Author: France 24

French farmers have engaged in a standoff with the government to express anger over a perceived lack of respect, rising costs and suffocating EU regulation. Prime Minister Gabriel Attal seeks to calm the protesters while the far-right National Rally hopes to take advantage of their anger, just five months before the European elections. Issued on: 23/01/2024 – 19:42 4 min France’s farmers are angry with their government. Several dozen of them have been blocking a portion of the A64 highway near Toulouse since January 18 to express their anger. Then an explosion between Thursday and Friday night blew out the windows…

Issued on: 24/01/2024 – 10:40Modified: 24/01/2024 – 10:50 02:26 Israel’s rejection of the idea of a two-state solution with the Palestinians is unacceptable and could prolong the war in Gaza, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said Tuesday. Read more on related topics: Source link

Russia said Wednesday that an IL-76 military transport plane carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war had crashed in the western Belgorod region, bordering Ukraine. Issued on: 24/01/2024 – 11:13Modified: 24/01/2024 – 11:36 2 min Unverified videos on social media showed a large plane, purportedly in the Belgorod region, falling from the sky on its side before crashing in a fireball.”At around 11 am Moscow time (0800 GMT), an IL-76 aircraft crashed in the Belgorod region during a routine flight,” Moscow’s defence ministry told Russian news agencies.”On board were 65 captured Ukrainian army servicemen being transported to the Belgorod region for…

Back to homepage / Shows / Business Daily Issued on: 24/01/2024 – 11:28 05:36 BUSINESS DAILY © FRANCE 24 The Hinkley Point nuclear power plant project in the United Kingdom has seen its fifth budget increase since 2016, when the UK and French utility giant EDF first signed a contract. It will now cost a total of £31-35 billion (€36-40 billion) and should begin production in 2029 at the earliest. Hinkley Point is a flagship project in London’s bid to increase its energy security. Also in this edition, French farmers protest against cumbersome environmental regulations and Netflix sees a boom in…

Issued on: 22/01/2024 – 11:19Modified: 22/01/2024 – 11:47 01:22 Israeli planes resumed heavy bombing on Khan Younis in the south of the Gaza Strip over the weekend, as Palestinian health officials said the death toll from Israeli strikes since war broke out in October had passed 25,000. Read more on related topics: Source link

Thailand’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday cleared reformist political leader Pita Limjaroenrat in a case that could have seen him banned from parliament, and reinstated him as an MP. Issued on: 24/01/2024 – 09:38Modified: 24/01/2024 – 09:42 2 min The 43-year-old led the progressive Move Forward Party (MFP) to win the most votes in last year’s general election, but was blocked from becoming prime minister after he was suspended as an MP in July.His party was excluded from the governing coalition after the powerful establishment was spooked by the MFP’s calls to reform the kingdom’s strict royal insult laws, the military…

Issued on: 22/01/2024 – 13:14Modified: 22/01/2024 – 14:10 02:38 Palestinian media say eight people were killed during a major Israeli army raid in the town of Tulkarem in the West Bank in the past week – some in clashes with troops, others in a drone strike. The IDF says the raid was a counter terrorism operation and that one of its soldiers was severely injured. Deadly army incursions like this have stepped up dramatically in recent months, ever since the Hamas massacres of the 7th of October, as the West Bank too spirals further into violence. France 24’s Catherine Norris…

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, barred from running in presidential elections this year, accused the authorities of intimidation Tuesday as thousands marched in support of the government. Issued on: 24/01/2024 – 04:29 2 min Machado said her party’s headquarters were vandalized and two of its members abducted in violation of a pact between President Nicolas Maduro’s government and the opposition for a free and fair vote.Machado published photographs on social media of her party’s headquarters sporting graffiti with the slogan “Bolivarian Fury” — a rallying cry launched by Maduro as he denounces alleged “terrorist” attempts against him. It is…

Issued on: 22/01/2024 – 15:12Modified: 22/01/2024 – 15:34 03:31 US and UK forces have carried out a string of strikes against Houthi targets in response to the Yemen-based group attacks on merchant ships in the Red Sea in recent weeks. The Houthis claims their attacks on commercial ships are aimed at supporting the Palestinians in Israel’s war in Gaza. France 24’s Wassim Nasr takes a look at the impact of the attacks on the war and the wider region. Read more on related topics: Source link

German train drivers began on Wednesday their longest-ever strike, piling on travel misery for thousands of passengers in an escalating industrial dispute that economic experts warn could cost the economy up to a billion euros ($1.1 billion). Issued on: 24/01/2024 – 04:42 2 min Transport Minister Volker Wissing has slammed as “destructive” the six-day industrial action that heaps further pressure on supply chains that are already facing disruption because of attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on shipping via the Red Sea.The prolonged action “is a strike against the German economy,” said Deutsche Bahn spokeswoman Anja Broeker, noting that cargo traffic…