Author: France 24

This special report zooms in on the smaller fashion houses that sparkled during Paris Fashion Week. Vincent Pressiat, like Victor Weinsanto, looked to the past, when the king’s favourites ruled the roost. Alain Paul recalled his first auditions as a young dancer. Ukrainian Lilia Litkovska is still designing, despite the war. Last but not least, Afro-Caribbean designers were celebrated at the Paris edition of Togo’s International Fashion Festival.

Israel returned the bodies of 15 Palestinians to Gaza on Saturday, bringing the total number handed over to 135, the Gaza health ministry said. Meanwhile, Israel said it had identified the remains of another hostage that Hamas handed over as Eliyahu Margalit, the tenth returned hostage body since the Gaza ceasefire went into effect over a week ago.

Angela Diffley is joined by fellow journalist Antonia Kerrigan and Damien Lecomte, Political Scientist and Lecturer at the University of Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne, to offer in-depth analysis and perspective to the highwire act of Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu’s minority government. Mr. Lecomte underscores a significant shift in strategy: unlike his predecessors, Lecornu has broken from Macron-era rigidity by courting Socialist party support through meaningful concessions on pension reform and wealth taxation. Yet this turn toward compromise comes at a cost: He must still solicit support from the fractured and embittered Republicans. Meanwhile, the National Rally is openly calling for Lecornu’s…

After two years held in captivity by Hamas in Gaza, Israel’s last living hostages were freed on Monday and reunited with their families. Frail but finally home, they are now beginning the difficult process of healing their deep physical and mental wounds, as medical teams develop new ways to help them rebuild their lives. 

Five more countries have qualified for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. England is the first European country to do so and will be playing alongside the Ivory Coast, Senegal, Saudi Arabia and Qatar in the high-profile football competition next year. It is to be played across three countries: US, Canada and Mexico.

This week, we take a look at the renewable energy sector, specifically in China at a time when solar and wind power have surpassed coal in global electricity generation, according to a report by climate think tank Ember. Charles Pellegrin speaks to Malgorzata Wiatros-Motyka, the report’s author and senior electricity analyst.

In this edition of arts24, Eve Jackson meets one of Europe’s most daring and visionary artists. Exiled Russian filmmaker and theatre director Kirill Serebrennikov is in Paris with two powerful new works that confront the shadows of history and the systems that let them thrive. At the Théâtre du Châtelet, his radical, multilingual “Hamlet/Fantômes” features eight actors sharing the role of the Danish prince – speaking in English, French, German, and Russian – as Serebrennikov explores the ghosts haunting our present. On screen, his chilling new film “The Disappearance of Josef Mengele” follows the Nazi doctor’s flight to South America, revealing the silent complicity…

A team of Turkish disaster response specialists is stationed at the Egyptian border, awaiting Israeli authorisation to enter Gaza and help in search and recovery operations. The 81-member team from Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) is equipped with specialised search-and-rescue tools, including life-detection devices and trained search dogs. Story by Shirli Sitbon.

François Picard is pleased to welcome France’s celebrated economist and Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences, Philippe Aghion. Currently a Professor at the Collège de France and at INSEAD, he also serves as Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics, and is a Fellow of both the Econometric Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Mr. Aghion brings passion and deep insight into the dynamic economic model of innovation known as “creative destruction.” This concept, rooted in economics and innovation theory, describes how new ideas, technologies, or practices emerge by replacing the old and obsolete. It’s the driving…

How dirty are the clouds above France? What about that vineyard down the road: is it poisoning homes? To what extent is agriculture contaminating France’s water, air and land? Multiple studies have been released this month in France that ring alarm bells about pesticides. FRANCE 24’s Solange Mougin breaks them down for us in Entre Nous.