Author: France 24

Jannik Sinner took time to get his engine going before motoring into the French Open quarter-finals while defending champion Iga Swiatek raced through on Sunday as scheduling at the Grand Slam came under scrutiny after Novak Djokovic’s overnight marathon. Source link

Israel bombarded the Gaza Strip and battled Hamas Sunday as mediators called on both sides to agree to a truce and hostage release deal outlined by US President Joe Biden. Source link

Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said on Sunday that Israel would not accept Hamas continuing to rule Gaza at any stage during the process to end the war, and that it was examining alternatives to the Palestinian militant group. Israeli forces bombarded several areas of Gaza as mediators called on Israel and Hamas to agree to a truce deal outlined by US President Joe Biden. Follow FRANCE 24 for live updates. Source link

Real Madrid withstood a Borussia Dortmund barrage to win the Champions League for a 15th time as Dani Carvajal and Vinicius Junior struck late in a 2-0 win at Wembley on Saturday. Source link

On Friday (June 1), the US President Joe Biden outlined a three-phase peace plan in order to permanently end Israel’s war in Gaza and secure the release of over one hundred hostages -living and deceased. While two far-right Israeli ministers said they would quit Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyhau’s government if the deal goes ahead, the proposal was met with hope and support from the families of the hostages. Source link

Novak Djokovic’s French Open title defense — and his hold on the No. 1 ranking — are still alive thanks to a 7-5, 6-7 (6), 2-6, 6-3, 6-0 comeback victory over 22-year-old Italian Lorenzo Musetti in a third-round match that lasted 4 1/2 hours and did not conclude until Sunday after 3 a.m., the latest finish in tournament history.  Source link

Iran’s hardline former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday registered his candidacy for a presidential election this month, state media reported. Source link

Third seed Carlos Alcaraz sparkled and showed steely resolve in his most convincing match at the French Open this year for a 6-4 7-6(5) 6-3 victory over American Sebastian Korda to reach the fourth round of Roland Garros on Friday. Source link

Qatari, Egyptian and US mediators called on Israel and Hamas Saturday to “finalise” the truce deal outlined by US President Joe Biden, as Israeli forces pounded Rafah in southern Gaza. Source link

As Biden takes US deeper into Russia’s war on Ukraine and Blinken vows NATO response to rising Russian hybrid attacks, FRANCE 24 is joined by Dr. Alexandra Filippenko, Political Analyst and Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for US and Canadian Studies, Russian Academy of Science. US President Joe Biden’s decision to relax some restrictions on Ukraine’s use of American weaponry inside Russia is a small but significant step deeper into the two-year-old war that experts say could help blunt Russia’s cross-border Kharkiv offensive. All the while, NATO allies are alarmed and will respond to a rising campaign of hybrid…