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Also coming up this hour in business, we will have the latest from the paris motor show. As sales start to pick up, carmakers are targeting the premium market in europe. Andre will be looking at the latest technology on display. We will be live from the pentagon to speak with rear admiral john kirby. How confident is the American Military that they can defeat to hottests jihadists in syria and iraq . Is this war even when a book winnable . We will be putting those questions to the spokesperson i...

It's Lionel Messi versus the rest of the Leagues Cup. Messi scored the eighth goal of his Inter Miami career Friday night to polish off a 4-0 quarterfinals…

The eastern city of Bakhmut has become the most active and violent frontline in the Ukraine war. It is constantly pounded with artillery from both sides, and infantry is fighting on the streets. Our…

Emmanuel Macron calls it "combat diplomacy.” The French president has vowed to make every effort to support Ukraine - including by hosting an international conference Tuesday meant to help the country…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the world narrowly avoided a radiation disaster as electricity to Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was cut for hours due to Russian shelling in the…

Presidential campaigns all have their share of emblematic moments that change the course of the race, be they breathtaking, instant game-changers or incidents that seem decisive only in hindsight. Wi…

Since Russia's brief war with Georgia in 2008, pro-Russian separatists in the disputed territory of South Ossetia have laid kilometres of barbed wire and fencing, turning what was once an administrat…

No doesnt mean no: Irans Namjoo scandal triggers debate on sexual abuse Issued on: MIDDLE EAST MATTERS © FRANCE 24 14 min When the #MeToo movement started sending reverberations across the globe in 2017, Iranian women felt the campaign was still out of reach for many. That was until late last summer, when one by one, Iranian women started taking to social media with their own accounts of sexual abuse and harassment. Among those ...

Lebanon-Syria: Smuggling and sanctions, the new front line Issued on: REPORTERS © FRANCE 24 37 min Despite being on the brink of collapse, the Lebanese economy is keeping a troublesome neighbour afloat: Bashar al-Assads Syria. In order to dodge international sanctions on the Assad regime – notably the US-imposed Caesar Act – products such as food and petrol are being smuggled across the border into Syria on a massive scale....

French restaurant industry struggles amid months of Covid-19 restrictions Issued on: BUSINESS DAILY © FRANCE 24 11 min Two lockdowns and a new extended ban on reopening have left French restaurateurs struggling to stay afloat as industry groups warn of mass bankruptcies. Nearly two-thirds of French restaurants and cafés say they fear they may have to shut down definitively. FRANCE 24s James André reports on what hes been hearin...