Author: France 24

Issued on: 19/01/2024 – 22:40Modified: 19/01/2024 – 22:46 01:57 ‘Israeli forces have been pushing further south inside the Gaza Strip’, said France 24 Senior Reporter Catherine Norris Trent. They have been operating in Khan Younes, the largest city in the southern Gaza Strip, “where Gazans were initially ordered to flee at the beginning of the invasion”. “You have got people there who have been displaced numerous times already, and they are being driven further and further south”, said Trent.  Read more on related topics: Source link

Defending champions Senegal became the second qualifiers for the Africa Cup of Nations round of 16 as Ismaila Sarr, Habib Diallo and Sadio Mane scored in a 3-1 win over Cameroon on Friday. Issued on: 19/01/2024 – 22:39 2 min A few hours earlier, Cape Verde were the first country to secure a last-16 place by hammering Mozambique 3-0 in Abidjan. Sarr netted in the first half and Diallo and Mane in the second in Yamoussoukro to give the title-holders a maximum six points after two Group C matches. The losers have only one.Jean-Charles Castelletto scored late in the second half…

Back to homepage / Shows / The 51% Issued on: 19/01/2024 – 17:07 12:21 THE 51 PERCENT © FRANCE 24 Annette Young meets Ruby Raut, the Nepalese teenager who grew up to become the founder of WUKA; the first British company to manufacture reusable period pants. Also a French female MP receives a standing ovation at the nation’s parliament as she returns months after she accused a senator of having drugged her with the aim of sexual assault. The man is now facing preliminary charges. Plus how Tunisian women are using platforms such as Facebook and Instagram to promote gender…

Nablus – Since the October 7 Hamas attacks and the resulting war with Israel, the number of Palestinians in administrative detention has exploded. This emergency measure allows the Israeli government to imprison people without charge or trial for an unlimited length of time. In Nablus in the West Bank, the Muna family is still struggling for word of their son, the journalist Mohammed, taken prisoner more than six months ago. “We are suffering. We don’t know where he is, how he’s doing. We’ve seen how Israeli soldiers treat detainees since October 7. They cram them into tiny cells, they beat…

The French government will temporarily ban almost all commercial fishing in the Bay of Biscay to protect dolphins, much to the dismay of the industry. Issued on: 19/01/2024 – 17:34 2 min The month-long ban off the country’s West coast – the first since the end of World War II  is set to begin Monday and applies to both French and foreign fishermen. It follows calls by environmental activists to protect the marine mammals, pointing to a surge in dolphin deaths on the Atlantic coast.From Finistere in the extreme west of Brittany to the Spanish border, fishing will cease almost entirely…

Back to homepage / Shows / People & Profit Issued on: 19/01/2024 – 16:55 14:55 PEOPLE & PROFIT © FRANCE 24 This week, we bring you a special edition of People & Profit from the snowy Swiss resort of Davos as it hosts the annual World Economic Forum. Where will the global economy land in 2024 amid a spike in geopolitical tensions and a growing risk of fragmentation? We speak with Gita Gopinath, First Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).   Also in the programme: Chip war: How AI is transforming the semiconductor industryAs artificial intelligence advances in leaps and bounds,…

Back to homepage / Shows / arts24 Issued on: 19/01/2024 – 15:59 12:17 arts24 © FRANCE 24 Since founding her company in Melbourne in 2002, award-winning choreographer Lucy Guerin has become one of the artists defining contemporary Australian dance. Her minimalist work explores the body’s relationship to space, rhythm and people, as well as themes like time, gravity and control. In her over 20 years as a choreographer she says she’s learned to let go of her own sense of control, increasingly letting her dancers help guide her work. Lucy Guerin joined FRANCE 24’s Alison Sargent to discuss her works “Pendulum” and “How To Be…

Issued on: 17/01/2024 – 19:35 FRANCE 24 spoke to Salam Fayyad, a former prime minister of the Palestinian Authority and now a visiting senior scholar at Princeton University in the United States. After the Israel-Hamas war recently marked its 100 days, the risk of an exodus from Gaza was “serious and imminent”, he warned. “We know that tens of thousands have already left (…) I am afraid, even after the war ends – depending on what happens afterwards – that the stage is set for a lot of Palestinians leaving,” he said. Source link

North Korea said Friday that it had tested an “underwater nuclear weapon system” in response to joint naval exercises by Washington, Seoul and Tokyo that involved a US nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. Issued on: 19/01/2024 – 04:52 2 min The drills were “seriously threatening the security” of the North, so in response, Pyongyang “conducted an important test of its underwater nuclear weapon system ‘Haeil-5-23’ under development in the East Sea of Korea,” according to a statement from the defence ministry carried by state news agency KCNA.Early last year, Pyongyang said it had carried out multiple tests of a purported underwater nuclear attack drone –…

Back to homepage / Shows / Business Daily Issued on: 19/01/2024 – 15:06 05:56 BUSINESS DAILY © FRANCE 24 The World Economic Forum has wrapped up after a week of intense discussions, networking and consensus-building in the snowy Swiss mountain resort of Davos. Among some of the smaller nations taking part was Mongolia, which is trying to use the event to promote itself on the global stage as it tries to diversify its economy and bolster relations outside of its traditional allies, Russia and China. FRANCE 24’s Yuka Royer spoke to the country’s culture minister on the sidelines of the meetings. Read…