Author: France 24

Emma Jones takes us through the nominations for France’s upcoming “Césars” cinema awards, with American filmmaker Richard Linklater picking up 10 nods for “Nouvelle Vague”. In this week’s film releases, Emma tells us why the Russell Crowe-led Nazi courtroom drama “Nuremberg” is worth checking out. Emma also reviews Kelly Reichardt’s offbeat drama “The Mastermind”, in which Josh O’Connor shines as a clueless art thief in the 1970s.

US President Donald Trump appeared on January 28 to threaten another attack on Iran if it does not “make a deal” on nuclear weapons, after Tehran rejected talks. He also said another armada was on the way. FRANCE 24’s Reza Sayah tells us more from Tehran, and tells us about the situation on the ground from there, where Internet has made a partial comeback.

Senegalese Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko and his Moroccan counterpart Aziz Akhannouch have met in Rabat in a bid to ease tensions after the chaotic Africa Cup of Nations final. 

In this edition of Entre Nous, we take a look at the current craze for protein-enhanced food. We dive into how this trend is confusing consumers, but also creating egg shortages in France. We also look into how it is boosting the sales of “healthy” snacks, namely Babybel cheeses in the US. Finally, we discuss whether extra protein is really good for you or not. 

The EU and India have hailed their new free trade agreement as “the mother of all deals”.  While the pact eliminates or significantly reduces tariffs on a vast majority of goods traded between the two, it excludes politically sensitive farming products.  We’ll take a closer look.  Also in the segment, some Cypriot fishermen have taken their battle against invasive fish to the dinner table. 

Born in lockdown and watched by millions, the Orchestral Qawwali Project is transforming a 700-year-old sacred tradition for a global stage. Led by singer Abi Sampa and composer Rushil Ranjan, the project fuses the ecstatic poetry and trance-like repetition of Sufi qawwali with the sweeping power of Western orchestral music.

France, Britain, Germany and the ​US on Tuesday welcomed the 15-day extension of ​the ceasefire between ‍the Syrian government and ​Kurdish forces, and urged all ​parties to strictly adhere to the agreement.

Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic, hoping for a record 25th Grand Slam crown, both made it through to the Australian Open quarter-finals on Sunday, along with women’s world number one Aryna Sabalenka who continued her title charge with a second-set tiebreak – the 20th Grand Slam tiebreak she has won in a row.

India rolled out the red carpet, hosting top EU leaders as guests of honour at its Republic Day parade, a day before the two sides are expected to sign a free trade agreement at an EU-India summit. Negotiations had started long before US president Donald Trump started imposing new tariffs on the rest of the world, but had taken on a sense of renewed urgency amid rising geopolitical and trade tensions. 

Rhizomes are a five-piece based in France who have spent the last few years carving their psychedelic rock with oriental sounds. They popped by the arts24 studio to tell Marjorie Hache about their debut eponymous EP on which they sing in French, English, Arabic and Hebrew and whose aim is to unify and grow the same way as the subterranean horizontally growing roots that inspired their name. We also check out new releases by Californian pop metal artist Poppy, British rapper-producer Labrinth and Japanese-American indie darling Mitski.