UNCOVERED: 6 | History Defined

Algeria cuts diplomatic ties with UAE after years of mounting tensions

Algeria cut diplomatic ties with the United Arab Emirates on Thursday after years of tension, accusing Abu Dhabi of interfering in national and regional affairs.

Radio France Internationale · Sep 10

French football chiefs withdraw backing for Fifa boss Infantino

The French Football Federation (FFF) withdrew its support for Gianni Infantino's bid for a fourth term as Fifa president on Thursday, criticising his plans to bring private investors into Fifa's commercial operations and the way he runs the 122-year-old organisation.

Radio France Internationale · Sep 10

Macron calls for European crewed spaceflights within 10 years

French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday called for Europe to become one of the world’s leading space powers, with its first crewed flights within 10 years and its own satellite-based communications capabilities.

Radio France Internationale · Sep 10

August hottest month ever recorded globally, says EU monitor

The EU's climate monitor said Thursday that August was the hottest single month ever recorded globally, with ocean temperatures also reaching unprecedented highs as western Europe capped its warmest summer.

Radio France Internationale · Sep 10

PSG rout Slovan Bratislava to launch Champions League campaign

Ferran Torres hit a hat trick and Ousmane Dembélé scored twice on Wednesday night as Paris Saint-Germain crushed Slovan Bratislava 6-1 to launch the defence of their Champions League title.

Radio France Internationale · Sep 9

Gambia's power crisis boils over as anger reaches breaking point

Protesters in Gambia have taken to the streets demanding President Adama Barrow's resignation as anger over prolonged power cuts boils over just months ahead of December's general election.

Radio France Internationale · Sep 9

Europe’s ‘imagination gap’ risks empowering far right, survey warns

Half of Europeans cannot picture a credible path to a stronger EU, an “imagination gap” that risks ceding the political initiative to nostalgic far‑right forces, according to a major new study by the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR).

Radio France Internationale · Sep 9

Mao still revered in China as criticism remains risky 50 years on

Fifty years after Mao Zedong's death, his image and ideas remain deeply embedded in China, where his portrait still dominates Tiananmen Square in the heart of Beijing and Communist Party rhetoric continues to draw on his thinking. For older Chinese people, revolutionary songs keep memories of his era alive, while…

Radio France Internationale · Sep 9

Roman Abramovich loses third attempt to overturn EU sanctions

A top EU court on Wednesday rejected Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich’s third attempt to overturn sanctions against him over the war in Ukraine.

Radio France Internationale · Sep 9

A 1,000-year-old mystery: what's really stitched into the Bayeux Tapestry?

A long, expertly embroidered cloth - the Bayeux Tapestry, on rare display in a UK museum across two galleries - recounts in vivid detail the epic story of the Norman Conquest of England. But Victorian prudishness has reignited a very modern academic row: how many penises did the original embroiderers…

Radio France Internationale · Sep 9