Author: France 24

“Art is my way of turning pain into hope.” Those are the words of Gaza-based photographer Belal Khaled, whose images have been seen by millions and published in Time, the Guardian and The Wall Street Journal. His work, along with that of 10 other Gaza-based photographers, is at the heart of a powerful new exhibition at P21 Gallery in London, titled “Against Erasure: Photographs from Gaza.” In a war where foreign reporters have been banned from Gaza, these photojournalists risk their lives to document what’s happening and ensure their stories are not silenced.

Facing international isolation, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took the stage on day four of the UN General Assembly on Friday (September 26). Scores of delegates have walked out of as he entered the hall to give his speech.

Global health agencies announced Wednesday that generic versions of a groundbreaking injectable drug to prevent HIV will be made available from 2027 at around $40 a year in more than 100 low and middle-income countries, a move hailed as a potential gamechanger in the fight against the AIDS epidemic.

Remco Evenepoel of Belgium won a third successive individual time-trial title at the Road Cycling World Championships in Rwanda on Sunday, suging past Tadej Pogacar in the race’s final stretch as the Tour de France winner narrowly missed out on a medal. 

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) released its latest growth projections this Thursday, outlining the challenges facing the economies in which the development bank operates. From the impact of US tariffs, to intensifying Chinese competition on exports by way of Ukraine’s wartime economy and the fiscal troubles facing countries in sub-Saharan Africa, we discuss it all with the EBRD’s chief economist, Beata Javorcik.

Palestinian photojournalist Fatma Hassona refused to be a mere statistic in Israel’s methodical destruction of Gaza. Her endeavour to document her people’s ordeal is the subject of “Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk”, a timely and heart-wrenching documentary by exiled Iranian director Sepideh Farsi, which opens in French cinemas on Wednesday.

Patients have been streaming into the already overwhelmed Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City since Israeli strikes put a number of other medical facilities in the city out of service last week. Our team spoke to hospital director Mohammed Abu Salmiya about the impossible situation they are facing. 

Following FRANCE 24’s wide-ranging interview with French President Emmanuel Macron in New York at the UN, François Picard welcomes our International Affairs Commentator Douglas Herbert and Time magazine’s veteran international correspondent Vivienne Walt to break everything down for us. With Russia’s war on Ukraine now putting NATO-member countries on high-alert and the ever-escalating conflict in the Middle East unraveling any hopes for peace, Macron finds himself performing a complex and delicate balancing act in an “almost impossible situation right now,” Ms. Walt explains. The French president seeks consensus, through the force of diplomacy, cognisant “that the most isolated leaders in…

In a harrowing testimony on FRANCE 24, Dr. Nada Al-Hadithy, a British surgeon who spent a month in Gaza this summer treating civilians at Nasser Hospital, describes cases of children dismembered and burned alive amid the Israeli assault on Gaza. She also describes repeated attacks on health workers. 1700 Gaza health workers have been killed, abducted or arbitrarily detained since October 2023.

France forward Ousmane Dembélé won the men’s Ballon d’Or at a ceremony in Paris on Monday, the most prestigious individual award in football rewarding his starring role in the Paris Saint-Germain side that won the Champions League last season.