Author: France 24

The Israeli army on Monday launched fresh strikes on the southern Lebanese city of Tyre, Lebanese state media said, hours after telling swathes of the city to evacuate immediately as it was planning an attack on Hezbollah targets. The strikes came after an earlier Israeli raid on the city killed at least seven people and wounded 17 others, according to a health ministry statement. Follow our live blog for all the latest developments on the war in the Middle East.

French President Emmanuel Macron is in Morocco where he is expected to meet with the North African kingdom’s leaders and discuss partnerships regarding trade, climate change and immigration. It comes months after Macron changed France’s longstanding public position and backed Morocco’s autonomy plan for the disputed Western Sahara. The move endeared the country to Morocco and alienated it from Algeria, which hosts refugee camps governed by the pro-independence Polisario Front and has long pushed for a UN-organized referendum to solve the conflict. In the days leading up to the visit, Moroccan publications lauded the “warm reunion” and a “new honeymoon”…

Debate is beginning at the National Assembly on French President Emmanuel Macron’s proposed end-of-life bill. It would create a legal framework for the terminally ill to get help to die; a highly contentious issue. FRANCE 24’s Solange Mougin tells us what’s in the bill, how changes to it are already controversial and how assisted suicide is carried out in other EU nations. 

Boeing workers have voted to continue their strike, with 64 percent of them rejecting the latest offer that included a 35 percent wage hike over four years. The strike, now running for nearly six weeks, is worsening the planemaker’s already dire financial situation. Boeing logged more than $6 billion in net loss in the latest quarter. But first, the UNDP warns that Lebanon’s economy could shrink as much as 9.2 percent in 2024 if the war continues through the end of the year. 

His 1989 film “The Killer” is a cult classic of Hong Kong action cinema, featuring John Woo’s dynamic style as a filmmaker and highlighting Chow Yun-Fat’s charisma as its protagonist. Woo has now revisited the film for a 21st-century audience, shifting the action to Paris and putting Nathalie Emmanuel in the leading role, a femme fatale with a strong sense of remorse. We caught up with cast at the film’s Paris premiere, where Omar Sy told us more about playing the good cop and doing his own stunts. We also get the latest from the El Gouna Film Festival in…

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Sunday said Israel’s attack on the Islamic republic “should neither be exaggerated nor minimised”. More information from Teheran with Saeed Azimi.

As the International Monetary Fund and World Bank mark 80 years since their founding, how can they stay relevant and effective? During the annual fall meeting in Washington, World Bank Senior Managing Director Axel van Trotsenburg told FRANCE 24 that reforms are underway, but need to happen more quickly.

Fashion’s avant garde is at its most creative when it looks to the outside world for inspiration. For next summer’s ready-to wear-looks, Victor Weinsanto, responsible for the daring looks we saw at the Paris Olympics opening ceremony, pays tribute to drag queens. Vincent Pressiat and Kevin Germanier, an upcycling evangelist who oversaw the closing ceremony costumes, embrace a similar celebratory aesthetic. Plus we meet Swedish designer Ellen Hodakova Larsson, the latest winner of the LVMH prize.

There were mixed reactions among Iranians following Israel’s strikes on the Islamic Republic early Saturday with some carrying on with their daily routines and others panicking, FRANCE 24’s Saeed Azimi said, reporting from Tehran. “All offices are open, schools are open, international flights will resume tonight from Tehran’s international airport”, Azimi added.

Novo Nordisk’s weight loss drug Wegovy will be available in France from Tuesday. The drug will require a prescription and will not be covered by social security. The main molecule in the medication is also found in the diabetes drug Ozempic which many celebrities have admitted to using to lose weight. FRANCE 24’s Delano D’Souza reports