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17 Apr
Members of the United Nations Security Council failed to reach a consensus on a Palestinian bid for full UN membership.
6 Apr
As the war in Gaza enters its six month – and more than 33,000 Palestinians have been killed – FRANCE 24 spoke to the Palestinian ambassador to the UK, Husam Zomlot. Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu "wants to have a perpetual war", Zomlot told FRANCE 24.
1 Apr
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has defied masses of protesters calling for early elections, claiming the move would only benefit Hamas and jeopardize negotiations for the release of hostages.
28 Mar
With the war between Israel and Hamas now in its sixth month, the needle is moving. But by how much? For the first time, the United States has lifted its veto on a UN resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. In past conflicts, whenever Washington has called time, Israel has bended.
23 Jan
The prime minister believed that keeping Hamas alive was the key to preventing a Palestinian state. In the wake of the October 7 attacks, Israelis are confronted with the flaws in that plan. A DW analysis from Israel.
23 Jan
It looks like a brazen attempt by a town mayor to stuff ballots. In this edition of Truth or Fake, we take a look at two incriminating videos that went viral of last Sunday's elections in the Comoros, which were marred by allegations of irregularities. The mayor denies the accusations of fraud, which led to his being escorted from the polling station by gendarmes.
Iran on all fronts, Netanyahu rejects Saudi peace plan, China's baby bust, France education minister
20 Jan
Did the map of the Middle East suddenly just get bigger? On Tuesday, Iran hit points in Iraqi Kurdistan, Syria.and all the way over on its eastern border, separatist militants in Balochistan province.
4 Jan
The plans for judicial reform by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu created a deep divide in Israeli society months before the Israel-Hamas war broke out.
18 Dec
Is Washington's patience wearing thin? It all started on Tuesday, when Israel's prime minister issued a video address in Hebrew. Within hours, Joe Biden had reacted, first at a fundraiser where he called on Netanyahu to sack his far-right coalition partners, then at a White House Hanukkah ceremony where the US president called on Israel to stop its "indiscriminate" bombing of civilians in the Gaza Strip.
17 Oct 2023
In an interview with FRANCE 24, Israel's former premier Ehud Barak said that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has neither the trust of the Israeli people nor that of the army following a devastating attack by Hamas last week. He also said Israel had no choice but to launch a ground offensive in Gaza in response if it wants to defeat Hamas definitively.
30 Jul 2023
Netanyahu's health crisis comes just as the Israeli parliament is set to vote on the judicial reforms bill.
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Tunde Onakoya, the Nigerian Chess expert who smashed the previous Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon has returned to Nigeria. The founder of Chess In Slums Africa broke a new record of 60 hours of playtime in New York’s Times Square last Saturday, which is still receiving confirmation from GWR.
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Israel's economy suffered a major contraction in the final quarter of 2023, following the terrorist attacks. Its economy shrank by 5.2% compared with the previous quarter. Much was related to the labor force disruption which resulted when around 300,000 reservists were called up to the country's armed forces.
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The German government revised its economic growth forecast for 2024 marginally from 0.2% to 0.3%, Economy Minister Robert Habeck confirmed on Wednesday afternoon.
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The central Mexican city of Celaya has become the scene of a brutal turf war between rival drug cartels. These criminal groups have taken advantage of its strategic position at the crossroads for transporting drugs into the United States. Kidnappings, shootouts with police and drive-by killings now occur on an almost daily basis in broad daylight. Nearly 500 people were killed in Celaya last year. The city's police officers (pictured) risk their lives every day and are forced to travel in armoured vehicles. Our France 2 colleagues report, with FRANCE 24's Lauren Bain.
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We look at the US papers, who react to Ukraine being granted a $61 billion aid package. Also, five migrants die attempting to cross the Channel, just hours after the controversial Rwanda asylum bill is passed by the UK parliament.