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Issued on: 03/04/2024 – 15:11 In 1994, ethnic tensions in Rwanda spiralled, resulting in the massacre of hundreds of thousands of Tutsis. Those harrowing events were relayed on television screens around the world and filmmakers grappled with the tragedy in the years to follow. On the anniversary of that genocide, film critic Lisa Nesselson looks back at some of the movie depictions of recent Rwandan history. We also check out gritty drama “Asphalt City”, starring Tye Sheridan and Sean Penn, and see Japan through a dreamy widow’s eyes in “Sidonie in Paris”, starring Isabelle Huppert.Plus the Cinémathèque Française celebrates the…

The killing of foreign aid workers in Gaza has piled further pressure on Israel over its conduct of the war against Hamas, renewing scrutiny of how the Israeli army selects its targets in an ongoing military campaign that has devastated most of the Gaza Strip and killed or maimed tens of thousands of its inhabitants.    Israeli officials have promised a thorough investigation after seven staff of the US-based charity World Central Kitchen (WCK) were killed in an air strike in central Gaza on Monday – an attack UN chief Antonio Guterres described as “unconscionable” and “an inevitable result of the way the war is being…

Peru’s embattled government will on Wednesday ask Congress for a vote of confidence that collides with its umpteenth scandal: how the president came to own a collection of pricey Rolex watches and jewelry.  Issued on: 03/04/2024 – 08:30 2 min Prime Minister Gustavo Adrianzen was appointed only a month ago after his predecessor resigned over a scandal in which he allegedly granted political favors to a much younger love interest.Like any new prime minister, Adrianzen has to go before Congress to receive the green light to proceed in the post.But the scheduled vote of confidence comes in the same week…

Back to homepage / Shows / Business Issued on: 03/04/2024 – 13:47 05:51 BUSINESS © FRANCE 24 A new report by the World Bank and the United Nations, based on remote data collection sources, shows that damage to critical infrastructure in Gaza between October and January represents 97 percent of the GDP of the West Bank and Gaza from 2022. In this edition, we see how Israel’s war on Hamas has levelled housing and social infrastructure in the Palestinian territory. Plus, FRANCE 24’s Bryan Quinn tells us about the economic issues that came up in a phone call between US…

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…

Belgian Marc Brys has been appointed Rigobert Song’s replacement as Cameroon’s national team coach, the country’s sports ministry announced on Tuesday. Issued on: 03/04/2024 – 08:37 The 61-year-old has coached 15 clubs in his career, in Belgium, the Netherlands and Saudi Arabia.His last job was a three-year stint with Leuven.Brys’ assistant coach will be former Cameroon forward Francois Omam-Biyik, who scored 26 international goals between 1985 and 1998.He takes over a team who were dumped out of the recent Africa Cup of Nations by Nigeria in the last 16.Cameroon are currently top of Group D of African qualifying for the…

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…

Shell squared off against seven environmental groups in a Dutch appeals court Tuesday, with climate activists accusing the multinational oil giant of failing to implement a landmark 2021 judgement. Issued on: 03/04/2024 – 00:28 2 min Judges at The Hague District Court ruled three years ago that Shell must reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030, as it was contributing to the “dire” effects of climate change.That ruling was seen as an historic victory for climate change campaigners as it was the first time a company had been made to align its policy with the 2015 Paris climate…

Back to homepage / Shows / The Debate Issued on: 02/04/2024 – 19:54 25:36 How far could it escalate? © France24 Israel is certainly taking on all comers.Monday’s air strike in Damascus that killed three senior Iranian commanders the most spectacular of its kind since Hamas’ October 7th attack. We will ask about Tehran’s response, whether it will try to draw in the United States, and after months of cross-border rocket exchanges between Israel and Lebanon about the risk of all-out war on a second front. Meanwhile, the nightmare continues for Gaza. Will the killing of seven aid workers and…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday signed into law a measure lowering the country’s army mobilisation age from 27 to 25, the parliament said on its website.  Issued on: 02/04/2024 – 21:17Modified: 02/04/2024 – 21:19 1 min Mobilisation has been a divisive issue in a nation exhausted by more than two years of war with Russia, which has seen huge military losses.    But the move comes as Ukraine lacks soldiers to battle the Russian invasion now in its third year. Zelensky signed the bill almost a year after it was adopted by parliament. Russia, which has a far larger army, has…