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Issued on: 16/04/2024 – 16:46Modified: 16/04/2024 – 18:53 01:52 Israel’s war cabinet was set to meet for the third time in three days on Tuesday, an official said, to decide on a response to Iran’s first-ever direct attack, amid international pressure to avoid further escalating the conflicts in the Middle East. Military chief of staff Herzi Halevi had promised that Saturday night’s launch of more than 300 missiles, cruise missiles and drones from Iran into Israeli territory “will be met with a response”, but gave no details. Read more on related topics: Source link

Brussels authorities set off a political firestorm Tuesday by ordering the shutdown of a controversial gathering of hard-right European politicians, in a move denounced by the Belgian prime minister as “unacceptable”. Issued on: 16/04/2024 – 19:24Modified: 16/04/2024 – 19:41 3 min Keynote speakers at the “national conservatism” conference included the eurosceptic populist Nigel Farage and Britain’s former interior minister Suella Braverman, with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban scheduled to address the two-day gathering on Wednesday.Farage’s speech went ahead amid swirling rumours the event was about to be shut down, followed by Braverman, who took the stage despite police entering the…

Back to homepage / Shows / arts24 Issued on: 16/04/2024 – 16:19 12:32 arts24 © FRANCE 24 She has featured in Beyoncé’s music videos, choreographed a sell-out stage musical and brought underground nightclub moves to the stage of the Opéra de Paris. Now Josepha Madoki is hosting a weekend of waacking in the Musée d’Orsay’s imposing entrance hall; she tells us more about this 1970s queer subculture and how she became France’s unofficial queen of waacking. She also tells us about the phone call from her friend and colleague, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, which led to a video shoot in the…

Issued on: 16/04/2024 – 14:57Modified: 16/04/2024 – 15:23 01:19 2024-04-16 14:37 Countdown to 2024 Paris Olympics starts as Greece lights flame at Olympia © FRANCE 24 On Tuesday, the flame for this summer’s Paris Olympics was lit at the birthplace of the ancient Olympic Games in southern Greece in a meticulously choreographed ceremony. It will then be carried through Greece for more than 5,000 kilometers (3,100 miles) before being handed over to French organizers at the Athens venue used for the first modern Olympics in 1896. Read more on related topics: Source link

Israel’s air defences were in operation on Saturday night, after Iran launched more than 300 drones and missiles in an unprecedented direct attack. That starts with the Iron Dome, which has intercepted thousands of rockets since it first went into operation in 2011, provides Israel with crucial cover during times of conflict. It has been heavily relied upon to protect military and civilian sites from frequent barrages of rockets fired from Gaza and Lebanon in the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. Source link

Ukraine said Tuesday it had identified almost 37,000 people, including military personnel, who are unaccounted for since Russia’s invasion began in February 2022, warning the actual figure may be “much higher”.  Issued on: 16/04/2024 – 17:53 1 min Calculating the exact number of missing is difficult, as Russian forces still occupy around a fifth of the country and neither side regularly releases data on military casualties.  “Almost 37,000 people are considered missing — children, civilians and military. These figures may be much higher,” Ukraine’s human rights ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets said.He said Ukraine and the Red Cross had identified about 1,700…

The sacred flame for the Paris 2024 Olympics was lit Tuesday in ancient Olympia, birthplace of the ancient Games, setting off an epic three-month torch relay to the July 26 opening ceremony.  Issued on: 16/04/2024 – 12:21 3 min Cloudy skies prevented the traditional lighting, when an actress dressed as an ancient Greek priestess uses the sun to ignite a silver torch.Instead, a backup flame was used that had been lit on the same spot Monday, during the final rehearsal.The torch relay will culminate with the lighting of the Olympic flame in the French capital at the Games’ opening ceremony.…

Issued on: 16/04/2024 – 14:32Modified: 16/04/2024 – 14:42 02:02 The occupied West Bank has seen a surge in violence since Hamas’s October 7th attacks on Israel, with the situation escalating further last week as Israeli settlers attacked and killed several Palestinians over the death of a 14-year-old Israeli. While Israeli authorities have urged people not to resort to vigilante attacks, many accused Israeli forces of ignoring settler attacks or even taking part in them. Read more on related topics: Source link

A fire ripped through Copenhagen’s Old Stock Exchange, one of the Danish capital’s best-known buildings, on Tuesday, engulfing its spire which collapsed in a scene reminiscent of the 2019 blaze at the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris.  Issued on: 16/04/2024 – 13:58 3 min The historic building, whose spire was shaped as the tails of four dragons intertwined, had been under renovation and clad in scaffolding when the fire broke out.Parts of the roof had collapsed and the fire spread to several floors of the building, Copenhagen fire department chief Jakob Vedsted Andersen told reporters.”This is our Notre-Dame! This is a…

China’s National Bureau of Statistics said on Monday that the country’s economy grew to the tune of 5.3 percent in the first three months of the year, ahead of economists’ expectations. Manufacturing and infrastructure are fuelling that growth, while housing and domestic consumption are still a source of concern. Meanwhile, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is on a three-day visit to China, Berlin’s top trading partner. Source link