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Brazil’s ex-president Jair Bolsonaro surrendered his passport Thursday as police raids targeted him and his inner circle over allegations of orchestrating an invasion of government buildings last year. Issued on: 08/02/2024 – 22:07Modified: 08/02/2024 – 22:08 3 min Federal police said they were carrying out 33 search and seizure operations and executing four arrest warrants in an investigation of a “criminal organization involved in the attempted coup” — a reference to Bolsonaro supporters’ storming of the presidential palace, Congress and Supreme Court on January 8, 2023.The raids were authorized by Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who also ordered that…

Issued on: 08/02/2024 – 20:35 Four months and one day after Hamas’ attack on Israel and even though Gaza’s been flattened, neither side wants to stop.Benjamin Netanyahu pre-empting conciliatory noises by the visiting U-S Secretary of State by announcing months of war ahead with total victory as the sole option.  The head of Israel’s most right-wing government ever helped in his brinkmanship by Hamas itself which after nearly two weeks of truce efforts, has now piled on the demands to a hostage for prisoner exchange deal.Has Qatar been as ineffective with Palestinian militants as the U.S. with Netanyahu? In the Middle…

French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday replaced his education minister after a series of controversies, seeking to regain momentum for the final phase of his presidency under Prime Minister Gabriel Attal. Issued on: 08/02/2024 – 20:39Modified: 08/02/2024 – 21:33 3 min Macron reshuffled the cabinet with a tilt to the right on January 11 after naming Attal, 34, as France’s youngest and first openly gay prime minister. One of the key moves was putting former French junior tennis champion Amelie Oudéa-Castéra, already serving as sports minister, in charge of a super ministry comprising both sports and education.But a series of controversies…

Issued on: 08/02/2024 – 19:04Modified: 08/02/2024 – 19:24 02:23 Catherine Norris Trent, FRANCE 24’s Senior Reporter reporting from Jerusalem, said that even when Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu called Hamas’s cease-fire proposal “ludicrous”, he “left the door slightly open” for a new deal. Talks are continuing behind the scenes about “whether there could be a deal sometime in the imminent future”.In Rafah, people are “absolutely terrified” about this war, said Trent, adding that many had already been displaced a first time.  Read more on related topics: Source link

The medals awarded at this year’s Paris Olympics and Paralympics will feature a hexagon-shaped piece of iron taken from the original Eiffel Tower in their centre, organisers said as they unveiled the design on Thursday.  Issued on: 08/02/2024 – 16:21Modified: 08/02/2024 – 16:40 3 min All 5,084 gold, silver and bronze medals for the Paris Games will feature the six-edged metal medallion which will be set like a gemstone in the design by elite French jewellery house Chaumet.”We wanted to offer to all medal winners at the Paris Olympics and Paralympics a piece of the Eiffel Tower from 1889,” said…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday appointed commander of the ground forces Oleksandr Syrsky as the country’s new army chief, in a dramatic military shakeup nearly two years into Russia’s invasion. Issued on: 08/02/2024 – 18:03Modified: 08/02/2024 – 18:29 2 min “Starting today, a new management team will take over the leadership of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,” Zelensky said. “I appointed Colonel-General Syrsky as the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.”In a post on X, Zelensky earlier thanked General Valerii Zaluzhnyi for his two years of service as commander-in-chief and discussed possible replacements for the top military job.…

Back to homepage / Shows / People & Profit Issued on: 08/02/2024 – 17:21 12:40 PEOPLE & PROFIT © FRANCE 24 Israel’s offensive in Gaza following the October 7 Hamas attacks is reverberating in the West Bank. While not directly involved in the conflict, the Palestinian territory’s economy lies in tatters, in part because Israel revoked work permits for 130,000 Palestinians in the West Bank. We speak to a Palestinian entrepreneur about the broader challenges of running a business in the territory, including checkpoints, Israeli occupation and blocked financial flows. Amal Daraghmeh Masri is CEO and editor-in-chief of Middle East Business…

Back to homepage / Shows / arts24 Issued on: 08/02/2024 – 16:45 10:36 arts24 © FRANCE 24 He was a surrealist icon with an iconic moustache. Salvador Dali is the subject of a new film from absurdist French director Quentin Dupieux. “Daaaaaalí!” sees the Spanish artist brought to life by five different actors, including Jonathan Cohen and Edouard Baer. We take a closer look. We also discover a web series from Togo that’s gained an unprecedented following. “Ahoé” tells the story of Eli, a young Togolese man who comes back to his hometown for his mother’s funeral after 10 years in…

French actor Judith Godreche Thursday accused director Jacques Doillon of sexually abusing her when she was 15, the second such charge she has made after alleging another director raped her while she was a minor. Issued on: 08/02/2024 – 17:08Modified: 08/02/2024 – 17:16 2 min French prosecutors opened a probe this week after Godreche, now 51, accused filmmaker Benoit Jacquot of raping her during a six-year-long relationship that started when she was 14 and he was 25 years her senior.Doillon took advantage of her while directing her in one of his films when she was 15, she said on Thursday.…

Issued on: 08/02/2024 – 15:05Modified: 08/02/2024 – 15:10 03:28 The negotiations for a ceasefire deal will likely continue, says ABC correspondent Jordana Miller, who spoke to FRANCE 24 from Jerusalem. “The Israeli prime minister may send a new team to Cairo [. . .] to discuss and try to figure out from this broken first round what can be salvaged.”Yet, “it’s important to note that it looks like neither Israel nor Hamas are in any great hurry to sign a deal”, adds Miller. Read more on related topics: Source link