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French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez held a press conference on security arrangements ahead of upcoming protests. He announced that 70,000 security forces would be mobilised on October 24 to keep order.
French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez held a press conference on security arrangements ahead of upcoming protests. He announced that 70,000 security forces would be mobilised on October 24 to keep order.
French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez held a press conference on security arrangements ahead of upcoming protests. He announced that 70,000 security forces would be mobilised on October 24 to keep order.
Dozens of protesters took to the Paris streets on Thursday despite bans on demonstrations ordered in multiple French cities following a weekend of clashes and widespread looting that marked France’s most violent unrest in years.
South African police are investigating the murder of a foreign national after violent protests by anti-immigrant groups swept through the central business district in Durban. The latest death follows months of violent rallies in which at least 10 foreigners were killed and several other countries on the continent raced to repatriate their people. Details by FRANCE 24's correspondent Eunice Masson.
French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in the western Parisian suburb of Trappes after a drive-by shooting Friday that the president’s Élysée offices called “a racist terrorist attack”. One person was killed and at least four people including a child were injured in the attack. Two of the victims have immigrant backgrounds.
Friday’s deadly shooting in the outer Parisian suburb of Trappes was “clearly a terrorist crime”, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said, adding it was "racist, probably Islamophobic". One person was killed, and least four people, including a child, were injured in a drive-by shooting.
One person was killed Friday and four were injured, including a 12-year-old child, when a man opened fire from a vehicle in the town of Trappes west of Paris, police said. French prosecutors said that they were investigating the shooting as a suspected terrorist attack. At least two of the victims have immigrant backgrounds.
One person was killed Friday and four were injured, including a 12-year-old child, when a man opened fire from a vehicle in the town of Trappes, west of Paris, police said. French prosecutors on Friday said that they were investigating the shooting as a suspected terrorist attack. At least two of the victims have immigrant backgrounds.
One person was killed and four were injured on Friday when a man opened fire from a vehicle in the town of Trappes, west of Paris, police said. French prosecutors on Friday said that they were investigating the shooting as a suspected terrorist attack.
French prosecutors on Friday said that they were investigating a shooting in Trappes, west of Paris, as a suspected terrorist attack. At least one person was killed, and four more were wounded, earlier in the day when a man opened fire from a vehicle.
"Iris," a monumental painting by Impressionist Claude Monet, sold for 50 million euros ($56 million) in Paris on Thursday, becoming the most expensive artwork ever sold at auction in France.
To identify rioters across France last weekend, French authorities are calling on people who filmed scenes of looting to assist the investigation by handing the videos in. That is an unprecedented decision - one causing debate.
"Iris," a monumental painting by Impressionist Claude Monet, sold for 50 million euros ($56 million) including buyer fees in Paris on Thursday, has become the most expensive artwork ever sold at auction in France.
Antonio Guterres's term as UN Secretary-General is coming to an end. The international organisation is looking for his replacement. Leading candidates are struggling to secure the support they need. Details from FRANCE 24's correspondent in New York, Jessica Le Masurier.
Details by FRANCE 24's correspondent in Jerusalem Noga Tarnopolsky.
French mayors Emmanuel Gregoire of Paris and Benoit Payan of Marseille have analysed the current political crisis in France and the government's choice to impose curfews in several cities to prevent violence in upcoming protests. This comes in the wake of weekend unrest and riots.
This week in Across Africa: Ivorian music lover Cédric Kouamé is on a mission to restore 20th-century African vinyl and bring old-school sounds back to modern playlists. Also, 10 years after Cameroon's worst railway disaster, families are still fighting for justice for the 79 people killed. Finally, in São Tomé and Príncipe, we discover how the islands' rich volcanic soils produce some of the worl...
As Senegal prepares to host the Youth Olympic Games (YOG), the first Olympic event ever organised in Africa, the country is pulling out all the stops to be ready on time. FRANCE 24’s Sarah Sakho and Simon Martin report.
Marseille conceded their third defeat in three Europa League games on Thursday in Graz, as an early goal was enough to seal the three points for the hosts.
Jean-Emile Jammine is pleased to welcome Gökçe Tuncel, Sociologist and post-doctoral researcher associated with the Université Paris-Est Créteil (UPEC). For Tuncel, the wave of youth-led protests across France, Albania, India and Italy reveals more than a succession of localized grievances. It signals the emergence of a political consciousness shaped by material insecurity, institutional disillusi...
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday that "illegitimate" protests would be banned in the coming days and blamed "seditious" ultra-left groups and vandals for last weekend's riots and looting.
Reza Sayah, our correspondent in Tehran Iran, has more.
Report by Jean Barrère & Guillaume Gougeon.
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday vowed to “destroy” the Palestinian city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank after two Israeli soldiers were killed at a military checkpoint there. The two gunmen were also killed in the “terrorist attack”, the army said.
The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the army to prepare for a full closure of the occupied West Bank Friday after Israeli soldiers shot and killed two men who the military said had launched a "terror attack" near the city of Hebron. Emergency services said five people were injured and evacuated to hospitals.
The World Health Organization warned Thursday that Africa faced a "complex" Ebola outbreak after the virus crossed from east Africa to Nigeria, marking the first case in the west of the continent.
Xenophobic unrest turns deadly in South Africa as a foreign national is beaten to death during a protest march in Durban, a city increasingly gripped by anti-migrant tensions. Meanwhile, as global efforts to raise awareness of lead poisoning intensify, teams in Ivory Coast go door-to-door testing homes for dangerous levels of the toxic metal. Finally, Ivorian authorities are cracking down on illeg...
