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• Reverence for French culture means that some people can be sacrificed along the way: activist October 28, 2024
  A Paris court on Monday postponed the trial of French actor Gerard Depardieu on sexual assault charges until March. Despite the allegations, the actor has received the support of many in the entertainment industry, and even President Macron. FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks to Elsa Labouret, spokesperson for 'Osez le Féminisme'. She says that reverence […]
• Did Donald Trump privately praise Hitler? October 28, 2024
  The Atlantic reports that in 2020 former President Donald Trump said to two people in a private conversation at The White House: “I need the kind of generals that Hitler had.” Trump's former Chief of Staff, John Kelly, was also cited by The Atlantic and The New York Times, where Kelly claims that the former […]
• Spaniards Aitana Bonmati, Rodri crowned 2024’s best football players at Ballon d’Or October 28, 2024
  Spanish midfielders Rodri and Aitana Bonmatí were awarded the men's and women's Ballon d’Or award, respectively, for the world’s best football player in 2024  at a ceremony in Paris on Monday.
• Israel approves two bills that could halt UNRWA's aid delivery to Gaza October 28, 2024
  Israel's parliament has passed two laws that could prevent the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, a main provider of aid to Gaza, from being able to continue its work. The laws ban the agency, UNRWA, from operating in Israel, designate it a terror organization, and cut all ties between the agency and the Israeli government. […]
• Volkswagen plans major layoffs, factory closures October 28, 2024
  Volkswagen staff have sounded the alarm over plans to cut 'tens of thousands' of jobs, cut wages, and close three factories across Germany. The carmaker's employee council said management had described the cost-cutting plans as necessary. If confirmed, the restructuring will mark a symbolic blow to German industry. Also in the show - France 24 […]
• Georgia declared result 'would have been impossible without blatant vote-rigging': analyst October 28, 2024
  Tens of thousands of Georgians massed outside parliament Monday night, demanding the annulment of the weekend parliamentary election that the president has alleged was rigged with the help of Russia. FRANCE 24's Mark Owen speaks to Tinatin Japaridze, Eurasian Political Risk Analyst at Eurasia Group. She says that the declared result would have been impossible […]
• Fallout spreads from racist rhetoric at Trump rally October 28, 2024
  With just over a week to go before Election Day, Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump has headlined a rally at Madison Square Garden, in the Democratic stronghold of New York. The event saw many speakers make crude as well as all out racist comments. FRANCE 24's Jessica Le Masurier reports from New York.
• Back to Russia's orbit? Georgia's EU bid on hold amid claims of 'stolen' elections October 28, 2024
  Could the nation that back in 2008 fought a war against Vladimir Putin be giving up on its EU dream? Packed crowds outside Georgia’s parliament to protest what the pro-Western president calls a stolen election. We will scrutinize Saturday’s vote which gave another outright majority to the Georgia Dream party of billionaire former prime minister […]
• Berlin slams ‘inhumane’ Tehran for executing German-Iranian Jamshid Sharmahd October 28, 2024
  Slammed by Berlin as an "inhumane regime", Iran on Monday executed dual German-Iranian national Jamshid Sharmahd after detaining him since 2020, when he was captured while travelling through the United Arab Emirates, according to his family. He had been convicted in the 2008 bombing of a mosque in Shiraz. 
• Major defeat: Japanese politics in turmoil as ruling party loses majority October 28, 2024
  Uncertainty shrouded Japan’s political landscape on Monday after the country’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party lost its parliamentary majority for the first time in 15 years. FRANCE 24 speaks to Jeffrey J Hall, special lecturer at Japan's Kanda University of International Studies.