Author: France 24

As Donald Trump assembles his team ahead of a second term as US president next year, we focus on what his plans to massively deport millions of undocumented immigrants will cost and what impact it will have on the economy. The total tab could end up costing close to a trillion dollars over 10 years, and the plans could lead to severe labour shortages and troubles with food supply. 

Joe Biden’s deadline for Israel to allow aid into Gaza comes to an end this Wednesday (November 13). The situation in Gaza though remains critical. Israel has failed to meet US demands to allow greater humanitarian access to the Gaza Strip, where conditions are worse than at any point in the 13-month-old war, international aid organizations said Tuesday.

In this music show on arts24, Jennifer Ben Brahim is joined on set by American-Haitian multi-instrumentalist Leyla McCalla. She’s on tour with her fifth studio album “Sun Without the Heat”. It blends sounds from the diaspora – Afrobeat, Ethiopian modalities, Brazilian tropicalism, folk and American blues. The title of the record is a reference to a 1857 Frederick Douglass speech made six years before the Emancipation Proclamation. The songs on the record juxtapose grief and joy and despite being released in the spring, it reflects the current mood in the aftermath of the US presidential election.

Mark Cavendish sprinted to victory on Sunday in the Tour de France Singapore Criterium with a signature surge to the line in his last-ever professional race.

Pakistan’s Punjab province banned most outdoor activities and ordered shops, markets and malls in some areas to close early from Monday to curb illnesses caused by intense air pollution. Story by Eliza Herbert.

As delegates from all over the world attend the opening of COP29 in Azerbaijan this Monday, we focus on the financial needs of developing economies in their bid to transition to a green economy and build up climate resilience. A leading group of experts has calculated that, excluding China, developing economies will need $2.4 trillion annually by 2030. Also in this edition, we look at what the Trump presidency could mean for the Federal Reserve’s independence.

Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler called for immediate ceasefires in Gaza and Lebanon at a joint Arab League and Organisation of Islamic Cooperation summit that will renew calls for a Palestinian state on Monday.

The 15th edition of the Dakar Biennial of Contemporary Art was officially inaugurated this Thursday. Initially scheduled for last May, it had been postponed for budgetary reasons. This year’s “IN” exhibition features some 70 artists from Africa and the diaspora. FRANCE 24 correspondent in Dakar Caitlin Kelly visited the exhibition site in the capital’s old courthouse. With S. Sakho, A. Diallo and S. Martin.

“Compressed by emotion”, 40 skippers in the tenth Vendée Globe set off on Sunday on a new solo voyage around the world, cheered on by hundreds of thousands of people gathered in Les Sables-d’Olonne to say goodbye. Report by Cédric Ferreira, Natalia Ruiz Giraldo and Liza Kaminov.

All three major indices on Wall Street closed Monday’s session in the red ahead of Election Day in the United States, with investors preferring to turn to US treasuries in the face of political uncertainty. In this edition, we look at which stocks could benefit from a Trump or Harris presidency but also see why campaign promises need to be taken with a pinch of salt. Also in this edition, Boeing workers vote to end a seven-week strike that has cost the company billions of dollars.