Author: France 24

Beijing sanctions three American defence companies as Taiwan’s new president takes office. China is also launching an anti-dumping investigation into imported EU, US, Japan and Taiwan chemicals amid a growing trade spat. The country’s struggling property market gets a government lifeline, but investors remain unconvinced that it will be enough. Source link

Today on “arts24” from the Cannes Film Festival Eve Jackson chats to actor, director and producer Eva Longoria about her best memories of the event, wearing a 40-dollar dress for her first red carpet and her ongoing mission to give more opportunities to Latinos in the film industry. Source link

Manchester City created English football history on Sunday, overcoming West Ham 3-1 to win their fourth straight Premier League title and break Arsenal’s hearts as Jurgen Klopp made an emotional Liverpool exit. Source link

One of the helicopters in a convoy carrying Iran’s president Ebrahim Raisi had a rough landing, the country’s interior minister, Ahmed Vahidi, confirmed to state TV, adding that rescue teams are being hampered by difficult weather conditions.  Source link

“Emilia Perez”, a musical crime comedy film about a Mexican drug lord who wants out of the cartel and undergoes a sex change, premiered at Cannes on Saturday. The film – directed by French master Jacques Audiard – has received glittering reviews, suggesting it may be in line to win the top prize the Palme d’Or. Popstar-turned-actor Selena Gomez stars as the boss’s unsuspecting wife in a surprisingly gritty role. During the film’s press conference, she answered a journalist’s question about how her character could mark the history of cinema. Source link

A helicopter carrying Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi was involved in “an accident” in poor weather conditions on Sunday, state media reported, with a search underway and no news yet on his condition. More information with FRANCE 24 international affairs commentator Douglas Herbert. Source link

A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi suffered a “hard landing” on Sunday, Iranian state media reported, without elaborating. Some began urging the public to pray for Raisi and the others on board as rescue crews sped through a misty, rural forest where his helicopter was believed to be. More information with FRANCE 24 news anchor Yinka Oyetade. Source link

An Israeli airstrike killed 20 people in central Gaza, mostly women and children, and fighting raged across the north on Sunday as Israel’s leaders aired divisions over who should govern Gaza after the war, now in its eighth month. Story by Leo McGuinn and Alexandre Guin. Source link

In the Negev desert, Bedouin minorities fear forced eviction. The Israeli state say that they have settled without planning permission. A project to extend a motorway threatens several unrecognised villages. Our correspondents Mohamed Farhat and Claire Duhamel met the families evicted from one of these villages. Source link

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is under mounting pressure from his own War Cabinet and his country’s closest ally over postwar plans for Gaza, even as the war with Hamas shows no sign of ending. Source link