Egyptian state-linked media said Tuesday, citing a "senior official", that "all parties had agreed to return to the negotiating table" for talks towards a truce in the Israel-Hamas war, but many obstacles remain. Mark Owen speaks to Aaron David Miller, Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Former State Department Middle East Analyst and Negotiator in Republican and Democratic Administrations.
The pier -- which the US military started building last month and which will cost at least $320 million -- is aimed at boosting deliveries of desperately needed humanitarian assistance to Gaza, which has been ravaged by seven months of Israeli operations against Hamas. "As of today, the construction of the two portions of the JLOTS -- the floating pier and the Trident pier -- are complete and awaiting final movement offshore," Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh told journalists, using an acronym for Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore... Читать дальше...
Israel sent tanks into the southern Gaza city of Rafah and seized control of the crossing, a key aid passage, while warning it will deepen its operation if truce talks fail to secure the release of hostages held by Hamas. President Joe Biden declined to answer questions on the ceasefire talks and the operation in Rafah as he met his Romanian counterpart in the Oval Office, merely smiling at reporters. "The crossings that have been closed need to be reopened, it is unacceptable for them to be closed,"... Читать дальше...
Already in office for nearly a quarter-century, Putin is the longest-serving Russian leader since Josef Stalin and his new term doesn’t expire until 2030, by which time he'll be 77-years-old and he could still run again at the end of this latest 6-year-term. Tom Burges Watson speaks to Natia Seskuria, Associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, about Putin's prolonged hold on Russia.
A team of Israeli officials is now in Cairo and it remains to be seen what will become of the latest ceasefire plan brokered by Egypt and Qatar. This proposal centres around a halt in fighting and the return of some of the more than 130 Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners being held in Israel. F24's Camille Knight looks at the sticking points in the truce proposals.
They said the firm, which alone emits as much carbon as a country the size of Belgium, is using the Paris Games to burnish its image even though it has been backsliding on its green commitments. A new report by advocacy group SteelWatch found ArcelorMittal has spent just one third of the $1.5 billion it had promised to invest in decarbonisation in the past three years. Activists said the firm was returning $22 to shareholders for every dollar it puts into decarbonisation. "While ArcelorMittal... Читать дальше...
The repatriation is the largest ever of US citizens and comes as rights groups warn of dire conditions in the camps still in use some five years after the ultra-violent extremist movement lost its last territory in Syria. In a complex operation involving US agencies, Kuwait and pro-US Kurdish fighters, the United States repatriated 11 US citizens, including five minors, as well as a nine-year-old non-US sibling of an American, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said. The United States in the same... Читать дальше...
Cindric, race engineer Luke Mason, senior data engineer Robbie Atkinson and managing director Ron Ruzewski were all suspended for two races, including the signature Indianapolis 500 later this month. The punishments were handed down after IndyCar uncovered a set-up on three Penske cars at Long Beach last month allowing drivers to utilize a "push-to-pass" button on starts and restarts in violation of series rules. As a result, American driver Josef Newgarden, the 2023 Indianapolis 500 winner, was stripped of a March win at St. Читать дальше...
Stormy Daniels took the witness stand Tuesday at Donald Trump's hush money trial, describing for jurors a sexual encounter the porn actor says she had in 2006 that resulted in her being paid off to keep silent during the presidential election 10 years later.
Using their huge social media presence, the stars of Brazil's most popular sport have joined ranks with local club players, who have used their own jet skis to help people escape waters that have completely inundated entire towns. Former Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain forward Neymar, 32, shared a video Tuesday showing his private jet being filled with crates of water bottles and other supplies. "Brazil is going through a delicate moment and helping is NEVER too much," he wrote in the post shared with his 221 million followers... Читать дальше...
"I'm coming home," the 39-year-old Rio de Janeiro native wrote on X, accompanied with a video of him wearing the shirt of his boyhood club Fluminense. Silva will join the Copa Libertadores champions on a two-year deal, with Chelsea allowing the centre-back to begin training with Fluminense prior to his registration transferring on July 1. "He always played for your badge, as a true Blue legend. Thanks for all the love you gave for our champion, @ChelseaFC. Pride of London. Now it's time to come back home. Читать дальше...
Biden, who has backed Israel since the start of the conflict, said too many people were forgetting that it was the Palestinian militant group Hamas that "unleashed this terror" with the October 7 attack on Israel. "I have not forgotten, nor have you, and we will not forget," Biden said at the US Capitol in a keynote address to mark the US Holocaust Memorial Museum's annual Days of Remembrance ceremony. "We've seen a ferocious surge of anti-Semitism in America and around the world," Biden said,... Читать дальше...
A short film centring survivors of sexual abuse directed by Judith Godreche, a key figure in France's #MeToo movement, is to screen at this year's Cannes Film Festival, organisers said Tuesday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the military’s capture of the Gaza side of the Rafah crossing is an “important step” toward dismantling Hamas’ military and economic capabilities. Story by Tom Canetti
Jan Egeland, secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council and a former top UN humanitarian official, told FRANCE 24 on Tuesday that Gaza is "among the worst places in humanitarian history". He described a trapped population enduring "relentless" bombardment since October 2023. With regards to the southern city of Rafah, where an Israeli offensive appears imminent, he said some 1.4 million people were "engulfed in fear and desperation beyond belief".
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi cast his ballot Tuesday as India's multiphase general election hit the half-way mark after the Hindu nationalist leader mounted an increasingly shrill election campaign, ramping up polarising rhetoric in incendiary speeches that have targeted the Muslim minority.
No doubt Kylian Mbappé will be greeted with loud cheers and applause when he takes to the Parc des Princes pitch on Tuesday night. It will be his final Champions League match in the French capital in a Paris Saint-Germain shirt. More information with France 24 sports commentator, James Vasina.
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 to be a mass disinformation campaign on social media, Bellamy’s declaration is a stark reminder of the threat of foreign interference... Читать дальше...
According to a study by Ifop published in the French newspaper Le Parisien, 94% of French Jews people Français de confession juive consider that antisemitism has progressed during the last ten years. Story by France 2 and Catherine Khédir-Clifford.
Girmay, third in the stage 24 hours earlier, took a heavy fall on a descent ahead of the final intermediate sprint on a wet right hand bend around 67km from the finish. Nursing what appeared to be his right hip he rode off gingerly only to dismount from his bike shortly afterwards and was taken away in an ambulance. He was one of his Intermarche-Wanty team's best hopes for a stage win on this year's Giro. The 24-year-old is the first black African to win one of cycling's classics -- in the Gent-Wevelgem in 2022... Читать дальше...
University students have been mobilizing for weeks on campuses over Israel's deadly offensive and its US backing, with police forcibly clearing protest camps -- sometimes violently -- and arresting more than 2,000 people nationwide. "If students in tents posted on the lawn / Occupying the quad is really against the law / And a reason to call in the police and their squad / Where does genocide land in your definition, huh?" Macklemore raps in "Hind's Hall." The song is named after the building at... Читать дальше...
Israeli forces took control of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt in the Gaza Strip, pressing on with an offensive in the southern city as cease-fire negotiations with Hamas remain precarious. What exactly is Netanyahu's strategy? More information with Israeli political commentator Ori Goldberg.
The United Nations said Tuesday the Israeli authorities have denied the UN access to the now-closed Rafah crossing -- the key entry point for humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip. More information with France 24 correspondent in Jerusalem, Irris Makler.
The American third seed was plagued by multiple double-faults in a fourth-round defeat last week to compatriot Madison Keys in Madrid. And the reigning US Open winner said she plans to fix that delivery problem in Rome before heading to Roland Garros from May 26. "I had like 14 double-faults - that's four or five games," she said. "(If I) just fix that detail, it will save me. "Maybe those matches would turn into winning in straight sets instead of losing in three sets." She added: "For me it's just serving better than I did last week. Читать дальше...
At the University of Amsterdam, images on public broadcaster NOS showed police baton-charging protesters and smashing up tents at around 4:00 am (0200 GMT), after they refused to leave the campus. "The demonstration took on a violent nature because later in the evening massive stones were removed from the ground," police said in a statement. Violence briefly erupted on Monday evening when a small group of counter-protesters wielding flares stormed the main protest. Demonstrators blocked off some roads to the university... Читать дальше...