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The Olympic flame arrives in France from Greece this Wednesday. Some 10,000 people will have the honour of carrying the torch for part of its relay around the country, from ordinary citizens to VIPs. One of these torch bearers is a Paris-based, Sri Lankan-born baker who only came to France for the first time in 2006. Since […]

François-Xavier Bellamy, the top candidate for the conservative Les Républicains party in the upcoming European elections, revealed Monday that he had been targeted by an attempted cyberattack launched by a group believed to be linked to the Chinese government. Coming soon after Socialist Party candidate Raphaël Glucksmann’s announcement that he was targeted by what seemed

Talks to strike a Gaza truce were expected to resume Sunday after Hamas rejected any deal that failed to end the war in the Palestinian territory and accused Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu of “personally hindering” an agreement. Negotiators seeking to halt the devastating seven-month war have proposed a 40-day pause in the fighting and an

More than six months after the start of Israel’s devastating offensive in response to the October 7 attacks, Palestinian journalists in Gaza continue to pay a heavy price. According to the NGO Reporters Without Borders (RSF), more than 100 have been killed, with at least 20 slain in the line of duty. Meanwhile, the international press is still banned

President Gustavo Petro said Wednesday Colombia will sever diplomatic ties with Israel, whose government led by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu he described as “genocidal” in its war in Gaza. Hamas meanwhile has yet to respond to a truce deal proposed by mediators to halt the fighting for 40 days and exchange dozens of Israeli hostages

Scuffles broke out in Parliament and dozens of protesters were arrested on Wednesday as Georgian lawmakers voted to advance a controversial bill that would require organisations receiving more than 20 percent of their funding from abroad to register as foreign agents. Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili tells FRANCE 24 that the law is an attempt to

Josh Paul resigned from a senior position at the US State Department back in October to protest the US position vis-à-vis Israel’s war in Gaza. In an interview with FRANCE 24, he said he did so because of the scale and scope of the conflict. “It was clear (…) that this would be far beyond anything

Every last Sunday in April, France holds a national day of remembrance for the victims of deportation during World War II. Ceremonies are held in tribute to the 150,000 people deported from French soil to the Nazi death camps, many of whom never returned. But nearly 80 years since France was liberated from the Nazis,

The war in Gaza and simmering tensions across the Middle East are expected to dominate at the Saudi-hosted special meeting of the World Economic Forum that begins in Riyadh on Sunday. Hamas will be there and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to join the summit on Monday, but there will be no

Palestinian hospital officials said Israeli airstrikes on the southern city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip killed at least five people. More than half of the territory’s population of 2.3 million have sought refuge in Rafah, where Israel has conducted near-daily raids as it prepares for an offensive in the city. The Israeli military has