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'The climate crisis is a health crisis,' WHO's Vanessa Kerry tells FRANCE 24

Vanessa Kerry, who in June became the first-ever Special Envoy for Climate Change and Health for the World Health Organization, will be front and centre at the upcoming COP28 climate conference in Dubai. So will her father, John Kerry, in his capacity as the Biden administration's Special Climate Envoy. Vanessa…

France 24 · Nov 23, 2023

Gaza truce to start Friday, says Qatar

A Gaza truce and hostage release will start on Friday morning, Qatar’s foreign ministry announced on Thursday. A pause in the fighting will begin at 7am local time and the first batch of civilian hostages held in Gaza since October 7 is set to be handed over around 4pm Friday.…

France 24 · Nov 23, 2023

Al-Shifa Hospital: What do we know about IDF videos of a tunnel under the hospital?

For weeks, Israel has claimed that the Al-Shifa Hospital is above an underground Hamas "headquarters”, justifying its military interventions on the health complex. On November 16, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) claimed to have discovered the entrance to an underground passage under the Al-Shifa Hospital. While IDF videos serve as…

France 24 · Nov 22, 2023

Gaza's future: What happens after Israel-Hamas war ends?

In this edition of Perspective, we take a wider look at the war in Gaza, asking whether Israel has a plan for the "day after". Can Hamas be defeated, both militarily and psychologically? And does the displacement of Palestinians constitute ethnic cleansing? FRANCE 24's Nadia Massih speaks to academic and…

France 24 · Nov 20, 2023

Israel army says finds 55-metre tunnel under Gaza’s Al-Shifa hospital

The Israeli military on Sunday said it had uncovered a tunnel under Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital that stretched 55-metres beneath the war-torn complex where troops have been conducting a major operation. More than 30 premature babies have been evacuated from the same hospital, which the World Health Organization says has become…

France 24 · Nov 19, 2023

Georgian President Salomé Zourabichvili: ‘We are on the West’s side’

Europe’s recommendation to grant Georgia candidate status for EU membership is “a very major step” that is goading the country’s political leaders to coalesce around a “new consensus” in favour of a European future, Georgian President Salomé Zourabichvili told FRANCE 24.

France 24 · Nov 17, 2023

Indigenous people and climate change: With the Guna when the oceans rise (4/4)

FRANCE 24 brings you the stories of people on the front lines of climate change. From Kenya to Panama via Greenland and Australia, our reporters James André and Achraf Abid went to meet the Indigenous people who live in harmony with nature and whose daily lives are being turned upside…

France 24 · Nov 17, 2023

DR Congo faces logistical, security challenges before pivotal December poll

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is gearing up for high-stakes elections on December 20, with incumbent President Felix Tshisekedi facing a crowded field of challengers that includes the runner-up in the disputed 2018 vote and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate. With five weeks to go before polls open, organisers…

France 24 · Nov 16, 2023

Are Islamist flags being waved in pro-Palestine protests? Not exactly

Images of protesters brandishing black and white banners during marches across Europe in support of the Palestinian people have been circulating online. Some accounts were quick to point out that these same flags have been brandished by al Qaeda, the Taliban and the Islamic State group. It turns out that…

France 24 · Nov 15, 2023

'The scene is apocalyptic': FRANCE 24 reports from Gaza with Israeli army

After over a month of the Israel-Hamas war, journalists have had little, if any, access to the Gaza Strip. As the Israeli ground offensive deepens, army troops are taking reporters on tours of the besieged enclave. Our correspondent Claire Duhamel spent three hours embedded with them in northern Gaza. Here…

France 24 · Nov 14, 2023