Author: France 24

Benny Gantz, who quit Israel’s war cabinet Sunday, is a centrist politician with dreams of toppling Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government. Source link

Carlos Alcaraz says he is hoping to join the long list of Spanish French Open champions when he bids to become the youngest man to win Grand Slam titles on all three surfaces in the final against Alexander Zverev on Sunday. Source link

The U.N. Security Council on Monday approved its first resolution endorsing a cease-fire plan aimed at ending the eight-month war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. Source link

The euro tumbled and European stocks, particularly in France, fell sharply on Monday after far right groups gained in Sunday’s EU parliamentary election prompting Emmanuel Macron to call a snap election in France.  We also look at what the election outcome could mean for Europe’s ambitious climate plans.  Source link

Three Valencia fans were handed eight-month jail terms Monday for racist abuse towards Real Madrid star Vinicius Junior, a court said, in what Spain’s La Liga said was the first such conviction in Spain. Source link

Missile attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels struck two ships in the Gulf of Aden, authorities said Sunday, the latest assaults on shipping in the region. Source link

American composer and organist Kali Malone popped by FRANCE 24 to tell us about her new album “All Life Long” and how composing for an organ, a brass ensemble and a choir was a process that enabled her to reconnect with her own voice. We also check out new music videos by John Cale, Soprano and Billie Eilish. Source link

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken returns to the Middle East this week as a proposed Israel-Hamas cease-fire deal hangs in the balance after the dramatic rescue of four Israeli hostages held in Gaza in a major military raid and turmoil in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government. Source link

Palestinians gathered to bid farewell to the men, women and children who were killed in Israeli strikes on the Nuseirat and Maghazi refugee camps in Gaza. People say Nuseirat’s mayor – who Israel accused of being a Hamas operative – was visiting a water pump station when a bomb hit. This is a community still reeling from a separate attack Thursday on a UN-led school in Nuseirat refugee camp that killed dozens of people. Click on the video for more. Source link

“The Israeli army says they spent several weeks planning for this rescue operation”, said Jordana Miller, ABC News Correspondent. “They built models of the two residential buildings they raided simultaneously– buildings that were just about 200 metres apart. They decided to carry out the raid during the day for the element of surprise,” she added.  Source link