Author: France 24

US indie director Sean Baker won a richly deserved Palme d’Or at the 77th Cannes Film Festival for “Anora”, a darkly comic and deeply moving Brooklyn odyssey about an erotic dancer who marries the son of a wealthy Russian oligarch, starring Mikey Madison.  Source link

Toulouse inflicted yet more Champions Cup final heartbreak on Leinster with a thrilling 31-22 extra-time win as they were crowned kings of European club rugby for a record-extending sixth time on Saturday. Source link

As Israel continues to carry out strikes throughout the Gaza Strip, Palestinians in the north of the enclave are fleeing the Jabalia refugee camp where fighting between the army and Palestinian militants raged on. With most of the buildings in the area destroyed, residents are forced to live in unsanitary conditions with severely limited access to clean water and food. Source link

The International Court of Justice’s order on Friday demanding that Israel halt its Rafah offensive in Gaza is unlikely to have “any effect on the war itself”, FRANCE 24’s Oliver Farry said, adding that “nobody, whether they be allies or enemies of Israel, is going to intervene militarily to enforce this”.  The top UN court’s ruling does however provide more ammunition to the ongoing case against Israel for genocide in Gaza, Farry said.   Source link

Rafael Nadal said Saturday that it is likely he is appearing at the French Open for the final time but cautioned it was “not 100% certain”. Source link

Israeli air strikes and artillery pounded Rafah on Saturday, despite the UN’s top court ordering an immediate halt to its military offensive in the southern Gazan city. A mixed sentiment of “indignation and outrage” prevails among Israeli government officials including PM Netayahu, FRANCE 24’s Rob Parsons said, reporting from Jerusalem. Source link

Indian cinema has enjoyed a bumper year in Cannes, with seven films from the country screening across the festival’s various strands. FRANCE 24 spoke to filmmaker Payal Kapadia, India’s first Palme d’Or contender in 30 years with her “All We Imagine as Light”, and the cast and director of police procedural “Santosh”, which premiered in the Un Certain Regard sidebar.  Source link

Despite some more moderate responses, most of the Israeli public, media and politicians have reacted angrily to the World Court’s Friday decision which demanded that Israel end its offensive in Gaza, FRANCE 24’s Rob Parsons said, reporting from Jerusalem. “In Israel, there seems to be an enduring sense of victimhood, you know, why are we being singled out this way,” Parsons said. Source link

Israel bombed the Gaza Strip, including Rafah, on Saturday, a day after the top UN court ordered it to halt military operations in the southern city as efforts get underway in Paris to seek a ceasefire in the war sparked by Hamas’s October 7 attack.  Source link

The top UN court ordered Israel Friday to halt military operations in Rafah, a landmark ruling likely to increase international pressure for a ceasefire more than seven months into the war sparked by Hamas’s October 7 attack. Source link