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Nigeria are through to the quarter finals of the Africa Cup of Nations after an Ademola Lookman double sank Rigobert Song’s Cameroon.  Elsewhere in a frantic game, both teams saw red as Angola thrashed Namibia 3-0 thanks to two goals from Gelson Dala and a Mabululu curler.  Source link

Iraq and the United States on Saturday held a “first round” of talks on the future of American and other foreign troops in the country, with Baghdad expecting discussions to lead to a timeline for reducing their presence.  Issued on: 27/01/2024 – 15:56 2 min The office of Prime Minister Mohamed Shia al-Sudani issued a photograph of the head of government with top-ranking officials both of the Iraqi armed forces and of the international coalition set up by Washington to fight the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group.Sudani “is hosting the start of the first round of bilateral dialogue between Iraq…

China and the United States said Saturday that top diplomat Wang Yi and US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan held “candid, substantive” talks in Thailand’s capital Bangkok, with the issue of Taiwan central after recent elections there. Issued on: 27/01/2024 – 16:18Modified: 27/01/2024 – 17:50 2 min Beijing and Washington have clashed in recent years on flashpoint issues from technology and trade to human rights, as well as over the self-ruled island and competing claims in the South China Sea.Relations have somewhat stabilised since US President Joe Biden met Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in San Francisco in November for talks…

Gilles Perret’s “La Ferme des Bertrand” is something of a rarity in French film: a tale of rural success for three generations of a family of dairy farmers. Its release next week has acquired added resonance as farmers across France rise up in protest at taxes, costs and regulations they say are killing their livelihoods. The plight of France’s farmers is a well-trodden path in French cinema, typically focusing on the stricken family businesses that modern life has left by the wayside.In his seminal trilogy “Profils paysans”, Raymond Depardon followed octogenarian farmers and herdsmen scraping a living in remote areas…

Issued on: 27/01/2024 – 19:15Modified: 27/01/2024 – 21:09 02:33 FRANCE 24 Correspondent’s in Jerusalem, Irris Makler, on January 27 2024. © FRANCE 24 FRANCE 24’s correspondent in Jerusalem Irris Mackler said, “UNRWA is an interesting organisation — it’s funded independently, it has been running since 1950, and it functions in many ways as a second government in the Palestinian territories”. Read more on related topics: Source link

A group of survivors of Nazi death camps marked the 79th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp during World War II in a modest ceremony Saturday in southern Poland. Issued on: 27/01/2024 – 17:40 4 min About 20 survivors from various camps set up by Nazi Germany around Europe laid wreaths and flowers and lit candles at the Death Wall in Auschwitz.Later, the group will hold prayers at the monument in Birkenau. They were memorializing around 1.1 million camp victims, mostly Jews. The memorial site and museum are located near the city of Oswiecim. Nearly 6 million European Jews…

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp announced in a shock decision on Friday that he will leave the club at the end of the season because he was “running out of energy”. Issued on: 26/01/2024 – 12:37Modified: 26/01/2024 – 12:35 3 min Klopp, who has returned Liverpool to one of European football’s powerhouses since taking over at Anfield in 2015, said the decision to leave was one “I have to take”.The German led Liverpool to their first league title for 30 years in 2020 and to Champions League glory in 2019.Liverpool are five points clear at the top of the Premier League…

Gaza’s health ministry collects data from the enclave’s hospitals and the Palestinian Red Crescent.The health ministry does not report how Palestinians were killed, whether from Israeli airstrikes and artillery barrages or errant Palestinian rocket fire. It describes all casualties as victims of “Israeli aggression”.The ministry also does not distinguish between civilians and combatants. Throughout four wars and numerous skirmishes between Israel and Hamas, UN agencies have cited the Hamas-run health ministry’s death tolls in regular reports. The International Committee of the Red Cross and Palestinian Red Crescent also use the numbers.In the aftermath of war, the UN humanitarian office has published…

Gunmen in Iran’s southeast near the Pakistan border killed nine foreign nationals Saturday, Iranian media reported, more than a week after the neighbours exchanged deadly cross-border fire. Issued on: 27/01/2024 – 13:49 1 min “According to witnesses, this morning unknown armed men killed nine non-Iranians in a house in the Sirkan neighbourhood of Saravan city” in Sistan-Baluchistan province, the Mehr news agency reported.So far, no group or individuals had claimed responsibility, the agency added.The deadly attack follows rare military action in the porous border region of Baluchistan — split between the two nations — that had stoked regional tensions already…

Back to homepage / Shows / Focus Issued on: 26/01/2024 – 15:10 09:57 FOCUS © FRANCE 24 With just six months to go until the Paris Olympics, there’s increasing scrutiny of the value France places on physical education. Athletes like track and field star Stéphane Diagana have criticised the government for not “taking sport more seriously” in schools, while unions want more investment in infrastructure. President Emmanuel Macron has made a series of announcements aimed at making France a great sporting nation and helping young people be more active. Some have welcomed the initiatives, but others say they fall short.…