Author: France 24

Paris Saint-Germain progressed to the quarter-finals of the Champions League on Tuesday after beating Liverpool 4-1 in a penalty shoot-out to win an epic last-16 tie between the clubs.

In the latest twist in an escalating trade war between the US and Canada, Donald Trump announced doubling tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminium to 50% only to halt them hours later, after Ontario’s premier Doug Ford suspended a planned 25% surcharge on electricity exports to the United States. Wall Street had another chaotic trading day.  Plus, embattled Japanese carmaker Nissan has announced a management reshuffle. Ivan Espinosa will replace Makoto Uchida as CEO next month. 

The worst violence to hit Syria since Bashar al-Assad’s ouster poses a major threat to the transition, with mass killings of civilians throwing into doubt the new authorities’ ability to govern. FRANCE 24’s Mark Owen speaks to Matt Broomfield from the Rojava Information Centre. He says that the only workable solution for Syria is a federal decentralized system that protects minorities.

This week we welcome Icelandic folk artist Árný Margrét who has just released her new album  “I Miss You, I Do”. Her award winning debut (“They Only Talk About The Weather”) garnered rave reviews and fans across the world and led her to tour the US extensively. The states contrasted wildly with her native country and inspired her song-writing and she recorded much of her second album in the US. We also chat to neo-soul artist Greentea Peng about her soon to be released introspective album “Tell Dem It’s Sunny” for which she’s about to tour Europe and take a look at K-pop rapper Jennie’s (Black…

Wall Street stocks plummeted after Donald Trump refused to rule out the possibility of a recession resulting from his tariffs. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 89 points, the S&P 500 closed down 2.7% and the Nasdaq sank 4%, its biggest one-day loss in five years. Tesla shares nosedived, closing the day down 15% as a backlash against Elon Musk’s politics intensified. Plus, Japan auctioned off a portion of its emergency stockpiles of rice in an effort to bring prices down. 

After the commercial and critical success of “Parasite”, South Korean director Bong Joon-ho has adopted a very different tone for his sci-fi comedy “Mickey 17”. Film critic Ben Croll tells us why Robert Pattinson is very good at acting alongside multiple selves, and how the movie’s overblown atmosphere sits within Bong’s body of work. We also discuss the atmospheric film “Black Dog”, from Chinese director Guan Hu, which takes place in a ghost town in the Gobi Desert and we learn about the phenomenal success of “Ne Zha 2” as the children’s movie becomes the highest-grossing animated feature of all…

France scrum half Antoine Dupont sustained a season-ending knee injury in the first half of the 42-27 Six Nations win against Ireland on Saturday. “Torn cruciate ligaments,” Dupont said on Instagram. “It’s the start of a new challenge, I’ll see you in a few months on the pitch.”

Argentina’s President Javier Milei is defending himself against accusations that he promoted a cryptocurrency that crashed, leaving investors with losses worth billions of dollars. The libertarian firebrand had initially posted a message on social media showcasing the launch of a new token on Friday night, saying it would stimulate economic growth. Also in this edition: our reporters in Germany meet the business owners angry at the ruling coalition for the decline in the country’s competitiveness.

The plan proposed by US President Donald Trump to remove 2.4 million Palestinians from the Gaza Strip was “taking shape”, Israel’s far-right finance minister told the Israeli parliament on Sunday. Experts have said that forcibly removing Gazans would amount to a violation of international law.

The hit musical comedy “Company” is coming to France. The show by Stephen Sondheim premiered on Broadway in 1970 and is a series of vignettes centered around Bobby, a 35-year-old single New Yorker who’s trying to find his place among his group of married friends. We spoke to “Company” director James Bonas about the show and its Parisian premiere.