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The Trump administration unexpectedly imposed a 10% tariff on the remote Heard and McDonald Islands owned by Australia. The island is home to ‘no humans’ according to the Australian government, inhabited only by penguins and seals. We explain in this edition of Truth or Fake.

Creator: Catalina MARCHANT DE ABREU Publish Date: 07.04.2025, 22:05 Categories: Truth or Fake

Asian and European markets are nosediving for a third straight day as Donald Trump doubles down on tariffs. Weighing further on investors, China is the first to pull the trigger on reciprocal tariffs.

Creator: François PICARD Publish Date: 07.04.2025, 20:29 Categories: The Debate

Global stocks continued to tumble for a third straight session, with Europe's main market indexes losing more than 4% for the day. Taking to social media, Donald Trump called for patience saying "don't be a stupid".  In a separate post, the US president threatened to impose additional 50% tariffs on Chinese imports if Beijing didn't withdraw its retaliatory measures.

Creator: Yuka ROYER Publish Date: 07.04.2025, 20:12 Categories: Business

Divergences in the EU's response to President Donald Trump's tariff onslaught were on display at a meeting of the bloc's trade ministers on Monday. France pushed for the EU to consider targeting US digital services, drawing fire from Ireland which relies heavily on US investment, particularly in the tech sector.

Creator: FRANCE 24 Publish Date: 07.04.2025, 18:57 Categories: Europe

Luke Malpass, owner of video game repair company, fixes retro consoles from his home amid shelves lined with spare parts for Game Boys, Sega Megadrives and Nintendos, to name just a few. With a huge revival in retro gaming underway, Malpass has between 50 to 150 consoles to fix at any given time, with repairs costing between 60 and several hundred pounds.

Creator: FRANCE24 Publish Date: 07.04.2025, 17:09

In this edition of our arts24 music show, Jennifer Ben Brahim chats with the pioneers of French electronic music, Scratch Massive. The duo have been blending techno and cold-wave sounds for more than 20 years. After six years of solo projects and working on film soundtracks, Maud Geffray and Sebastien Chenut are back with "Nox Anima". The album is dreamy yet haunting, influenced by their long-standing love affair with cinema. It also features two tracks by French acts Jeanne Added and Yelle.

Creator: Jennifer BEN BRAHIM Publish Date: 07.04.2025, 17:20 Categories: arts24

Creator: FRANCE24 Publish Date: 07.04.2025, 15:43

"If you put a positive message to a beat, everybody will listen to it." That's of the mottos of influential bassist Reggie Washington, who has spoken to FRANCE 24 about his love for music, and his wish to pass its delights on to the rest of the planet. Washington, who is in the middle of a tour of European countries, says that he plays music "from the heart" and that it's medicine to the world. He played a key role in the modern jazz revolution of the 1980s and 1990s, touring and recording with the best. He is also co-founder of the organisation Black Lives. He spoke to us in Perspective.

Creator: Stuart NORVAL Publish Date: 07.04.2025, 15:36 Categories: Perspective

Wildlife trafficking is one of the most profitable criminal activities in the world, after drug trafficking, human trafficking and arms smuggling. At the end of last year, an international operation uncovered 20,000 live, wild animals, including reptiles, felines, turtles and monkeys. Some 365 people were arrested in connection with six different illegal networks. Here in France, French authorities recently found endangered felines in Parisian apartments, far from their natural habitats. Some of them are now being cared for at an animal shelter in Nogent-le-Phaye, south of Paris.

Creator: FRANCE 2 Publish Date: 07.04.2025, 13:08 Categories: Down to Earth

Located on the border with Russia, the Estonian town of Narva could be Russian President Vladimir Putin's ideal spot if he were to plan an invasion. Only a bridge separates the two countries. The population is divided: while some members of the town's Russian-speaking community are nostalgic for their Soviet-era past, others fear Moscow's war ambitions. In view of a potential attack, Estonian civilians are undergoing military training and preparing for all possible outcomes. Our France 2 colleagues report, with FRANCE 24's Lauren Bain.

Creator: FRANCE 2 Publish Date: 07.04.2025, 12:54 Categories: Focus

Asian indexes fell sharply on Monday in the wake of US President Donald Trump's tariffs, with Hong Kong's Hang Seng index marking its worst day since the 1997 Asian financial crisis. Meanwhile, European trade ministers meet in Luxembourg to formulate a response – hoping for a negotiated solution but preparing to retaliate.

Creator: Bryan QUINN Publish Date: 07.04.2025, 12:11 Categories: Business

Global markets tumbled on Monday in the wake of sweeping tariffs announced by US President Donald Trump. The falls are amongst some of the most dramatic in history, with experts fearing the trade war could spark a recession.

Creator: FRANCE 24 Publish Date: 07.04.2025, 12:03 Categories: Economy

PRESS REVIEW – Monday, April 7: French and European papers react to Marine Le Pen's rally in Paris following her sentence which bans her from public office. Next, Donald Trump's tariffs continue to send shockwaves around the world. Also, Australia's upcoming elections are seen under a climate change lense in the papers. Finally, very old tortoises become first-time parents in Philadelphia.

Creator: Emily BOYLE Publish Date: 07.04.2025, 11:52 Categories: Press Review

European stock markets plummeted at the start of trading Monday as sweeping tariffs announced by US President Donald Trump on Friday sparked a wave of selling in response to an escalating global trade war. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.

Creator: FRANCE 24 Publish Date: 07.04.2025, 09:46 Categories: Europe

European stocks tumbled on Monday following a collapse of Asian equities as US President Donald Trump refused to back down on sweeping tariffs after China retaliated in an escalating trade war that many fear could spark a global recession.

Creator: FRANCE 24 Publish Date: 07.04.2025, 09:09 Categories: Europe

Creator: FRANCE24 Publish Date: 07.04.2025, 09:09

Two Russian strikes on Friday killed 20 in President Volodymyr Zelensky’s home town Kryvy Rih, in central Ukraine. While Russia said the attack was a "precision strike" on a meeting of Ukrainian and allied military top brass, nine of the victims were children, who died near a playground in a residential area that was hit by cluster munitions.

Creator: FRANCE 24 Publish Date: 07.04.2025, 08:17 Categories: Europe

Israeli forces shot dead a teenager with US citizenship in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, a Palestinian official said, while the Israeli military said the 14-year-old was a "terrorist" who threw rocks at cars. Follow our liveblog for all the latest developments on the

Creator: FRANCE 24 Publish Date: 07.04.2025, 07:35 Categories: Middle East

As Donald Trump's comprehensive tariffs forced drastic losses throughout Asian markets on Monday, as countries around the world, including Washington's allies, scrambled to quell the president amid worsening fears of an upcoming global trade war.

Creator: FRANCE 24 Publish Date: 07.04.2025, 06:08 Categories: Americas

The members of the Alliance of Sahel States, comprised of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, announced on Sunday that they had withdrawn their ambassadors from Algeria after a Malian drone was shot down days earlier, calling the act a violation of international law and "proof" of state-sponsored terrorism.

Creator: FRANCE 24 Publish Date: 07.04.2025, 06:11 Categories: Africa

New phone footage of Israel's killing of 15 medical staff working for the Palestinian Red Crescent reportedly shows Israeli soldiers gunning down multiple clearly marked ambulances with their flashing lights on, prompting calls for an independent investigation. The video, which was released on Sunday, contradicts Israel's claim that the soldiers fired at unmarked vehicles that were approaching suspiciously and that six of the bodies, which were discovered in a mass grave, belonged to members of Hamas.

Creator: FRANCE24 Publish Date: 07.04.2025, 03:58

Russia on Friday fired a ballistic missile loaded with cluster munition at a residential area near a children's playground in the Ukrainian city of Kryvy Rih, killing 20 people, including nine children. France 24 correspondent Gulliver Cragg reports from the site of the attack, where Russia claimed it was targeting a "high level meeting," but its inhabitants suspect the city suffered the tragedy because it is the birthplace of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Creator: FRANCE24 Publish Date: 07.04.2025, 03:02

French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday landed in Cairo, Egypt, ahead of a summit with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and King Abdullah II of Jordan on the "Gaza emergency." Macron's visit will center discussions on the reestablishment of a ceasefire in Gaza and the reopening of humanitarian corridors into Gaza, while also reinforcing the "strategic partnership" between France and Egypt.

Creator: FRANCE24 Publish Date: 07.04.2025, 03:31

A second child in southwestern Texas died from measles, officials said Sunday, the second since late February after a ten-year drought in the US, as 22 states report 642 confirmed cases, almost all of them among unvaccinated people.

Creator: FRANCE 24 Publish Date: 07.04.2025, 01:50 Categories: Americas

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged a "strong response" to a wave of rockets fired by Hamas on Sunday. At least 44 people were killed by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza throughout the day, as Israel continued its brutal military operations in the besieged enclave after the ceasefire broke down last month.

Creator: FRANCE 24 Publish Date: 07.04.2025, 01:50 Categories: Middle East