Author: France 24

Report shows recent heatwaves across Europe could slow economic growth by half a percentage point in 2025. But first, US President Donald Trump announces a trade deal with Vietnam. Plus, a French court has sentenced three former Ubisoft executives to suspended jail terms for harassment at the company.

On the night of June 24 to 25, a fire completely destroyed a Palestinian house. The local population blamed the fire on Israeli settlers from the nearby settlement, built on the site of Susya, a former Palestinian village.

This week on arts24’s film show, presenter Eve Jackson and film critic Emma Jones dive into four exciting new releases. First up is “Jurassic World: Rebirth”, directed by Gareth Edwards, which reinvigorates the beloved dinosaur franchise with fresh faces like Scarlett Johansson and Mahershala Ali.

Real Madrid advanced to the Club World Cup quarter-finals on Tuesday after beating European rivals Juventus 1-0. Spanish sensation Gonzalo García scored the only goal of the match, while Kylian Mbappé made his tournament debut after missing the first round due to illness.

Europe isn’t just at risk of the direct effects of climate change, it is also exposed to the indirect effects of infectious disease like dengue, chikungunya and West Nile Virus – which are expanding their territories northward.  

School will soon be out for the summer here in France, which can mean a long break for children and teenagers. But what about screens? We know that with kids at home, routines are disrupted and the temptation of digital distraction is stronger than ever. So how can families find the right balance? Elizabeth Milovidov has the answers in this edition of Entre Nous.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday lashed out at a satirical magazine following allegations that it had published a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed, calling it a “vile provocation”.  As protests erupted in Istanbul, the magazine’s top editor said the image had been misinterpreted and was “not a caricature of Prophet Mohammed”. 

New romantic comedy “Materialists” dives into the world of high-end dating in Manhattan, where luxury, status and desire blur the lines of love. Dakota Johnson stars as a professional matchmaker, caught between Pedro Pascal’s millionaire dreamboat and Chris Evans as her idealistic ex. Oscar-nominated director Celine Song describes the film as a “Victorian romance for 2025”, showing how dating today can feel like a game of social value and transactions. Eve Jackson meets Celine in Paris – and hits the streets – to ask: is love still about connection, or has it become a carefully calculated deal?

PSG crushed Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami 4-0 to set up a European clash against Bayern Munich on Saturday in the Club World Cup quarter-finals. The German side advanced with a 4-2 win over Brazil’s Flamengo.

The Trump administration’s cuts to the US Agency for International Development (USAID), which provides 40 percent of humanitarian funding worldwide, could lead to 14 million deaths, a study in the Lancet found, potentially “halting — and even reversing — two decades of progress in health among vulnerable populations”.