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As British town councils face budget cuts, local residents lend a helping hand

10 June 2026 at 12:11
Peeling paint, rundown roundabouts and shuttered post offices: in recent years, local public services across the United Kingdom have been in steady decline. But in some communities, volunteers have decided to step in – filling the gaps where the state has fallen short. Our France 2 colleagues report from Yorkshire, with FRANCE 24's Lauren Bain.

As British town councils face budget cuts, local residents lend a helping hand

10 June 2026 at 12:11
Peeling paint, rundown roundabouts and shuttered post offices: in recent years, local public services across the United Kingdom have been in steady decline. But in some communities, volunteers have decided to step in – filling the gaps where the state has fallen short. Our France 2 colleagues report from Yorkshire, with FRANCE 24's Lauren Bain.

Les collectivités anglaises en banqueroute : les effets du Brexit, dix ans après

10 June 2026 at 09:10
Dix ans sont passés et il fait encore les gros titres au Royaume-Uni. Le Brexit, officialisé lors du référendum du 23 juin 2016, est toujours au cœur des conversations, notamment dans les zones rurales, où le budget des mairies et collectivités a drastiquement baissé. Parfois, les habitants prennent le relais. Nettoyage des rues, entretien des parcs ou travaux de peinture : chacun s'y met pour assurer les services du quotidien. Reportage dans le Yorkshire de nos consœurs de France 2.

Vagues de chaleur à répétition : l'Inde suffoque et souffre des pénuries d'eau

9 June 2026 at 10:11
Fin avril, 98 des 100 villes les plus chaudes du monde se trouvaient en Inde. De mi-avril à mai 2026, les températures maximales quotidiennes ont dépassé les 46 °C dans certaines régions de l’Inde. Lors des épisodes extrêmes, l’absence d’accès à la climatisation peut devenir une question de vie ou de mort dans le pays le plus peuplé du monde. Si les chiffres officiels font état de 37 décès liés à la canicule, certaines associations affirment qu’ils sont très loin de refléter la réalité. À cette pression thermique s’ajoutent des pénuries d’eau aiguës dans plusieurs régions du pays. Reportage de Navodita Kumari et Fantine Dantzer.

Exiled for an anti-war drawing: A Russian family punished for dissent

4 June 2026 at 10:55
It is the moving story of a Russian father and daughter who opposed Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine. It all began in March 2022, when 12-year-old Maria drew an anti-war picture at school in response to the invasion launched a month earlier. She was immediately reported by those around her, and the FSB soon visited both her school and her home. Her father was eventually arrested for supporting his daughter and speaking out against the war. He was convicted of discrediting the Russian army. Following his release from a penal colony, he and Maria left Russia and are now refugees in Strasbourg. A report by Elena Volochine, English adaptation by Lauren Bain.

WWII internment of travellers: French survivors fight for recognition

2 June 2026 at 11:40
Throughout World War II, discriminatory policies saw thousands of Romani, Sinti, Manush, Yenish and travellers displaced across France, imprisoned in vast internment camps and sent to extermination camps in Eastern Europe. Eighty years ago, the last travellers were freed from French internment camps. Our reporters Antonia Kerrigan and Valentine Erba went to meet with a French survivor of internment.

Chile's Trump-inspired border controls complicate life for migrants

26 May 2026 at 12:20
Just after taking office, Chile's new far-right President José Antonio Kast pledged to expel more than 300,000 undocumented migrants. Two months into his presidency, the mass departures that many predicted have not happened. The construction of a border wall with Peru, modelled on US President Donald Trump's wall, does not seem to be stopping migrants from attempting to cross into Chile. But in Tacna, the last Peruvian city before the Chilean border, life is becoming increasingly difficult for migrants. FRANCE 24's Martin Chabal and Agathe Fourcade report, with Wassim Cornet.

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