World·2026-08-16T12:02:18+00:00
Week in pictures: A solar eclipse, quake in Colombia and Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank
© Zain Jaafar, AFP An Iranian enjoys a swing erected along the seashore, as vessels are seen in the Strait of Hormuz off the port city of Bandar Abbas, in southern Iran on August 10, 2026. © Max Slovencik, AFP The Zollburg Pfalzgrafenstein toll castle is seen in the middle of the Rhine river with low water levels, in Kaub, Germany on August 10, 2026. © Noah Berger, AP Candidate Count Binface poses for the media during the Clacton by-election count at the Leisure Centre in Clacton on Sea, England on August 14, 2026.
France 24 (World)
World·2026-08-16T13:00:14+00:00
South Lebanon: How will Israeli strikes affect negotiations?
Ziad Majed, Professor of Middle East Studies at the American University of Paris, spoke to FRANCE 24 about the potential impact of the strikes on the negotiations underway in Rome, the role of the United States, and Israel's policy towards Lebanon and especially Hezbollah. Israel killed 11 people in strikes on southern Lebanon on Saturday, in what has been described as the biggest threat to the peace talks since the June agreement.
France 24 (World)
World·2026-08-16T15:50:12+00:00
Russia says at least seven killed in largest Ukrainian attack of 2026
Firefighters work at the site of a book market hit by a Russian missile strike in Kyiv In Ukraine, a 66-year-old man and 64-year-old woman died after a private house was hit by a guided aerial bomb in the Zaporizhzhia region, officials said. Officials in Belgorod, which borders Ukraine, said a woman was killed after a civilian bus was struck, while an 83-year-old man died in a drone attack in the Moscow region, according to Governor Andrey Vorobyov. I want Russia to disappear from this Earth." Valentina said these books belonged to her husband's business Watch: The BBC's Dan Johnson says.
BBC World
