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Han Kang wins South Korea's first Nobel Prize in Literature

Best known for her dark and troubling novel "The Vegetarian", Han Kang has been announced as the 2024 laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature, with the Swedish Academy praising her "intensely poetic prose" and the important questions of historical trauma and human fragility that she deals with. Audrey Chapuis,…

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'Unicorns' enchant Brittany coast at Dinard Film Festival

From "The Full Monty" and "Billy Elliot" to last year's "The Quiet Girl", which went all the way to the Oscars, arts24 is at the intimate French film festival that’s served as the launchpad for independent gems that go on to conquer the world of cinema. From social chronicles to…

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'We have to attack Iran,' says Israeli economy minister

FRANCE 24 spoke to Israel's Economy and Industry Minister Nir Barkat, who previously served as mayor of Jerusalem and is a member of PM Binyamin Netanyahu's Likud party. "We have to attack Iran", he declared, saying that this included hitting Tehran's nuclear capabilities.

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Mozambique's elections: What's at stake?

Polls have closed and ballot counting has begun in Mozambique. Some 17 million people were registered to vote for presidential and parliamentary elections. President Filipe Nyusi is stepping down after eight years in office and four candidates are vying for the hot seat.

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HRW slams 'war crime' as Israel accused of mistreating Palestinian prisoners

Amnesty International says there have been horrifying cases of torture and degrading treatment of Palestinian detainees, with a failure to investigate incidents in custody. Meanwhile, Human Rights Watch says Israeli forces have published degrading photographs and videos of detained Palestinians, including children. To discuss these serious accusations about the treatment…

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South Korean author Han Kang wins 2024 Nobel literature prize

South Korean author Han Kang won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature "for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life", the award-giving body said on Thursday.

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Rafael Nadal announces his retirement from professional tennis

Rafael Nadal, the 22-time grand slam champion, on Thursday said he will retire from professional tennis at the end of this season. The 38-year-old Spanish player said he would effectively end his career after the Davis Cup finals in November.

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French PM to present 2025 budget to cabinet with financial markets in mind

France's Prime Minister Michel Barnier will hold a cabinet meeting this Thursday where he'll unveil his budget plan for 2025. His bid to reduce the deficit from 6.1 percent of GDP will be looked at closely on international bond markets and by the country's disparate political forces. Also in this…

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'Extremely dangerous' Hurricane Milton slams Florida as 3 million left without power

Hurricane Milton slammed central Florida on Thursday after battering the state's west coast hours earlier, whipping up deadly tornadoes, destroying homes and leaving more than 3 million people without power. Authorities said at least four people died due to the storm and flood water levels may continue to rise in…

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At least 22 killed, scores injured as Israeli strike hits central Beirut

At least 22 people were killed and 117 wounded in Israeli air strikes that hit two different areas in central Beirut on Thursday evening, Lebanon’s health ministry said – the third such attack on the capital since Israel escalated its air campaign last month. The news came after the UN…

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'Astonishing' how fast Hurricane Milton has intensified, WMO meteorologist says

An expanding Hurricane Milton closed in on Florida's west coast on Wednesday, spawning tornados and lashing the region with rain and wind hours ahead of its expected landfall near Tampa Bay, where it could deliver a life-threatening surge of seawater to waterfront communities already battered by Hurricane Helene. FRANCE 24's…

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Debunking claims that Hurricane Milton was created by the US government

Many pro-Trump conspiracy theorists on social media are falsely claiming that the US government is using certain geoengineering technologies to control the weather. Also in this edition of Truth or Fake, we debunk Donald Trump's claims about the US government's response to Hurricane Helene.

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As Hurricane Milton hits: How will 'storm of the century' impact US presidential race?

Here in France, the flood waters are rising as the remnants of Storm Kirk dump biblical amounts of rain. But that's just a drop in the bucket compared with what the southeastern United States faces. Hurricane Milton is forcing the evacuation of 5.5 million Florida residents, with President Joe Biden…

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Pelicot trial: French court hears how mass rape went undetected for years

Relatives of Gisèle Pelicot, the woman at the heart of a mass rape trial that has shaken France, testified in court on Tuesday about the deterioration they witnessed in Pelicot’s health throughout her almost decade-long ordeal, and the failure to determine its cause. Their accounts shed light on the widespread…

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Summit of Ukraine's key allies postponed after Biden cancels trip

A meeting on Saturday of Ukraine's biggest arms donors to hear details of a "victory plan" drawn up by Ukraine's President, Volodymyr Zelensky has been postponed as US President Joe Biden can no longer attend. Zelenskiy will hold talks with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Thursday.

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Why can't we stop hurricanes? From dry ice to cloud seeding, nothing has worked

While Florida is still reeling from the devastation wrought by Hurricane Helene less than two weeks ago, Hurricane Milton is set to make landfall in Tampa Bay early on Wednesday night local time. While fluctuations in intensity are expected, Milton is forecast to remain an extremely dangerous hurricane, perhaps the…

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Film show: Pamela Anderson returns as 'The Last Showgirl'

She was the ultimate 1990s bombshell: Pamela Anderson got her break on TV show "Baywatch" three decades ago. After years out of the spotlight, Anderson returns as the protagonist of Gia Coppola's film, "The Last Showgirl". The actress spoke to film critic Emma Jones about her big-screen comeback at this…

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Fears grow of humanitarian crisis in Lebanon: NGO warns of 'catastrophic' situation

As the war continues to widen in Lebanon, it's estimated that 1.2 million people have already been displaced from their homes. The risk of a humanitarian crisis is real as people continue to be forced to flee, notably from the south of the country. Many are now left living on…

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FRANCE 24's journalist under investigation in Russia after reporting from Kursk

Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Monday that it has opened criminal cases against foreign journalists for "illegally" crossing the border between Ukraine and Russia's Kursk region.

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Victims of toxic waste dump in Ivory Coast still seeking justice

It's an environmental tragedy with ongoing consequences in Ivory Coast. Back in 2006, the company Trafigura wanted to get rid of 500 cubic metres of toxic waste from the refining of petroleum products stored on its cargo ship Probo Koala. After three countries refused the ship, it finally unloaded its…

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US, UK trio win 2024 Nobel chemistry prize for work on proteins

US nationals David Baker and John Jumper, together with Briton Demis Hassabis, shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday for work revealing proteins' secrets through computing and artificial intelligence.

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US Justice Department considers breaking up Google in search monopoly case

The US Justice Department has told a federal judge that it is mulling over recommending that Google be forced to sell parts of its operations, as a way to tackle the monopoly the tech giant holds over the online search market. This could be the biggest antitrust move in the…

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Kremlin denies report of Trump, Putin private phone call after Ukraine invasion

Former US president Donald Trump secretly sent Covid tests to Vladimir Putin in 2020 when he was in the White House and spoke multiple times to the Russian president after leaving office, an explosive new book by US journalist Bob Woodward reveals. The Kremlin on Wednesday denied reports in the…

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Biden urges Netanyahu to minimise civilian harm in Lebanon

US President Joe Biden urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to minimise harm to civilians in Lebanon, especially in the populated areas of Beirut, while reiterating support to target Iran-backed Lebanese Hezbollah militants, the White House said after their call. The plea came after Israel’s Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said…

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Residents evacuate as Florida braces for the arrival of Hurricane Milton

Two weeks after Hurricane Helene stormed through the southeast of the United States, Floridians on Wednesday rushed to secure their homes and leave as incoming Hurricane Milton was labelled a Category 4 storm, with the potential to dramatically exceed Helene's "storm surge".

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