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'Pressure works': Belarus opposition leader Tikhanovskaya reacts to release of political prisoners
Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, the exiled Belarus opposition leader, spoke to FRANCE 24 about the release from jail of fellow protest leader Maria Kolesnikova and Nobel Prize winner Ales Bialiatski along with 121 other political prisoners. "Let's not forget that at least 1,200 political prisoners are still behind bars, people are still being arrested every day, families are still being terrorised and repression hasn't stopped. So, there is still a lot of work ahead of us," said the former presidential
Israel's antisemitism criticism of Australia plays to 'domestic audience', expert says
Sunday's shooting at Sydney's Bondi Beach where a Jewish celebration was taking place was unsurprising given the long history of persecution faced by Jews, said Joseph Downing, a senior lecturer in politics and international relations at Aston University. He added that Israeli leaders’ criticism of Australia for not doing enough to combat antisemitism is largely aimed at a domestic audience, arguing that such claims carry limited weight because antisemitism spreads widely on social media and is
Netanyahu blames Australia after Sydney shooting targeting Jewish celebration
Israeli leaders condemned a shooting in Sydney that targeted a Hanukkah celebration and killed 11 people on Sunday, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accusing Canberra of fuelling antisemitism in the lead-up to the attack. Brendan Berne, a former Australian ambassador to France and to APEC, called the accusations “unfair,” saying Israeli politicians were seeking to “defame” Australia. While noting a rise in antisemitism, Berne said the Australian government has stepped up efforts in recent
'Genuine hero': Bystander tackles alleged gunman during Bondi Beach mass shooting
Footage captured by an eyewitness shows a man grappling with an alleged gunman during the Bondi Beach mass shooting in which at least 12 people were killed, before wrestling the weapon off him.
French PM urged to intervene as farmers keep up road blocks over cow 'mass slaughter'
Farmers sprayed manure on government offices and kept up roadblocks in southern France on Sunday in protest against a mass cull of cows ordered to contain the spread of a skin disease. Local officials have urged Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu to urgently intervene.
Syrian who killed Americans was part of security forces, interior ministry says
Syria's interior ministry said Sunday the gunman who killed three Americans in the central Palmyra region the previous day was a member of the security forces who was to have been fired for extremism. Two US troops and a civilian interpreter died in what the Syrian government described as a "terrorist attack" on Saturday, while Washington said it had been carried out by an Islamic State group (IS) militant who was then killed.
The week in pictures: Machado's Nobel, Benin's botched coup, AI people named Time's Person of Year
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado receives her Nobel Peace Prize, AI is named Person of the Year 2025 by Time magazine, and another massive protest in Bulgaria leads to the fall of the government. FRANCE 24 looks back at the week's most striking images.
Thousands march in Budapest to protest Orban's government over child abuse scandal
Thousands of Hungarians marched to Prime Minister Viktor Orban's offices on Saturday, led by opposition leader Peter Magyar, who urged the veteran nationalist to resign over an abuse scandal at a juvenile detention centre. The prosecutor's office said on Wednesday that seven people had been detained at the state-run Budapest juvenile centre so far.
Far right eyes comeback as Chile holds presidential election
Chileans began voting for a new president Sunday, making a stark choice between the most right-wing candidate in 35 years of democracy and the head of a leftist coalition. Polls show far-right candidate Jose Antonio Kast as the strong front-runner in the runoff vote against his rival Jeannette Jara, a longstanding member of the Communist Party.