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A number of photos and videos that circulated on social media and were picked up by pro-democracy media outlets show the aftermath of an air strike on the village of Ka Nan, in the west of Myanmar on January 7, 2024. While the state television outlet claimed that reports of the air strike were “fake news”, a visual investigation published by “Myanmar Witness” documented the attack and proved the Myanmar Air Force’s involvement. Seventeen civilians are believed to have been killed. Issued on: 02/02/2024 – 14:48 6 min A civil war between the ruling junta and armed ethnic groups has…

The announcement that Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso will withdraw from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) “without delay” has put an abrupt end to fractious talks on organising elections and reinstating civilian rule. With their emphasis on restoring “national sovereignty” and driving out terrorist groups, the three West African countries’ military governments have made it clear that organising elections is not their primary concern.    Since successive coups in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has been trying to get the countries’ military leaders to commit to holding elections to reinstate civilian governments.…

Carl Weathers, the US actor who played boxer Apollo Creed in the first four “Rocky” films alongside Sylvester Stallone, has died at the age of 76, US media reported Friday, citing a family statement. Issued on: 02/02/2024 – 21:35 1 min Weathers, who also starred in the 1987 film “Predator,” opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger, was recently seen on the small screen in “Star Wars” spin-off series “The Mandalorian,” a role for which he won an Emmy. We lost an icon. Carl Weathers was a phenomenal talent, a true professional, and a dear friend. All my sympathies and love to his family.…

Issued on: 02/02/2024 – 23:45 DR Congo too good for Guinea to book their place in the final four. Ademola Lookman scores again as Nigeria reach a record fifteenth AFCON semi-final. To discuss all the football action, Leo McGuinn is joined by sports journalist Thando Sibiya and France 24’s James Vasina live from Ivory Coast. Source link

Ireland got their bid for unprecedented back-to-back Grand Slams off to the perfect start with a bonus-point 38-17 victory over 14-man France in the opening match of the Six Nations in Marseille on Friday. Issued on: 02/02/2024 – 23:19Modified: 02/02/2024 – 23:28 3 min Jamison Gibson-Park, Tadhg Beirne, Calvin Nash, Dan Sheehan and Ronan Kelleher all crossed for tries as fly-half Jack Crowley converted all five and hit a penalty.France had Paul Willemse sent off in the 32nd minute after two yellow cards as the team slipped to their heaviest defeat since Fabien Galthie took over as head coach in…

The European Union’s 27 member states on Friday approved landmark rules on regulating artificial intelligence, passing a key last hurdle after tough negotiations to the very end. Issued on: 02/02/2024 – 18:26Modified: 02/02/2024 – 18:30 2 min Brussels first proposed an AI law back in 2021 but spent most of last year racing to greenlight the draft text after chatbot ChatGPT exploded onto the scene.EU states and lawmakers had agreed on a set of draft rules in December, billed as the world’s first comprehensive laws to regulate AI, and their approval after that should have been a formality.But some countries,…

France’s government was on the defensive on Friday after environmental campaigners and opposition politicians accused it of having scrapped a key green policy to appease protesting farmers. Issued on: 02/02/2024 – 19:49 2 min Agricultural workers started to lift roadblocks after more than a week of demonstrations, following government promises of cash and eased regulation.Among the concessions announced by Agriculture Minister Marc Fesneau on Thursday was that a 15-year-old government plan to stem dependence on insecticides and weedkillers would be put on hold.The latest version of the Ecophyto plan had aimed to reduce the use of pesticides by 2030 to…

Issued on: 02/02/2024 – 15:54 A former Victoria’s Secret Angel and muse to the likes of Jean Paul Gaultier and Karl Lagerfeld, Laetitia Casta has successfully made the transition from modelling to cinema. FRANCE 24’s Louise Dupont meets the French actress to talk about her latest film “Le Bonheur est pour demain” and being directed by her mother-in-law, Brigitte Sy. Source link

Back to homepage / Shows / Focus Issued on: 02/02/2024 – 12:42 06:02 FOCUS © FRANCE 24 As negotiations on a new ceasefire agreement with Hamas continue, Israeli society is deeply divided. The majority of families of hostages are calling on Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to negotiate the release of their loved ones and put an end to the war in Gaza. Yet a large section of the population rejects any deal with Hamas and wants the offensive in the Palestinian enclave to continue. So far, only negotiations have permitted the release of hostages, as seen during last November’s truce,…

The United Nations’ top court said Friday it had jurisdiction to rule in most parts of a case brought by Ukraine over Russia’s brutal 2022 invasion, with Kyiv urging reparations. Issued on: 02/02/2024 – 17:04 2 min Ukraine dragged Russia before the International Court of Justice only a few days after the invasion, seeking to battle its neighbour on all fronts, legal as well as diplomatic and military.When Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion on February 24, 2022, part of his argument was that pro-Russian people in eastern Ukraine had been “subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv…