Author: France 24

Ana de Armas takes on the high-octane stunts as a dancer-turned-assassin in the big-budget action thriller “Ballerina”. Film critic Emma Jones tells us why de Armas’s charisma and talent for physical feats make her a compelling lead for this detour within the John Wick universe.

Carlos Alcaraz will defend his French Open title when he faces top-ranked Jannik Sinner in a Grand Slam final for the first time at Sunday’s French Open men’s championship.

Japanese video game company Nintendo launched its newest console, the Switch 2, this Thursday. With gamers lining up around the world to collect their pre-orders as early as midnight, investors are hopeful the product will help continue to boost the company’s share price, which has risen by over 30 percent since the start of the year. Also in this edition: South Korean cosmetic brands are looking to expand in the US market, despite tariff uncertainty.

Israeli forces killed at least 36 Palestinians on Saturday, according to Gaza’s civil defence agency, six of them after they opened fire near a US-backed aid distribution centre where thousands of Gazans have been gathering daily since May to receive humanitarian aid.  

In this special edition for World Oceans Day, we spotlight the urgent, haunting work of Mandy Barker, the award-winning British photographic artist using sea-salvaged fashion waste to expose the truth about plastic pollution. Her cyanotype series “Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Imperfections” reimagines the work of 19th-century botanist Anna Atkins, replacing seaweed with clothing scraps collected from 121 beaches around the UK. The result is both poetic and jarring, earning praise from none other than Sir David Attenborough, who supports Barker’s work for its power to inspire real change.

World No. 1 Jannik Sinner on Friday beat Novak Djokovic in a three-setter to reach the French Open final on Sunday against the tournament’s defending champion, Carlos Alcaraz.

Gender equality remains a challenge across the globe and particularly in Africa. Despite progress, women continue to face persistent barriers on the continent: limited access to education, inequalities in healthcare, difficulties in obtaining financing and underrepresentation in decision-making positions. To help change that, former French Minister Élisabeth Moreno co-founded ADWIN alongside George-Axelle Broussillon Matschinga and Prescillia Avenel Delpha. It’s an international network dedicated to the promotion and empowerment of African and Afro-descendant women through training, mentorship, financing, and well-being. Moreno spoke to us in People & Profit.

French dock workers in Fos-sur-Mer, near Marseille, blocked the shipment of military gear bound for Israel on Thursday, protesting Israeli actions in Gaza. According to the CGT union, stevedores refused to load crates of metal links used to enable rapid machine gun fire. Rights groups and media have raised concerns that such items may have been used against civilians in the Gaza Strip. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective, FRANCE 24’s Alison Sargent welcomes Pieter D. Wezeman, Senior Researcher in the Arms and Military Expenditure Programme at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).

British actor Tom Felton, who starred as Draco Malfoy in the “Harry Potter” movies, is returning to the role in a Broadway musical. “This is a full-circle moment for me,” he said.

A new treatment nearly halves the risk of disease progression or death from a less common form of breast cancer that hasn’t seen major drug advances in over a decade, Results from the study, presented at the annual meeting of the American Society for Clinical Oncology and could soon establish a new first-line therapy for people with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer. Meanwhile, researchers are combining RNA and AI to develop tailor-made vaccines to combat cancer. For a deeper understanding of new technological breakthroughs in medicine, FRANCE 24’s François Picard welcomes Dr. Moez Benali, Oncology Global Senior Medical Director of Clinical…