Author: France 24

Rumours of a reopened Israeli checkpoint on the coastal road from the besieged territory’s south to Gaza City send thousands of Palestinians heading north on Sunday, despite Israel denying it was open. Reports from local witnesses say soldiers have opened fire on people seeking to cross aged between 14 and 50. Source link

The world is currently experiencing its second major coral bleaching event in 10 years, with reef systems from Australia to Florida teetering on the brink of disaster following months of record-breaking ocean heat, a US agency announced Monday. Issued on: 15/04/2024 – 17:45Modified: 15/04/2024 – 19:25 3 min The consequences of coral bleaching are far-reaching, affecting not only the health of oceans but also the livelihoods of people, food security, and local economies.Severe or prolonged heat stress leads to corals dying off, but there is hope for recovery if temperatures drop and other stressors such as overfishing and pollution are…

The feared reprisal had been almost two weeks in the making. But when Iran finally pushed the button on its retaliatory attack against Israel late on Saturday, it appeared to amount to little more than a drawn-out light show, resulting only in minor damage to some remote Israeli military infrastructure and the injury of a seven-year-old girl from a Bedouin community. Analysts say the Iranian operation was designed to fail from the start and had been carefully choreographed to avoid triggering an all-out regional war. At least for now. Source link

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged allies on Monday to show the same “unity” toward Ukraine as Israel, which said it repelled an Iranian attack over the weekend with Western support. Issued on: 15/04/2024 – 21:37 1 min Ukraine has in recent months grown increasingly frustrated at delays in Western aid, including air defences it says are urgently needed to repel deadly Russian attacks.In a post on Telegram, Zelensky thanked allies who had responded to Ukraine’s call for more air defences but said “the intensity of Russian attacks requires greater unity.””By defending Israel, the free world has demonstrated that such unity…

Did it finish with Saturday night or will it spiral further out of control? Already, Iran’s first-ever direct attack against Israel has sent the whole region into uncharted territory. We’ll ask about the measure of its response to Israel’s targeting of Tehran’s embassy compound in Syria. Whether the proportionality shows Iran’s strength or weakness and whether Israel’s prime minister will heed the call of G-Seven allies to leave it there and to move towards an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. Source link

Even before the drones and missiles had reached Israeli territory, the Islamic Republic of Iran, via its paramilitary Basiji forces, had already organised state-sanctioned street parties to celebrate. A video posted half an hour before the first missiles arrived in Israel shows hundreds of people waving Iranian flags and chanting: “Supreme leader, we are ready [to go to war].” In contrast to the apparently orchestrated public events, on social media many Iranians expressed grave misgivings about the attack and the possibility of war and further economic turmoil.   Issued on: 15/04/2024 – 20:06Modified: 15/04/2024 – 20:12 6 min State-run television announced…

Gazans are slowly returning to Khan Younis after being forced to flee months ago due to intense bombardments amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. While back in familiar neighbourhoods, many Gazans are finding nothing but wreckage. Source link

Émilie Simon is a French electronic pop pioneer who emerged some 20 years ago and is known for her organic, mineral-driven compositions. On top of creating her own instruments, the award-winning artist has also signed scores for documentary films like “March of the Penguins”. She’s just released “Polaris”, her first full album in nearly a decade, which was recorded between Paris, New York, Los Angeles and Montreal. She tells Marjorie Hache about this new cosmic pop adventure through the lens of her alter ego Lucie Mercier and her winged tiger. We also talk about new releases by Taylor Swift, Pearl…

President Emmanuel Macron said Monday that France would help do everything to avoid an escalation in the Middle East after an unprecedented Iranian missile and drone attack on Israel. Iran launched its first-ever direct assault on Israeli territory late Saturday in retaliation for a deadly April 1 air strike on Tehran’s consulate building in Syria’s capital Damascus that was widely blamed on Israel. Source link

Iran’s retaliatory attack on Israel late Saturday has helped flip the current narrative involving Israel, Affiliate Research Associate at the Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation Ran Porat told FRANCE 24. “Israel was the centre of a lot of criticism of what was happening in Gaza, and now it’s again being depicted and understood to be the victim of the Iranian and its proxies: Hamas and others’ aggression,” Porat said. Source link