Rewatch Andy Burnham’s address to Labour as he officially becomes the new party leader, and is a few days awat from becoming the new British prime minister.

After a leak of confidential documents revealed how Russian agents have been placing hundreds of articles in French-speaking media outlets in West and Central Africa, FRANCE 24 travelled to Dakar, Senegal, to investigate this secret operation.

Andy Burnham was on Friday elected leader of the UK’s Labour party, clearing the way for him to become prime minister next week following the departure of Keir Starmer. Burnham has risen to leadership on a pledge to thwart the rise…

PRESS REVIEW – Friday, July 17: China reacts after the UK nationalises its last remaining virgin steel factory, expropriating Chinese Jingye Group. In other news, low rainfall in May followed by three intense heatwaves have 100 French departments under water restrictions. Also, in Central…

Russia continues to recruit Africans to fight on the front in Ukraine. The Stop Russian Recruiters platform, which is linked to Urkaine’s Ministry of Defence, has now identified nearly 3,000 recruits. Around one in six has already been killed. Among…

Donald Trump is reviving his long-running claims about the security of US elections. In a primetime address, the president accused China of what he called the largest election data breach in history. He also released documents he says reveal foreign…

The United Kingdom’s  ruling Labour party will confirm veteran politician Andy Burnham as its new leader, and the country’s next prime minister, at a special conference on Friday. He becomes the UK’s seventh prime minister in a decade, replacing Keir…

Japan’s parliament on Friday enacted changes to imperial succession rules, allowing male distant relatives to rejoin the imperial family and women to retain royal status after marrying commoners. The legislation, however, keeps the ban on female emperors despite opinion polls…

Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Friday artificial intelligence should not be dominated by any single country, calling for greater international cooperation on AI development and governance at a major conference in Shanghai. His remarks come as Chinese AI firms…

US President Donald Trump declassified intelligence he said showed Chinese interference in US elections, reviving claims about election security despite intelligence findings that Beijing did not alter the 2020 vote he lost. The move reinforces Trump’s push to make election…