Europe's top human rights court ruled on Tuesday that the Swiss government had violated the human rights of its citizens by failing to do enough to combat climate change, in a decision that will set a precedent for future climate lawsuits.
A French water charity sounded the alarm Monday about pollution in the Seine just over 100 days before the start of the Olympics when the river is set to be used for swimming events. Surfrider Foundation said it had analysed six months of tests over winter undertaken by a laboratory and concluded that the river water remained polluted and potentially dangerous.
The 39-year-old wild card Wawrinka, formerly ranked no.3 in the world but now down to no.79, was no match in the first round for the Australian who prevailed 6-3, 6-0 on the main Rainier III court. Wawrinka, the 2014 champion in Monte Carlo and a two-time Grand Slam winner, made 28 unforced errors to De Minaur's 18 and landed just four winners to the 12 made by his opponent. In the next round, De Minaur, who won this year's title on the hard courts in Acapulco, will face Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor. Читать дальше...
With the European elections just two months away, a recent poll for French media has put the far-right National Rally party firmly in the lead, averaging around 32 percent of support. Other polls across the continent also show a trend of voters leaning towards right-wing, nationalist or Eurosceptic parties. France 24’s Philip Turle takes a look at some of the reasons support for the far right is surging.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said a date has been set for the invasion of Gaza’s Rafah, despite warnings from the US and others that a ground assault would be a mistake leading to humanitarian disaster. Meanwhile, talks are ongoing over a possible ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, with mixed signs of progress.
Twenty-seven people went on trial on Monday in connection with the "Panama Papers" tax evasion scandal, with one of the main defendants denying accusations of money laundering.
Displaced Palestinians in Gaza are trying to prepare as best they can for Wednesday's Eid al-Fitr holiday, marking the end of Ramadan, despite meagre resources, the threat of famine and the widespread destruction wrought by the war.
"I do, without doubt," Luis Enrique said when asked at a press conference on Tuesday, on the eve of the quarter-final first leg in the French capital. "Just look at all the stats and the trophies won, and without any doubt I represent the Barca way better, although others may have different opinions." Luis Enrique, 53, spent the last eight years of his playing career at Barcelona, notably starring under Bobby Robson in the team that beat PSG in the 1997 Cup Winners' Cup final and winning two La Liga titles under Louis van Gaal. Читать дальше...
Israel's security is at the "core" of German foreign policy, the UN's highest court heard on Tuesday, where Berlin has denied a claim that it is aiding in a "genocide" in Gaza.
After reports emerged last week that Israel is using artificial intelligence to identify targets in Gaza, resulting in many civilian deaths, Benjamin Jensen, senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington DC, joins France 24 to talk about what we know about the technology and why it could lead to non-combatants being targeted.
Security will be "considerably reinforced" at Wednesday's Champions League match in the French capital between Paris Saint-Germain and Barcelona after a "threat" from the Islamic State group, the interior minister said.
Archbishop Paul Gallagher is the most senior official to visit Vietnam since diplomatic relations were cut at the end of the war with the United States in 1975, when the communist government expelled the apostolic delegate. In recent years the two have tried to restart diplomatic relations, and Gallagher's trip -- which will include tours of Hanoi, southern business hub Ho Chi Minh City and ancient capital Hue -- comes after a Vietnamese delegation visited the pope earlier this year. Vietnam has around six million Catholics... Читать дальше...
More than six months into the war, Hamas said it was "studying" a new proposal for a temporary truce, submitted during the talks with US, Qatari and Egyptian mediators. Under the plan, fighting would stop for six weeks, 40 women and child hostages would be exchanged for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, and up to 500 aid trucks would enter Gaza per day, a Hamas source said. Hamas said it "appreciates" the mediators' latest efforts but accused Israel of failing to respond to its long-standing demands... Читать дальше...
Hamas said Tuesday it was considering a new truce framework proposed during the latest talks in Cairo, as Palestinians returning to their homes in southern Gaza confronted the extent of destruction left after Israeli troops' withdrawal. Six months into the bloodiest Gaza war, Qatari, Egyptian and US mediators have proposed another temporary ceasefire, according to a Hamas source. The three-part proposal would halt fighting for six weeks to facilitate an exchange of hostages held by Hamas for Palestinian prisoners in Israel. Читать дальше...
In a statement Italy's top flight requested that football federation (FIGC) prosecutors probe chants from both sets of supporters directed at Roma striker Romelu Lukaku and Lazio midfielder Matteo Guendouzi. Serie A also said it wanted prosecutors to look into "religiously discriminatory" chants from Lazio fans at their Roma counterparts. The league did not specify the nature of the abuse, but Lazio's "ultras" have a long history of referring to Roma fans as Jewish as an insult. Lazio have a reputation... Читать дальше...
Ecuador's ex-vice president Jorge Glas, arrested in a raid on Mexico's embassy in Quito, has been hospitalized after refusing to eat, the prison authority announced as a diplomatic spat over his capture spiraled.
Hamas said early on Tuesday Israel's ceasefire proposal that it received from Qatari and Egyptian mediators did not meet any of the demands of Palestinian factions. Hamas “appears to be sticking to its essential demands” of a permanent ceasefire and full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, says France 24’s Rob Parsons, reporting from Jerusalem.
Europe's climate monitor said Tuesday that March was the hottest on record and the tenth straight month of historic heat, with sea surface temperatures also hitting a "shocking" new high.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has escalated his pledge to invade the southern Gaza city of Rafah, which is filled with around 1.4 million Palestinians, most of whom are displaced from other parts of the Gaza Strip. “It will happen. There is a date,” Netanyahu said in a video statement Monday.
Four celebrity names were revealed in France this Monday as the team to sail across the Atlantic, bringing the Olympic flame from Brest, Brittany, to Pointe-à-Pitre in the French overseas territory of Guadeloupe as part of its journey ahead of the 2024 Paris Games.
Pascal Sleiman was the coordinator in the Byblos (Jbeil) area, north of Beirut, for the Lebanese Forces (LF), a Christian party which opposes the Syrian government and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah. The LF said it would consider Sleiman's murder a "political assassination until proven otherwise", although the army said the politician had been killed for his car. Social media users pointed the finger at Hezbollah, drawing a denial from its leader Hassan Nasrallah. "The number of people arrested for kidnapping and killing... Sleiman... Читать дальше...
A chilly, midday darkness fell across North America on Monday as a total solar eclipse raced across the continent, thrilling those lucky enough to behold the spectacle through clear skies.
More than 100 people died after a ferry boat sank off the northern coast of Mozambique, President Filipe Nyusi said on Monday, and almost 20 others were still missing. Officials said the vessel carrying 130 passengers was an overloaded fishing boat and was not licensed to transport people.
Germany on Monday began the permanent deployment of a military brigade in Lithuania with an advance contingent of 20 soldiers arriving in Vilnius and 150 more to join them by year's end, marking the first time since World War II that German forces will be based outside the country on a long-term basis.
Russia on Monday warned of "unprecedented" flooding over the next 48 hours as locals in a city partially submerged by rising waters took to the streets in rare protest at the authorities' handling of the crisis.
