Author: France 24

An Israeli air strike killed at least five people in the West Bank city of Tubas on Wednesday, Palestinian emergency services said, as Israeli security forces continued an extended operation that the military said targeted Iranian-backed militant group. FRANCE 24’s Irris Makler reports.

From France’s new immersive Viking city to a first look at Paris restored and spectacular Jacquemart André museum and a celebration of the 100th birthday of the surrealism movement at Paris’ Pompidou Centre, today Arts24 takes you on a trip to some of the best art shows and museums to visit this season. We also meet the toddlers whose art is selling for thousands.

A Frenchman being tried for recruiting strangers to rape his drugged wife will be back in court to testify on Wednesday after being admitted to hospital, the presiding judge at his trial said. The hospital admission on Tuesday of Dominique Pelicot, a 71-year-old retiree accused of repeatedly raping and enlisting dozens of strangers to abuse his heavily sedated wife, had sparked speculation that the trial may be adjourned, but the presiding judge said the trial could now continue as planned.

Chile’s legendary Club Deportivo Palestino is a place for the world’s largest Palestinian community outside the Middle East to connect with their ancestral home, thousands of miles away. As the war in the Gaza war rages, the club’s game atmosphere and political stunts have increasingly drawn upon a fierce sense of collective Palestinian pride and identity. 

In a major win for EU regulators, the European Court of Justice ruled Apple must pay €13 billion in back taxes to Ireland, dismissing a final appeal by the company against the European Commission’s 2016 order. Separately, the court upheld a €2.4 billion fine imposed on Google over its online shopping comparison service. Plus, taking space tourism to a whole new level – SpaceX launches Polaris Dawn, an all-civilian mission aiming for the first privately-funded spacewalk. 

Fresh from her performance at the Stade de France, award winning electronic artist Irene Dresel joins us this week on Arts24 to share her impressions of the 2024 Paralympics closing ceremony and how she’s looking forward to touring her recent album “Rose Fluo”. We also speak to French guitarist Waxx who rose to fame through collaborating with famous Francophone acts and covering cherished classics. He’s set to play at Paris’s cabaret music hall Folies Bergères (dates all sold out) after releasing his second album “Etincelle”. Finally we get a glimpse of Suki Waterhouse’s new album double “Memoir of A Sparklemuffin” that comes…

Les Bleus breathed a sigh of relief with their 2-0 win against Belgium after a loss last week. Meanwhile Italy are on a winning streak with a victory over Israel.

A new antitrust trial for Google parent Alphabet gets underway, this time over its ad services following a judge’s ruling last month that its search engine business is a monopoly. Also in this edition, France asks the EU for more time to deliver a plan to reduce its budget deficits and debt.

A Lebanese judge ruled Monday that the country’s former central bank chief Riad Salameh will remain in jail while facing charges of embezzling tens of millions of dollars from state offices. Salameh is widely seen as a key culprit in Lebanon’s economic crash, which the World Bank has called one of the worst in recent history.

“The Room Next Door”, Pedro Almodovar’s English-language debut starring Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton, won the Venice Film Festival’s Golden Lion award Saturday. The Spanish director said dying with dignity should be a “fundamental right” as he accepted the award for his end-of-life drama.