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In tonight's programme: A joint statement is issued by DR Congo and Rwanda, where both nations have agreed to take steps to advance last year's stalled peace accord. Also, Senegal says it's not losing its 2025 Africa Cup of Nations title without a fight. And in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, a groundbreaking menstrual leave policy for government employees is making a difference and proving a success.
In tonight's program, in a joint statement from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, both nations have agreed to take steps to advance last year's stalled peace accord. Also, Senegal says it's not losing its 2025 Africa Cup of Nations title without a fight. And in the Kenyan capital, a groundbreaking menstrual leave policy for government employees is making a difference and proving a succe...
Natural gas prices soared as attacks intensified on energy infrastructure in the Middle East. The Ras Laffan plant in Qatar has sustained "significant damage", according to its operators, which could take years to fully repair. That will have a significant impact on global supplies, because the facility produces around a fifth of the world's LNG. Also in the show: the World Trade Organization warn...
Natural gas prices soared, as attacks intensified on energy infrastracture in the Middle East. The Ras Laffan plant in Qatar has sustained 'significant damage,' according to its operators, which could take years to fully repair. That will have a significant impact on global supplies, because the facility produces around a fifth of the world's LNG. Also in the show - the World Trade Organization wa...
Several candidates from France’s mainstream left have joined forces with Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s France Unbowed to boost their chances in mayoral runoffs on Sunday, even as others reject any association with the hard-left party, exposing a deepening divide in the French left ahead of next year's presidential election.
Mark Owen is pleased to welcome Dr. Hanna Shelest, Director of Security Studies and Global Outreach Programmes at the Foreign Policy Council Ukrainian Prism and editor-in-chief at UA: Ukraine Analytica. According to Dr. Shelest, Ukrainian forces demonstrate that with adaptive strategy, technological innovation and timely support, it is possible not only to resist but to go on the offensive. Yet th...
Mark Owen is pleased to welcome Dr. Hanna Shelest, Director of Security Studies and Global Outreach Programmes at the Foreign Policy Council 'Ukrainian Prism' and Editor-in-chief at UA: Ukraine Analytica. According to Dr. Hanna Shelest, Ukrainian forces demonstrate that with adaptive strategy, technological innovation, and timely support, it is possible not only to resist but to go on the offensiv...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday denied what he called "fake news" that Israel had dragged US President Donald Trump into war with Iran. "Does anyone really think that someone can tell President Trump what to do?" Netanyahu told journalist at a press conference. Reporting from Jerusalem, FRANCE 24's Noga Tarnopolsky explains that Netanyahu's remarks were directed to an audienc...
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s press briefing Thursday on the Iran war was targeted at an “audience of one”, says FRANCE 24’s Noga Tarnopolsky, reporting from Jerusalem, noting that his message was directed at President Donald Trump. The briefing provided a “behind-the-scenes peek” into “the manner in which Prime Minister Netanyahu framed the Iran situation for Donald Trump,” Tarnopolsky notes.
Watch Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's press conference on the Iran war.
The Middle East War is on its 19th day, the next phase could well be its most decisive. With a perceived split in US and Israeli strategy now emerging. If we can believe Donald Trump’s words. He says Israel bomned Iran’s gas field “without his knowledge.Then Trump, perhaps playing catch up, threatens to “blow up” - his phrase - Iran’s South Pars gasfield if Iran strikes Qatar. A move experts say w...
A Yazidi woman held as a sex slave by the Islamic State (IS) group recounted her harrowing ordeal before a French court Thursday, detailing her abduction, repeated rapes and forced sales. The trial of French jihadist Sabri Essid, prosecuted in absentia for genocide and crimes against humanity, marks France’s first case on IS group atrocities against the Yazidis.
A Yazidi woman held as a sex slave by the Islamic State recounted her harrowing ordeal before a French court Thursday, detailing abduction, repeated sexual assault, and forced sales. She testified in the trial of French jihadist Sabri Essid, prosecuted in absentia for genocide and crimes against humanity, marking France’s first case addressing IS atrocities against Yazidis.
French billionaire Vincent Bolloré is set to face trial on corruption and embezzlement charges linked to election campaigns in Togo and Guinea between 2009 and 2011, prosecutors said on Thursday. Bolloré, the former head of his family’s eponymous multinational group, is accused of undercharging for services provided to presidential candidates in both countries in exchange for port contracts.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino on Thursday underlined the body's commitment to making sure the World Cup goes ahead "as scheduled" with "all teams" taking part amid doubts about Iran's presence at the tournament.
In a shock, historic decision, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) announced that it is withdrawing the Africa Cup of Nations trophy from Senegal, awarding it instead to Morocco. The decision follows complaints from the host nation Moroccan, after a highly contested final. The news has left many Senegalese in shock, torn between confusion and anger, as FRANCE 24’s team in Dakar reports.
In an interview with FRANCE 24, Elliott Abrams, a former special envoy of US President Donald Trump to Iran, dismissed as "foolishness" the idea that Israel led Trump into war with Tehran. Abrams, who served during Trump's first term in office, said he backed the ongoing war, saying that "five presidents in a row" had vowed to prevent a nuclear Iran but Trump "is the first person who's really acti...
#Mumbai rang with drums as it celebrated the #GudiPadwa festival, which marks the start of the new year in #Marathi culture and the arrival of spring. "Gudi" references the flag of Lord Brahma, creator of the universe according to Hindus, and "Padwa" means the first day of the lunar phase.
As the Iran-Israel-US-Lebanon war makes headlines around the world, what is happening in the occupied West Bank? Expropriation of Palestinian land, settler attacks and killings have long been the story of the West Bank, but human rights campaigners and experts say that amid the fog of regional war, attacks are on the rise and Israeli settlers are emboldened. We take a closer look in this special e...
Nadia Massih is pleased to welcome Dr. Adi Imsirovic, Author, Director at Surrey Clean Energy and Lecturer on Energy Systems at Oxford University. According to Dr.Imsirovic, we are witnessing a structural rupture in the norms that have quietly governed conflict in energy-producing regions for decades. Critical energy infrastructure was largely kept off the battlefield, until now. This boundary has...
Six Western allies, including Britain, France, Germany and Japan, said in a joint statement Thursday they were ready "to contribute to appropriate efforts to ensure safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz". The statement came as around 20,000 seafarers remained stuck on approximately 3,200 vessels west of the Strait of Hormuz, according to the International Maritime Organization, due to an effec...
The blast struck without warning in the Palestinian town of Beit Awa, sending a hail of missile fragments through a beauty salon and killing four women inside. In the Israeli-occupied West Bank, the first Palestinian deaths in the Middle East war have sharpened a sense of helplessness as they find themselves ensnared in the crossfire of yet another conflict.
The Paris mayoral race narrowed on Monday as a former minister hoping to wrest control of the French capital from the left sealed a deal to join forces with a fellow right-winger for the second-round run-off. Her main rival is Socialist former deputy mayor Emmanuel Gregoire, who came out well ahead of her in the first round of voting on Sunday. FRANCE 24's French Politics Editor Marc Perelman tell...
The second round of French municipal elections are taking place this coming weekend, but the vast majority of mayors – particularly in small towns – have already been elected. In this edition of Entre Nous, we take a look at what the job entails, why so many mayors say they are exhausted, why so many of them have quit in the past term... and how to properly wear a mayoral sash.
#Israel hit Iranian's pat of the South Pars #gas field, the world's largest offshore reservoir #Tehran shares with #Doha. In retaliation for the strikes, #Iran ramped up its attacks on Gulf countries' energy infrastructures, sending #oil prices soaring.
Genie Godula is pleased to welcome Steven EVERTS, Director of European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS). According to Mr. Everts, the current conflict is an unnecessary war defined by cycles of retaliation that risk expanding beyond their original scope, with serious implications for regional stability and global energy markets. Europe is already feeling the economic fallout, but the d...
You’ll hear its unmistakable sound in tiny islands of the South Pacific, bustling capitals in West Africa and chilly ports in the northeast of the Americas. The French language is spoken by more than 390 million people all over the world, and that linguistic community is celebrated by the International Organisation of Francophonie. French content is also increasingly popular on social media, with ...
A man who lost his wife after she was shot dead in her car in the Philippines a decade ago with their children in the back seat has spoken to FRANCE 24 of the trauma of such an event, and how his family has got through what happened. Stuart Green lost not only his wife, but also his job and the country he'd been living in for 25 years, leaving him with three traumatised children to look after. He ...
Senegal's football federation said Thursday that it would appeal a court ruling that stripped the country's team of its Africa Cup of Nations title. Senegal beat Morocco in Rabat on January 18, a victory that was short-lived after the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Tuesday reversed Senegal's win and awarded the title to Morocco.
