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A ship was preparing to leave Cyprus in the coming days and head for Gaza with humanitarian aid, the European Commission president said, as international donors launch a sea corridor to supply the besieged territory facing widespread hunger and shortages of essential supplies after five months of war. The vessel, belonging to the Spanish NGO Open Arms, will make a pilot voyage to test the corridor, Ursula von der Leyen told reporters in Cyprus, where she’s inspecting preparations for the sea corridor. The ship has been waiting at Cyprus’s port of Larnaca for permission to deliver food aid from World…

Issued on: 07/03/2024 – 07:41Modified: 07/03/2024 – 08:06 01:59 In northern Gaza, long queues of desperately hungry women and children lined up at a street kitchen on Wednedsay in great need of a meal. Up to 300,000 Palestinians are believed to remain in northern Gaza even though Israel ordered the evacuation of the entire region in October. They have received barely any aid in weeks, causing the UN to warn of impending famine. The World Food Programme halted deliveries in the north of Gaza on February 20, after its convoy of trucks faced gunfire and looting. As a last resort, countries like Jordan…

The African Union on Friday joined the United States and European Union in welcoming Senegal’s decision to hold a presidential election on March 24 after weeks of turmoil triggered by the vote’s delay. Issued on: 08/03/2024 – 18:12 1 min President Macky Sall plunged Senegal into crisis with a last-minute postponement of the presidential poll, originally scheduled for February 25.After a month of uncertainty which sparked outcry at home and abroad, the country’s top constitutional body on Thursday agreed with the presidency for the vote to take place on March 24, before the end of Sall’s mandate.African Union Commission chairman,…

Issued on: 07/03/2024 – 16:36Modified: 08/03/2024 – 09:19 07:09 United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict Pramila Patten this week released her report on allegations of sexual violence committed on October 7 during Hamas’s attacks on Israel and in its aftermath. Patten found “reasonable grounds” to believe that Israeli women were subjected to sexual violence, including rape, gang rape and “sexualized torture”. She sat down with FRANCE 24’s Jessica Le Masurier to discuss the report. Read more on related topics: Source link

The United States unveiled sanctions Friday on two companies over their roles supporting Russian mercenaries the Wagner Group, noting that Moscow has tried to use affiliated businesses to secure revenues and further its interests in Africa. Issued on: 08/03/2024 – 22:48Modified: 08/03/2024 – 22:50 1 min “The United States remains focused on disrupting the networks that enable Russia’s illicit and destabilizing activities in Africa,” said US Treasury Under Secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, Brian Nelson.In a statement, the Treasury said those targeted “sought monetary gain from illicit natural resource extraction.”They also allegedly supported the Wagner Group and others affiliated…

Issued on: 08/03/2024 – 14:21 As countries around the world mark International Women’s Day, we speak to two Afghan women who fled Kabul as soon as the Taliban came to power in August 2021. Mursal Sayas, a writer and activist, has recently published “Qui entendra nos cris” or “Who will hear our screams”, a collection of accounts which bear witness to the violence and oppression that Afghan women face daily.We also hear from photographer Fatimah Hossaini, whose portraits defy the victim status Afghan women are so often burdened with. And we discuss the human rights situation in Afghanistan and Europe,…

Issued on: 08/03/2024 – 20:11Modified: 08/03/2024 – 21:41 01:10 An international effort gathered pace on Friday to get desperately needed humanitarian relief into Gaza by sea, in the latest bid to counter overland access restrictions blamed on Israel as it battles Hamas militants. Read more on related topics: Source link

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whose NATO-member country has sought to balance its close relations with both Ukraine and Russia, offered during a visit Friday from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to host a peace summit between the two countries. Issued on: 08/03/2024 – 22:18 4 min Erdogan, who has repeatedly discussed brokering a peace deal, said at a news conference in Istanbul following his meeting with Zelenskyy that he hoped Russia would be on board with Turkey’s offer.“Since the beginning, we have contributed as much as we could toward ending the war through negotiations,” Erdogan said. “We are also ready…

Back to homepage / Shows / People & Profit Issued on: 08/03/2024 – 19:42 12:43 People & Profit © France24 What do Austria, Sweden, Switzerland and Taiwan all have in common? For economist Neil Lee, it’s their ability to share the benefits of innovation equally across society. Charles Pellegrin discusses Lee’s latest book “Innovation for the masses”. Also in the programme: Port Talbot steelworks to close down “blast furnaces”: 2000 jobs at riskWe check in with the inhabitants of Port Talbot in Wales, home to one of the world’s largest steelworks, where 2,000 jobs are expected to be slashed. Fast…

Back to homepage / Shows / Fashion Issued on: 08/03/2024 – 16:15 06:00 Ibrahim Maalouf © mediatv By: Pascal MOURIER | Media TV What exactly goes on in designers’ heads? Wim Wenders claims that Yohji Yamamoto has the power to heal people without the need for a therapist’s chair. Meanwhile Jeanne Friot delves into her own lesbian love story. Stéphane Rolland invites students from two Paris fashions schools on stage, as his collection questions the relationship between East and West. And Julien Fournié embraces the Hitchcock heroine aesthetic to bring down the patriarchy.  Read more on related topics: Source link