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Janine Niépce photo exhibition puts women’s work – and emancipation – in the spotlight

French photographer Janine Niépce was one of the country’s first female photojournalists. A new exhibition of her photos, some of which are being shown for the first time, looks at the rise of the working woman against the backdrop of the women’s rights

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Ghana’s President Akufo-Addo says security in Sahel has ‘worsened’ since French troops left

Africa • 10:27 AM

Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo said he hoped Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger would rejoin the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) regional bloc, in an interview with FRANCE 24. The decision of the military juntas in the three countries to

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Fleeing civilians blocked at key Lebanon-Syria border crossing due to Israeli strike

Reporting from the Masnaa border crossing between Syria and Lebanon, FRANCE 24’s Cyril Payen says there were scenes of chaos a day after a massive Israeli strike cut the main highway linking the two countries. A huge crater from the strike has meant vehi

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Crisis-hit French territory of New Caledonia on brink of economic collapse

Back in the spring, the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia was gripped by deadly riots that left many businesses in ruin. This, in turn, aggravated its already crippled economy. The nickel industry, the archipelago's primary resource, was already

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Lebanon faces ‘catastrophic’ humanitarian situation amid Israeli attacks

Reporting from Beirut, FRANCE 24’s Rawad Taha says nearly 1.5 million people have been displaced since Israel escalated the conflict in Lebanon. Southern Lebanon as well as the southern suburbs of Beirut have been mostly evacuated over the past week, wit

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Trump heads back to rally shooting site for campaign event with Elon Musk

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is set to return Saturday to the site in Butler, Pennsylvania, where a gunman tried to assassinate him in July. He will be accompanied by his running mate, JD Vance and tech billionaire Elon Musk, who has fu

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US elections explainer: The seven battleground states to watch in 2024

While more than 240 million Americans are eligible to vote in 2024, a relatively small number will actually decide the election. Voters in just seven swing states are likely to determine whether Vice President Kamala Harris or former president Donald Tru

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🔴 Live: Israeli strike in northern Lebanon kills a Hamas commander and family

An Israeli strike hit a Palestinian refugee camp near Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli for the first time early Saturday, killing a local Hamas commander, his wife and two daughters, according to the Palestinian militant group. The Israeli military als

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Ghana’s President Akufo-Addo says security in Sahel has ‘worsened’ since French troops left

Africa • 9:45 PM

In an interview with FRANCE 24, Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo said he hoped Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger would rejoin the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) regional bloc. The decision of the military juntas in the three countries to

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Dozens died when a boat capsized in eastern Congo

Africa • 9:16 PM

In tonight's edition, At least 78 people died when an overcrowded boat capsized on Lake Kivu in eastern Congo on Thursday. Also, Kinshasa will begin a vaccination campaign on Saturday, three days later than planned. And The Zimbabwean government will t

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Hundreds of Tunisians rally against President Saied ahead of elections

Hundreds of Tunisians protested in the capital Friday against President Kais Saied, two days before a presidential election which demonstrators claim is not legitimate. Since coming to power in 2021, most of Saied's major critics, including a candidate i

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Budget squeeze: Digging France out of its fiscal hole

The French government plans to subject the budget to a €60 billion belt-tightening drive next year in the hope of bringing the deficit down to 5 percent of GDP from an estimated more than 6 percent this year. Two-thirds of that sum are to come from spend

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Argentine prosecutors seek to dismiss rape charges against French rugby players

The Argentine prosecutors investigating a case of aggravated rape brought against two French international rugby players recommended on Friday dismissing the case after "a series of inconsistencies and contradictions" in the accuser's testimony were foun

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Ready-to-wear collections, summer 2025: The new Amazons

Culture • 4:56 PM

A celebration of the body, dance, art and sport! At Dior, Maria Grazia Chiuri installs Italian archer-artist Sagg Napoli in a long glass cage. Her collection is an ode to the Amazons, a reference to the designs created by Christian Dior in the 1950s. For

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A 'dramatic break' with China would be a 'big mistake', former ECB chief Trichet says

Europe • 4:28 PM

France's public debt is very much in the spotlight. The country's recently appointed prime minister, Michel Barnier, calls it a "sword of Damocles" hanging over future generations. Indeed, for many countries, paying interest on the national debt deprives

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At least 70 killed in gang attack on Haitian town, UN says

The death toll from a grisly attack Thursday on a small Haitian town by the heavily armed Gran Grif gang has risen to at least 70, the UN human rights office said Friday, adding that women and children were among those killed.

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Challenges ahead for Japan's new PM Ishiba

Pacific Asia • 4:06 PM

Japan’s new prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, has called for "fundamentally bolstering" the country’s defences in the face of rising regional and global threats. FRANCE 24's Yuka Royer speaks with Robert Ward, Japan Chair at the International Institute for

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Can philanthropy save local journalism in the US?

Since 2005, the United States has lost nearly 2,900 newspapers and 43,000 journalists. Experts say the loss of local journalism has a profound impact on civic life and can lead to political polarisation. But a number of philanthropic efforts are trying t

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'The Wild Robot' by Chris Sanders: Nature meets tech in new Dreamworks fable

Culture • 3:24 PM

Chris Sanders is the artistic mastermind behind children's films "Lilo and Stitch", "How to Train Your Dragon" and "The Croods". His latest animated feature sees a lone robot, Roz, cast adrift on an island where her artificial intelligence is pitted agai

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France celebrates British and Irish film in Dinard

Culture • 3:21 PM

This week, arts24 is in the delightful seaside town of Dinard in Brittany, for France's yearly celebration of British and Irish film. For 35 years, it's been a launchpad for independent gems that go on to conquer the world of cinema. Culture editor Eve J

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One year since October 7 attacks: Is the EU impotent in Middle East escalation?

Europe • 3:06 PM

It has been one year since Israel suffered its worst ever terrorist attack, with Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups killing more than 1,000 Israelis and taking more than 250 hostage. Israel's response has devastated Gaza, displacing most of the pop

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Harvard students turn Meta's Ray-Ban Smart Glasses into a surveillance nightmare

Two Harvard students, Caine Ardayfio and AnhPhu Nguyen, say they have hacked a pair of Meta Ray-Ban Smart Glasses and installed facial recognition software, so that merely looking at someone's face will bring up their name, address, age, biography and an

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October 7 attacks: Israel's intelligence failures

A year after Palestinian armed groups breached Gaza's security fence and led a simultaneous wave of assaults on Israeli communities and outposts, FRANCE 24 looks at the intelligence failures that led to the October 7 attacks. There was plenty of warning

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Meeting traumatised Lebanese residents as they flee Israeli strikes in south

It's the deadliest conflict that Lebanon has experienced since the end of the civil war in 1990. In the space of just a few days, Israeli air strikes have killed more than 1,000 people and left thousands wounded, with civilians making up a large part of

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Macron warns against 'double standards' in world conflicts

Europe • 1:24 PM

French President Emmanuel Macron opened the two-day "Francophonie" summit on Friday, and called on the international community to avoid "double standards" in world conflicts.

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Pelicot rape trial: press and public allowed to see video evidence

Europe • 1:15 PM

A court judging a French man charged with recruiting dozens of men online to rape his sedated wife has ruled that the public and press could be present when video evidence is shown, reversing an earlier decision. Lawyers for the victim, Gisele Pelicot, h

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Macron warns against 'double standards' in world conflicts

French President Emmanuel Macron opened the two-day "Francophonie" summit on Friday, and called on the international community to avoid "double standards" in world conflicts.

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Hero or dictator? Ahmed Sékou Touré and the war of memory in Guinea

Africa • 10:13 AM

Forty years after his death, Ahmed Sékou Touré, the father of Guinea's independence, is more popular than ever. For young people across West Africa in search of a hero, Sékou Touré could be what they're looking for. But this rehabilitation of the country

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Top court says FIFA transfer rules breach EU law in landmark ruling

Some of the transfer rules of world football's governing body FIFA go against European Union laws on free movement, the EU's top court said on Friday in a ruling on a high-profile case linked to former France player Lassana Diarra.

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Khamenei's Friday sermon could shed light on Iran's plans after Israel attack

FRANCE 24’s Douglas Herbert discusses the significance of Iranian supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s rare Friday sermon, his first since his country's missile attack on Israel, and also the first since Israel launched its wave of strikes on Hezboll

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US dock workers reach deal with port operators to end crippling strike

US dockworkers and port operators reached an agreement Thursday that would implement a 62% wage increase over six years, ending one of the biggest American work stoppages in decades. Dockworkers will resume unloading of container ships immediately and bo

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Dominican Republic to deport 10,000 undocumented Haitians a week

The Haitian government announced on Wednesday it will seek to "reduce the excessive migrant populations" in the country by implementing a plan that would expel 10,000 undocumented Haitians a week, potentially forcing them to return to a country fraught w

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North Korea will use nuclear weapons if attacked, says leader Kim Jong Un

Pacific Asia • 12:43 AM

North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un, ramped up the rhetoric that has increasingly soured relations between South Korea, promising it would use "all the offensive forces it has possessed, including nuclear weapons". South Korea responded that its US-backed

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Nearly 40 medical centres in Lebanon closed by Israeli strikes, says UN

Nearly 40 medical centres in Lebanon have been forced to close amid Israel's air strikes, a UN agency said on X on Friday. The news came after Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei gave a rare sermon in which he praised his country’s recent missil

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Thursday, october 3, 2024

Weakened Hezbollah expected to return to traditional guerilla warfare tactics

Israel’s assassination of longtime Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, its elimination of most of the group's top commanders and the destruction of its communications system – spectacularly illustrated by exploding pagers and walkie-talkies – has crippled

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Chagos islanders hope to return after UK cedes last African colony

Africa • 10:30 PM

Mauritius says the UK's handing over of the long-contested Chagos Islands draws an important line under the archipelago's colonial history. The remote Indian Ocean islands were Britain's last African colony. The UK severed the Chagos Islands from Mauriti

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Iran's Revolutionary Guard is deeply infiltrated by Mossad, expert says

The Israeli prime minister is this Thursday holding the latest in a series of top-level security consultations, as Binyamin Netanyahu decides how and when to respond to the Iranian missile barrage. FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks to Abbas Milani, Direc

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French treasure hunt for buried owl statue ends after 31 years

Europe • 8:59 PM

A mass treasure hunt appears to have come to an end, after an announcement in France that a buried statuette of a golden owl has finally been unearthed – after 31 years.

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Israel 'dominated' by Hezbollah on the ground? No, these images are misleading

After extensive aerial bombardment across Lebanon that left scores of Lebanese dead and displaced, Israel began its ground offensive in the country early on Tuesday. Clashes with Hezbollah continue at the southern border, and Israel's latest figures anno

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Oil prices jump as speculation rises on possible Israeli retaliation against Iran

US crude oil jumped slightly after US President Joe Biden said he was "discussing" an Israeli strike on Iranian oil facilities. Chaos builds for shippers as US dockworkers enter their third day of strike action. In several cities across the US, the cost

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Domino effect: Does Iran-Israel showdown upend regional balance?

As Israel ponders its response to Iran, as allies urge restraint, as battles targeting Tehran proxies rage in Lebanon, let's begin with a simple fact of geography: Iran and Israel don’t share a common border. Since October 8, Tehran has been touting a so

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French jihadist linked to Charlie Hebdo attackers sentenced to life in prison

Europe • 6:14 PM

Peter Cherif, a suspected French jihadist who was close to the perpetrators of the 2015 Charlie Hebdo massacre, was sentenced on Thursday to life in prison. Cherif fought for al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) in Yemen from 2011 to 2018, during whi

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Iran’s missile attack sends a message – but can it deter the Israeli offensive in Lebanon?

Iran launched a retaliatory missile barrage on Israeli military infrastructure Tuesday in response to Israel’s killing of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah last week and Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in July. The largely thwarted attack was seen b

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Republican Liz Cheney rallies with Harris, urges voters to reject Trump's 'cruelty'

US Vice President Kamala Harris rallied with Republican Liz Cheney in the birthplace of the modern Republican Party on Thursday as the pair denounced the GOP's nominee Donald Trump as a dire threat to democracy.

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UK cedes Chagos Islands to Mauritius in deal securing Diego Garcia military base

The UK agreed on Thursday to renounce sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, an archipelago of more than 60 islands in the Indian Ocean, but agreed a deal with Mauritius to secure the future of a UK-US military base on the island of Diego Garcia.

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Saoirse Ronan on 'The Outrun', 'Blitz' and why Irish actors are having a renaissance

Culture • 3:05 PM

Four-time Oscar-nominated Irish actress Saoirse Ronan speaks to Eve Jackson about her heart-wrenching addiction drama "The Outrun", based on Amy Liptrot's memoir. Known for "Lady Bird" and "Little Women" in German filmmaker Nora Fingscheidt's film, Ronan

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Macron hosts Francophone leaders in bid to boost French influence

President Emmanuel Macron hosts the "Francophonie" summit this week in a bid to bolster French clout in a conflict-ridden world, in particular Africa. Chad President Mahamat Idriss Deby, an ally of France and regular visitor to Paris, will be a prominent

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Is it becoming impossible to drive in Paris?

France • 1:18 PM

Buckle up! In this week's show, FRANCE 24's Florence Villeminot takes you on a spin to discover driving culture in Paris. The French capital is famous around the world for its beautiful sights and towering monuments, but it also has the reputation of bei

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EU sues Hungary for criminalising groups that receive foreign funding, including NGOs

Europe • 11:55 AM

The European Commission said on Thursday it was suing Hungary over a law that imposes jail terms for groups that accept foreign funds for political causes, which rights groups say is aimed at silencing critics of the government by targeting civil society

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Conservationist Patricia Wright on finding a new rainforest in Madagascar

Africa • 11:31 AM

A world-renowned naturalist and environmentalist, who is credited with discovering a new species of lemur, has spoken to FRANCE 24 about her latest discovery. Dr Patricia Wright has found a 14-square-kilometre tropical rainforest in a remote part of Mada

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Tunisians divided over leader Kais Said ahead of presidential election

Africa • 11:04 AM

Ahead of Tunisia's presidential election scheduled for October 6, many Tunisians are taking stock of the past five years under the presidency of Kais Saied. The country remains divided between his long-term supporters, and opponents who say the regime is

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Jewish pilgrims journey from Israel to Ukraine, leaving one war for another

More than 30,000 Orthodox Jewish pilgrims are thought to have congregated in the Ukrainian city of Uman for Rosh Hashanah, a key holiday in the Jewish calendar, some leaving war in the Middle East to brave the conflict still raging in eastern Europe.

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ChatGPT maker OpenAI sees value nearly double to $157 billion after new funding round

OpenAI, the company behind artificial Intelligence chatbot ChatGTP, has secured new financing to the tune of $6.6 billion from a variety of investors. The start-up is now valued at $157 billion, on par with such groups as Uber or AT&T. It will have to co

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France orders more deportation flights to Africa from Indian Ocean island of Mayotte

French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau has ordered local officials in the overseas territory of Mayotte to deport illegal migrants from the Democratic Republic of Congo and return them to their home country, taking a hard line as he aims to address th

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Keir Starmer repays more than £6,000 in gifts, including cost of Taylor Swift tickets

Europe • 5:53 AM

PRESS REVIEW – Thursday, October 3: The Israeli press urges caution as tensions heighten in the Middle East, whereas the Iranian press strikes a more bullish tone. Elsewhere, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer repays more than £6,000 in gifts after a do

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Top Haiti officials guilty of corruption, anti-graft agency says

Haiti's political stability was dealt another blow on Wednesday when the country's Unit for Combating Corruption published a report accusing three members of the island's transitional presidential council of demanding over $750,000 in bribes, further chi

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