Author: France 24

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Wednesday (May 21) that the country’s council of ministers would recognise an independent Palestinian state on Tuesday May 28. “Next Tuesday, May 28, Spain’s cabinet will approve the recognition of the Palestinian state,” he said, adding that his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu was putting the two state solution in “danger” with his policy of “pain and destruction” in the Gaza Strip. FRANCE 24’s Sarah Morris tells us more. Source link

Many social media users are blaming Israel’s Mossad or even India for the helicopter crash that killed Iran’s president and foreign minister. Also, was the helicopter’s pilot called Eli Copter? We debunk these claims in this edition of Truth or Fake. Source link

One of Europe’s largest tech conferences kicks off in Paris this Wednesday. Startups will meet investors, and guest speakers including Elon Musk will discuss the role of artificial intelligence at the VivaTech event. On Tuesday, President Emmanuel Macron announced extra investment in AI in France. Meanwhile, the EU has given its final green light to the AI Act, the first of its kind. Source link

Ireland, Norway and Spain announced on Wednesday that they were formally recognising Palestine as a state. “There cannot be peace in the Middle East if there is no recognition,” said Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre. Follow our liveblog for the latest developments in the war on Gaza. Source link

The International Criminal Court is seeking arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and three Hamas leaders, the court’s chief prosecutor announced on Monday. US President Joe Biden called the move “outrageous”, saying there was “no equivalence” between Israel and Hamas. Source link

The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on Monday (May 20) applied for arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and top Hamas leaders. Karim Khan said he was seeking warrants against Netanyahu and Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant for crimes including “starvation”. FRANCE 24’s Irris Makler tells us more. Source link

Donald Trump’s reelection campaign called “The Apprentice,” a film about the former U.S. president in the 1980s, “pure fiction” and vowed legal action following its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. But director Ali Abbasi is offering to privately screen the film for Trump. Source link

Gaza’s civil defence agency said an Israeli strike killed 31 people and wounded 20 in a home in the central Nuseirat refugee camp on Sunday (May 19). Source link

The star of the Cannes Film Festival today is the Paris Olympics. Sports personalities and athletes are here for the premiere of Mickaël Gamrasni’s documentary “Olympiques! La France des Jeux”, in which three generations of French athletes explain why the country has such a special relationship with the Games. And on the red carpet for the event this evening will be a prestigious guest – the Olympic flame. Source link

The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, announced arrest warrants against two Israeli leaders — including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — and three Hamas leaders. The prosecutor focused on actions taken by Hamas on October 7 when militants stormed southern Israel, killing around 1,200 people and taking some 250 hostages, and on Israel’s military response in Gaza, which has killed roughly 35,000 Palestinians, according to the Gaza health ministry. As the ICC’s top prosecutor places the heads of Israel and Hamas among world leaders infamous for war crimes and heinous acts against humanity, FRANCE 24’s Nadia Massih is joined…