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The 160 million Brazilian voters go to the polls this Sunday, October 4, and vote to choose between left-wing President Lula and his far-right rival Flavio Bolsonaro. Analysis of Guillaume Asskari, journalist in France 24.
Artificial intelligence insiders are quitting their jobs, saying the technology could mean the end of humanity. Pope Leo in France warned of a “paradise of machines”. And the New York Times reported this week that one of AI firm Anthropic’s co-founders spent months lobbying religious thinkers on the possibility that AI could be conscious.
A look back at the highlights of last week's news and its most striking images: the movement to block high schools and universities marked by violence, a Flydubai flight stolen from Saudi Arabia after the pilot was attacked by his co-pilot, but also the floods in Bangkok.
Guillaume Asskari, journalist in France 24, deciphers the various issues at stake in Brazil's presidential election on Sunday, October 4.
France 24 received Naïma Huber-Yahi, a historian specializing in Maghreb immigration to France, on Sunday. She wrote and performed the show "I Was Once the Rai" for the 40th anniversary of the Festival de Rai de Bobigny.
France's education minister said lessons would be "totally or partly suspended" at up to 500 high schools on Monday after several days of sometimes violent protests against teacher shortages, dilapidated school buildings and overcrowding in classrooms. The minister said 24 schools had been "burned or ransacked" since the start of the protest movement.
Brazilians began voting on Sunday to choose between left-wing president Lula and his far-right rival Flavio Bolsonaro, a choice of society in a polarized country. Some 160 million voters are called to the polls. Details of France 24 correspondent in Brazil, Marine Resse.
Frédéric Louault, director of the Centre d'études des Amériques at the Université libre de Bruxelles, was the guest of France 24 on Sunday, October 4. He returned to the presidential election in Brazil, the first round of which took place on Sunday. According to him, there is "a greater chance that the two candidates will be on their elbows in the first round, around 45% of the valid votes, and that everything will be played in three weeks in a second round".
For nearly 30 years, Dafroza Gauthier, along with her husband Alain, tracked down Rwandan refugees in France suspected of having participated in the Tutsi genocide. She died in Reims on Saturday after dedicating her life to bringing to justice those allegedly responsible for the 1994 massacre of more than 800,000 people.
The Brazilians began voting on Sunday in the first round of the presidential election between outgoing left-wing President Lula and far-right Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, son of former President Jair Bolsonaro. Nearly 160 million voters are called to the polls in the largest country in Latin America. The point with Marine Resse, France 24 correspondent in Brazil.
Brazilians go to the polls on Sunday to choose between left-wing president Lula and his far-right rival Flavio Bolsonaro – the son of former president Jair Bolsonaro – a choice of society in a polarised country. Analysis by Pascal Drouhaut, geopolitologist and Latin American specialist, is the guest of the France 24 antenna on Sunday 4 October.
We are in the season of deer bram, an autumn song that fascinates. According to the National Forestry Board, the deer's bram announces the season of love. The animal reports its presence to the females with raucic cries. This season usually ends in mid-October. Report in the Aubrac region of our colleagues from France 2.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz visited Kiev on Sunday for a demonstration of support for Ukraine at a time when the capital is facing an upsurge in Russian attacks, which once again targeted a bridge. The details of Gulliver Cragg, correspondent of France 24 in Ukraine.
Gulliver Cragg, correspondent of France 24 in Kiev, returns to Friedrich Merz' surprise visit to Ukraine, in a context of strong tensions with Moscow. He gave an update on the challenges of this move and Germany's support for Ukraine.
For ten years, Zara Esmaeili sang in Iran's streets, parks and metros, often without hijab. His videos, which became viral, eventually attracted the attention of the authorities. Arrested in July 2024, she spent two months in prison before being sentenced. Today in France, where she asks for asylum, her biggest dream remains the same: to sing freely in the street.
Zara Esmaeili sang for about ten years in the streets of Tehran, in violation of the ban on women performing in public. Arrested in July 2024, detained and sentenced to 61 lashes and 4 years of suspended prison, this thirty-year-old fled Iran and lives in exile in France.
The Bronze Horseman, the iconic equestrian statue in Senate Square in St Petersburg, was commissioned by Catherine the Great in honor of Peter the Great, the city's founder. The pedestal of the statue bears a laconic dedication, "To Peter the First, Catherine the Second, 1782". Does Putin want to be the third, Vladimir the Great? And is that ambition, expansion at any cost, the real reason behind the war in Ukraine? According to Former Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, "Putin only cares about what will be written about him in history books."
France’s decision to share defence documents with the Italian judiciary has raised hopes of a breakthrough in investigations into the 1980 crash of a passenger jet near the island of Ustica, which a former Italian president claimed was mistakenly shot down by a French fighter jet. Sceptics caution that the files are unlikely to shed light on one of Italy’s most enduring mysteries, let alone reveal a culprit.
The guest of the program "With Judith" of the day is Jérôme Clément, figure of the media and culture in France. After leading the CNC from 1984 to 1989, he founded and then chaired Arte for 22 years. At Judith Grimaldi's microphone, he sounds the "red alert" to threats to the world of culture.
Tom Canetti, French correspondent in Addis Ababa, provided an update on the ongoing fighting in Ethiopia.
