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🇱🇧 A strike hit #Beirut's southern suburbs on Tuesday, state media reported, after the #Israeli military renewed its warning for people to evacuate the area.

FRANCE 24's Catherine Norris Trent reports on the situation in #Lebanon from Sidon ⤵️

🇮🇷 #Iran remains mostly cut off from the world, with access to foreign #press heavily restricted.

🔴 Still, FRANCE 24's Ershad Alijani was able to exclusively interview some people inside the country.

Alijani tells us how the Iranians he spoke to see the current situation ⤵️

🔴 🇮🇷 #Iran's parliamentary speaker warned on Tuesday that any attack on its infrastructure would result in "an eye for an eye".

The #UN rights chief on Tuesday warned of a "tit-for-tat dynamic" in the conflict in the #MiddleEast.

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Kharg Island: Iran’s ‘untouchable’ oil artery? Some 25 kilometres off Iran’s southern coast lies a tiny island overrun by pipelines, terminals and storage facilities. This is Kharg Island – the beating heart of Iran’s oil exports – and a seemingly perfect target to weaken the Islamic Republic. But despite mounting pressure from Israel, the United States appears reluctant to strike it. Why?

Kharg Island: Iran’s ‘untouchable’ oil artery?

Russia's deportation of Ukrainian children a 'crime against humanity', says UN inquiry Russia's deportation and forcible transfer of "thousands" of Ukrainian children during the war in Ukraine amounts to a crime against humanity, a United Nations team of investigators said Tuesday. Moscow has failed to establish a system facilitating returns, focusing instead on long-term placement of the children with families or institutions in Russia while relatives were not informed of their fate.

Russia's deportation of Ukrainian children a 'crime against humanity', says UN inquiry

🇮🇱 #Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin #Netanyahu warned that the country's military offensive against #Iran was "not done yet".

FRANCE 24's Olivia Bizot reports from #Jerusalem ⤵️

🇺🇸 🇮🇷 At a #Pentagon briefing, #US Defence Secretary Pete #Hegseth said attacks on Iran on Tuesday would be the “most intense” since the war began.

FRANCE 24's Angela Diffley breaks down the press conference ⤵️

🇱🇧 An #Israeli strike on Tuesday hit the southern #Lebanese city of Tyre, state media reported.

FRANCE 24's Renée Davis reports from #Beirut ⤵️

🇦🇺 🇮🇷 #Australia granted asylum to five members of the Iranian women’s #football team.

The players refused to sing ahead of an #AsianCup tournament match, a gesture widely seen as an act of defiance against the Islamic Republic.

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In which Pooh turns 100: Hunny-loving bear marks a milestone Winnie the Pooh, the self-described bear of "very little brain" who has charmed generations with his homespun and heartfelt wisdom, is turning 100.

In which Pooh turns 100: Hunny-loving bear marks a milestone

🇫🇷 French artificial intelligence startup AMI on Tuesday said it has raised $1 billion to develop AI systems designed to understand the physical world "in the way animals and humans do", unlike the language-based models behind chatbots such as ChatGPT: https://go.france24.com/ygX

🇮🇱 🇱🇧 Human Rights Watch on Monday accused #Israel of unlawfully using white phosphorus munitions over a southern Lebanese town.

The Israeli military said it "cannot confirm use of shells that contain white phosphorus in #Lebanon as claimed."

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🇺🇸 #US President Donald #Trump said Monday that he will waive sanctions on certain countries to boost #oil supply.

Trump did not specify any country, but many interpreted his comments as referring to #Russia.

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🇺🇸 #US Defence Secretary Pete #Hegseth said attacks on Iran on Tuesday would be the “most intense” since the US launched the #war 10 days ago.

His comments were made at a news conference at the #Pentagon.

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📰 The world's front pages are torn between heralding a global #oil crash and relaying Donald #Trump's promise of peace on the horizon.

Also, between #crypto-bets and arms investments, who’s making money from this war?

FRANCE 24's Antonia Kerrigan has more on #PressReview ⤵️

🇮🇷 #Iran vowed on Tuesday that it would not export #oil while its war with the #US and #Israel.

Iran has targeted vessels travelling through the Strait of #Hormuz, through which nearly 20 percent of the world's crude oil usually transits.

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🔴📉 Oil prices sank and equities rallied Tuesday following a wild day of swings that came after Trump said the US-Israel war on Iran would be ending earlier than thought: https://go.france24.com/vIg

🇺🇸 🇮🇷 #US President Donald #Trump on Monday suggested the war with #Iran could end soon, but gave no clear timeline.

FRANCE 24's Philip Turle tells us more ⤵️

🇺🇸 🇮🇷 #US President Donald #Trump on Monday suggested the war with #Iran could end "soon".

However, he left open the possibility of an escalation if Iran disrupts the global #oil supplies.

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🔴 HRW on Monday accused Israel of "unlawfully" using white phosphorus over residential parts of a southern Lebanese town last week.

Read more here: https://go.france24.com/HPC

🇺🇸 Both US citizens are in custody and told police they were aligned with the Islamic State (IS) group, according to charging documents.

Read more here: https://go.france24.com/sSF

🔴 Iran's foreign minister said his country was prepared to continue attacks for as long as necessary and ruled out talks after President Donald Trump said the war with Iran would be over "very soon".

Follow our liveblog for the latest updates: https://go.france24.com/CXo

French AI startup AMI raises $1B to develop 'universal intelligent systems' French artificial intelligence startup AMI on Tuesday said it has raised $1 billion to develop AI systems designed to understand the physical world "in the way animals and humans do", unlike the language-based models behind chatbots such as ChatGPT. The company said it expected to produce "fairly universal intelligent systems" within five years.

French AI startup AMI raises $1B to develop 'universal intelligent systems'

Middle East war live: Trump threatens massive US strikes if Iran blocks oil in Strait of Hormuz Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Tuesday they would not allow “one litre of oil” to leave the Middle East if US and Israeli attacks continue. President Donald ​Trump warned on Monday that ​the US would hit Iran much harder if Tehran stopped the ​flow ‌of oil through ⁠the Strait of Hormuz. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.

Middle East war live: Trump threatens massive US strikes if Iran blocks oil in Strait of Hormuz

Two men charged with ISIS-inspired terror after nail bomb thrown at NY protest Two men were charged on Monday with terrorism offences after allegedly throwing a nail bomb near an anti-Islam protest in New York over the weekend. Both US citizens are in custody and told police they were aligned with Islamic State, according to charging documents, in what authorities described as ISIS-inspired terrorism.

Two men charged with ISIS-inspired terror after nail bomb thrown at NY protest

Trump says Iran war could end 'soon' as Middle East conflict rattles markets US President Donald Trump on Monday suggested the war with Iran could end soon but gave no clear timeline for halting attacks that have rattled the Middle East and global markets. Stocks rose after he told CBS the US-Israeli assault was “very complete,” though later remarks offered mixed signals.

Trump says Iran war could end 'soon' as Middle East conflict rattles markets

HRW accuses Israel of using white phosphorus over southern Lebanese town Human Rights Watch on Monday accused Israel of unlawfully using white phosphorus munitions over residential areas of the southern Lebanese town of Yohmor on March 3. The New York-based group said it verified and geolocated images showing airburst munitions over homes, with civil defence workers responding to fires in houses and a car.

HRW accuses Israel of using white phosphorus over southern Lebanese town

🇨🇾 French President Macron travelled to Cyprus on March 9, days after dispatching a warship to the east Mediterranean island nation, where a Shahed drone struck a British air base on its southern coast last week during the Iran war.

FRANCE 24's Kethevane Gorjestani explains

🇱🇧 Lebanese officials say nearly 400 people have been killed and more than half a million displaced amid fresh Israeli strikes on Beirut and in the south of the country

🔴 Speculation has been growing surrounding the fate of a high-ranking Iranian commander, Esmail Qaani as some unconfirmed reports allege the general has been executed by Iran for spying for Israel