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Israeli officials have hit back at French President Emmanuel Macron after he criticised Israel’s conduct in the occupied West Bank during his address to the UN General Assembly. But while Macron used strong words against Israel, France allowed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plane to fly through French airspace on its way to New York, despite an ICC arrest warrant against him. Delano D’Souza reports.
The town of Lourdes in southern France will be the second stop on Pope Leo XIV’s visit to the country, following his time in Paris. Around 150,000 people are expected to attend a mass led by the pontiff at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes on Sunday. Local businesses are hoping the influx of visitors will also boost the economy, as pilgrims spend money on souvenirs, food and other goods. Our report by C. Neidhardt, C. Romain, E. Auriaux and C. Bénétreau.
An event exhibition opens on Wednesday 23 September in Paris, at the Grand Palais: "Cézanne et nous". It is a great retrospective dedicated to the masterpieces of Impressionist painter Paul Cézanne, but also to the one and those he inspired.
In Ethiopia, an Ethiopian rebel leader announced an alliance of seven armed groups, with the stated aim of overthrowing the ruling party of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and establishing a transitional government. As war rages in neighbouring Sudan, fears arise that these isolated armed conflicts in Ethiopia will degenerate into a regional war. Tom Canetti, France 24 correspondent in Addis Ababa.
One year after the discovery in Iran of five Boeing 777 bearing Madagascar's administrative record, the Malagasy judiciary opened the trial of 33 defendants on Tuesday, 22 September. They are charged with charges ranging from passive corruption to the violation of national sovereignty. The civil party did not finally appear at the hearing, which was therefore postponed to 27 October. The details of Aurélie Kouman, France 24 correspondent to Antananarivo.
The United States threatened the South Sudanese authorities, which could become the target of sanctions if nothing was done to improve the humanitarian situation in the country, where 10 million people needed help. A particularly harsh press release was issued on Sunday, 20 September, by the African Affairs Bureau of the US State Department. The details of Bastien Renouil, France 24 correspondent in Nairobi.
In an interview granted to France 24, Burundian President Évariste Ndayishimiye believes that the "threat" of an attack by Rwanda against his country "still exists". Considering that the Rwandan authorities "are not honest", he sees "another hidden agenda" behind Kigali's reasons for his presence in eastern DR Congo.
The Iranian Head of State, Massoud Pezeshkian, arrived in New York for his speech scheduled for Wednesday, 23 September, at the UN Annual General Assembly. Last week, the State Department announced the granting of visas to Mr. Pezeshkian and his delegation. An unprecedented decision for a leader of a country in conflict with the United States. The explanations of Siavosh Ghazi, correspondent France 24 in Tehran.
After a first training with only 12 players, Zinedine Zidane had a full band on Tuesday. The breeder could return to a 4-3-3 system, with Kylian Mbappé on the left and Ousmane Dembélé on the left.
Former French jihadist Othman Garrido, accused of being an Islamic State executioner, was sentenced on Tuesday night by the Paris Special Assize Court to 30 years' imprisonment with a two-thirds security sentence.
The first contender at the Élysée to have made a pregnant campaign, Marine Tondelier, announced Wednesday that he had given birth to a boy named Leon. The leader of the Greens had said in recent weeks that even in the presidential campaign, this baby would be her priority, while stressing that she did not consider "for four months" on leave.
Press coverage on Wednesday: Chinese President's visit to Washington from today, a visit that worries Taiwan about Beijing's repression of minorities; fears of a new mobilisation in Russia; a polemic in France about a novel in the run for the Goncourt, whose author is accused of using the AI; and the debate on the intelligence of unicellular organisms.
Azerbaijan pardoned French prisoner Martin Ryan, according to a presidential decree published on Wednesday. This 38-year-old businessman had been sentenced in March to ten years in prison for "espionage", in a context of tensions between Baku and Paris.
France's Macron says suffering in Gaza should 'shame all of us' as Canada's Carney pledges $71m for two-state efforts.
French President Emmanuel Macron says the “coalition of the willing" will not back down in its support of Ukraine.
French President Emmanuel Macron used his last address before the UN General Assembly as France's leader to urge the world's nations to stand alongside the United Nations in the face of a resurgent "law of the jungle". Macron also called for a moratorium on strikes on civilian and energy infrastructure in the Russia-Ukraine war and an "open-source" model for frontier AI independent of China and the US.
In tonight's edition: The United States is withholding a visa for Sudanese army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan ahead of his scheduled UN appearance. Also, Ghana is beefing up its drugs authority in the wake of major drug busts in France, Belgium and South Africa. Plus it’s back-to-school season in Ivory Coast.
French President Emmanuel Macron, speaking in the framework of the UN General Assembly, warned Tuesday, September 22 against the "return of the law of the jungle" in the world and called to stand "right alongside the UN". What should be remembered from his speech in New York? The decryption of the chroniclers of France 24.
In the face of rising prices at the pump and the concern of French motorists, the government announced on Tuesday the extension until the end of the year of aid for large motorists. The scheme will also be expanded to cover up to 5.5 million potential beneficiaries.
France's report 24 "ICE, Trump and Africa: secret agreements, broken lives," made in coordination with Forbidden Stories, reveals the raw reality of migrants in the United States without legal status resolved that are sent to "third countries," while their situation is resolved. The mobilization takes place despite the fact that many of them have lived and worked for decades in the American Union. In the # InvitadoDelDiaF24 we spoke to our senior journalist and reporter, Karina Chabour, who told us about the main findings of the investigation.
