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In tonight's edition, Ghana's parliament cracks down on the sale or repurposing of land used to grow the country's most important crop. Also, DR Congo is set to open its largest ever Ebola treatment facility. And a deeply moving Rwandan movie ramps up action across the country's cinema scene.
Carys Garland is pleased to welcome Joseph BAHOUT, Director, Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy & International Affairs. Despite the symbolism of a seventh round of US-sponsored negotiations between Lebanon and Israel, Bahout argues that the process is increasingly characterised by stagnation rather than diplomatic momentum. He suggests that the core obstacles are no longer merely technical disagreements over the implementation of the June framework agreement, but a convergence of military realities, domestic political constraints, diminishing American engagement, and wider regional tensions. The negotiations, in his view, exist within a broader strategic ecosystem in which progress on Lebanese-Israeli arrangements remains contingent upon developments in the Iran-US war and Israeli domestic politics.
The Kherson Regional Military Administration released a video showing a drone flying in front of a man, before detonating and injuring him. The army says the incident occurred on August 4, 2026.
The war in Ukraine has become the first major conflict dominated by unmanned aerial vehicles. Kyiv has set itself the ambitious target of producing seven million drones by 2026, which is about 10,000 per day. Russia currently has the capacity to fire 350 to 500 long-range attack drones per day, according to Ukrainian estimates.
Camille Knight is pleased to welcome Dirk Segaar, IFRC Special Envoy for Sudan. Sudan's humanitarian crisis has become one of the defining yet least visible crises of the twenty first century. Segaar argues that the conflict can no longer be understood merely through the lens of shifting frontlines or military developments. Rather, he presents a picture of systemic societal collapse, in which war has hollowed out public services, displaced entire communities, accelerated disease, and created conditions where humanitarian need extends far beyond the active battlefields. Sudan is not simply a conflict zone but a nation experiencing the cumulative breakdown of its social, economic and institutional fabric.
The EU's migration chief said Tuesday the bloc successfully met a "test" of its border security and "resilience to disinformation" in the handling of a migrant rush into Spain's North African territory of Ceuta.
Last Thursday, more than 70,000 migrants crossed the border from Morocco to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in just 24 hours. The influx fueled tensions among EU partners, which eased after a "constructive" extraordinary meeting on Tuesday.
A Russian ship under US sanctions, the Mikhail Britnev, dropped off its cargo of military vehicles at the Port of Lomé in Togo on July 9. It’s the first time that Togo has been a stop for a Russian shipment of weapons to Mali, carried out as part of Moscow’s support for the Malian government.
Spain on Tuesday mended relations with fellow EU nations after a mass influx of migrants into the North African enclave of Ceuta drew criticism from both sides of the Atlantic. Spain also confirmed that of 72,000 people who entered the enclave from Morocco last week, all but 2,000 have returned.
Lebanon and Israel are holding a fresh round of direct talks in Rome under US sponsorship. It is the seventh such meeting since Hezbollah drew Lebanon into the Middle East war in March with rocket fire at Israel, which responded with heavy airstrikes and a ground invasion. The talks were criticised by the leader of Hezbollah, who said they brought 'shame' and 'humiliation' to Lebanon. FRANCE 24's Seema Gupta tells us more.
Easing winds on the northwestern outskirts of Athens allowed firefighters in Greece to gain ground against a wildfire that had been burning for five consecutive days near the coastal village of Psatha, the fire service said. The greater Athens region has been placed under near-maximum fire risk for Wednesday, according to the civil protection ministry.
