Cape Town mums patrol streets amid surge in violence

Fuel shortages are affecting nearly one in five petrol stations across France as surging global oil prices stoke pressure at the pump. The government blames logistical strains and heavy demand at discounted outlets but frustration is mounting, with road blockades hinting at wider unease while households and businesses brace for rising energy costs.

Airstrikes hit two bridges and a train station in Iran on Tuesday, and Iranian officials urged young people to form human chains to protect power plants, as U.S. President Donald Trump warned that a “whole civilisation will die tonight” if Tehran does not meet his latest deadline for the Islamic Republic to agree to a deal that includes reopening the crucial Strait of Hormuz. France 24's Fraser Jackson has the latest.

US Vice ​President JD Vance said on ​Tuesday that EU "bureaucrats in Brussels" have tried to damage Hungary's economy ​and ‌energy independence ⁠in opposition of Hungarian Prime Minister ‌Viktor Orban as he faces a ⁠tight re-election bid this month. In comments alongside ​Orban on a visit ‌to Budapest, Vance called it one of the worst ‌examples of foreign election interference. Watch the press conference in full above.

French ​nationals Cécile Kohler ​and Jacques Paris are "free and on ​their ‌way ⁠to France, after ‌three and a half ⁠years of detention in ​Iran", President Emmanuel ‌Macron said Tuesday ‌in a post ​on social media platform X. The two former detainees were released in November after more than three years in prison on espionage charges.