Author: France 24

The US FDA on Wednesday approved Revolution Medicines’ Rasonque for advanced pancreatic cancer, opening a new treatment option for patients with metastatic disease. A large trial found the once-daily pill doubled survival rates, offering fresh hope for people who have exhausted other treatments.

Defeated by Turkish side Fenerbahçe, Lyon will not be competing in Europe’s most prestigious club competition this year. Six years after their last Champions League campaign, Lyon had set their sights on returning to the competition. Instead, they will compete in the Europa League.

Tim Curry, the British character actor who created a gallery of flamboyant villains for stage and screen, most famously Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the 1975 cult classic “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”, has died at the age of 80, his manager said on Wednesday.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he believes Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is “very seriously wounded”, but not dead. Khamenei has not been seen in public since the US and Israel launched the Iran war in February, prompting months of speculation over the new Iranian leader’s health. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.

In Xabi Alonso’s first match as manager, Chelsea beat Fulham 3–2 in the Premier League.

At a time when fashion is increasingly dominated by mass production, a young Kenyan designer is taking a slower approach. Hillary Mukabwa, the founder and lead designer of Mukabwa Studio in Nairobi, works with hand looms to create cotton fabrics that he turns into clothes, bags and more in a deliberate attempt to reconnect with a craft increasingly being pushed aside by modernisation.

Genie Godula is pleased to welcome Imran Bayoumi, Deputy Director & Resident Fellow at the Atlantic Council. He sees the Trump administration’s new sanctions strategy toward Iran as an attempt to seek economic leverage where military force has so far failed to produce any results. But its effectiveness rests on several unresolved assumptions. Chief among them is whether Washington can compel China, Iran’s largest oil customer, to comply despite Beijing’s growing economic resilience. Iran, meanwhile, has decades of experience curtailing sanctions and is again threatening regional escalation.

Aleksander Ceferin, president of the European soccer confederation (UEFA) has announced that he will not run against Gianni Infantino but warned the under-fire FIFA president that he must either quit or face a leadership challenge in March. Infantino has been mired in a crisis since the failure of his controversial – and ultimately abandoned – plan to open FIFA to private investors.

Saudi’s crown prince Mohammed bin Salman is in Paris to meet France’s President Emmanuel Macron. The two leaders are to hold talks on a variety of topics, but first and foremost about the situation in the Middle East. For France, this is a chance to benefit from Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 investment plan. FRANCE 24’s Clovis Casali is at the Elysée Palace and tells us more.

More than 2,500 people have already died in the Ebola epidemic currently gripping the Democratic Republic of Congo. The UN coordinator for the outbreak has warned that the virus is spreading exponentially – adding that an existing pool of funds is set to run out within weeks. Details by Catherine Viette.