Author: France 24

Sébastien Devaud, aka Agoria, is a French electronic DJ and producer whose career has spanned over two decades and branched out into mixed media. He recently exhibited a digital art show at Paris’s world-famous Musée d’Orsay and is enthusiastic about what artificial intelligence can bring to the creative game. He popped by FRANCE 24’s studios to tell Marjorie Hache about the video for his new single “I Feel Good”, which was entirely AI-generated. We also find out more about Nigerian artist Godwin, who has just released his EP “Road to Nirvana”, and look forward to Beth Gibbons’s up-and-coming record “Lives Outgrown”. Source link

Talks resumed in Egypt Saturday aimed at halting months of war in Gaza between Hamas militants and Israel that have triggered protests around the world. Source link

Israel has ordered civilians in Rafah to move towards Khan Younis, in the clearest sign yet that a military operation is imminent. A ceasefire in Gaza looks as distant as ever with Hamas refusing to lay down arms unless there is a complete cessation of the war. Meanwhile, Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would go it alone if necessary, even in the face of criticism from its Western allies. Oliver Farry has more. Source link

Israel believes that Hamas has again torpedoed a ceasefire deal while Hamas is blaming Israel. The sides disagree on whether this deal should end the war definitively and require Israel to withdraw all its troops from the Gaza Strip. ABC Correspondent Jordana Miller reports from Jerusalem.  Source link

A Hamas official said Sunday the group’s delegation for Gaza truce talks in Cairo was leaving for “consultations” in Qatar, after public disagreement with Israel intensified over demands to end their seven-month war. Source link

Israeli Prime Minister Binjamin Netanyahu on Sunday rejected international pressure to halt the war in Gaza in a fiery speech marking the country’s annual Holocaust memorial day, declaring: “If Israel is forced to stand alone, Israel will stand alone.” Source link

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that “surrendering” to a demand to end the war would amount to defeat, while Qatar-based Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh accused Netanyahu of sabotaging the talks. Read our liveblog for all the latest developments in the Israel-Hamas war. Source link

Israel’s army announced on Sunday that it had closed Kerem Shalom, a key border crossing used to deliver humanitarian aid to southern Gaza, after an attack for which Hamas claimed responsibility. Three soldiers and a dozen others were wounded in the attack, the Israeli army told AFP. Read our blog to see how the day’s events unfolded. Source link

A senior Hamas official on Saturday said the group would not accept a truce that did not completely end the Gaza war, accusing Israeli leader Binyamin Netanyahu of “personally hindering” a deal. Protesters kept up the pressure on Netanyahu Saturday, turning out in their thousands again in Tel Aviv to demand the government accept the ceasefire deal and secure the release of the remaining hostages. Source link

Talks to reach a Gaza truce were expected to resume Sunday after officials from the Hamas Islamist organisation and Israel publicly disagreed over demands to end their seven-month war. Israel has yet to send a delegation to Cairo as it awaits a written response from Hamas which is due Sunday, ABC Correspondent Jordana Miller told FRANCE 24, adding that the two parties are “the closest” that they’ve been to a deal in many months. Source link