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Le Monde

February 2026

France-Germany-UK's balancing act in response to US-Israeli offensive against Iran

We did not participate in these strikes, but are in close contact with our international partners, including the United States, Israel, and partners in the region. … We condemn Iranian attacks on countries in the region in the strongest terms. … We call for a resumption of negotiations.”
When I look at the results of these strikes, they reduced enrichment capabilities, they reduced ballistic capabilities. So, they had effects that aligned with the intended goals,

Trump says Iran's supreme leader Khamenei is dead, without confirmation from Iran

Donald Trumppresident
Khamenei, one of the most evil people in History, is dead,
Benjamin Netanyahuisrael PM
This is your time to join forces, to overthrow the regime and to secure your future."

Israel and the US attack Iran: What happened in the first hours of bombing

Israel Katzisraeli Defence Minister
The State of Israel launched a pre-emptive attack against Iran to remove threats to the State of Israel,
Citizens of Israel, a short time ago, Israel and the United States embarked on an operation to remove the existential threat posed by the terrorist regime in Iran,
Donald Trumppresident
For 47 years, the Iranian regime has chanted Death to America and waged an unending campaign of bloodshed and mass murder, targeting the United States, our troops and the innocent people in many, many countries,

Behind Trump and Anthropic standoff lies multifaceted debates over military's use of AI

Without proper oversight, fully autonomous weapons cannot be relied upon to exercise the critical judgment that our highly trained, professional troops exhibit every day. They need to be deployed with proper guardrails, which don't exist today,

Mediator Oman hails 'breakthrough' in US-Iran nuclear talks

Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidiomani Foreign Minister
If the ultimate objective is to ensure forever that Iran cannot have a nuclear bomb, I think we have cracked that problem through these negotiations by agreeing a very important breakthrough that has never been achieved any time before,... If we can capture that and build on it, I think a deal is within our reach,
Donald Trumppresident
They cannot have nuclear weapons and we’re not thrilled with the way they’re negotiating, so we’ll see how it all works out,
Ali Bagheriiranian diplomat
Whatever the outcome of the negotiations... it should lead to some improvement in people's economic situation. Not just a little — it is our right,

Risk of open war between Afghanistan and Pakistan appears contained for now

Khawaja Asifdefence Minister
Our patience has reached its limits. It is now open war between us and you."
The goal,... was to make it clear that we can reach them and will respond to every malicious act."

Paramount acquires Warner Bros. in $110 billion deal, creating Hollywood behemoth

David Ellisonparamount CEO
Our pursuit of Warner Bros. Discovery has been guided by a clear purpose: to honor the legacy of two iconic companies while accelerating our vision of building a next-generation media and entertainment company,

Trump suggests a 'friendly takeover' of Cuba

The Trump administration has imposed a strict oil embargo on Cuba since ousting Havana's key regional backer, bringing the island nation to the brink of economic collapse

The Cuban government is talking with us, and they're in a big deal of trouble,
Donald Trumppresident
They have no money, they have no anything right now. But they’re talking with us and maybe we’ll have a friendly takeover of Cuba.”

Sweden confirms that drone near French aircraft carrier was Russian

A Swedish navy vessel jammed the drone 13 kilometers (eight miles) from France's flagship, the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier

During the visit of the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, one of the Swedish Armed Forces’ vessels observed a drone taking off from a Russian signals intelligence ship,
Alice Rufofrench official
We cannot describe what happened as an incident. There was indeed a drone, which was dealt with very proactively by our Swedish partner,
The Swedish Armed Forces can now confirm that a Russian drone has carried out an unauthorised flight,

Tram crash in Milan kills two people and injures 39 others

I thought it was an earthquake. I was sitting and ended up on the floor, along with the other passengers. It was terrible.”
I saw a bit of the tram had gone into a shop,
I just heard an enormous bang,

Bill Clinton says he 'did nothing wrong' with Epstein during Congressional panel

Bill Clintonpresident
I saw nothing, and I did nothing wrong,
Jeffrey Epstein was in the White House 17 times while Bill Clinton was President. We know that Bill Clinton flew on Jeffrey Epstein's plane at least 27 times. So those are questions that we're going to ask,
Suhas Subramanyamdemocrat committee member
Let's be real, we are talking to the wrong president,

Starmer weakened as Green Party wins in Labour stronghold near Manchester

In the early hours of Friday, February 27, the results of the parliamentary by-election in Gorton and Denton, located in the southern suburbs of Manchester, confirmed the Green Party's breakthrough

I said we were here to replace Labour and this is what replacing looks like,