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Senegal’s President Macky Sall has proposed a general amnesty bill for political protesters arrested since 2021, as he holds talks to end fresh turmoil over delayed elections. Issued on: 27/02/2024 – 05:38 3 min The West African nation is facing its worst political crisis in decades after Sall abruptly deferred the February 25 presidential vote just hours before campaigning was due to begin.The Constitutional Council overturned the delay and Sall, whose second term is scheduled to end on April 2, launched two days of talks to set a new poll date.He announced the amnesty bill at the start of what…

President Joe Biden and Donald Trump will both visit the US-Mexico border on Thursday in a high-profile clash of schedules as they vie to win over voters on immigration — one of the hottest issues in the 2024 election. Issued on: 27/02/2024 – 01:12 3 min With record numbers of migrants crossing into the United States, Biden has sought to defuse a major threat to his reelection campaign by blaming Congress for failing to back his reforms.For Trump, a hard anti-immigration stance has been central to his political identity for years, and he has repeatedly vowed to crack down on…

Issued on: 26/02/2024 – 22:19Modified: 26/02/2024 – 22:33 01:25 Andrew Hilliar © France 24 The Israeli military on Monday struck targets “deep inside Lebanon”. The strikes fit a pattern “of a slow and steady escalation along Israel’s northern border with Lebanon”, said FRANCE24 correspondent in Jerusalem Andrew Hilliar. There has also been a steady increase in military and civilian deaths on both sides, added Hilliar.  Read more on related topics: Source link

Hungary’s parliament voted Monday to ratify Sweden’s bid to join NATO, bringing an end to more than 18 months of delays that have frustrated the alliance as it seeks to expand in response to Russia’s war in Ukraine. Issued on: 26/02/2024 – 16:53 3 min The vote, which passed with 188 votes for and six against, came as a culmination of months of wrangling by Hungary’s allies to convince its nationalist government to lift its block on Sweden’s membership. The government of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán submitted the protocols for approving Sweden’s entry into NATO in July 2022, but the…

Back to homepage / Shows / arts24 Issued on: 26/02/2024 – 18:47 12:38 arts24 © FRANCE 24 Violinist Alena Baeva is Russian, Luxembourgish Polish and Ukrainian. With her Ukrainian husband, the pianist Vadym Kholodenko, she has just released a new album entitled “Fantasy”, which revisits dream-tinted music by Franz Schubert, Igor Stravinsky, Robert Schumann and Olivier Messiaen. The duo are currently touring the record and the award-winning soloist stopped by arts24 to tell us more about it. We also take a look at other new collaborative albums including Ye (Kanye West) and Ty Dolla Sign’s “Vultures 1”, as well as Liam…

Farmers faced off with riot police in Brussels streets paralysed by tractors on Monday, as EU ministers huddled to try to streamline rules and red tape that are fuelling protests across the bloc.  Issued on: 26/02/2024 – 16:55 3 min An estimated 900 tractors brought the city’s European quarter to a halt — for the second time in a month — with farmers hurling eggs, burning tyres and setting off fireworks while officers fired water cannon and tear gas to press them back.While the day saw no serious clashes, it represented a new show of force in the Europe-wide farmers’…

Back to homepage / Shows / Focus Issued on: 26/02/2024 – 13:25Modified: 26/02/2024 – 13:29 06:14 FOCUS © FRANCE 24 In Israel, ultra-Orthodox Jews make up 15 percent of the population and enjoy a special status. They do not pay certain taxes and are exempt from military service, a privilege that has been questioned by some politicians since the war against Hamas broke out. But following the October 7 attacks, thousands of young ultra-Orthodox men have come forward to volunteer in the armed forces, even if their families don’t always support them in this endeavour. Our team on the ground reports.…

Associates of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Monday that talks were underway shortly before his death to exchange him for a Russian imprisoned in Germany. Issued on: 26/02/2024 – 15:38 2 min “Alexei Navalny could have been sitting here now, today. It’s not a figure of speech,” Maria Pevchikh, who lives outside Russia, said in a video statement. She said she received confirmation the talks were in the “final stages” on Feb. 15, the day before Navalny was reported dead. According to Pevchikh, Navalny and two U.S. citizens held in Russia were supposed to be swapped for Vadim Krasikov. He…

A French journalist has been arrested and detained in Ethiopia since February 22 on suspicions of conspiring “to create chaos” in the country, his employer, the specialist publication Africa Intelligence, announced on Monday. Issued on: 26/02/2024 – 10:30 3 min Antoine Galindo had travelled to Ethiopia to cover the African Union summit earlier this month for the specialist publication Africa Intelligence.Following his arrest on Thursday, he was brought before a judge on Saturday, who ordered his detention extended until March 1, Africa Intelligence said, condemning the “unjustified arrest”.”These spurious accusations are not based on any tangible evidence that might justify…

Issued on: 26/02/2024 – 10:57 Agriculture ministers from around the European Union are gathering in Brussels this Monday to discuss ways to address demands of protesting farmers. In today’s Business Daily, we look at some of the proposals put forward by the EU Commission to make things easier for farmers. Also in this edition, FRANCE 24’s Emerald Maxwell takes a look at a type of online scam called “pig butchering”, where users of dating websites fall for fake crypto investments. Source link