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For weeks, schoolchildren in France have been protesting the failing education system. Compared to many other countries, France invests heavily in education but critics say that the funds are not distributed fairly.
French student unions vowed on Friday to keep up the fight even as the government registered a "marked slowdown" in a protest movement that has rattled the country for over a week. The UN human rights agency called for de-escalation, voicing concern over violent clashes with police that have caused severe injuries among teenage protesters.
A 29-year-old Indian man was sentenced to 20 years in prison Friday in a Paris trial over his alleged involvement in an international criminal network that targeted vulnerable children in the US, Britain and Canada and coerced them into producing violent and sexual videos.
A multi million euro wine heist in Italy. As thieves in Tuscany steal 30 thousand bottles of the one of the most iconic labels in the country from a warehouse of the the prized Marchesi Antinori winery as it prepared for a major export. The company said in the past few hours, they believe two vans and up to six thieves were involved. Gavin Lee speaks to France 24's correspondent in Rome, Seema Gupta.
It’s been a week of vigils, protests and political upheaval – from Israel, where three years after the Hamas-led attacks, former hostages and mourners called for accountability over the failures of October 7th, as questions grow over the stalled path to peace in Gaza; to France, where mass demonstrations over chronic underfunding and poor conditions have drawn students, unions and hundreds of thousands of protesters into the streets, just months ahead of a presidential election. In Spain, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has made the housing crisis the centrepiece of a high-stakes electoral gamble
There are songs that can turn a place into a sound. This is the case of the Amazonian psychedelic cumbia, a rhythm born in the Peruvian forest that, with its electric guitars and hypnotic melodies, ended up crossing borders and oceans. Behind one of its great exponents are Los Mirlos, the legendary Peruvian group that has been taking the music of the Amazon to stage around the world for more than five decades. Today, in France 24, we have a conversation with two of its members to know the story of this sound that has put generations to dance and that continues to conquer new audiences.
Between the historical deterioration of its debt, an uncertain fiscal trajectory and a rise in social grunt, France is concerned about the markets and the international economic press. To describe this defiance, the Rexecode Institute proposed the acronym "Frogs", with reference to the sobriquet of "grenouilles" which the British affront us.
While many verified images attest to police violence during high school demonstrations in France, a video of a young man with a viral face in recent days has actually been generated by IA. The image of a police officer beaten in the head by a high school student is also false.
France's far-right National Rally leader Jordan Bardella deleted data from a former activist Facebook account as soon as allegations surfaced that he wrote anti-Semitic comments in his youth, French investigative weekly Le Canard enchaîné said Friday, piling pressure on the top ally of presidential frontrunner Marine Le Pen.
It has been dubbed "the PISA shock". Countries that had been used to their school pupils performing well in test scores are seeing a plunge in standards. The PISA test is an international assessment led by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), which measures how well 15‑year‑olds in over 80 countries apply reading, mathematics and science skills to real‑world problems. In the latest rankings, France's results were the worst it has ever had, and Germany's school pupils got their worst PISA report card too.
Victor Wembanyama testified to his support for the French high school movement from San Antonio, Texas, on Thursday, where he is preparing for the next NBA season, which starts on October 20th. "I hear them and I support them. And I hope people up there or up there will do the same," said the French basketball player.
In response to the massive high school student protests in France, Education Minister Édouard Geffray announced emergency measures on Thursday, October 8. Some students reacted to these measures in interviews with France 24.
The two paintings stolen a month ago at the Renoir Museum of Cagnes-sur-Mer (Alpes-Maritimes) were found, after a series of interrogations, confirmed Friday Mayor RN of the city, Bryan Masson.
According to new information published on Friday by the chained Duck, Jordan Bardella erased the data from a former Facebook activist account as soon as Mediapart disclosed the anti-Semitic youth writings of which he denied being the author. Information again denied in bloc by the National Rally.
Understanding how young Europeans integrate into France: this is the aim of the new ENTR format, the European media for 18-34 year olds. For this, Tiffany Fillon and Élise Gallé-Tessonneau meet young people who have decided to settle in France, to taste with them dishes from their countries of origin.
While aquaculture is booming in France, the debate is raging. Its supporters see it as a solution to combat overfishing and meet the growing demand of consumers. A glamour, according to his critics, which denounces polluting activity and contributes to the food insecurity of the poorest countries. In question, the feeding of these farmed fish, fed with flour and oil from wild fish.
Two Renoir paintings worth millions of dollars that were stolen from a museum on the French Riviera a month ago have been recovered and six suspects have been arrested, the local mayor said on Friday. The thieves sliced through a fence, climbed through a window and initally stole four paintings by the French master, but abandoned two of the artworks as they fled.
France's student protests have sparked a wave of misleading content online. A viral TikTok falsely claimed the French army had deployed an armoured vehicle against protesters, when it was actually returning to a nearby military base. Other posts recycle 2023 footage of retirement protests as current events, while an AI-generated image was falsely presented as showing a police officer being attacked. Vedika Bahl examines how old, out-of-context and AI-generated content is fuelling misinformation.
Much of the fishmeal and fish oil that support seafood consumed in France come from global supply chains linked to pollution, labour abuses, overfishing, and food insecurity in poorer countries.
Thieves had initially taken four pieces with a value of over $10 million, but dropped two as they fled. Officials praised everyone that tracked down the paintings, but didn't reveal how they found them.
