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The World This Week

FRANCE 24 English

Our panel of Paris-based journalists review the week"s international news: the stories that made the headlines and also those you may have missed! Join us every Friday at 7:10pm Paris time.

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00:46:44

Iran war: A special edition

The World This Week ·

2026/03/06

In a week that a major war broke out in the middle east when the US and Israel attacked Iran from the skies, with air strikes that assassinated the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and at least forty senior Iranian officials all reportedly within a five minute period at the start of the bombing campaign on Saturday morning. Now Day 7, and as other names in the regime are hunted, hundreds of police and paramilitary bases continue to be bombed, so too Iran’s ballistic missile and drone launch sites, storage

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00:47:19

Ukraine, The Clintons, 'El Mencho' and Iran

The World This Week ·

2026/02/27

It's been a week that began in silence in Kyiv's Independence Square, where European leaders laid flowers for Ukraine's war dead – even as the fighting grinds on in the east, across vast drone-dominated front lines in territory Russia now claims as its own. In Washington, US President Donald Trump delivered the longest State of the Union address on record, hailing what he called a "roaring economy" and the most secure border in American history, in a speech heavy on superlatives and light on new

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00:48:49

Epstein, Andrew's arrest and Royal crisis

The World This Week ·

2026/02/20

It’s been a week that saw Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested on his 66th birthday, facing charges of misconduct for sharing confidential material with Jeffrey Epstein—deepening the crisis for the monarchy. The US also mourned the loss of civil rights icon Jesse Jackson, who passed away at 84, remembered for his pivotal role in the movement and his influence on future leaders. In China, the Spring Festival Gala featured groundbreaking humanoid robots, while world leaders gathered in Delhi for a

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00:41:51

Munich, Epstein, Confessions of Love Cheat

The World This Week ·

2026/02/13

This Friday in The World This Week, we talk about the unravelling of the Epstein Files, the end of the Old World Order and the Olympic Helmet Dilemma. Epstein Files Unravelling In a week where the names of those listed in the Epstein Files have continued to feel the consequences, at least on this side of the channel. Resignations and investigations underway now in France, and Norway. The British Prime Minister narrowly survived, for now. And while Keir Starmer was fighting for his political life,

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00:48:08

Epstein files special: Revelations, Redactions &...

The World This Week ·

2026/02/06

In a week where global headlines have been dominated, daily, by the fall out from what the Trump administration calls, “The final release”, of files, compelled to act by US law to make public unclassified records related to Jeffrey Epstein, in order to bring full transparency into Epstein’s dark world of child sex abuse and trafficking. An unprecedented 3 million pages of files with hundreds of thousands of videos and images were finally disclosed a month AFTER the government deadline - the late

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00:47:26

‘Minneapolis Now’, Iran & the ‘Armada’, A Gaza milestone

The World This Week ·

2026/01/30

This Friday in The World this Week, we talk about: The implications of a fatal week in Minneapolis, Iran & the ‘Armada’ ultimatum, What’s Trump’s goal for Gaza ? The implications of a fatal week in Minneapolis In a week where video evidence and citizen journalism has shown its fundamental importance in holding governments to account. In this case, eye-witness footage stood up against the rapid-response accounts of the Trump administration in the hours following the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in

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00:48:43

Taking the peace, Making Europe Grateful Again, No...

The World This Week ·

2026/01/23

It's been a week of power plays and redrawn lines. In Davos, US President Donald Trump declared victory in the escalating row over Greenland, announcing a framework deal he says delivers "everything we wanted, total security". The White House hails it as classic Art of the Deal brinkmanship — critics warn it’s come at the cost of the old world order, a charge echoed by Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney. It's also been the week the Board of Peace became a formal international body. Born with UN

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00:47:26

Iran: An uprising and a massacre, The Greenland...

The World This Week ·

2026/01/16

It’s been a week marked by brutality, brinkmanship and political theatre. In Iran, a third week of protests spiralled into a nationwide uprising as the regime shut down the internet and phone lines. Graphic accounts of a violent crackdown emerged via Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites, with human rights groups reporting thousands killed by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard in what they describe as an unprecedented massacre — even as President Trump urged protesters on, before appearing to shift his tone

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00:46:18

Capturing Maduro, A Grab for Greenland, Iran Unrest

The World This Week ·

2026/01/09

In a week that saw the capture of Nicolas Maduro, Operation Absolute Resolve played out in just two hours and 28 minutes. The combined military precision and tactical deception by U.S. land, sea, and air forces led to Maduro and his wife, Cecilia Flores, being snatched from a fortress-like compound in Caracas. They were cuffed, blindfolded, and flown to New York to face drug trafficking charges. Stunned world leaders barely had time to react before President Trump declared that he was running the

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00:51:10

2025 in review and what's in store for 2026

The World This Week ·

2025/12/12

In a year that started with a political tempest in the US. A chaotic, unpredictable diplomatic circus, by White House design: friends are foes, foes are friends as the art of the deal went global, and the 45th president Donald J Trump became the 47th. The madman theory said supporters, a Madman reality said critics, as 12 months of temperamental tariffs ensued, and the term TACO was born (that’s “Trump Always Chickens Out”, in case you need it for the Christmas Pub Quiz). As European allies started

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00:46:50

Ukraine & the shape-shifting 'dim wit' plan,...

The World This Week ·

2025/11/28

This week brought frantic peace manoeuvres over Ukraine, as a leaked 28-point plan triggered emergency talks and a swift Geneva rewrite, with President Donald Trump quietly shelving his ultimatum while Kyiv grappled with a corruption scandal. In West Africa, Guinea-Bissau plunged into turmoil after a sudden military coup left President Embalo telling FRANCE 24 he had been deposed. Nigeria declared a national emergency after the worst mass school kidnappings since Chibok, as pressure mounted from

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00:45:52

Ukraine: Compromise or Capitulation?, Epstein & the...

The World This Week ·

2025/11/21

It’s been a week that’s seen Ukraine brace for a fourth winter of war as President Zelensky shores up support amid reports of a secret 28-point peace plan involving territorial concessions and military cuts — a proposal blasted by European allies — while rolling blackouts, relentless strikes, and a corruption scandal trigger calls for a no-confidence vote. In Washington, a defining moment in President Trump’s second term saw a MAGA rebellion force through the release of all government and FBI files

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00:59:11

Trump Vs the BBC, Pardoning Netanyahu? Sarkozy’s...

The World This Week ·

2025/11/14

This week, President Trump has threatened to sue the BBC for one billion dollars after it emerged its Panorama programme misleadingly edited his speech. The US President also sent a formal letter to Israeli President Isaac Herzog, asking for a pardon for his ally the prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who’s facing a long running trial for alleged bribery and fraud. And after three weeks in prison, Nicolas Sarkozy has been released ahead of an appeal trial to be held next year.

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00:47:34

“Turn the volume up” Mamdani’s glory & the Dems’...

The World This Week ·

2025/11/08

It’s been a week that’s seen a remarkable political upset in New York, where 34-year-old Zohran Mamdani became the city’s youngest mayor in 130 years – and its first Muslim and immigrant leader in generations. The Democratic Socialist’s pledge to make New York more affordable galvanised young voters, though his call to tax the rich unsettled the party establishment. In Ukraine, fierce fighting continues for control of Pokrovsk, the fortress city key to Donetsk’s supply lines, as Russia claims to

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00:46:51

USA China Superpower Showdown, Who can help Sudan,...

The World This Week ·

2025/11/01

It’s been a week that saw Britain’s king strip his brother Andrew - formerly Prince Andrew - of his last title, and ask him to leave the Royal Lodge, just days after the release of Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir.A week where Donald Trump and Xi Jinping met - Trump calling their 100-minute summit “an outstanding meeting” - as Beijing agreed to pause its rare-earth export curbs in a diplomatic truce. A week of horror in Sudan: door-to-door killings of unarmed civilians as paramilitary forces

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00:48:00

Louvre heist, 'Yellow Line' in Gaza, and the Ukraine War

The World This Week ·

2025/10/24

We assess the fallout of the Louvre heist in France. Also, Israel begins physically marking its areas of control in Gaza, deeper than its government agreed to as part of the Trump peace plan. Several Arab leaders argue that the new divide will see Gaza permanently divided into two zones. Finally, Trump places sanctions on Russian oil companies. The meeting in Budapest is no longer on the cards, and as ‘talks go nowhere’. European allies of Ukraine meet in London.

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01:04:00

Governing Gaza, Ukraine, AI 'Slop,' and the Dead...

The World This Week ·

2025/10/17

It’s been a week of global upheaval and fragile progress — from a historic prisoner release and tentative ceasefire in Gaza, to the dramatic fall of Madagascar’s president amid a military rebellion. In the U.S., political tensions deepen as yet another Trump critic faces federal charges, raising fresh questions about the weaponisation of justice. And in the UK, espionage concerns escalate as MI5 names China a “daily threat” after a collapsed spy trial sparks controversy at the highest levels

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00:45:07

End to the war in Gaza? Revolving door of French PMs,...

The World This Week ·

2025/10/10

In the week that marked the second anniversary of the Gaza war and saw a breakthrough in peace talks. A ceasefire was agreed on Thursday, which should mean the imminent releasing of the 48 hostages who are still held by Hamas, in exchange for almost 2000 Palestinian prisoners. Israeli troops are also expected to pull back of Israeli troops to an agreed line. President Trump is flying out to personally sign the deal in Egypt, one he’s widely credited for, and will then head to Israel to mark the

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00:48:00

“Beyond very close” The Gaza peace plan. A crack in...

The World This Week ·

2025/10/03

This week US President Trump declared “eternal peace for the Middle East” was within reach as he stood side by side with the Israeli prime minister to unveil a new plan for Gaza, the EU talked about its defense response to suspected Russian violations of NATO airspace, and parallel protests erupted in Morocco and Madagascar, organised anonymously on online platforms like TikTok and Discord.

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00:48:18

Trump on Putin: Has the penny dropped? The downfall...

The World This Week ·

2025/09/26

In a week of coordinated, choreographed diplomacy, a number of Western leaders formerly recognised Palestinian statehood. Benjamin Netanyahu said the move rewarded terrorism, insisting there would never be a Palestinian state. Meanwhile, Russian violations of NATO airspace have been a dominant theme of the UN summit. And former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced to five years in prison. He's been found guilty of criminal conspiracy in a case dubbed the Libya Connection.

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