Author: France 24

UN aid chief Martin Griffiths on Wednesday said he was concerned by the possible spread of theIsrael-Hamas war in Gaza to Lebanon and warned of a “potentially apocalyptic” humanitarian situation in the region.  Source link

In a new report, commissioned by Brazil for its G20 presidency, French economist Gabriel Zucman says an international scheme to impose a global minimum tax on the world’s richest individuals is technically feasible and that a 2% wealth tax on 3,000 billionaires could generate more than 200 billion dollars in revenue.  Plus, the summer sales have kicked off here in France.  But the month-long period isn’t as successful as in the past, when promotional sales were more restricted.  Source link

Belgium got the best out of a 0-0 draw at the European Championship on Wednesday, advancing to the last 16, along with Romania and Slovakia..  Source link

A security source said a leader of the Lebanese Islamist group Jamaa Islamiya, an ally of Hamas, was killed Saturday in an Israeli strike on a vehicle in eastern Lebanon. Exchanges of fire across the Lebanese border between Israel and the powerful Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah have also escalated, raising fears of an even wider war. More information with FRANCE 24’s Kethevane Gorjestani. Source link

Israeli missiles struck Lebanon’s third-largest city of Saida on Saturday, according to Lebanese security sources, amid fears of a regional spillover of the Israel-Hamas war. Reporting from Beirut, FRANCE 24’s Rawad Taha explains that Saida is the main city in southern Lebanon, located far from the Israel-Lebanon border, where fighting has intensified in recent days. Source link

Suffering from gunshot wounds to the leg and buttocks, 31-year-old Olivier Vilminio sought treatment in a hospital in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince. But even there, he was not safe from a surge of gang violence that has upended life in the impoverished Caribbean nation and made medical care even more difficult to attain. As the necessary treatments are either too expensive or unavailable, the father of two young daughters says his wounds have left him in constant pain. Source link

Health officials in Gaza said Israeli air strikes on Saturday killed at least 24 people in the territory’s north, a day after the International Committee of the Red Cross said 22 people were killed in shelling that damaged its office. Source link

FRANCE 24 spoke to Kerry Kennedy, president of the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights organisation. She’s one of the 11 children of Robert F. Kennedy, who was assassinated in 1968 – five years after his brother, then president John F. Kennedy. Kerry Kennedy’s brother, Robert F. Kennedy Jr, is now running for president as an independent candidate. Like most of the Kennedys, Kerry supports President Joe Biden’s re-election bid. Warning that the “world order” would be at risk with a new Trump presidency, she called the November vote “the most important presidential election in our lifetime”. “There is no chance that…

Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant headed to Washington on Sunday for “critical” talks on the next phase of the Gaza war and the escalating hostilities against Hezbollah on the Lebanon border. His visit comes as Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu again claimed there was a “dramatic drop” in US arms deliveries for the war effort. Read our liveblog to see how all the day’s events unfolded. Source link

With Group E delicately poised before the last round of group stage matches, Ukraine have a chance to qualify for the last 16 at Euro 2024. For the Ukrainians, going far in Germany is about more than football – it’s about giving hope to those back home in a country at war.     Source link