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Six sailors set out on the 40,000km around-the-world Ultim Challenge from France on Sunday, hoping to complete one of the sport’s “biggest challenges” inside 50 days. Issued on: 07/01/2024 – 21:27 2 min Under bright winter sunshine in the Brittany port of Brest, the first such race on super-powerful but relatively fragile trimarans got underway.The Edmond de Rothschild, helmed by Charles Caudrelier, was the early evening leader with an advantage of a few nautical miles.Caudrelier, Tom Laperche (SVR Lazartigue), Thomas Coville (Sodebo), Armel Le Cleac’h (Banque Populaire), Anthony Marchand (Actual) and Eric Peron (Adagio) were the six men to cross…

Back to homepage / Shows / The Debate Issued on: 08/01/2024 – 20:11 44:42 Draw down or second front? © France24 Second front or wind it down? The New Year begins with yet another trip by the U.S. Secretary of State to Israel. What message does Antony Blinken carry for Benjamin Netanyahu? As the war in Gaza enters its fourth month, we will ask about Washington’s calls for restraint and the potential for escalation with Lebanon, this in the wake of last week’s air strike that killed a senior Hamas official in a Hezbollah stronghold of Beirut. Blinken’s visit comes…

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has resigned, the French presidency said on Monday, as President Emmanuel Macron seeks to give a new impetus to his second mandate ahead of European parliament elections and the Paris Olympics this summer.  Issued on: 08/01/2024 – 18:07 2 min Macron did not immediately name her successor.The French President and his government have struggled to deal with more turbulent lawmakers to pass laws since losing their absolute majority in parliament shortly after Macron was reelected for a second mandate in 2022.The change in prime minister comes after a year marred by political crises triggered by…

Back to homepage / Shows / The Interview Issued on: 08/01/2024 – 17:33 12:11 THE INTERVIEW © FRANCE 24 In exactly 200 days from now, the Olympic Games will be taking over Paris. There are promises of sporting glory, but security and logistical challenges are already raising a number of concerns, especially over the ambitious opening ceremony on the River Seine. FRANCE 24’s James Vasina spoke to Christophe Dubi, the Olympic Games Executive Director at the International Olympic Committee (IOC), who sounded an optimistic note. “We feel extremely confident,” Dubi said in an interview from Lausanne, Switzerland. “These games are incredibly well-designed…

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…

An Israeli strike killed six Palestinians in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, four of whom were brothers. The attack took place in the city of Jenin and left a total of seven dead, including an Israeli police officer. As the family of the brothers buried their “martyrs”, others are still waiting for the remains of relatives held by the Israeli army to be returned.  She doesn’t cry. She doesn’t speak. Ibtesam Darwish simply looks stunned. “I wasn’t just their mother, I was their friend,” she says. “We were so close.”Sitting in her neighbour’s courtyard in Qabatiya, a city in the northern occupied West Bank, she waits…

Issued on: 08/01/2024 – 12:13Modified: 08/01/2024 – 12:38 01:23 Historical drama “Oppenheimer” dominated the Golden Globe awards on Sunday, taking five prizes including best drama. But there was disappointment for fellow summer blockbuster “Barbie” which lost out in the best comedy category. Read more on related topics: Source link

Franz Beckenbauer, one of Germany’s greatest soccer players, who captained the team to World Cup victory in 1974 then won the tournament again as manager in 1990, has died at the age of 78, German news agency DPA reported on Monday.  Issued on: 08/01/2024 – 17:49 1 min Beckenbauer was a classy, dominant presence on the pitch for West Germany and Bayern Munich in the 1960s and 70s, using the calmness on the ball and effortless distribution that marked his midfield performances to virtually invent the central defensive sweeper role where he found most success.He collected 103 caps for West…

Issued on: 08/01/2024 – 10:24Modified: 08/01/2024 – 11:12 01:11 Gaza has been rendered “uninhabitable” by three months of war, the UN’s humanitarian chief has warned, as Israeli bombs continued to pound the besieged Palestinian enclave over the weekend. Read more on related topics: Source link

The city of Paris is immortalizing late British music icon David Bowie by naming a street after him in the city’s southeast on what would have been his 77th birthday on Monday.   Issued on: 08/01/2024 – 16:38 1 min The inauguration of rue David Bowie was first announced in 2020 by Jérôme Coumet, mayor of the 13th arrondissement. Bowie died of cancer in 2016.The new street, situated between two modern office buildings, including the headquarters of news publications Le Monde and L’Obs, opens onto avenue Pierre-Mendes-France and will connect to the future bridge linking the avenue to boulevard de l’Hopital,…