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Back to homepage / Shows / In the press Issued on: 03/04/2024 – 09:34 03:53 IN THE PRESS © FRANCE 24 IN THE PRESS – Wednesday, April 3: Papers express outrage as seven aid workers are killed by Israeli strikes in Gaza. UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak calls for an investigation, with three British nationals amongst those killed. The Israeli papers also react, with PM Benjamin Netanyahu saying “this happens in wartime”. In other news, the United States is bracing for the largest invasion of cicadas in over 200 years. Read more on related topics: Source link

French MPs on Thursday approved the first reading of a bill aimed at restricting the manufacture and sale of non-essential products containing PFAS or “forever chemicals”, marking a significant step in environmental health protection. The list of products, however, stopped short of including cookware after protests from manufacturers this week. Issued on: 04/04/2024 – 19:27 2 min Following heated debate between the left and the presidential camp, the bill was approved unanimously by the National Assembly committee, with 186 votes in favour and none against.The bill, introduced by environmentalist Nicolas Thierry, called for a ban on the manufacture, import and…

Issued on: 03/04/2024 – 09:34Modified: 03/04/2024 – 11:08 05:24 ‘Aid organisations have been railing against what they say is Israel’s indiscriminate bombing’ © France 24 “Aid organisations have been railing for weeks against what they say is Israel’s indiscriminate bombing of civilian and not just military targets”, says France 24’s international affairs commentator Douglas Herbert, follwoing an Israeli strike in the Gaza Strip that killed seven charity staff. ” Also for what they say is a failure to allow much-needed access to Gaza for relief workers”, he adds. Read more on related topics: Source link

As NATO marks its 75th anniversary on Thursday, the Alliance is seeing renewed dynamism, particularly with the recent accessions of Finland and Sweden. But the organization also faces multiple challenges, from the war in Ukraine to the possible return to power of Donald Trump in the United States. According to military historian Guillaume Lasconjarias, the transatlantic alliance finds itself in a state of “paradox” between a renewed sense of purpose and a wealth of new challenges. Issued on: 04/04/2024 – 15:23 4 min The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) celebrates its 75th anniversary on Thursday at a time when Europe…

Back to homepage / Shows / arts24 Issued on: 04/04/2024 – 16:16Modified: 04/04/2024 – 16:17 12:32 arts24 © FRANCE 24 In the second part of arts24’s Rwanda series, Eve Jackson meets a fashion designer taking the country’s fashion scene to the next level. Once a model, now designer, Moses Turahirwa re-imagines traditional Rwandan forms and cultural motifs into contemporary pieces. His clients include the Ivorian footballer Didier Drogba, the Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the Trinidadian actor Winston Duke or the Spanish actress Rossy de Palma. We meet him at the workshop of his brand Moshions to discuss Rwandan fashion,…

Issued on: 04/04/2024 – 15:50Modified: 04/04/2024 – 15:52 FRANCE 24 spoke to the Palestinian ambassador to the UK, Husam Zomlot. As the war in Gaza nears its sixth month with more than 33,000 Palestinians killed, Zomlot said he thinks Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu “wants to have a perpetual war”. The ambassador cited Netanyahu’s “personal reasons” and also “strategic interests of his government and the Israeli establishment to finish off a job that started 76 years ago, which is the ethnic cleansing of Palestine”.  “That’s why Israel [is] doing what it did in the last six months [in Gaza]”, the Palestinian ambassador…

Somalia’s government on Thursday ordered the expulsion of Ethiopia’s ambassador and the closure of two consulates, accusing Addis Ababa of “bluntly interfering” in its internal affairs. Issued on: 04/04/2024 – 15:37 2 min The announcement comes as Somalia is locked in a fierce dispute with Ethiopia over a maritime deal that Addis Ababa signed with the breakaway region of Somaliland in January — raising tensions in the Horn of Africa.The cabinet said in a statement that the foreign ministry was instructed to “inform the ambassador of the Ethiopian government in the Federal Republic of Somalia to return to his country…

Issued on: 02/04/2024 – 15:50Modified: 04/04/2024 – 14:20 07:37 Now that spring has sprung, so have our clocks! What are the long-term benefits and consequences of falling back and springing forward every six months? For a deeper perspective on Daylight saving, FRANCE 24’s William Hilderbrandt is joined by Laetitia Moreau-Gabarain, President & Engineer of the French Association for a Just and Sustainable Time (ACHED). Read more on related topics: Source link

Back to homepage / Shows / Science Issued on: 03/04/2024 – 16:30 04:22 SCIENCE © FRANCE 24 In this Science segment, we take a look at the alleged sabotage of undersea cables in the Red Sea by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, after an incident back in February. Washington says the cables were deliberately cut by the rebels to disrupt the global internet, but maritime experts believe it was an accident, and that the anchor of the sunken Rubymar cargo ship snagged the cables as it dragged along the seafloor. The Rubymar sank in early March after it was damaged by missiles…

French President Emmanuel Macron dismissed Thursday as “ridiculous” Russia’s defense minister’s remarks suggesting Ukraine and France could had a role in last month’s deadly Moscow concert hall attack. Issued on: 04/04/2024 – 13:57Modified: 04/04/2024 – 14:52 2 min Macron’s comments came a day after a rare phone call between the French and Russian defense ministers that led to diverging media statements afterward.A statement from the Russian Defense Ministry quoted Sergei Shoigu as telling his French counterpart in regard to the Moscow attack that “the Kyiv regime does nothing without approval of its Western handlers” and “we hope that the French…