Author: France 24

France’s Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau on Thursday criticised a giant ‘Free Palestine’ banner unveiled at a Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) Champions League football match against Atletico Madrid, saying it was ‘unacceptable’. But European soccer’s governing body UEFA said the club would not face sanctions.

Tech executives have lined up to congratulate Donald Trump on his US presidential election win. But behind the scenes, they’re frantically trying to work out what a second Trump term means for their business. We take a closer look in this week’s Tech 24.

The majority of civilians killed in the Gaza Strip have been women and children, a UN report found Friday. The UN also found that 80 percent of all verified deaths in Gaza had occurred in Israeli attacks on residential buildings or similar housing, and that children aged five to nine made up the largest group of victims.

“7 Days”, ‘Walking Away”, and “Rewind” were songs that defined an era of UK music and made waves across the globe in the early noughties. With these catchy lyrics and melodies, Craig David became the voice of the UK garage genre. The multimillion selling album “Born to Do It” led him to be one of the most successful artists in UK chart history. Nearly a quarter of a century on, Craig David is on tour, set to release his ninth album and has just completed his seventh season residency in Ibiza. He sits down with FRANCE 24’s culture editor Eve Jackson to…

Struggling to make an impact at Real Madrid, star striker Kylian Mbappé has been left out of the France squad for their upcoming matches against Israel and Italy for the UEFA Nations League.

Japanese carmaker Nissan says it will cut 9,000 jobs globally, after net profit in the April to September period plunged 93.5% year on year. The company has struggled with weak EV sales in China and has missed the hybrid boom in the US.  But first, Germany’s “traffic lights” coalition has collapsed over differences on economic policy.  At the heart of the political feud is the country’s “debt brake” system.  Now enshrined in the constitution, it forces balanced budgets. 

Hezbollah’s leader Naim Qassem on Wednesday said that the group has tens of thousands of “resistance combatants” ready to fight Israel and that the US election result would not have any impact on the war in Lebanon. A series of Israeli strikes in Lebanon’s east killed at least 40 people and left dozens more wounded, according to the country’s health ministry.

The 2024 Prix Goncourt, France’s top literary prize, was awarded Monday to French-Algerian writer Kamel Daoud for his novel “Houris” (ed. Gallimard) that looks back at the Algerian Civil War in the 1990s. Executive Director at the American Library in Paris’ Audrey Chapuis tells us more.

European heavyweights Arsenal and PSG suffered frustrating defeats in the Champions League on Wednesday, as newcomers Brest rose to fourth place in the competition’s new league format with a 2-1 victory over Sparta Prague. Barcelona continued its blistering form with a 5-2 win over Red Star Belgrade, while Bayern Munich beat Benfica thanks to a Jamal Musiala header.

Wall Street rallied, bitcoin hit a new record while German auto stocks plunged… as markets digested Donald Trump’s comeback, Chinese consumers are bracing for a possible new wave of punitive tariffs… but a new round of trade war could hit its economy harder than before. Yuka Royer spoke with economist Antonio Fatas of INSEAD who said that those promised tariffs would ultimately lead to higher inflation and hurt American consumers.