These were the updates on the US-Israel war on Iran and Israel’s strikes on Lebanon for Wednesday, April 15.
![People take part in a rally at Enghelab Square in Tehran, Iran, April 15, 2026. [Thaier Al-Sudani/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/2026-04-15T194357Z_1551235999_RC2UPKAB7MCD_RTRMADP_3_IRAN-CRISIS-RALLY-1776283740.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
These were the updates on the US-Israel war on Iran and Israel’s strikes on Lebanon for Wednesday, April 15.
![People take part in a rally at Enghelab Square in Tehran, Iran, April 15, 2026. [Thaier Al-Sudani/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/2026-04-15T194357Z_1551235999_RC2UPKAB7MCD_RTRMADP_3_IRAN-CRISIS-RALLY-1776283740.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
These were the updates on the US-Israeli war on Iran on Tuesday, April 14, 2026.

Doctors warn of worsening crises as vital supplies run low and Israeli attacks devastate Beirut and surrounding areas.

Ahead of Paris 2024, France’s secularism rule forces female Muslim basketballers to choose between faith and the game.

As people battle freezing temperatures at a makeshift camp in France, a scooter, football or necklace bring hope.

Despite perilous risks and following last month’s Channel tragedy, people in Calais remain determined to reach England.

Rabbis, historians and observers are worried that Zemmour’s bigoted discourse has become part of the mainstream debate.
![One of the most striking things Eric Zemmour has said on Jewish history has been on a dark chapter of France’s past: the role of the Vichy government in the genocide of Jews during World War II [File: Eric Gaillard/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/2021-09-17T184035Z_324415119_RC2URP9I1ZYH_RTRMADP_3_FRANCE-ELECTION-ZEMMOUR.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Pressure mounts on France to recognise the 1961 Paris massacre of Algerians as a ‘state crime’.
![At a 1997 protest, people hold a banner reading 'The State Orders - Papon Assassinates' in front of an inscription on the pavement, '300 drowned by bullets' [File: Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/1997-10-17T120000Z_1758039910_PBEAHUMQGAW_RTRMADP_3_FRANCE.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Concerns grow as polls show Eric Zemmour and Marine Le Pen with the backing of nearly a third of French voters.
![From left: Marine Le Pen, Emmanuel Macron and Eric Zemmour [Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/000_9NE2L7-1-1.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Women from the Parisian suburbs that produced Pogba and Mbappé say French Football Federation rules are discriminatory.
![Karthoum Dembelé says women should not be discriminated against in sport simply for wearing the hijab [Alexander Durie/Al Jazeera]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/AMD_1545.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)