Author: France 24

Borussia Dortmund coach Edin Terzic believes “anything is possible” as his side aim to shock Real Madrid in Saturday’s Champions League final at London’s Wembley stadium. Source link

President Joe Biden on Friday (May 31) detailed a three-phase deal proposed by Israel to Hamas militants that he says would lead to the release of the remaining hostages in Gaza and could end the grinding, nearly 8-month-old Mideast war. “It is an extraordinary proposal which is potentially ground-shifting”, said FRANCE24’s Chief Foreign Editor Rob Parsons. “It lays out a roadmap not just to peace but to the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip as well.”  Source link

French Open officials have banned alcohol in the stands and vowed to evict troublemakers as the unruly behaviour of fans comes once more under scrutiny. But for many at Roland Garros, raucous crowds and feverish home support are what make the Paris slam special. Source link

Hamas on Friday said it ‘considers positively’ an Israeli roadmap towards a full Gaza ceasefire announced by US President Joe Biden, who urged an end to the almost eight-month war. But swiftly afterwards, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu poured cold water on Biden’s talk of peace, insisting the army would continue fighting until it had ‘eliminated’ Hamas’s capacity to rule Gaza and pose a military threat. Follow FRANCE 24 for live updates. Source link

Sixth-seeded Andrey Rublev berated his own behavior after he was knocked out of the French Open by Matteo Arnaldi 7-6 (6), 6-2, 6-4 in the third round on Friday. Source link

US President Joe Biden said Friday that Israel was offering a new roadmap towards a full ceasefire in Gaza that he urged Hamas to accept, saying it’s “time for this war to end”. Source link

Ratings agency S&P on Friday downgraded France’s credit score for the first time since 2013, citing a deterioration in the country’s budgetary position. Source link

“Bridgerton” is back with more scandal and more sex! FRANCE 24’s Olivia Salazar-Winspear and Dheepthika Laurent take a look at everyone’s fan favourite focusing on Penelope Featherington and Colin Bridgerton’s story. Meanwhile, “The Big Cigar” looks at the improbable story of a daring escape by Huey P. Newton, the founder of the Black Panthers. Plus, they discuss the exploration of an alternate universe in sci-fi thriller “Dark Matter” and the return of BAFTA-winning Muslim girls rock band comedy “We Are Lady Parts”. Source link

Following an air strike – and subsequent fire – that left 45 Gazans dead at a camp for the displaced in the southern city of Rafah, Israel has stated that its munitions are not what triggered the blaze. The IDF said it’s investigating possible theories, including a Hamas weapons warehouse nearby that caught fire, thereby causing “secondary explosions”. Vedika Bahl probes these claims in this edition of Truth or Fake. Source link

Five years after the fall of the so-called Islamic State caliphate in Iraq and Syria, the EU’s anti-terrorism coordinator sees a more diffuse threat, coming from many different directions and spreading online. This is what Bartjan Wegter calls “mutant jihadism”. With FRANCE 24’s Armen Georgian, he discusses Afghanistan, IS-KP (Islamic State – Khorasan Province), and how the French authorities are trying to make the upcoming Olympic games secure – efforts that Wegter praises as “impressive”. Wegter admits that more needs to be done to tackle what he calls “borderline content” online that might be inciting hatred and fuelling individuals’ radicalisation.…