Новости за 05.03.2024

Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah movement and Israel have traded deadly cross-border fire on a near-daily basis since war broke out in October between Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers, a Hezbollah ally. "The three civilians, Hassan Hussein, his wife, Ruwaida Mustafa, and their 25-year-old son, Ali Hussein, were killed in the enemy raid on a three-storey house in Hula," NNA said. "Search operations and the removal of rubble are continuing," it added. Shortly after the deadly strike, Hezbollah said... Читать дальше...

"It nearly destroyed my life," the 56-year-old told a criminal court in the French capital, which is hearing a defamation case against Polanski. Polanski, who was not present at Tuesday's hearing, faces charges that he defamed Lewis after she accused him of a rape in the 1980s. The 90-year-old is wanted in the United States over the rape of a 13-year-old in 1977 and faces several other accusations of sexual assault dating back decades and past the statute of limitations -- all claims he has rejected. Читать дальше...

Experts say that would be too little too late. While glacier melt is a global phenomenon blamed on climate change, Venezuela is the first country in the Andes mountain range -- which stretches all the way to Chile in the south -- to lose all its glaciers. Venezuela has lost five in total, adding up to some 1,000 hectares of ice, in the last century or so. "In Venezuela there are no more glaciers," Julio Cesar Centeno, a university professor and advisor to the UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), told AFP. Читать дальше...

Located in a 17th century building on Quai Voltaire, the three-room apartment has a view overlooking the Seine and the Louvre Museum. It will go under the hammer at Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry on March 26. The apartment of 260 m2 has a 50 m2 dressing room and was completely redone by Lagerfeld "in a futuristic style with a concrete floor and sections of sandblasted glass," the notary, Thomas Jousselin, told AFP. Lagerfeld, whose spectacular creations and shows for Chanel, Fendi and his own brand... Читать дальше...

Tesla halted production at its German factory Tuesday after power lines supplying the electric carmaker’s only European plant were set on fire in an act of sabotage claimed by a far-left group.

Voters across the US headed to the polls on Tuesday with President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump poised to move much closer to winning their parties' nominations during the biggest day of the primary campaign.

Neestrup's side trail 3-1 after the first leg in Denmark and have already been written off by many pundits ahead of the return meeting in Manchester. Given City's array of stars compared to Copenhagen's largely unheralded squad, even Neestrup conceded it would take an astonishing turn of events for Pep Guardiola's men to lose. "We know we are 3-1 down, playing the best team in the world. It is close to impossible but we will be ready for this and will try our absolute best for Danish football," he told reporters on Tuesday. Читать дальше...

"Unfortunately, Edward Bond passed away on Sunday at the age of 89," the Casarotto Ramsay and Associates agency said in a statement. Born in London in 1934, Bond was the author of more than 50 plays, film scripts, and opera librettos, with some of his best known works including "The Sea" (1973) and "The Company of Men" (1990). As a child during World War II, he was present during the bombings on London in the early 1940s -- a terror that would later emerge in the themes of his work. Bond left... Читать дальше...

Sports Illustrated, ESPN and The Golf Channel reported LIV Golf commissioner Greg Norman told players in a letter on Tuesday the effort for recognition that began in July 2022 has ended. "It's now clear that the best way forward for LIV as a league and you as LIV golfers is not through the current ranking system," Norman said. "A resolution which protects the accuracy, credibility and integrity of the OWGR rankings no longer exists." The OWGR, whose points system is used to decide invitations... Читать дальше...

Biden added that it was up to Hamas whether to accept an offer for a six-week truce, while warning Israel there were "no excuses" for failing to allow aid into the Palestinian territory. "It's in the hands of Hamas right now," the 81-year-old Biden told reporters as he prepared to fly back to the White House from the Camp David presidential retreat in Maryland. "The Israelis have been cooperating, the offer (of a ceasefire) is rational. We'll know in a couple of days. But we need the ceasefire." He added... Читать дальше...

Swift, one of the world's most famous and most-discussed artists, did not urge her loyal Swifties towards any particular political position or candidate, instead focusing on the importance of casting one's ballot. "Today, March 5, is the Presidential Primary in Tennessee and 16 other states and territories," the 34-year-old wrote on Instagram, referencing the state she spent much of her youth living in. "I wanted to remind you guys to vote the people who most represent YOU into power. If you haven't already... Читать дальше...

Highlights of Yamamoto's work include Nagoya Zokei University in Japan completed in 2022, THE CIRCLE at Zurich Airport in Switzerland finished in 2020 and Tianjin Library in China unveiled in 2012. "The Pritzker Architecture Prize announces Riken Yamamoto, of Yokohama, Japan, as the 2024 Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, the award that is regarded internationally as architecture's highest honor," the prize-givers said in the statement. The prize citation said that Yamamoto was selected... Читать дальше...

Ireland, who won their first ever Test against Afghanistan last week, will play all their group matches in the United States, taking on India and Canada in New York before moving to Lauderhill, Florida to face USA -- co-hosts with the West Indies -- and Pakistan. "If you go back a couple of years and said we are going to play cricket in America, no one would have believed you," Malan told reporters in a video conference ahead of his side's first one-day international against the Afghans in Sharjah on Thursday. Читать дальше...

Since June last year, a law passed by San Diego’s Democrat-run city council has given police the power to force homeless people out of many parts of the city, even if there are no shelters available for them to go to. Critics say the strategy does nothing to tackle California’s homelessness crisis, only moves the problem elsewhere. Nevertheless, a statewide version of the law could soon be introduced.

Striped Auschwitz uniforms, buttons taken from clothes stripped on arrival at the Sobibor death camp, poignant letters and photos: the museum displays 2,500 objects, many never seen before in public. Before the war and the Nazi occupation, the Netherlands was home to a vibrant Jewish community of around 140,000 people, mainly concentrated in Amsterdam. By the time the Holocaust was over, an estimated 75 percent -- 102,000 people -- had been murdered. The building housing the museum, a former... Читать дальше...

On Tuesday, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) reduced a potentially career-ending doping ban from four years to nine months, paving the way for Halep's possible immediate return to the court. Before her suspension from the sport, Halep had already demonstrated incredible resolve to win the 2018 French Open having lost all three of her previous Slam finals. She endeared herself by announcing on the eve of that Paris finale, where she saw off Sloane Stephens from a set down, that she "would be OK" if she lost again... Читать дальше...

Nearly five months into Israel's air and ground assault on the Gaza Strip and resulting mass displacement, acute shortages of food have led to what the United Nations is describing as a nutrition crisis, part of a wider humanitarian catastrophe. Gaza's Health Ministry said on Sunday that 15 children had died of malnutrition or dehydration at Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza, the part of the enclave where the lack of food is most extreme.

President Joe Biden won the Michigan primary on Tuesday, yet results from the state highlighted one of his biggest political vulnerabilities ahead of the November general election. A vigorous “uncommitted” campaign organized by activists disillusioned with Biden's handling of the war in Gaza was making headway. It far surpassed the 10,000-vote margin by which former President Donald Trump won Michigan in 2016, a goal set by organizers of this year’s protest effort.

The organisers of the Paris Olympics took possession of the newly built athletes' village on Thursday on schedule, reinforcing growing confidence that they will be ready for the Games. At an inauguration ceremony in northern Paris, chief organiser Tony Estanguet received a symbolic key for the complex in front of VIPs including President Emmanuel Macron. FRANCE 24's Clovis Casali was there, he tells us more.

Super Tuesday gives pollsters – and party members on both sides – an idea of the big issues motivating voters. And for some, particularly younger voters, the climate crisis is one of those top issues. So what do we know about Trump's and Biden's policies towards the environment? FRANCE 24's Antonia Kerrigan tells us more.

The Belize-flagged, Lebanese-operated Rubymar sank on Saturday with 21,000 metric tonnes of ammonium phosphate sulfate fertiliser on board, according to US Central Command (CENTCOM). It had been taking in water since a Huthi missile strike on February 18 damaged its hull, marking the most significant impact on a commercial ship since the rebels started targeting vessels in November. After already leaving a slick from leaking fuel while it was still afloat, the Rubymar now poses a new set of environmental threats under water. Читать дальше...

Investigators raided Paris town hall Tuesday as part of a probe into a taxpayer-funded trip by mayor Anne Hidalgo to French Pacific island Tahiti, a judicial source told AFP.

Defending champions City, unbeaten in 19 games in all competitions, take on Copenhagen in the second leg of their last-16 tie at the Etihad on Wednesday, with the cushion of a 3-1 lead. They beat Manchester United on Sunday to move just one point behind Premier League leaders Liverpool and are through to the FA Cup quarter-finals, where they will face Newcastle. But Guardiola played down talk of a repeat of last season's heroics at his pre-match press conference on Tuesday. "It's better to be... Читать дальше...

Those responsible for the image were "ready to deny France, going so far as to distort reality to cancel its history," Francois-Xavier Bellamy of the right-wing Republicans party wrote on X, formerly Twitter. Top of the list of complaints about the fantastical Parisian panorama is a cross which in real life tops the Dome des Invalides, part of a historic central Paris military complex and site of the tomb of Napoleon. Its absence from the version depicted on the stylised poster led Marion Marechal... Читать дальше...

U.S. military C-130 cargo planes dropped food in pallets over Gaza on Saturday in the opening stage of an emergency humanitarian assistance authorized by President Joe Biden after more than 100 Palestinians who had surged to pull goods off an aid convoy were killed during a chaotic encounter with Israeli troops. Three planes from Air Forces Central dropped 66 bundles containing about 38,000 meals into Gaza at 8:30 a.m. EST (3:30 p.m. local). The bundles were dropped in southwest Gaza, on the beach along the territory's Mediterranean coast. Читать дальше...