Author: France 24

In this edition of arts24, Eve Jackson meets one of Europe’s most daring and visionary artists. Exiled Russian filmmaker and theatre director Kirill Serebrennikov is in Paris with two powerful new works that confront the shadows of history and the systems that let them thrive. At the Théâtre du Châtelet, his radical, multilingual “Hamlet/Fantômes” features eight actors sharing the role of the Danish prince – speaking in English, French, German, and Russian – as Serebrennikov explores the ghosts haunting our present. On screen, his chilling new film “The Disappearance of Josef Mengele” follows the Nazi doctor’s flight to South America, revealing the silent complicity…

A team of Turkish disaster response specialists is stationed at the Egyptian border, awaiting Israeli authorisation to enter Gaza and help in search and recovery operations. The 81-member team from Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) is equipped with specialised search-and-rescue tools, including life-detection devices and trained search dogs. Story by Shirli Sitbon.

François Picard is pleased to welcome France’s celebrated economist and Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences, Philippe Aghion. Currently a Professor at the Collège de France and at INSEAD, he also serves as Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics, and is a Fellow of both the Econometric Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Mr. Aghion brings passion and deep insight into the dynamic economic model of innovation known as “creative destruction.” This concept, rooted in economics and innovation theory, describes how new ideas, technologies, or practices emerge by replacing the old and obsolete. It’s the driving…

How dirty are the clouds above France? What about that vineyard down the road: is it poisoning homes? To what extent is agriculture contaminating France’s water, air and land? Multiple studies have been released this month in France that ring alarm bells about pesticides. FRANCE 24’s Solange Mougin breaks them down for us in Entre Nous.

London’s Royal Albert Hall has swapped violins for loincloths this week as 40 sumo wrestlers take part in the city’s first Grand Sumo Tournament in 34 years. The five-day event marks the Japan Sumo Association’s first outing abroad since 2013, bringing the ancient sport’s rituals and muscle to one of the world’s most iconic stages.

US President Donald Trump says Prime Minister Narendra Modi has agreed that India will stop buying Russian oil, as American tariffs hit Indian exports to the United States. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has hinted at a possible de-escalation of the US–China trade war, while Argentina’s manufacturing sector is feeling the side effects of Javier Milei’s free-market policies.

On this month’s Arts 24 TV series show, TV critic Dheepthika Laurent chats with Eve Jackson about the standout shows hitting screens in October. From “Les Disparues de la Gare”, a gripping French true crime series based on real-life femicides, to “The Woman in Cabin 10”, a stylish yacht-set thriller starring Keira Knightley, there’s plenty to keep you hooked.

Two more bodies returned by Hamas under the fragile peace deal were identified by Israel on October 16, 2025, leaving now fifteen bodies left in Gaza. Israel expected the group to release 28 bodies by the 21st, yet only nine have made it back. Hamas says it needs special equipment to find the rest. FRANCE 24’s Noga Tarnopolsky tells us more from Jerusalem.

As a fragile ceasefire holds in Gaza, the occupied West Bank remains a flashpoint. Since October 7, settler violence and Israeli demolitions have reached unprecedented levels. Speaking to FRANCE 24, Anne-Claire Yaeesh, Handicap International’s Director for the Palestinian Territories, said these developments have “completely changed the face of the West Bank”. According to rights groups, tens of thousands of Palestinians have been displaced since January, following the launch of a large-scale Israeli military operation, and many are unable to access basic services such as healthcare. Yaeesh noted that one of her organisation’s partners, the Al Jaleel Health Centre in Jenin,…

Uruguay’s senate passed a law decriminalising euthanasia on Wednesday, putting the Latin American nation among a handful of other countries where seriously ill patients can legally obtain help to end their lives. It makes Uruguay the first country in predominantly Catholic Latin America to allow euthanasia via legislation. Colombia and Ecuador have decriminalised the practice through Supreme Court decisions.