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France could legalize and tax online casinos as a way to tackle its financial crisis

As France stares down a significant hole in its finances, the state is looking to online gambling as one way to plug the gap. One option now on the table is legalizing, and taxing online casinos. Details with Bryan Quinn.

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Explosion and gunfire reported in deadly attack at aviation site in Turkey

A deadly attack was carried out at the Turkish Aerospace Industries' headquarters near Ankara on Wednesday, the government said, as broadcasters showed footage of several armed assailants entering the building amid reports of gunfire and a loud explosion

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🔴 Live: Hezbollah confirms Israel strike killed potential Nasrallah successor Hashem Safieddine

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Hezbollah confirms that Hashem Safieddine, heir apparent to Nasrallah, was killed in Israeli attack

Israel's army said it had killed the cleric tipped to succeed slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in an air strike on Beirut three weeks ago that targeted commanders of the Iran-backed militant group. Story by Emerald Maxwell and Léo Paichard.

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Increasing the 'sponginess' of cities: How can urban centres adapt to heavy rainfall?

In the past year, many regions across France have faced "exceptional" levels of rainfall. According to the national weather agency, the country experienced on average almost 30 percent more rain than in 2023. This is partly due to climate change. But els

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'Dead and wounded' in Ankara after attack on state aerospace company

Pacific Asia • 1:54 PM

A huge explosion outside the headquarters of Turkish Aerospace Industries near Ankara left a number of people "dead and injured", Turkey's interior minister said Wednesday, describing it as a "terrorist attack".

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Kenya's ice hockey team now part of the International Federation

The Kenya Ice Lions are Kenya’s ice hockey team. Aside from South Africa, Kenya is the only sub-Saharan African country with an ice rink. Recently, the team achieved a significant milestone: they are now members of the International Ice Hockey Federation

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US says evidence shows North Korea has troops in Russia for Ukraine war

The United States said for the first time on Wednesday that it had seen evidence of North Korean troops in Russia, and South Korean lawmakers said about 3,000 soldiers had been sent to support the Kremlin's war in Ukraine with more to follow.

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What is Vladimir Putin's goal at the BRICS summit currently taking place in Russia?

Leaders of the nations in the BRICS grouping, which accounts for 37% of global economic output, predicted its influence would grow as they met in Russia on Tuesday, outlining common projects ranging from a grain exchange to a cross-border payments system

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'Monsieur Aznavour': Legendary singer's life brought to the screen in France

Culture • 1:26 PM

He was an icon of la chanson française. Charles Aznavour's lyrical talent illuminated the 20th century and shone until his death in 2018. The singer-songwriter's life has now been brought to the screen by Mehdi Idir and slam poet Grand Corps Malade. Film

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Discover the Lebanese city of Nebatieh, which FRANCE 24 has gained rare access to

Israel is continuing to strike what it says are Hezbollah targets across Lebanon. It ordered residents of Nabatieh, in the south, to evacuate at the beginning of October and since then has carried out an intensive campaign of air strikes in the center, o

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Diwali goes abroad: Festival of lights increasingly celebrated outside India

Pacific Asia • 1:13 PM

In this edition of Entre Nous, FRANCE 24's Delano D'Souza tells about Diwali, the Indian festival of lights. The holiday is increasingly being celebrated outside India. This year, toymaker Mattel unveiled a Barbie doll to coincide with Diwali. We hear fr

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'Broken' Gisèle Pelicot tells mass rape trial, 'It's not us who should feel shame – but them'

Gisèle Pelicot, whose ex-husband and dozens of other men are on trial in France accused of raping her, said Wednesday she was "completely broken" by her ordeal, but also "determined" to help other women.

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Easing the burden of sickle cell disease in Africa: more campaigners push for improved care

Africa • 11:08 AM

Sickle cell anemia is an inherited blood disorder that can leave sufferers struggling with serious, sometimes excruciatingly painful health complications. Most of the eight million people worldwide who have the disease are of African descent. With the ri

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In Uganda, opposition members found guilty

In Uganda, the country's main opposition claims that the guilty verdict of 16 of its members accused of treachery followed after they were forced to confess to the charges. They had already spent four years in jail after their arrest ahead of the 2021 pr

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NGO warns of increase in sexual violence in DR Congo

Africa • 10:52 AM

Healthcare workers, who are doing what they can to care for victims of violence in eastern DR Congo, say that they have seen a distressing increase in the number of people who have been targetted by sexual violence. Since 2021, survivors - both children

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Protest of Gaza hostage families coincides with USA's Blinken's visit to Israel

100 Israeli hostages taken by Hamas are still in Gaza, although many of them are thought to be dead. Their families and friends are doing their best to keep hope alive - and are protesting in front of USA’s Blinken's hotel in Tel Aviv.

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Russian invasion sends Ukraine population plummeting by 8 million

Ukraine's population has declined by eight million since Russia’s invasion almost three years ago. The war sparked an exodus and sent birth rates plunging, according to the United Nations, in a country which already had one of the lowest birth rates in E

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Tokyo Metro jumps 45% on market debut in Japan's biggest IPO in years

Tokyo Metro, the main operator of the Japanese capital's sprawling underground rail network, made a stellar market debut on Wednesday in the country's biggest IPO in six years. Its shares rose 45 percent on its first day. Plus, FRANCE 24's correspondents

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Turkey's Erdogan agrees to meet Russia's Putin at BRICS summit

Turkey's overtures towards BRICS may be a first for a NATO member, but experts say the move is economically-driven and aligns with Ankara's desire for "strategic autonomy." More information with Jasper Mortimer, FRANCE 24 correspondent in Ankara, Turkey.

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A bitter dish to swallow: Japan continues whaling tradition

Pacific Asia • 10:06 AM

The anti-whaling activist Paul Watson has been held by Danish authorities in Greenland since July. Japan accuses him of injuring fishermen and damaging a vessel during a whale hunt in 2010. Tokyo is demanding Watson's extradition so he can face charges,

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US presidential election : Harris and Trump court hispanic voters

Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris on Tuesday said she would work to bring more funds to community banks to help Latino men secure small business loans, while Republican Donald Trump's economic roundtable aimed at Latino voters devolved into a

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Putin defies the West, but 'we shouldn't overestimate the importance of this BRICS summit'

China's Xi Jinping, India's Narendra Modi and some other BRICS leaders discussed the war in Ukraine with President Vladimir Putin as the Kremlin chief chaired a major summit aimed at showing Western attempts to isolate Russia have failed. For more inform

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At last a passport for Britain's (probably) favourite bear

PRESS REVIEW – Wednesday, October 23: South Korea mulls its response as North Korea cements its war coalition with Russia. In other news, an Arab News/YouGov poll shows Donald Trump leading among Arab-American voters. Also, do Western gorillas have democ

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Putin hosts Global South leaders at BRICS summit meant to counterbalance Western clout

China’s Xi Jinping, India’s Narendra Modi and other world leaders arrived Tuesday in the Russian city of Kazan for a summit of the BRICS bloc of developing economies that the Kremlin hopes to turn into a rallying point for defying Western influence in gl

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'The smell of death is everywhere' in Gaza, according to the UN

Israeli strikes across Gaza killed 16 people on Wednesday as Israeli forces stepped up pressure on northern areas of the Palestinian enclave, besieged hospital and refugee shelters, and ordered residents to head south, medics and residents said. Details

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Former Abercrombie & Fitch chief Mike Jeffries charged with sex crimes

Former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries, his romantic partner and a third man were arrested Tuesday on charges of luring men into drug-laced, outlandish and coercive sex parties by dangling the promise of modeling for the retailer's once-defining be

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French government considers forcing through budget bill after tax on rich vote

Left-wing and centrist MPs banded together on Tuesday and voted to make a temporary tax on the rich a permanent levy to help reduce France's crippling public deficit, dealing a major blow to the minority right-wing government. In response, the government

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In an Arizona election center, a room made of glass ensures that voters can observe vote-counting

Four years after Donald Trump's electoral defeat, America's body politic is swimming in vote-rigging conspiracies pushed by Trump himself. Yet, a county in Arizona is trying to keep its head above the water with a 32 million dollar election center that i

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In Pennsylvania, local officials are fighting the spread of misinformation about the voting process

In the crucial swing state of Pennsylvania, election workers are under strong pressure - some of them even facing threats. The Democrats say MAGA Republicans are pushing disinformation to undermine the voting process, setting the stage for claims the vot

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Trump hurls a string of insults at Harris including 'lazy,' a racist trope against Black people

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Tuesday hurled a series of personal attacks at Vice President Kamala Harris, calling her “lazy” — a word long used to demean Black people in racist terms — and repeatedly questioning her intelligence and st

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54% of Israelis would prefer Donald Trump to become the Americain president over Kamala Harris

In Israel's war against Gaza and Hezbollah, Binyamin Netanyahu's biggest assert when negotiating with Joe Biden is the forthcoming US presidential election. 54% of Israelis would prefer Donald Trump to become president over Kamala Harris. More informatio

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USA's Blinken calls for a measured Israeli response to Iran attack

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday that Israel's response to Iran's Oct. 1 missile barrage should not lead to greater escalation, as he pushed for a Gaza ceasefire and an end to fighting in Lebanon.

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Kenya's ice hockey Lions join international federation

Have you heard of the Kenyan Ice Lions? They are Kenya's ice hockey team. Aside from South Africa, Kenya is the only sub-Saharan African country with an ice rink. Recently, the team achieved a significant milestone: they are now members of the Internatio

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Russian president hosts global South leaders in Kazan

Jean-François Di Meglio, president of the Asia Center think tank, economist was on France 24 to speak about the BRICS summit.

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Putin says more than 30 countries want to join BRICS ahead of talks with Erdogan

World leaders are gathering in Russia on Wednesday for the second day of the largest diplomatic forum held by the country since it began its invasion of Ukraine in early 2022. President Vladimir Putin told a meeting of the BRICS group that more than 30 c

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Focus on the Sahel: Terrorism, NGOs and the Fulani communities

Abuses by various jihadist groups, local militias and the Wagner Group are on the rise in the Sahel. The worsening security situation has forced the NGO Doctors Without Borders to suspend its operations. FRANCE 24’s Terrorism Expert Wassim Nasr correspon

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Live: Hezbollah confirms Israeli strike killed potential Nasrallah heir Safieddine

Top Hezbollah official Hashem Safieddine, heir apparent to slain secretary general Hassan Nasrallah, was killed in an Israeli attack, the group confirmed Wednesday. Earlier, air raid sirens echoed across Tel Aviv as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken e

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Roman Polanski lawsuit over alleged 1973 rape of minor dismissed, says lawyer

French-Polish director Roman Polanski, who fled the US after admitting to statutory rape, reached a settlement in a civil case over a 1973 sexual assault allegation. The case, scheduled for trial in Los Angeles next August, has now been withdrawn, Polans

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Kamala Harris says US 'absolutely' ready for first woman president

Kamala Harris said Tuesday that the US is "absolutely" ready to elect its first woman president but emphasised her goal is to turn the page for a nation "exhausted" by Donald Trump. With two weeks until Election Day, Harris and Trump are intensifying eff

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In France, two thirds of rapes occur in private homes, as highlighted by a historic mass rape trial

Gisele Pelicot, whose ex-husband and dozens of other men are on trial in France accused of raping her, said Wednesday she was "broken" by her ordeal, but also "determined" to help other women. Story by Solange Mougin.

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Mike Jeffries, former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO, charged with sex trafficking

Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn, New York, unveiled on Tuesday a 16-count indictment implicating Mike Jeffries, the former CEO of clothing giants Abercrombie & Fitch, and others in a sex trafficking and prostitution scheme wherein they would bait aspirin

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'Rape culture is omnipresent in the courtroom,' as 50 men are facing trial for raping Gisele Pelicot

Dominique Pelicot has admitted to drugging his wife and recruiting dozens of men online to rape her while she was unconscious and 50 men are facing trial alongside him. Despite video evidence against them, at least 35 of the defendants have denied the ra

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Israeli strikes pound Lebanese coastal city after residents evacuate

Israeli jets struck multiple buildings in Lebanon's southern coastal city of Tyre on Wednesday, sending large clouds of black smoke into the air. More information with Catherine Norris Trent, France 24 Senior Reporter in Sidon, Lebanon.

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'No Woman's Land' documents battle for women's rights in Afghanistan

The lives of women living in Afghanistan under the strict regime of the Taliban have been captured in a new photography exhibition. The project, entitled "No Woman’s Land" – an intimate look at the battle for women’s rights in Afghanistan – saw its co-au

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Gisele Pelicot, French victim of mass rape, testifies once again at trial's midway point

Gisele Pelicot, the 72-year-old victim of mass rape whose ordeal has shocked the world, told a trial in southern France on Wednesday that she was determined that making her case public should help other women and change society. More information with FRA

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Flat PSG held to home draw against PSV in Champions League

The Ligue 1 leaders' underwhelming Champions League campaign continued on Tuesday with a dreary 1-1 result against Dutch league leaders PSV Eindhoven, marred by wasted opportunities and a porous midfield.

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Yesterday

DR Congo's dawn of digital sovereignty

FRANCE 24's Georja Calvin-Smith brings you a round-up of society, culture and hot topics from the continent. This week sees a big step for DR Congo's digital sovereignty as it inaugurates its first-ever data centre. Plus, an oil refinery in Nigeria could

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Making me dizzy: South Africa straightens up rebel motor of spinning

FRANCE 24's Georja Calvin-Smith brings you a round-up of society, culture and hot topics from the continent. This week, the race to rebuild the Libyan city of Derna continues, and South Africa is in a spin over the potential professionalisation of previo

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Siege of north Gaza: Are Israel's evacuations for Palestinians really safe?

Besieged Jabalia has become the epicentre of the war in Gaza, with an estimated 400,000 people trapped with nowhere to go. Israel’s military says it’s conducting "safe passage via designated routes", but videos from civilians and reporters say they have

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🔴Israel says it has killed Hashem Safieddine, heir apparent to Hezbollah’s Nasrallah

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