Author: France 24

Arsenal host PSG in the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals in a clash between two sides that have never won the competition.

The White House blasted Amazon over a reported plan to display how much additional costs are coming from tariffs right next to the total price of a product on its website.  The e-commerce giant denied such a plan had been approved, after Donald Trump directly complained to its founder Jeff Bezos. Plus, France plans to impose a handling fee on small-value parcels, as the EU mulls introducing import duties on such parcels that have hitherto been exempted from tariffs. 

Attacks on the global human rights system have intensified since the return of US President Donald Trump, Amnesty International warns in its latest annual report. Secretary General Agnès Callamard cites mounting assaults on accountability, international law, and the UN. As authoritarianism rises worldwide, FRANCE 24’s Annette Young welcomes Heba Morayef, MENA Regional Director at Amnesty International, from Beirut, for in-depth analysis and a broader perspective.

Operatic soprano Chen Reiss has just released a new album alongside Daniel Grossman and the Jewish Chamber Orchestra Munich entitled “Jewish Vienna”. The Austrian capital has always been a key spot for classical music and the goal of this record was to focus on the artists and composers who were part of this rich scene until the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany. We also look at how the internet and social media may have killed off the video star, as well as the new album from Welsh rockers Stereophonics.

Liverpool beat Tottenham 5-1 to clinch the Premier League title at Anfield on Sunday, sealing a record-equalling 20th English top-flight crown. Liverpool are now level with bitter rivals Manchester United as the joint-most successful club in English top-flight history.

Electricity is gratually being restored to parts of Spain and Portugal following a massive blackout that brought much of the two countries to a standstill. While the cause of the outage is still being investigated, Yuka Royer takes a look at how Europe is trying to modernise its grid system. Plus, India has ordered 26 more Rafale fighter jets from French defence giant Dassault, marking another step in the Asian nation’s reliance on French military hardware. 

A winner of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize has spoken to FRANCE 24 about how she wanted to be a makeup artist in her small village in northern Iraq before her life was nearly destroyed by the Islamic State group. In 2014, when Nadia Murad was just 21 years old, IS group terrorists attacked her community, killing hundreds of people, including her mother and six of her nine brothers. Along with nearly 7,000 other Yazidi women and children, she was abducted and like many of them was raped, beaten and tortured for several months. Now, though, she is a powerful…

In this edition of our arts24 music show, Jennifer Ben Brahim talks about one of the biggest music festivals in the world as it comes to a close. There were many viral moments at Coachella, including headline act Lady Gaga having a microphone malfunction and US politician Bernie Sanders surprising festival-goers as part of his “Fighting Oligarchy” tour. US alt-pop singer d4vd also went viral for attempting and failing to do a backflip on stage during his first performance, but luckily he managed to redeem himself on the second weekend. Backflip aside, d4vd has just released his first solo album…

Ethiopia’s Tigst Assefa set a new women’s-only world record of 2hr 15min 50sec when she won the London marathon on Sunday whilst Kenya’s Sabastian Sawe put a star-studded men’s field to the sword.

Twelve US states have filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump, arguing that his use of emergency powers to wage a global trade war is “reckless and unlawful”. Also in this edition: the Trump administration signals a potential de-escalation of the trade war, and Chinese carmakers show off their latest innovations at the Shanghai Auto Show.