000 people and erasing entire cities. Then and now photographs show the scale of devastation and the enormity of the reconstructionOver 65 nightmarish…
Netanyahuโs deal with the devil
Under the cover of war, Israelโs far right and ultra-Orthodox leaders are looking to turn Israel from a liberal, largely secular democracy into something more religious, nationalist and intolerant.
Israelโs first responders struggling to heal 100 days onย from October 7
‘When we tried picking up the bones, the bones turned to ash,’ says an Israeli first responder recalling the Hamas attack a hundred days ago.
Trial opens in Turkey over deadly hotel collapse during earthquake
Hearing in Adiyaman involves 11 defendants accused of โconscious negligenceโ while overseeing buildingโs constructionTurkey has opened the first major trial linked to the construction of buildings that crumbled in two earthquakes last year that claimed…
Japan quake: Rescuers rush to reach survivors
Rescue teams in Japan on Tuesday (2 January) struggled to reach isolated areas hit by a powerful earthquake on New Year’s Day, with reports of more than 20 people dead in a disaster that toppled buildings and knocked out power to tens of thousands of h…
Massive earthquake jolts Japan, residents rush to evacuate coast
A powerful earthquake struck central Japan on Monday (1 January), triggering warnings for residents to evacuate some coastal areas, knocking out power to thousands of homes and disrupting flights and rail services to the affected region.
Retrospective: The top 12 news stories that defined 2023
From a devastating earthquake in Syria and Turkey to a march on Moscow and the war against Hamas in Gaza, 2023 was full of dramatic moments, from the heartfelt to the heartbreaking. FRANCE 24 takes a look back at 12 key events that defined the year in…
2023: In pictures
POLITICO looks back on the images that defined the year 2023.
Iceland volcano eruption: will it spark a flight crisis and how long will it last?
As a 2.5-mile fissure opens up in the Earthโs crust spewing jets of lava, we look at the local and international implicationsAt 10.17pm local time (22.17 GMT) on Monday, a volcanic eruption began north of Grindavรญk on the Reykjanes peninsula in Iceland…
Aerial footage shows Iceland volcano spewing lava โ video
Lava spewed from fissures in the ground after a volcano erupted in south-west Iceland on Monday evening, following weeks of intense earthquake activity. Footage filmed from an Icelandic coastguard helicopter showed the orange lava set against the dark …
Iceland volcano erupts after weeks of heightened earthquake activity
Lava spews from 4km fissure but international airport and power plant unaffected
Iceland volcano erupts near town after weeks of quake activity
A volcano erupted late on Monday (18 December) in southwest Iceland, spewing lava and smoke across a wide area after weeks of intense earthquake activity, the country’s Meteorological Office said, threatening a nearby town.
Volcano erupts south of Iceland’s Reykjavik after weeks of seismic activity
A volcanic eruption began on Monday night in Iceland, south of the capital Reykjavik, following an earthquake swarm, Iceland’s Meteorological Office reported.
Iceland volcano erupts on Reykjanes peninsula after weeks of activity
Fearing a significant event, authorities had evacuated the nearly 4,000 inhabitants of the fishing town of Grindavik and closed the Blue Lagoon spaA volcano in southwest Iceland has erupted after weeks of intense earthquake activity, the countryโs Mete…
Outgoing Netherlands PMโs party rules out Geert Wilders coalition
Talks begin with liberal leader warning people not to be fooled by Wildersโ โMother Theresaโ actThe party of the Netherlandsโ outgoing prime minister, Mark Rutte, has ruled out forming a government with the anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders, as coaliti…
The Netherlands underestimated the far right โ and Geert Wildersโ victory is the result | Cas Mudde
Media complacency and outgoing PM Mark Rutteโs decision to campaign on immigration have created a political earthquakeTwo things were already clear months before Dutch election day: the Netherlands would have a new prime minister and dozens of new parl…
Far-right populist Geert Wilders leads Dutch election, says exit polls
The far-right, anti-Islam party of firebrand politician Geert Wilders has won the Dutch election, exit polls suggested Wednesday, a political earthquake that will be felt far beyond the country’s borders.ย
Far-right Geert Wilderโs party leads Dutch election, says exit poll
The far-right, anti-Islam party of firebrand politician Geert Wilders has won the Dutch election, exit polls suggested Wednesday, a political earthquake that will be felt far beyond the country’s borders.ย