Author: France 24

An Israeli strike killed six Palestinians in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, four of whom were brothers. The attack took place in the city of Jenin and left a total of seven dead, including an Israeli police officer. As the family of the brothers buried their “martyrs”, others are still waiting for the remains of relatives held by the Israeli army to be returned.  She doesn’t cry. She doesn’t speak. Ibtesam Darwish simply looks stunned. “I wasn’t just their mother, I was their friend,” she says. “We were so close.”Sitting in her neighbour’s courtyard in Qabatiya, a city in the northern occupied West Bank, she waits…

Issued on: 08/01/2024 – 12:13Modified: 08/01/2024 – 12:38 01:23 Historical drama “Oppenheimer” dominated the Golden Globe awards on Sunday, taking five prizes including best drama. But there was disappointment for fellow summer blockbuster “Barbie” which lost out in the best comedy category. Read more on related topics: Source link

Franz Beckenbauer, one of Germany’s greatest soccer players, who captained the team to World Cup victory in 1974 then won the tournament again as manager in 1990, has died at the age of 78, German news agency DPA reported on Monday.  Issued on: 08/01/2024 – 17:49 1 min Beckenbauer was a classy, dominant presence on the pitch for West Germany and Bayern Munich in the 1960s and 70s, using the calmness on the ball and effortless distribution that marked his midfield performances to virtually invent the central defensive sweeper role where he found most success.He collected 103 caps for West…

Issued on: 08/01/2024 – 10:24Modified: 08/01/2024 – 11:12 01:11 Gaza has been rendered “uninhabitable” by three months of war, the UN’s humanitarian chief has warned, as Israeli bombs continued to pound the besieged Palestinian enclave over the weekend. Read more on related topics: Source link

The city of Paris is immortalizing late British music icon David Bowie by naming a street after him in the city’s southeast on what would have been his 77th birthday on Monday.   Issued on: 08/01/2024 – 16:38 1 min The inauguration of rue David Bowie was first announced in 2020 by Jérôme Coumet, mayor of the 13th arrondissement. Bowie died of cancer in 2016.The new street, situated between two modern office buildings, including the headquarters of news publications Le Monde and L’Obs, opens onto avenue Pierre-Mendes-France and will connect to the future bridge linking the avenue to boulevard de l’Hopital,…

Back to homepage / Shows / arts24 Issued on: 08/01/2024 – 16:12 11:59 arts24 © FRANCE 24 On the first arts24 music show of the year, Jennifer Ben Brahim chats with French composer, conductor and producer Thomas Roussel. He weaves between classical and electronic genres, and has performed in spectacular locations such as China’s Forbidden City, as well as conducting an orchestra on the River Seine. 2023 saw the start of a beautiful musical relationship between Roussel and US superstar Pharrell Williams – Roussel conducted the orchestra for Pharrell’s first runway collection for Louis Vuitton, on Paris’s iconic Pont Neuf bridge. He…

Kylian Mbappé helped record 14-time champions Paris Saint-Germain avoid an embarrassing slip-up with a 9-0 rout at sixth-tier amateurs Revel in the French Cup on Sunday. Issued on: 07/01/2024 – 22:57Modified: 07/01/2024 – 23:16 1 min Revel’s young supporters had implored Mbappé to make the trip to the game played at Castres – Revel’s humble stadium only has capacity for 2,000 fans in the Haute-Garonne south-western region – in a video posted on social media.And they got their wish with the 25-year-old star included in manager Luis Enrique’s strong travelling party to the leaders of Regional 1, five rungs below…

Back to homepage / Shows / Perspective Issued on: 08/01/2024 – 11:58 09:32 PERSPECTIVE © FRANCE 24 Three months on from the October 7 Hamas attacks and Israel’s counteroffensive in Gaza, the humanitarian situation in the Palestinian enclave is increasingly dire. The death toll continues to climb and the injured are struggling to receive adequate treatment in hospitals on the brink of collapse. While aid trucks are now regularly entering the enclave, aid agencies warn they don’t come close to covering the diverse needs of desperate Gazans, with children disproportionately affected. Ricardo Pires, a spokesperson for UNICEF – the UN Children’s…

Four people were killed in a “massive” wave of Russian strikes across Ukraine Monday, officials said, as authorities in the Russian border city of Belgorod evacuated hundreds due to Ukrainian shelling. Issued on: 08/01/2024 – 14:46 2 min As the war approaches its second anniversary, both Moscow and Kyiv have accused each other of causing dozens of civilian casualties in a sharp escalation of attacks.”Overnight on 8 January, 2024, the enemy launched a massive attack on Ukraine,” Ukraine’s air force said on social media.Russia launched 51 missiles in all, 18 of which were shot down, it added.Russian missiles hit a…

Back to homepage / Shows / Business Daily Issued on: 08/01/2024 – 10:56Modified: 08/01/2024 – 10:58 06:03 BUSINESS DAILY © FRANCE 24 US aircraft manufacturer Boeing is facing fresh questions over product quality after the door of one of its 737 MAX 9 jets ripped off mid-flight. No one was seriously injured, but it prompted the US aviation authority to ground 171 planes pending inspection. It’s the latest in a series of setbacks for the company, whose 737 MAX jet has been involved in two deadly crashes. The incident also comes at a time when Boeing, overtaken by Airbus in…