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Our team has obtained rare footage from sailors abandoned by their employers years ago, leaving them far from their homes in ports or open water. During this three-month investigation, we looked at official documents and contracts provided by crewmembers as well as open-source data to trace the navigation history of these dilapidated vessels before their abandonment. The first part of this special edition, produced in partnership with independent Syrian investigators SIRAJ, reveals a complex set-up of shell companies used by a group of Syrian-Romanian ship owners to evade legal disputes and Western sanctions. When the East Express, a 97-metre general…

Issued on: 16/02/2024 – 14:53 As people continue to turn to artificial intelligence for romance, new research suggests that almost every romantic AI companion disregards your privacy, and could be selling your data. We take a closer look in this edition of Tech 24. AI chatbots have come a long way since the 2013 Spike Jonze film “Her”. As well as texting your artificial boyfriend or girlfriend, you can now customise them to look and behave as you desire, and even trade photos and voice call.Demand for these chatbots is voracious, with many lonely people seeing them as a solution…

Back to homepage / Shows / arts24 Issued on: 16/02/2024 – 15:55Modified: 16/02/2024 – 15:56 16:54 arts24 © FRANCE 24 Judith Godrèche has been in the headlines in France after the actress accused director Benoît Jacquot of rape and sexual abuse during their relationship which, she says, started when she was 14 years old and he was 39. She also levelled accusations of sexual misconduct at filmmaker Jacques Doillon. Both men deny the accusations. French prosecutors have now opened an inquiry and other actresses have also come forward accusing the two directors of sexual abuse. As French cinema icon Gérard…

Back to homepage / Shows / arts24 Issued on: 16/02/2024 – 15:55Modified: 16/02/2024 – 15:56 16:54 arts24 © FRANCE 24 Judith Godrèche has been in the headlines in France after the actress accused director Benoît Jacquot of rape and sexual abuse during their relationship which, she says, started when she was 14 years old and he was 39. She also levelled accusations of sexual misconduct at filmmaker Jacques Doillon. Both men deny the accusations. French prosecutors have now opened an inquiry and other actresses have also come forward accusing the two directors of sexual abuse. As French cinema icon Gérard…

Anti-corruption campaigner Alexei Navalny, whose death in a remote Arctic prison was announced on Friday, was long the most prominent face of Russian opposition to President Vladimir Putin. Long a thorn in Putin’s side, Navalny was so loathed by the Kremlin leader that he refused to mention him by name.The 47-year-old was for over a decade Putin’s most vociferous critic, running against the long-time ruler in 2018 and frequently blasting what he perceived as rampant corruption under his watch.Part of a class of younger leaders seeking democratic change after years of post-Soviet oligarchy, Navalny leveraged fatigue with the Kremlin to…

Back to homepage / Shows / People & Profit Issued on: 16/02/2024 – 15:06 13:16 PEOPLE & PROFIT © FRANCE 24 In its Global Economic Prospects report, the World Bank reaches the conclusion that we are in a “decade of wasted opportunity”, where instead of being on track to reach key development and climate goals by 2030, we have seen the slowest half-decade of growth in 30 years. This is having devastating consequences, especially in developing and low-income economies. For more, FRANCE 24’s Charles Pellegrin speaks to the World Bank’s Deputy Chief Economist Ayhan Kose.  Read more on related topics: Source…

Back to homepage / Shows / The 51% Issued on: 16/02/2024 – 14:16 16:54 THE 51 PERCENT © FRANCE 24 In a special joint edition of arts24 and The 51 Percent, we focus on whether the #MeToo movement has reached an inflection point in French cinema. The film sector in France has been shaken after actress, Judith Godrèche, accused director, Benoît Jacquot, of rape and sexual abuse during their relationship; which, she says, started when she was 14 years old and he was 39. Annette Young and Olivia Salazar-Winspear are joined by French talent agent, Solène Edouard and Ariane Labed,…

Alexei Navalny, the fiercest foe of Russian President Vladimir Putin who crusaded against official corruption and staged massive anti-Kremlin protests, died in prison on Friday, Russia’s prison agency said. He was 47.  Issued on: 16/02/2024 – 12:29 3 min Navalny, by far Russia’s most famous opposition leader, rose to prominence more than a decade ago by lampooning the elite class round Putin and voicing allegations of corruption on a vast scale. The Federal Penitentiary Service of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District said in a statement that Navalny “felt unwell” after a walk at the IK-3 penal colony in Kharp, about 1,900 km…

French cinema has been rocked by a new wave of allegations of child rape and sexual assault targeting household names in the industry, bolstering talk of a long-awaited breakthrough for the #MeToo movement in France following a nationwide controversy over Gérard Depardieu. The latest accusations shine a stark light on the culture of impunity that prevailed in a country where auteur worship has long served as a cover for abuse. French cinema’s #MeToo breakthrough has been heralded, and pushed back, often enough to warrant caution – but there are signs the ground is finally shifting, more than six years after…

Ukraine said Friday there was fierce fighting in the beleaguered frontline city of Avdiivka and that it was preparing new positions around the industrial hub as Russia steps up attacks.  Issued on: 16/02/2024 – 08:23Modified: 16/02/2024 – 08:29 1 min The announcement came a day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Kyiv would do “everything” to save lives in the symbolic city, surrounded on three sides by Russian forces. “Fierce battles are taking place within the city,” Oleksandr Tarnavskiy, a Ukrainian general in the east, said on social media.”Our troops are using all available forces and means to restrain the enemy,”…