Cannes Film Festival: Who will win the Palme d’Or?
What are festivalgoers predicting? How many films have they watched? We took to the Croisette in Cannes to ask people who they think will win this year’s Palme d’Or 👀📽️
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Bangladesh: "Donald Trump" albino buffalo becomes social media star
An #albino buffalo bought to be sacrificed at #Bangladesh's Eid al-Adha has become a social media star over his style flock of yellow hair, earning him the nickname "Donald #Trump", in reference to the #US President's signature style. The buffalo was genetically-modified to be an albino.
'Donald Trump' albino buffalo becomes social media star ahead in Bangladesh
An #albino buffalo bought to be sacrificed at Bangladesh's Eid al-Adha has become a social media star over his style flock of yellow hair, which led him to be named after #US President Donald #Trump. His yellow hair and pale colour is due t
Rami Malek compares new Cannes role to Freddie Mercury performance
Oscar-winning actor Rami Malek has returned to the Cannes spotlight with "The Man I Love", the latest film from indie director Ira Sachs, premiering on the Croisette alongside co-stars Rebecca Hall, Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Tom Sturridge. The film sees Malek play a downtown New York performance artist during the late 1980s AIDS crisis – a role the actor compared to portraying Freddie Mercury in "Boh...
Rami Malek compares new Cannes role to Freddie Mercury performance
Oscar-winning actor Rami Malek returned to the Cannes spotlight with 'The Man I Love', the latest film from indie director Ira Sachs, premiering on the Croisette alongside co-stars Rebecca Hall, Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Tom Sturridge. The film sees Malek play a downtown New York performance artist during the late-1980s AIDS crisis – a role the actor compared to portraying Freddie Mercury in 'Bohemia...
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Cannes: Rami Malek on new film and Girl in Red makes her debut
France 24's Eve Jackson and Stella Elgersma report from the Cannes film festival, where Rami Malek has been talking about his new film The Man I Love, a musical fantasy drama film directed by Ira Sachs, and Norwegian pop star Girl in Red is making her acting debut with Low Expectations.
Iran war squeezes Europe’s economy as growth slumps, prices surge
Europe’s economy is slowing sharply as the Iran war drives up energy costs, deepening pressure on households and challenging policy makers. Fresh data for May showed euro zone business activity contracted at its fastest pace in more than two years while inflation pressures intensified, raising fears of a prolonged cost-of-living crunch and possible recession.
Ukraine's bird lovers long for peaceful skies
As the war rages on, Ukraine's birds are increasingly becoming victims of the battlefield, pushing volunteers and soldiers to try to rescue and treat injured birds. Skies once filled with birds are now crowded with drones, and constant aerial bombardments have wrecked a delicate ecosystem across a 1,200-kilometre frontline – including birds' nesting grounds and migratory routes.
SpaceX unveils IPO plans that could make Musk world's first trillionaire
Elon Musk's SpaceX has publicly filed details about its upcoming initial public offering, highlighting both the company's ambitious goals in space and its financial results. A successful share sale could value the company at a record-setting $1.75 trillion, which would put its founder on track to become the first trillionaire in history.
Trump's popularity plummets as inflation soars
As inflation continues to rise in the United States, Donald Trump’s popularity is at an all-time low. According to a recent poll, 46 percent of Americans are unhappy with his economic policies, with consumer spending sluggish and anxiety mounting.
DR Congo Ebola outbreak spreads to rebel-held South Kivu
A case of Ebola has been confirmed in Democratic Republic of Congo's South Kivu province - hundreds of kilometres from the outbreak's epicentre - according to the rebel alliance that controls the area. It marks an expansion of an outbreak of a rare strain that was detected last week and raises further concerns about difficulties in accessing the areas hit by the epidemic, with widespread armed ...
Taiwan president says 'happy' to take up Trump's offer of call
Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te said Thursday he would be "happy" to talk to US leader Donald Trump, a conversation that would break more than four decades of diplomatic protocol and drew pre-emptive ire from China. Trump told reporters on Wednesday that he would speak to Lai, as the White House weighs arms sales to the democratic island.
Powering the AI inference boom: Is it time to downsize the data centre?
In the world of artificial intelligence, the focus used to be on training AI models. Now, increasingly, it's on "inference" – the actual execution of the tasks we ask these systems to perform. David Gurlé is a French tech entrepreneur whose startup Antimatter aims to service the inference boom with energy solutions, mini data centres that fit inside a container and appropriate software – for only ...
Paris: JR turns oldest bridge into 'monumental' cavern
The Pont Neuf is a 419 year-old bridge, the oldest in #Paris - and now a temporary #mountain cave. Parisian #artist #JR unveiled his new public work on May 21. It will be fully accessible for three weeks starting June 6, with visitors able to discover the work's soundtrack provided by an ex-member of #DaftPunk.
Mexican mother finds remains of son missing for seven years
A Mexican mother found the bones of her son in the desert, seven years after he was kidnapped by a drug cartel. The woman is a well-known figure in Mexico, where she leads a collective of mothers looking for their missing loved ones.
Cannes, Canal+, Bolloré, blacklists: Is France's cultural diversity under threat?
Is France's cultural diversity under threat? As the UN celebrates cultural diversity, and as the Cannes Film Festival weathers a fight over a possible blacklist at film producer Canal+, we take a look at what happened in Cannes. We dive into the concerns over the conservative billionaire Vincent Bolloré's influence in the French cultural landscape and explore whether France's diverse offering of c...
France condemns Israel as it deports 37 French nationals over Gaza flotilla
France said Israel is deporting 37 French nationals detained aboard a Gaza-bound aid flotilla to Turkey, as Paris summoned a senior Israeli diplomat over a video showing Israel's national security minister taunting the activists. France said it was too early to discuss sanctions against the minister.
'Extremely embarrassing' for govt but no reprimand for Ben-Gvir over flotilla video
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called the treatment of detained Gaza flotilla activists by National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir “not in line with Israel's values and norms”, after a video of Ben-Gvir taunting the detainees sparked international outcry. However, while “extremely embarrassing” for the Israeli government, there has been little in the way of reprimand for Ben-Gvi...
'Late Show' host Stephen Colbert bows out after show cancelled
Stephen Colbert’s long goodbye to late-night TV ends Thursday night when the host of “The Late Show” appears behind his CBS desk for the final time. CBS announced last summer that Colbert’s show would end, citing economic reasons after 11 seasons. But many — including Colbert — have expressed skepticism that President Donald Trump’s repeated criticism of the show wasn't a factor.
More than a dozen arrested in France schools abuse scandal
The French capital has been shaken for over a year by a series of abuse cases involving staff at after-school programs. Now, 16 people have been arrested, suspected of physical and sexual assaults on children at one pre-school. But this is far from an isolated incident - Paris investigators have been looking into allegations at over 100 pre-schools and primary schools.
Combatting the ‘systematic pattern’ of femicide in Kenya
Recent years have seen protests erupt across Kenyan cities over an alarming rise in gender-based violence and recent spate of high-profile killings has put the country’s femicide crisis back in the spotlight. Women's rights organisations say enough is enough and many gathered in Nairobi on Wednesday to demand government action. France 24’s Bastien Renouil met with one of the women leading the char...
French court finds Air France, Airbus guilty over 2009 Rio-Paris crash
A Paris appeals court Thursday found Air France and Airbus guilty of involuntary manslaughter over the 2009 crash of a Rio-Paris flight that killed 228 people, the worst disaster in France's aviation history.
Director Ron Howard on Cannes, Hollywood and his new film on photographer Richard Avedon
Oscar-winning filmmaker Ron Howard returns to the Cannes Film Festival with "Avedon", a new documentary about legendary photographer Richard Avedon. From "Apollo 13" to "A Beautiful Mind", Howard reflects on a lifetime of storytelling, the changing face of America and the creative curiosity that still drives him after nearly seven decades in Hollywood.
Gun violence in Guadeloupe: A never-ending fight against firearms
On the French Caribbean archipelago of Guadeloupe, there is one gun for every 10 residents. Since the beginning of the year, 12 people have already been shot and killed by gunfire. Anti-crime brigades are doing their best to address the issue, but the number of offenders is on the rise and they are increasingly young. Our France 2 colleagues report, with FRANCE 24's Lauren Bain.
Russian secret services target Latvia as Ukraine's drone offensive worries the Kremlin
The Russian secret services on Monday accused Latvia without evidence of helping Ukraine strike Russian targets using drones, and threatened the Baltic state with military retaliation. But the targeting of Latvia by the Kremlin, which continues to deploy new tactics in its hybrid war, was no accident.
French court finds Air France, Airbus guilty of involuntary manslaughter over 2009 Rio-Paris crash
Air France and Airbus were on Thursday found guilty of involuntary manslaughter by a Paris appeals court in connection to the 2009 crash of a Rio-Paris flight that killed 228 people, the worst disaster in France's aviation history.
French court finds Air France, Airbus guilty of involuntary manslaughter over 2009 crash
Air France and Airbus were on Thursday found guilty of involuntary manslaughter by a Paris appeals court in connection to the 2009 crash of a Rio-Paris flight that killed 228 people, the worst disaster in France's aviation history.
India-Africa summit postponed due to Ebola outbreak, first case confirmed in South Kivu
India and the African Union (AU) on Thursday postponed the India-Africa Forum Summit scheduled for next week in New Delhi, due to the "emerging public health situation" in Africa, India's foreign ministry said, in an apparent reference to the Ebola outbreak. A first Ebola case was confirmed in the DR Congo's rebel-held South Kivu province.
'I'm a music fan first before I'm a musician': Up-and-coming UK soul star Nectar Woode
An up-and-coming soul star has spoken to FRANCE 24 about her love for music, and her new collaboration with the megastar Elton John. Nectar Woode was raised in the UK by British Ghanaian parents, and is already becoming a huge star with a series of releases, her latest called "Naturally". She also gave us the exclusive news that her next track due out in June has Elton John playing keyboards. She ...
Israel's Ben-Gvir sees 'no innocent people in Gaza or even Europe': Journalist Gideon Levy
FRANCE 24's François Picard welcomes veteran Israeli journalist and Haaretz columnist Gideon Levy. He offers a scathing analysis of Israeli politics, the Gaza war, the unprecedented rise of xenophobic nationalism and Israel's growing dependence on the United States. Speaking from Tel Aviv amid mounting electoral tensions, Levy argues that "everything – war and peace, domestic politics, legislation...