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Back to homepage / Shows / Perspective Issued on: 04/03/2024 – 13:12 08:56 PERSPECTIVE © FRANCE 24 A respected French journalist, who was Jerusalem correspondent for French daily Libération in the 1990s, has told FRANCE 24 how he hopes a temporary peace deal between Israel and Hamas can be achieved, but that longer term both sides need to try to see the situation from the other’s point of view. Pierre Haski spoke to us about his time covering the Israeli-Palestinian conflict during the signing of the Oslo accords and the famous handshake between Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat. He also told…

German police briefly detained several people on Sunday in Berlin during a manhunt for two members of the far-left militant Baader-Meinhof gang, who have been on the run for more than 30 years. Issued on: 03/03/2024 – 10:43Modified: 03/03/2024 – 15:53 1 min Police have been seeking Ernst-Volker Staub, 69, and Burkhard Garweg, 55, from the radical anti-capitalist group also known as the Red Army Faction (RAF). The search for the two men had intensified in the last days, after Monday’s arrest of Daniela Klette, 65, the third member of the long-sought-after trio from RAF that carried out several bombings, kidnappings…

Issued on: 04/03/2024 – 11:10Modified: 04/03/2024 – 11:23 01:24 In this file photo, French President Emmanuel Macron addresses a special congress gathering both houses of parliament (the National Assembly and the Senate) in the Palace of Versailles outside Paris on July 9, 2018. © Ludovic Marin, AFP French lawmakers are expected Monday to anchor the right to abortion in the country’s constitution, in a global first that has garnered overwhelming public support. Read more on related topics: Source link

Ukraine said it blew up a railway bridge in Russia’s southwestern Samara region on Monday because it was being used to transport “military cargo”.  Issued on: 04/03/2024 – 11:10Modified: 04/03/2024 – 11:13 1 min The incident is the latest in a string of explosions targeting Russia’s rail network, which Kyiv says Moscow uses to move troops and equipment for its invasion of Ukraine.”A railway bridge over the Chapaevka River in Russia’s Samara region was blown up. On 4 March 2024, at around 6:00 am (0200 GMT), the bridge was damaged by blowing up its support structures,” Ukraine’s military intelligence said.Russia…

Around 170 people were “executed” in attacks on three villages in northern Burkina Faso a week ago, a regional public prosecutor said Sunday. Issued on: 03/03/2024 – 10:59 1 min Aly Benjamin Coulibaly said he received reports of the attacks on the villages of Komsilga, Nodin and Soroe in Yatenga province on February 25, with a provisional toll of “around 170 people executed”.The attacks left others wounded and caused material damage, the prosecutor for the northern town of Ouahigouya added in a statement.He said his office ordered an investigation and appealed to the public for information.Survivors of the attacks told…

Issued on: 04/03/2024 – 07:27Modified: 04/03/2024 – 07:46 01:58 The Kamal Adwan hospital in northern Gaza is struggling to cope with acute malnutrition and dehydration cases without electricity and with its intensive care unit relying solely on solar energy. At least 15 children in northern Gaza died of malnutrition in recent days, according to health authorities in the Hamas-run enclave. UN health authorities say Gaza is on the brink of famine as aid deliveries into the enclosed enclave have rapidly decreased and Palestinians struggle to find food. Read more on related topics: Source link

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday called for the world to help Kyiv defeat “Russian evil” as the death toll from a Russian drone strike on Odesa rose to 12, including five children. Issued on: 03/03/2024 – 14:55Modified: 03/03/2024 – 18:54 3 min A Russian drone hit an apartment block in the southern port city early Saturday morning, partially destroying several floors and leaving more than a dozen people under the rubble.The attack killed at least five children, including two babies less than a year old, according to statements by Zelensky and the regional governor.”Mark, who was not even three…

Nikki Haley won the Republican presidential primary in Washington DC on Sunday, scoring her first victory as she struggles to remain relevant in her underdog race against Donald Trump. Issued on: 04/03/2024 – 03:45 1 min Haley’s symbolic victory in the nation’s capital comes just ahead a decisive day in the long US nominating process — Super Tuesday, in which 15 states and one territory vote.Washington is a solidly Democratic town with a small number of registered Republicans. CNN, which was among outlets reporting that Haley won on Sunday, put it at just 22,000.Haley took 63 percent of the votes…

France beat Great Britain 21-0 in Sunday’s championship match to capture the World Rugby SVNS Series title at Los Angeles, completing a stellar debut for Antoine Dupont. Issued on: 04/03/2024 – 05:02 1 min Antoine Zeghdar’s try and a conversion by Stephen Parez-Edo Martin in the seventh minute lifted France ahead 7-0 at half-time.Martin converted his own try in the ninth minute for a 14-0 French lead and Theo Fornier added a try in the 13th minute and converted to seal France’s championship.The crown marked a triumphant debut in the format for former World Rugby Player of the Year Dupont,…

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…