Новости за 24.12.2024

In France, the country's new PM François Bayrou has named a new cabinet. It includes some serious political heavyweights of French politics, such as two former prime ministers, Elisabeth Borne and Manuel Valls. However, the new cabinet is also heavily stacked with figures from the French centre-right, just as the last government was - raising yet again the spectre of a potential vote of no confidence from the political opposition. Story by Héloïse Mélan and Luke Shrago.

Syria's new authorities announced Tuesday that they had reached an agreement with the country's rebel groups on their dissolution and integration into the regular defence forces.

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen on Tuesday predicted an early presidential election, saying that President Emmanuel Macron "is finished" a day after his fourth prime minister in a year named a new government. Le Pen is seen as being in a strong position to take the presidency, but the impending verdict in her EU embezzlement trial could ban her from public office.

Palestinian security forces deployed around the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank holy city of Bethlehem on Tuesday with the war in Gaza casting a long shadow over the city's usual celebrations. Missing were the decorations, tourists and pilgrims that were staples of Christmases past.

FRANCE 24 spoke to David Miliband, president and CEO of the International Rescue Committee (IRC). According to the group's annual watchlist of global humanitarian crises, some 10 percent of people in humanitarian need around the world are in Sudan, which has been plagued by a brutal civil war since April 2023. "It's not just the largest humanitarian catastrophe today, it's the largest humanitarian catastrophe in history," Miliband warned. He called for crossing points to be opened up to aid and for... Читать дальше...

Three decades after the original film, 'The Lion King' has roared back in movie theatres with its prequel, 'Mufasa.' A plenty has changed since the original film, but one thing has stayed the same: vocal performances by Lebo M. The legendary composer joined FRANCE 24 journalist Yinka Oyetade from Johannesburg, in South Africa.

Villa beat Premier League champions Manchester City on Saturday for a fourth win from five games in all competitions. But sixth-placed Villa will kick-off at St James' Park against a Newcastle team on a fine run of their own. The Magpies go into Thursday's game following successive 4-0 league wins over Leicester and Ipswich, with Newcastle having also done the double over Villa last season. "Very difficult, because I think now they are in good form, and of course they played two years ago in the Champions League," said Emery of Newcastle. Читать дальше...

Stampedes during three Christmas charity events across Nigeria have left at least 67 people dead in the past week, many of them children. Families are struggling during the country's worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation. Details by FRANCE 24 correspondent in Lagos, Nigeria, Chinwe Ossundu.

Mauritius is still holding out on a deal to regain control of the strategic Chagos Islands from Britain, despite pressure from the United States which has a key military base there.

Mozambique's top court confirmed the victory of ruling party Frelimo in the October election, which has sparked massive protests by opposition groups who say the vote was rigged. Details by FRANCE 24 correspondent in South Africa, Tom Canetti.

The Israel military said in a statement that sirens sounded in several areas in central Israel following the launch of a projectile from Yemen. Details by FRANCE 24 correspondent in Jerusalem, Noga Tarnopolsky.

French President Emmanuel Macron faced widespread anger and frustration from residents of Mayotte during a visit to the Indian Ocean archipelago, which is reeling from the devastation wrought by the strongest cyclone to hit the region in nearly a century.

Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets in Christian areas of Damascus early Tuesday to protest the burning of a Christmas tree near Hama in central Syria.

France unveiled a new government composed of former ministers and senior civil servants that Prime Minister Francois Bayrou will hope can oversee the passage of a 2025 budget and prevent a deepening of the country's crisis. Analysis by Renaud Foucart, senior lecturer in economics at Lancaster University Management School in Brussels, Belgium.

Germany's far-right AfD party held what it called a "memorial" rally for victims of a car-ramming attack on a Christmas market that has newly inflamed debate on migrant and security policy. Story by France 2 and Emily Boyle.

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou hit out at "alarmist" claims about a significant death toll from Cyclone Chido, which hit the country's Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte. Report by Florent Rodo, Achraf Abid and Emily Boyle.

Christmas in France would not be complete without free-flowing champagne, oysters or a bûche de Noël. And the French holiday season is longer than most – stretching into the New Year with Epiphany (January 6) and its traditional galettes des rois into February with Chandeleur (Candlemas).

French President Emmanuel Macron’s office announced a new government, after the previous Cabinet collapsed in a historic vote prompted by fighting over the country's budget. Story by Alexandra Quarini and Emily Boyle.

Syria's new rulers have called for the disbanding of all armed groups. But in the southwestern town of Suwayda, a small group of Druze fighters are reluctant to give up their arms. These fighters from the Druze religious minority say they prefer to rely on their own men, rather than the promises made by Syria’s transitional authorities.

Video clips posted on social media of a public Christmas tree being burned in a Christian majority town near Hama in central Syria sparked a protest in Damascus early Tuesday. Syria’s victorious Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group said the tree was burned by foreign fighters from another group and promised to restore the decoration.

The US president-elect on Saturday had slammed what he called unfair fees for US ships passing through the Panama Canal and threatened to demand control of the waterway be returned to Washington. Mulino dismissed Trump's comments Sunday, saying "every square meter of the Panama Canal and its adjacent areas belongs to Panama and will continue belonging to Panama". He reiterated Monday in a statement -- also signed by former presidents Ernesto Perez Balladares, Martin Torrijos and Mireya Moscoso... Читать дальше...

Syria's new rulers have called for the disbanding of all armed groups. But in the southwestern town of Suwayda, a small group of Druze fighters are reluctant to give up their arms. Fighters from religious minority say they prefer to rely on their own men, rather than promises made by Syria’s transitional authorities led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham.

In his traditional Christmas address, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier called for national unity days after a deadly Christmas market attack in Magdeburg reopened a debate on immigration and security weeks before a crunch federal election.

African manatees are found in fresh water along the coast of western Africa, such as in Cameroon's vast Lake Ossa where the researcher first saw them more than 10 years ago. But they are shy creatures -- spotting them requires setting out before dawn when the lake is glassy and tranquil, all the better for following the trails of bubbles and, maybe just maybe, catching two big nostrils taking a quick breath. "I was expecting to see them like on YouTube: in clear water, jumping like dolphins...... Читать дальше...

Temperatures are forecast to reach 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) on Thursday, and the Melbourne Cricket Ground curator said during the week he expected the pitch to offer plenty for the fast bowlers. But Rohit left the door open to a second spinner. "Whatever we have to do to make the best possible XI in these conditions, we will do that -- whether that is playing an extra spinner or not," he said. With off-spinning allrounder Ravichandran Ashwin announcing his immediate retirement from... Читать дальше...