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Back to homepage / Shows / Africa Cup of Nations 2024 Issued on: 30/01/2024 – 00:51 16:30 AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS © FRANCE 24 Hosts Ivory Coast have reached the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations after knocking out defending champions Senegal on penalties. The Lions of Teranga opened the score with Habib Diallo thrashing in the top corner. Franck Kessie equalised for the Elephants from the spot late in the second half. With nothing to break the deadlock, Moussa Niakhaté missed the crucial kick as Kessie scored to send Ivory Coast through.  Earlier in the day, Cape Verde secured their spot…

Issued on: 30/01/2024 – 10:37Modified: 30/01/2024 – 10:56 01:55 The US military on Monday released the names of the three Army Reserve soldiers killed in Sunday’s drone attack by Iran-backed militants in Jordan, with the youngest victim just 23 years ol Read more on related topics: Source link

A Pakistani court on Tuesday sentenced former Prime Minister Imran Khan and one of his party deputies to 10 years in prison each, after finding them guilty of revealing official secrets. Issued on: 30/01/2024 – 09:11 1 min According to Zulfiqar Bukhari, spokesman for Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, the court announced the verdict at a prison in the garrison city of Rawalpindi.Khan, who was ousted through a no-confidence vote in Parliament in April 2022, is currently serving a three-year prison sentence in a graft case.The latest development comes ahead of the Feb. 8 parliamentary elections in Pakistan – a vote…

Hosts Ivory Coast stunned Senegal at the Africa Cup of Nations on Monday, knocking out the reigning champions on penalties in the last 16 to keep their hopes of winning the title on home soil alive. Issued on: 30/01/2024 – 01:15Modified: 30/01/2024 – 03:52 3 min A week ago it looked as if the Ivorians were set for a humiliating group-stage exit from their own AFCON, but now they are into the quarter-finals after beating Senegal 5-4 on penalties following a tie that finished 1-1 at the end of extra time.The Elephants scraped into the knockout phase with the worst…

Issued on: 29/01/2024 – 20:29 What is Washington to do about Mideast mission creep? What response from the United States after the weekend attack in Jordan that’s killed three of its troops? It has already hit back at Iran-backed militias in Iraq and Syria but to what effect? And with air strikes so far failing to deter Houthis from targeting commercial shipping in the Red Sea, how to stop Iran from testing the West’s resolve?We will ask how much Tehran’s had a hand in Hamas’ October 7th attack and its aftermath, and what went down in Paris this past weekend as Israel…

Britain’s top climate change advisory body on Tuesday accused Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of creating “mixed signals and a perception of “slowing UK climate ambition”, as it demanded renewed action. Issued on: 30/01/2024 – 04:31 2 min  The Climate Change Committee (CCC) said the country’s image as a leader on the issue had suffered since a speech by Sunak in September in which he put the brakes on several net-zero initiatives.The Conservative government has also approved a new coal mine and licensed new oil and gas production while postponing a plan to bar the sale of petrol and diesel cars…

Issued on: 29/01/2024 – 20:55Modified: 29/01/2024 – 21:23 01:57 The White House on Monday vowed a “very consequential response” to a drone attack on a base in Jordan that killed three American troops, with President Joe Biden blaming Iran-backed militants.  Read more on related topics: Source link

Mali and Burkina Faso said Monday they had sent ECOWAS “formal notice” of their withdrawal from the West African bloc, with Niger expected to follow. Issued on: 29/01/2024 – 21:54 1 min The military regimes in all three countries had announced plans to withdraw from the West African bloc, accusing it of posing a threat to their sovereignty. The foreign affairs ministry in Mali showed AFP a copy of the letter it sent to ECOWAS, while Burkina Faso’s official news agency reported it had sent an official notice. No information emerged from Niger, but the statements from its two neighbours stressed the…

Issued on: 29/01/2024 – 14:34Modified: 29/01/2024 – 14:58 05:20 The United Nations Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) said on Monday that it would not be able to continue operations in Gaza and across the region beyond the end of February if funding were not resumed. A string of countries including the United States, Germany and Britain have paused their funding to the aid agency in the wake of allegations that 12 UNRWA staff were involved in the Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas in southern Israel. Irris Makler, France 24’s correspondent in Jerusalem, has the latest. Read more on related topics: Source…

Back to homepage / Shows / Focus Issued on: 29/01/2024 – 12:58 05:55 Focus © France 24 Germany’s far-right AfD (Alternative für Deutschland) party is gaining momentum. For the past few months, it has been capitalising on widespread fears among the population over the war in Ukraine, immigration and inflation, as well as the challenges faced by the ruling coalition. The AfD has been on the radar of German intelligence services for several years, and some regional branches of the party are clearly identified as a threat due to their radicalism. But it was the revelations from investigative media outlet…