Author: France 24

This week, Marjorie Hache speaks with award-winning French-Canadian pianist Alexandra Stréliski about her new album “Neo-Romance”, which she is currently touring in France. Meanwhile, Sweden’s Hampus Lindwall tells us about American avant-garde composer and filmmaker Phill Niblock, who passed away earlier this year. Lindwall, along with drone metal guitarist and composer, will pay tribute to Niblock on November 25 at L’Église de Saint-Esprit in Paris. We also take a look at U2’s new release, “How to Reconstruct an Atomic Bomb”.

Toxic smog engulfed much of northern India on Monday and pollution readings in New Delhi hit their highest of this pre-winter season, after dense fog overnight. Details with Delano D’Souza.

Adrien Rabiot took Les Bleus to the top of its Nations League group Sunday after France beat Italy 3-1.

As French farmers take to the streets to oppose a potential free trade deal between the European Union and the Mercosur trade bloc in South America, we take a closer look at what the agreement entails and why the French agricultural sector and government are so strongly opposed. Also in this edition, Donald Trump nominates a fossil fuel industry CEO to head the Energy Department and a Big Tech critic to lead the Federal Communications Commission.

A convoy of 109 trucks was violently looted on Nov. 16 after entering Gaza, resulting in the loss of 98 trucks in what aid workers say is one of the worst such incidents in the more than 13-month-old war, said an UNRWA aid official.

This week, FRANCE 24’s Valérie Fayolle takes us inside one of Paris’s most famous luxury hotels, the Hôtel de Crillon, and introduces us to Michelin-starred chef Paul Pairet, who heads up of one of the hotel’s restaurants, Nonos. We also meet Hélène in Paris, a fantastical singer whose voice places her among the most extravagant of divas.

In Tokyo, thousands of people marched over two km in the city wearing Santa costumes. This is a charity event, aiming to raise money for sick children. The Santa Parade first began in 2018, to deliver gifts to a thousand children at five hospitals in Japan. Story by Guillaume Gougeon.

France’s nail-biting 30-29 victory against New Zealand’s All Blacks on Saturday demonstrated “the experience and almost the wisdom of the team”, captain Antoine Dupont said. While New Zealand dominated the first half of the match in Paris, France stayed the course to mark a third-straight win.

Amnesty International is accusing Denmark of using artificial intelligence in a way that targets people with disabilities, low-income families, migrants and anyone who is marginalised in society. The NGO is voicing deep concern about a new welfare system in the country that uses AI. The algorithm tools are used to flag people for potential social benefit fraud investigations. Amnesty says the situation is already creating an atmosphere of fear through mass surveillance, as it warns against the use of AI in similar situations around the world. In Perspective, we spoke to David Nolan, a senior investigative researcher at Amnesty Tech.

Dozens of Palestinians were killed or injured in an Israeli strike on a multi-storey residential building housing at least six families in northern Gaza’s Beit Lahiya town on Sunday, medics and residents said. Details by Camille Knight.