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Israel-Hamas war: Pressure builds for truce as both side accused of war crimes

International pressure expected to redouble at conference in Paris called by French President Emmanuel Macron

Evening Standard · Nov 9, 2023

Israel agrees to 4-hour daily ‘pauses’ in northern Gaza, says US

Israel has agreed to pause operations in northern Gaza for four hours a day from Thursday, in the first predetermined pauses in fighting of the more than month-long conflict. The pauses would allow people to flee along two humanitarian corridors and will be announced three hours in advance, White House…

France 24 · Nov 9, 2023

Israel shuns Macron's donor conference for Gaza

Israel has said its representatives will not participate at a "humanitarian conference" for Gaza in Paris – organised by French President Emmanuel Macron – taking place this Thursday.

Radio France Internationale · Nov 9, 2023

Two faces of dignity: a Kantian perspective on Uber drivers’ fight for decent working conditions

On November 3, 2016, Emmanuel Macron, who had recently launched a presidential bid, mentioned what he felt was Uber’s positive role in providing work opportunities to low-income or unemployed youth (our translation and emphasis):

The Conversation · Nov 5, 2023

Protest marches by thousands in Europe demand halt to Israeli bombing of Gaza, under police watch

Thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators demanding an immediate halt to Israel’s bombardment of Gaza have marched in Paris, Berlin and other European cities

The Independent UK · Nov 4, 2023

France revives culture war over bid to make language more gender-neutral

In the latest step in a long-running battle over whether to make the French language more inclusive, President Emmanuel Macron has urged its speakers "not to give in to the zeitgeist" by using gender-neutral nouns. His comments this week come as the Senate voted in favour of a proposal to…

Radio France Internationale · Nov 4, 2023

Between 350,000 to 400,000 people still in northern Gaza, says US special envoy

Between 350,000 to 400,000 people remain in northern Gaza, US special envoy David Satterfield said Saturday, as Israeli forces encircle Gaza City. Israel has told Gazans to evacuate the north of the Strip and move south as the war against Hamas intensifies. Meanwhile US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is…

France 24 · Nov 4, 2023

What’s in a word? How less-gendered language is faring across Europe

A contentious vote in the French senate is only the latest battleground in the culture war over inclusive language

The Guardian - UK · Nov 4, 2023

Kurdistan leader cements decades-old ties in visit to Paris

French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday received Nechirvan Barzani, President of the Kurdistan Autonomous Region in the north of Iraq – where France still has troops as part of its fight against the Islamic State. Paris has supported Kurdistan since the early 1990s.

Radio France Internationale · Nov 3, 2023

Hezbollah says 'total war possible' as France warns of Lebanese fallout

France has urged Israel and the Lebanese Islamist group Hezbollah to avoid destabilising the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon – warning that broadening the Israel-Hamas war would plunge Lebanon "into an abyss". However Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Friday said an escalation of hostilities was "a realistic possibility".

Radio France Internationale · Nov 3, 2023