Author: France 24

Oscar-winning actress Helen Mirren talks to Eve Jackson about her Cannes memories, being the face of L’Oréal Paris at age 78 and why she prefers swagger to beauty. We also learn more about the films up for the Queer Palm and meet the best onscreen dogs at this year’s festival. Source link

Iran is once again in the spotlight at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. This Friday, recently exiled filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof will present his film “The Seeds of the Sacred Fig”, selected in Official Competition. Like Rasoulof, many Iranian artists have faced prison or exile. The photography exhibition “Women, Life, Freedom”, showcased at the Hôtel Le Majestic for the duration of the festival, pays tribute to their courage with a series of giant portraits by photographer Moja. FRANCE 24’s Juliette Montilly and Nina Masson report. Source link

The race for the Palme d’Or wound up with a bang on Friday with the screening of escaped Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof’s “The Seed of the Sacred Fig”, adding a geopolitically charged red-carpet appearance to a 77th Cannes Film Festival that has delivered several strong contenders for the top prize but no outright favourite.   Source link

The events of April 25, 1974 have left an indelible mark on the history of Portugal and Europe. That evening, a group of 200 left-leaning young Portuguese military captains walked out of their barracks and occupied strategic locations. Tired of the ravages of the dictatorship and colonisation, they won the active support of the people. The uprising was nicknamed the Carnation Revolution after the flowers that protesters placed in the soldiers’ guns and tanks, in a rare example of a military coup being staged to install democracy. The dictatorship collapsed in a single day. But 50 years on, Portugal’s old demons are surfacing. Chega,…

This week, we bring you a special edition of People & Profit from VivaTech, France’s major tech event. Charles Pellegrin asks Beatriz Sanz Saiz, global consulting data and AI leader at EY, how artificial intelligence could bring more equality. He also meets Olivier Oullier, whose company Inclusive Brains has developed tech that could be a game changer for people with disabilities. And Peter O’Brien reports from the halls of VivaTech to find out what the rise of AI will mean for climate tech. Source link

By demanding an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan has defied critics who accused him of turning a blind eye to Western-backed crimes against humanity – and made himself a possible target of the Biden administration. Source link

The Israeli military said Friday its forces had retrieved the bodies of three hostages in an overnight operation in the northern Gaza Strip’s Jabalia. Source link

Basque Pelota, in which the ball can reach speeds of over 300 kilometres per hour, was once an Olympic sport. No longer part of the Games, its popularity has nevertheless reached far beyond the Basque country. From Mexico to Argentina, it’s played in mostly Hispanic countries, but remains the pride of a region shared between France and Spain. We take a closer look in this edition of Destination Paris, our weekly show ahead of the Paris Olympics. Source link

The largest hospital serving central Gaza faces imminent shutdown because it is running out of power after Israel’s military assault in Rafah severely limited entry of fuel for generators, the Health Ministry in Gaza said Thursday. Source link

Norway, Ireland and Spain said Wednesday they would recognize a Palestinian state, a historic but largely symbolic move that further deepens Israel’s isolation more than seven months into its grinding war against Hamas in Gaza. Israel denounced the decisions and recalled its ambassadors to the three countries. Palestinian officials welcomed the announcements as an affirmation of their decades-long quest for statehood in east Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip — territories Israel seized in the 1967 Mideast war and still controls. Source link