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Climate change is "the greatest threat to humanity". In its tenth annual report, the medical journal The Lancet Countdown calls for the recognition of climate change as a "global health emergency", as extreme weather events multiply and the health consequences of warming worsen.
In a text published on the Politis website, almost 100 personalities from the world of culture and sport called on Tuesday to refuse racism, following the terrorist attack in the Yvelines.
In Azerbaijan, the new dress code imposed by the government is causing turmoil around schools. It prohibits any garment "incompatible with the secular principles of general education". In the viewfinder: the Islamic veil, even if it is not explicitly quoted. This raises tensions in the country, where 96 per cent of the population is Muslim.
In Brazzaville, young people protested Saturday against power cuts. An unprecedented mobilization in the Congolese capital. In some neighbourhoods, residents remain for weeks without power.
In the southwestern United States, Yuma County farms are largely dependent on a Mexican labour force. John Boelts, a farmer and supporter of Donald Trump, defends border control while demanding a simplification of temporary visas to legally recruit.
#United States: In Wyoming, a local sheriff works 100 percent with the US Federal Immigration Control Agency, ICE. In #Laramie's prisons, cells are even rented $120 a day by the federal agency. #Midterms2026 #USA #Wyoming
Buying land, building a house, investing the savings of a lifetime... and finding out that the plot is claimed by someone else. In Africa, land disputes raise key questions: how to verify that a seller is actually entitled to sell land? What is the difference between customary law, certification and land title? And how to avoid double sales and real estate fraud? In the Focus of the Journal de l'Afrique of this Saturday, 10 October, Fatimata Wane receives Pierre Djémis, international business lawyer and founder of P
A Russian attack in Zaporijjia killed at least 20 people on Saturday, including three children, after US President Donald Trump announced an agreement lifting sanctions on Russian diesel. In the evening, Donald Trump criticized the Ukrainian strikes on Russian refineries and claimed that it was "time for Ukraine to have a new president" because of his inability to end the war with Russia.
In this magazine, we go back to high school mobilization, with an essential question about the maintenance of order as it exists today in our country. The use of intermediate weapons such as grenades or gunmen, questions. The injuries inflicted on adolescents shocked and alarmed the United Nations. Our guests this week: Layla Ahelmarani, mother of a second student, attending Lecorbusier High School in Aubervilliers, and Axel Ronde, president and spokesperson of the CFTC police union.
She left Cairo with 300 euros in her pocket. Fifteen years later, she headed Matignon's communication. In his book "De bon famille", Mayada Boulos tells his own story: his childhood in an affluent Coptic family in Egypt, the ruin of his father, his departure for France, and the trials of racism and breast cancer. Today, the CEO of Havas Paris, she returns to this journey to the heart of power.
Bally Bagayoko, mayor of the French city of Saint-Denis, in the Parisian suburbs, is standing in front of the police during a demonstration in Paris on Tuesday. Protecting with his body young demonstrators and shouting "stop" at law enforcement forces ready to charge the crowd,
Evan, a 15-year-old high school student, had his hand torn off by a deafening grenade jet during the blockade of his high school in Lens on Monday, October 6. As the controversy over the violence of the law enforcement forces swells, the Minister of the Interior, Laurent Nuñez, announced the provisional suspension of the use of this weapon as part of the maintenance of law and order. In fact, law enforcement can still use them, provided they are thrown in hand.
Maricarmen, a 87-year-old woman, was expelled from her apartment in Madrid on 23 September. As a result, thousands of people had taken to the streets to protest against the housing crisis in Spain. The retiree died on Wednesday, announced a tenant union.
In "Behind the Image", focus on insect breeding and its prospects in Europe. Gabrielle Maréchaux, environmental journalist at The Conversation France, deciphers the promises of this sector and the obstacles to its development. What place could insects take in our diet?
In an interview granted to France 24, the midfielder of Real Madrid, Aurélien Chuaméni, believes that the Ballon d'Or must "come back to a Frenchman". He assumes to have played down at the World Championship and asserts that the Madrid club "must necessarily win" this season, after two exercises without title.
In a statement released on the official channels of the Government of Mali, the authorities report that the FAMA and their partners in the Africa Corps have conducted "major counter-terrorism operations in the Kidal region. »
In the viewfinder of many high school students in the mobilization in France: the orientation platform for the graduate studies Courseup. A source of great anxiety for many students, she is criticized for her vague selection criteria. If Sébastien Lecornu asked his ministers for improvements for 2027, the high school organizations also demanded that it be abolished.
In exactly four weeks, millions of Americans will be called to the polls. On 3 November, the United States will re-elect the 435 members of the House of Representatives and one third of the 100 seats in the Senate. As the election approached, the American political world went into fibrillation. Analysis by Anne Corpet, international columnist France 24.
In recent hours, the Houthis have targeted many targets in Saudi Arabia. Drones and missiles fell in the night at Riyadh airport but also at an Aramco tanker refinery. In his arm with these Shiite rebels in Yemen, the Saudi regime can count on its allies in the region: Turkey and Pakistan announce the dispatch of military personnel. The story of Sophie Samaille.
In Brazil, it's a surprise: Flavio Bolsonaro, ultra-conservative and son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, came out ahead of the first round of the presidential election this Sunday, with 47% of the vote against 45% for outgoing President Lula. The 45-year-old senator and the 80-year-old outgoing president will face for the second round on October 25. In an ultra-polarized country, everyone hopes to recover abstentionists and postponements.
