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Issued on: 27/02/2024 – 14:23Modified: 27/02/2024 – 15:31 04:57 Cautious optimism as Biden says ceasefire deal near © France 24 There is a very cautious optimism for a ceasefire, and even some pushback against Joe Biden’s comments that a ceasefire deal could be in place as early as next week, said FRANCE 24’s journalist in Jerusalem, Andrew Hilliar. “There are talks going on between Hamas and Israeli officials this week in Doha [with] a concerted effort by some of the parties involved to build momentum ahead of Ramadan [ . . .] by leaking details of truce talks to the…

The French government issued a decree Tuesday banning the term “steak” on the label of vegetarian products, saying it was reserved for meat alone.  Issued on: 27/02/2024 – 15:36 1 min Other terms that can no longer be used for meat-free products include “escalope”, “ham”, “filet” and “prime rib”, according to the decree.The ruling is a response to a long-standing complaint by the meat industry that terms like “vegetarian ham” or “vegan sausage” were confusing for consumers.It is based on a 2020 law whose application was temporarily suspended by the State Council in June 2022 after a complaint from Proteines…

French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said Tuesday that nothing was off the table in Western efforts to prevent a Russian victory in Ukraine. Issued on: 27/02/2024 – 10:29Modified: 27/02/2024 – 10:32 1 min Speaking a day after President Emmanuel Macron said that sending Western ground troops was not excluded, Attal said that “you can’t rule anything out in a war”.This declaration also came less than two weeks after France signed a security pact with Ukraine, pledging “up to €3 billion” in additional military aid.Attal told the RTL broadcaster that there was “no consensus” on any “official” deployment of ground troops.”But no…

A Russian court on Tuesday sentenced top human rights campaigner Oleg Orlov to two and a half years in jail for denouncing Russia’s assault on Ukraine. Issued on: 27/02/2024 – 11:56 1 min The 70-year-old, a key figure of the Nobel Prize-winning Memorial group, is the latest target of Kremlin repression, which has intensified since the offensive in Ukraine.”The court has determined Orlov’s guilt and orders a sentence of two years and six months… in a general regime penal colony,” the judge said.As the judge read the verdict, the bespectacled, white-haired activist winked at his wife, fellow activist Tatyana.He was…

Issued on: 27/02/2024 – 10:39Modified: 27/02/2024 – 11:31 02:15 An Israeli flag hangs from a home in the northern Israeli kibbutz of Amir. © FRANCE 24 After months of delays, municipal elections are finally taking place across many parts of Israel on Tuesday. But in communities close to the Gaza Strip and the Lebanese border, the vote has been delayed for a third time, in a sign of the tension and upheaval many are still going through since the war with Hamas broke out on October 7. In northern Israel, where clashes have intensified over the past few months, many…

Back to homepage / Middle East Hamas has received a draft proposal from Gaza truce talks in Paris for a pause in military operations and the exchange of Palestinian prisoners for Israeli hostages, a senior source close to the talks said on Tuesday.  Issued on: 27/02/2024 – 11:23Modified: 27/02/2024 – 11:39 2 min File photo: Demonstrators in support of Palestine and Gaza participate in an evening protest along Steinway Street on October 18, 2023 in the Queens borough of New York City. © Spencer Platt, Getty Images via AFP U.S. President Joe Biden said Israel has agreed to halt military…

Back to homepage / Shows / Business Daily Issued on: 27/02/2024 – 11:23 07:03 BUSINESS DAILY © FRANCE 24 As Cuba’s week-long Habano festival kicks off, partly state-owned cigar manufacturer Habanos SA announced a 31 percent boost in revenue over the course of 2023. The record turnover is due to high demand for luxury products globally in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Also in this edition, we take a look at the European Union’s plans to make its defense industry more self-reliant, as well as fresh data highlighting the gender pay gap in the Australian private sector. Read more…

Issued on: 25/02/2024 – 11:28Modified: 27/02/2024 – 09:15 01:47 Anti-government protesters were also out in Tel Aviv, blocking streets and calling for Netanyahu’s government to step down as authorities deployed water cannons and mounted officers in a bid to disperse them. Read more on related topics: Source link

The US state of Michigan votes Tuesday in a presidential primary that is expected to be another ticker-tape parade for Republican Donald Trump — but could deliver Democratic leader Joe Biden a bloody nose over the war in Gaza. Issued on: 27/02/2024 – 03:14 3 min Biden faces no serious opposition to being nominated to run for a second term in the White House.But as the civilian death toll mounts in the conflict between Israel and Hamas, he has seen support erode among Muslims and Arab Americans, a bloc crucial to his narrow 2020 victory over Trump in Michigan.Activists in…

Gaza’s health ministry collects data from the enclave’s hospitals and the Palestinian Red Crescent.The health ministry does not report how Palestinians were killed, whether from Israeli airstrikes and artillery barrages or errant Palestinian rocket fire. It describes all casualties as victims of “Israeli aggression”.The ministry also does not distinguish between civilians and combatants. Throughout four wars and numerous skirmishes between Israel and Hamas, UN agencies have cited the Hamas-run health ministry’s death tolls in regular reports. The International Committee of the Red Cross and Palestinian Red Crescent also use the numbers.In the aftermath of war, the UN humanitarian office has published…