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High up in the mountains of #Kyrgyzstan, a white yak has been bred over three generations of #herders. The family hopes to patent its breed as yaks are being presented by the #government as a sustainable solution for the agricultural nation in the face of #climate change.
High up in the mountains of #Kyrgyzstan, a white yak has been bred over three generations of #herders. The family hopes to patent its breed as yaks are being presented by the #government as a sustainable solution for the agricultural nation in the face of #climate change.
Dancer, choreographer and singer Ralph Beaubrun has built a global following with his joyful dance classes and infectious energy online. Now the Franco-Haitian artist is stepping further into music with his new EP "ID.2", blending Afro-Caribbean rhythms, shatta and pop while singing in Creole, French and English.
- US President Donald Trump vowed Monday to "take" Cuba as the communist island plunged into darkness under a total power blackout linked to a crippling oil embargo imposed by Washington.
US President Donald Trump on Monday said he is seeking to delay a highly anticipated trip to China in early April by about a month because of the Iran war. It comes after Trump called on numerous nations, including China, to help ships safely transit the Strait of Hormuz, a request that so far has largely been rebuffed.
The Israeli military said Tuesday that additional troops have been deployed in southern Lebanon, as part of efforts to create an “additional layer of security for residents of northern Israel against Hezbollah's threat". It comes as shelters in the country fill up with more than a million people displaced by the fighting in southern Lebanon. France 24’s Claire Paccalin has the latest from Lebanon’...
Israel said Tuesday it had killed Iran's powerful national security chief, Ali Larijani, in what would be a huge blow to the Islamic republic more than two weeks into the war engulfing the Middle East. It would also suggest Iran's senior leadership has been infiltrated by Israeli intelligence, says France 24's Angela Diffley, meaning Iran's leaders "can no longer trust anybody".
Iran’s security chief Ali Larijani, whom Israel claimed Tuesday to have killed in a strike, was a Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's right hand man and, following the supreme leader’s death early in the war, was believed to be effectively running the country. France 24’s Delano D’Souza takes a look at a man whose death, if confirmed would be a major blow against the Islamic republic.
The Paris mayoral race is set to be decided in a second round of voting on Sunday. The first round saw the candidate for the right, Rachida Dati, trailing behind left wing candidate Emmanuel Gregoire, but shifting alliances among the parties ahead of the runoff might prove pivotal.
At least 400 people were killed and 250 injured in an air strike by Pakistan on a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul, a spokesman of the Afghan Taliban government said on Tuesday. Pakistan rejected the claim as false and misleading and said it "precisely targeted military installations and terrorist support infrastructure" on Monday night.
As yet another war rages in the Middle East, we take a closer look at the United States' military presence across the region. It's a presence that stretches back decades, but took on heightened visibility during the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s, when both those nations began targeting oil tankers and merchant shipping vessels in the Arabian Gulf. Some 40,000 to 50,000 US troops are stationed across ...
In eastern Lebanon, the Baalbek region – a stronghold of Hezbollah – has repeatedly been targeted by Israeli strikes since March 2. Fleeing the bombardment, residents from the predominantly Shiite area have sought refuge in the nearby Christian village of Deir al-Ahmar. FRANCE 24’s Laura Mousset travelled to this hilltop town overlooking the Bekaa Valley, around 100 kilometres northeast of Beirut,...
Eve Irvine is pleased to welcome Guy Poran, former Israeli Air Force Pilot, human rights activist and volunteer for Israeli peace activist group Mistaclim. According to Poran, the situation in the West Bank has entered a dangerous phase, following wars in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran. He says the Israeli army is encouraging the escalating attacks by Israeli settlers, both passively and actively. To fost...
PRESS REVIEW – Tuesday, March 17: Donald Trump has called on US allies to help the US secure the Strait of Hormuz as the energy crisis intensifies. But after those allies refused to help, Trump promptly threatened NATO. In the midst of the EU's energy crisis, Belgium's prime minister has suggested "normalising" relations with Russia, which sparked outrage in the Belgian press. Plus: Britain scramb...
Local elections, including the race for the mayor of Paris, are set to be decided in runoff votes across France on Sunday with parties still in the running scrambling to make alliances with defeated rivals. They include controversial alliances between the he hard-left France Unbowed and France's Socialist party. Clovis Casali has more details.
It's the moment all gastronomy lovers have been waiting for. On Tuesday the Michelin guide handed out its famous stars to restaurants across the world, most of which offer luxurious fine-dining at correspending prices. But the restaurant guide also hands out the 'Bib Gourmand', a special distinction for restaurants that serve high-quality food at great value. Our colleagues at France 2 paid a visi...
Iran sends drones to attack the UAE port of Fujairah in the Gulf of Oman, raising the stakes as Gulf states send their blocked crude through pipelines away from the contested Strait of Hormuz. We take a closer look. Also in this edition: central banks face a dilemma as high oil prices threaten to both rekindle inflation and slow global growth.
Donald Trump is finding himself increasingly isolated on the world stage with allies, including NATO countries, are refusing to come to his aid to help to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The EU meanwhile says dipolomatic ways have to found in order to keep the critical waterway open.
A month after the eruption of the Piton de la Fournaise volcano on France's Réunion island began, the lava flow has reached the ocean for the first time in 19 years, creating a spectacular meeting of fire and water that has drawn tourists and curious onlookers.
Iranian Kurdish opposition groups, united in a coalition since last February, issued a statement this weekend calling on all "oppressed minorities in Iran” to unite in support of a democratic transition. But in Iraqi Kurdistan, these Kurdish parties, in exile for decades, continue to be targeted by Iran. Five Kurdish fighters have been killed in these strikes since the start of the conflict, desp...
Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday the Israeli military had killed Iran's security chief and the head of its Basij militia in airstrikes overnight, and Tehran kept up attacks against Gulf neighbours that have pushed up energy prices. Katz said in a statement he had been informed by the military that Iran's security chief Ali Larijani had been killed.
The Israeli military launched a fresh wave of air strikes early Tuesday simultaneously targeting Iran and Lebanon, with Beirut and the southern Lebanese city of Tyre among the areas hit. Israel is also expanding a ground operation in the south of Lebanon. France 24’s Claire Paccalin has the latest from Beirut.
A drone and rocket attack targeted the US embassy in Baghdad early Tuesday, while a strike killed four people at a house reportedly hosting Iranian advisors, security officials said, pulling Iraq deeper into the Middle East war.
US president Donald Trump has called on numerous nations, including China, to help ships safely transit the key Strait of Hormuz, where one-fifth of the world's oil transits on a daily basis. But why has Trump turned to Beijing, so often an adversary of the US and ally of Iran, for help? France 24's Olvier Farry takes a look.
EU leaders have almost universally rejected US president Donald Trump’s demand to send warships to escort oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz as the continent’s leaders strive to stay out of the war in the Middle East, with one French official going as far to say that participating now would be buying a ticket to the Titanic after it had begun sinking, reports France 24’s Dave Keating.
Mark Owen welcomes Renaud Foucart, Economist, Author and Senior Lecturer at Lancaster University. He would argue that these elections should not be read as a clean national barometer of French politics. What they reveal instead is the fragmentation between national narratives and local electoral realities: Macronism lacks a meaningful local defence, the far right is unevenly rooted, the traditiona...
A Pakistani air strike on a drug rehabilitation centre in Kabul killed at least 400 people and wounded more than 250 on Monday night, the Taliban government said Tuesday. Islamabad last month launched a military operation against Afghanistan last month, accusing the government of sheltering extremist groups.
Amid Israel's further military escalation and Hezbollah's "illegal armed activities", Lebanon is confronted with an acute humanitarian and political crisis. To better understand the impact the conflict is having all across Lebanese society, FRANCE 24's Mark Owen is pleased to welcome Ghassan Salamé, Lebanon's minister of culture. According to Salamé, Lebanon's sovereignty and stability will not be...
Amid Israel's further military escalation, and Hezbollah's "illegal armed activities", Lebanon is confronted with an acute humanitarian and political crisis. To better understand the impact the conflict is having all across Lebanese society, FRANCE 24's Mark Owen is pleased to welcome Ghassan Salamé, Lebanon's Minister of Culture. According to Mr. Salamé, Lebanon’s sovereignty and stability will n...
Paris Saint-Germain travel to Chelsea for the second leg of the Champions League round of 16. Having won the first leg at home 5-2, Paris Saint-Germain are the clear favourites to advance.
