Federal prosecutors in German said on Fridaythat they were seeking the arrest of a Turkish national based in the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia. “The accused is adequately suspected of having been active for a foreign intelligence service,” prosecutors said. The word “adequately” is used rather than what one might translate as “urgently” to indicate … Read more
Thousands of Georgians returned to the streets of Tbilisi for a second day of protests against the government’s decision to delay EU membership talks until 2028. The prime minister’s announcement followed a non-binding European Parliament resolution rejecting the results of Georgia’s October parliamentary elections and calling for sanctions of top Georgian officials. Source link
In this edition, we meet the Oprah Winfrey of China. Born a man and once crowned the country’s best male dancer, Jin Xing has gone on to become China’s first transgender icon and a star TV host. Now in Paris for her upcoming show, she shares her life story with FRANCE 24’s Yuka Royer. Source … Read more
UK’s parliament voted in favor of a bill to legalize euthanasia for terminally ill people in England and Wales on Friday, passing the legislation to the next round of parliamentary scrutiny. Public support for allowing incurably ill adults to end their lives has risen since a similar bill was defeated in the House of Commons … Read more
Namibians returned to the polls Friday, two days after the first ballots were cast in the general elections following widespread frustration with technical and logistical problems. Voting was extended into the weekend, a move challenged by the main opposition party as illegal. Source link
The government of Chad on Thursday abruptly ended its defense cooperation pact with France, a surprise move that caught French officials on the hop while Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, in a similar vein, called on France to close its army bases in the West African country . FRANCE 24 traces the steps of France’s … Read more
Jihadists and their Turkish-backed allies reached Syria’s second city of Aleppo Friday, as they pressed a lightning offensive against forces of the Iranian- and Russian-backed government. The fighting is some of the deadliest in years, with 255 people killed, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Most of the dead have been combatants but … Read more
Russia launched more than a hundred drones at Ukraine overnight and early Friday, killing one person and wounding eight others, officials said. The nearly three-year war has seen a sharp escalation in recent days, with Moscow pummeling Ukraine’s energy infrastructure ahead of the winter. Source link
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier on Thursday announced a major concession in a bid to end a standoff with the opposition over the budget, which has caused jitters on financial markets and risks bringing down his minority government. Source link
Social media platforms play an increasingly important role in election campaigns, as the first round of the Romanian presidential election – in which a NATO-sceptic populist came out on top – amply demonstrates. Our guest is Mariya Gabriel, a former EU Commissioner for the Digital Economy and Innovation, who is well placed to discuss social … Read more