Russia warned foreign diplomats in Kyiv on Wednesday to evacuate the city ahead of Moscow's World War II Victory Day celebrations, threatening retaliatory strikes if Ukraine disrupts commemorations tied to the May 9 military parade in Red Square.

Russia warned Kyiv-based diplomats and representatives of international organizations to prepare to evacuate the Ukrainian capital, saying its forces would launch a "massive" missile attack against the city if Ukraine disrupted its May 9 World War II commemorations.

The winners of the 2025 Champions League final will attempt to clinch the trophy a second time – on 30 May against Arsenal – after a 1-1 draw in their semi-final second leg against Bayern Munich on Wednesday sealed a 6-5 aggregate victory.

Trade ministers from the Group of 7 industrialized nations have tried to find common ground, amid geopolitical tensions and trade uncertainty. In a clear swipe at China, they pledged to cooperate on securing supply chains of critical minerals. Also in the show - France's finance minister says airlines have enough jet fuel for May and June, and the US FDA makes a u-turn in approving flavored vapes. 

In tonight's edition, Félix Tshisekedi says that he would accept a third term “if the people” want it, following a constitutional referendum. Also, a French court orders the resumption of an investigation into accusations that the widow of Rwanda's ex-president Juvenal Habyarimana was involved in the 1994 genocide. And new allegations of secret detentions and abuse are emerging from Burkina Faso, where authorities are accused of holding a prominent investigative journalist in a covert facility.

“Europeans are not poking the bear.”Thorniké Gordadze tells #F24Debate Armenia and the EU aren’t provoking Russia, but reacting to Moscow’s threats on the region ➡️ https://go.france24.com/xHhc

As US-Iran tensions escalate around the Strait of Hormuz, a journalist at a Pentagon briefing this week asked top US officials an out-of-the ordinary question: whether Tehran could deploy “kamikaze dolphins” against US warships. The idea isn’t as far-fetched as it seems, as multiple countries have a history of using marine mammals for military uses.

The Illinois State Police have launched an investigation into the death of Silverio Villegas-González, a 38-year-old Mexican man shot and killed by a federal immigration agent in September 2025 in Franklin Park — a case that has been mired in conflicting accounts and criticism over the use of force from the very beginning.

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When Giulia Immaculata was 13, her parents — members of the Coluccio clan — forced her to break up with her boyfriend so she could marry Cosimo Commisso, nephew of Vincenzo Macrì, who in 2014 was the leader of one of the most prominent clans of the ’Ndrangheta, the Calabrian mafia. The case, extreme as it is, illustrates how, within this organization, marriages go far beyond love; they are a family affair. Now, an analysis of hundreds of marital ties within the group shows that the most powerful families occupy the center of the network. The study, published in the scientific journal PLOS One, also reveals that these marriages strengthen this criminal syndicate and make it more resilient.

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Never has a local election in the United Kingdom been so loaded with implications. The rise in popularity of two parties - Reform and the Greens - raises questions about the political system, for so long based on two main parties. 

Amid China’s balancing act in the Middle East, Nadia Massih is pleased to welcome Professor Astrid Nordin, Lau Chair of Chinese International Relations at King's College London. Professor Nordin describes a Chinese leadership attempting to navigate between two imperatives: safeguarding critical regional energy flows while resisting what Beijing sees as “U.S. violent interference.” China, she argues, wants influence without entanglement, stability without military overreach, and diplomatic leverage without assuming the burdens of American-style global policing. “Beijing has a big, strong interest in getting that oil flowing out of the region,” she explains, “but again, not at any price.”

Paris Saint-Germain advanced to the Champions League final after holding Bayern Munich to a 1-1 draw and securing a 6-5 aggregate victory.