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Bayrou’s government attends its first cabinet meeting at the Elysée Palace
34 out of the 35 ministers of the new government meet at the Elysée Palace this Friday. For more, FRANCE 24’s senior reporter, Claire Paccalin. Source link
A decade after genocide, Iraq’s Yazidis make bittersweet return to Sinjar
Ten years after the genocide perpetrated against the Yazidis by the Islamic State group in Iraq’s Sinjar region, tens of thousands of displaced survivors are returning home. But their homecoming is bittersweet, as the atrocities have left indelible wounds. FRANCE 24’s Marie-Charlotte Roupie reports. Source link
South Korea starts lifting scorched fuselage of crashed Jeju Air plane
Investigators hope to find more human remains as they began lifting the wreckage of the crashed Jeju Air jet Friday, five days after Flight 2216 from Thailand to South Korea broke up in a fiery ball of flames, killing 179 people. Source link
Investigators seek to determine whether New Orleans attack was guided by operatives of Islamic State
For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective on the deadly ISIS-inspired New Years attack in New Orleans, FRANCE 24’s Sharon Gaffney is joined by Dr. Aaron Y. Zelin, Gloria and Ken Levy Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, where he directs the Islamic State Worldwide Activity Map project. Zelin is also an … Read more
The writer who inspired space exploration – DW – 01/03/2025
When the French writer Jules Verne died in 1905, powered air flight, which he had put at the center of his 1886 book Robur the ConquerorIt had moved from imagination to reality. Exactly two years ago, the Wright brothers achieved the first manned air flight in human history Yet many of Verne’s predictions about world-changing … Read more
Palestinian Authority halts Al Jazeera broadcasts in West Bank
The Palestinian Authority on Thursday ordered the suspension of broadcasts by Al Jazeera in a move the Qatar-based television network condemned as reminiscent of Israeli practices. “It is ironic that both the extremist right-wing Israeli government and the Palestinian Authority have taken a vengeance out against Al Jazeera,” said FRANCE 24’s Jerusalem correspondent Noga Tarnopolsky. … Read more
French FM visits Syria with German counterpart to promote ‘peaceful’ transition
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot arrived in Damascus Friday, kicking off the first visit by top Western diplomats to meet Syria’s de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa. His German counterpart, Annalena Baerbock, is also expected in the Syrian capital to promote a “new political beginning between the EU and Syria”, said the German foreign ministry. Source … Read more
South Korean investigators stopped an arrest attempt like this – DW – 01/03/2025
South Korean investigators have failed to arrive at the residence of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol to execute an arrest warrant against him. South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported that they encountered resistance upon arrival and were then locked in a nearly six-hour-long standoff. The investigators entered the presidential residence through heavy security barriers and … Read more