'Witches': Elizabeth Sankey on her courageous film on postpartum psychosis

26/11/2024 15:14 France 24

British director Elizabeth Sankey bravely recounts her story of frightening isolation and unwanted thoughts after childbirth in her spellbinding documentary "Witches", which is out on Mubi. The film features interviews with medical professionals, historians and fellow sufferers, and uses old film footage showing pop cultural representation of witches. The director speaks to Eve Jackson about her own experience in a mother and baby psychiatric ward and shares her perspective on how women with mental health issues have been stigmatised and misunderstood over time.

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'Chaotic evening': Israel issues first central Beirut evacuation warning

The Israeli army warned residents of four neighbourhoods of central Beirut to evacuate their homes on Tuesday, saying it is poised to strike Hezbollah targets there. FRANCE 24's Rawad Taha reports as he is evacuating Beirut city centre....

26/11/2024 16:39 France 24

Trump vows new Canada, Mexico, China tariffs that threaten global trade

President-elect Donald Trump on Monday pledged big tariffs on the United States' three largest trading partners - Canada, Mexico and China - detailing how he will implement campaign promises that could trigger trade wars. Trump, who takes office on Jan. 20, 2025, said he would impose a 25% tariff o...

26/11/2024 15:08 France 24

Russian court orders arrest of FRANCE 24 journalist who reported from Kursk

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26/11/2024 14:44 France 24

Ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah looks imminent, officials say

Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah looked set to reach a ceasefire deal on Tuesday, Israeli and Lebanese officials said, clearing the way for an end to the conflict that has killed thousands of people since it was ignited by the Gaza war 14 months ago. A senior Israeli official and Lebanese Foreign M...

26/11/2024 14:12 France 24

Russia says Ukraine has launched two more ATACMS missile strikes

Russia on Tuesday accused Ukraine of launching two more attacks on its territory using US-supplied ATACMS missiles in recent days, adding that it was preparing "retaliatory actions"....

26/11/2024 13:12 France 24

Investigation - Ukraine: Latin Americans on the front lines

Many Latin American fighters have joined Ukraine’s armed forces since Russia's invasion in February 2022. And many of them post about it on social media, especially on TikTok. While some of them appear satisfied with their experience, others are more critical. What drives these Latin Americans, e...

26/11/2024 11:30 France 24

Germany's Merkel recalls Putin's 'power games' and contrasting US presidents in her memoirs

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel recalls Vladimir Putin's “power games” over the years, remembers contrasting meetings with Barack Obama and Donald Trump and says she asked herself whether she could have done more to prevent Brexit, in her memoirs published Tuesday. Merkel, 70, appears to...

26/11/2024 10:59 France 24

Opposed to Putin's war in Ukraine, Russians find exile in Thailand

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26/11/2024 10:37 France 24

Israel to decide on ceasefire as US says deal 'close'

Israel's security cabinet was due to meet Tuesday to vote on a proposed ceasefire in its war with Hezbollah in Lebanon, an official said, while the White House voiced optimism that a deal was close. The United States, European Union and United Nations have pushed for a halt to the long-running host...

26/11/2024 10:32 France 24

Israel expected to approve ceasefire with Hezbollah, Israeli official says

Israel looks set to approve a US plan for a ceasefire with Lebanon's Hezbollah on Tuesday, a senior Israeli official said, clearing the way for an end to the conflict that has killed thousands of people since it was ignited by the Gaza war 14 months ago. This would pave the way for a ceasefire decl...

26/11/2024 10:25 France 24

NATO and Ukraine hold talks over Russia's new hypersonic missile

Ambassadors from Ukraine and NATO's 32 members meet Tuesday in Brussels following Russia's strike on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro with a new hypersonic missile. Russian President Putin said the new missile strike responded to Ukraine's use of US and UK weapons and warned that Moscow may target mili...

26/11/2024 10:16 France 24

Russia launches a 'record' 188 drones, hits 'critical infrastructure,' Ukraine says

Ukraine's air force said Tuesday it had shot down 76 Russian drones in 17 regions, while another 95 were either lost from their radars or downed by electronic jamming defensive systems in overnight attacks. The air force said infrastructure facilities were hit and apartment buildings damaged in se...

26/11/2024 08:45 France 24

Angela Merkel shares insights on Russia policy, Putin in memoirs

Germany's ex-chancellor Angela Merkel reflected on her 16-year tenure in her memoir Freedom, released Tuesday, confronting criticisms of her policies on Russia and migration, which some argue left Germany overly dependent on Russian gas and fueled far-right unrest...

26/11/2024 08:18 France 24

Israel's security cabinet has reservations about Lebanon ceasefire, France 24 reports

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26/11/2024 07:24 France 24

Live: Israeli strikes pummel Beirut as cabinet prepares to discuss ceasefire

Waves of Israeli strikes pounded Hezbollah's south Beirut stronghold on Tuesday in the most intense raids on the Lebanese capital in two months of full-scale war. The raids came as the Israeli security cabinet was set to decide on a US-brokered ceasefire aimed at ending the fighting with the Iran-b...

26/11/2024 06:25 France 24

Angela Merkel defends open-door migrant policy, ties with Russia in new memoir

Germany's former chancellor Angela Merkel reflects on her 16-year tenure in her memoir Freedom, released Tuesday in 30 languages. In the much-anticipated account, Merkel confronts criticisms of her policies on Russia and migration, which some argue left Germany overly dependent on Russian gas and...

26/11/2024 00:01 France 24

Who is the far-right populist and TikTok star now leading Romania's presidential race?

Calin Georgescu, a previously obscure far-right populist and Tiktok star, unexpectedly came in first place with 22.9 percent of the vote during the first round of Romania's presidential election on Sunday. An independent candidate, he has focused his campaign on criticising NATO and pushing for re...

25/11/2024 21:43 France 24

Does Ukraine's Zelensky imprison his political opponents?

Some social media users are claiming that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is a "dictator" since he allegedly imprisons his political opponents. These claims are based on statements made by Tulsi Gabbard, who was recently designated as Donald Trump's future head of US intelligence. We tell y...

25/11/2024 21:33 France 24

'Disillusioned Romanian voters have turned to the fringes', analyst says

After a far-right pro-Russia candidate secured a surprise lead in Romania's presidential election Monday, the eastern European NATO member is bracing for a high-stakes parliamentary vote on Sunday, amid fears it could bring about a strategic shift in the country. FRANCE 24's Mark Owen speaks to Oan...

25/11/2024 20:24 France 24

Netanyahu credibility at low point as Israeli security cabinet poised to vote on Lebanon ceasefire

Israel's security cabinet was preparing to decide whether to accept a proposed ceasefire in its war with Hezbollah, an official said Monday, as the White House announced it believed a deal to end the fighting in Lebanon was "close". FRANCE 24's Noga Tarnopolsky reports from Jerusalem. She says that...

25/11/2024 19:52 France 24

What pressure? Netanyahu defies adversaries at home and abroad

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25/11/2024 19:17 France 24

Ukraine studies debris said to be from Russia's experimental ballistic missile

Ukraine has recovered what it says are fragments of the experimental ballistic missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead that Russia fired at the Ukrainian city of Dnipro earlier this month. Members of Ukraine’s SBU security service said investigators are examining the fragments in an effort...

25/11/2024 16:22 France 24

Israel, Hezbollah at war; Lebanon caught in crossfire: Attacks could 'destroy centuries of heritage'

The war between Israel and Hezbollah continues to escalate, leaving Lebanon's most treasured archaeological sites in danger of getting caught in the crossfire and becoming another casualty of war. As heavy exchanges of fire continue unabated and battles rage in Beirut and southern Lebanon, FRANCE 2...

25/11/2024 14:18 France 24

Survivors, sniffing dogs join anti-mine march at Cambodia's Angkor Wat

Survivors and sniffing dogs joined hundreds of people at Cambodia's Angkor Wat on Sunday for a march against landmines after the US decision to send anti-personnel mines to Ukraine. Participants, including landmine victims and deminers, repeatedly chanted for "a mine-free world" during the four-kil...

25/11/2024 14:07 France 24

In election shock, Romanian far-right NATO critic set to contest presidential run-off

A hard-right critic of NATO who has praised Russia is set to face a centre-right opposition leader in a presidential election run-off in Romania that could undermine its pro-Western stance after a shock outcome in the first-round vote. The outcome was a huge shock as pre-election opinion polls had...

25/11/2024 13:55 France 24

Pro-Russia candidate leads Romanian polls, PM out of the race

A pro-Russia far-right candidate took a surprise lead Monday in Romania's presidential election, as the EU-leaning premier was knocked out of the race that will be decided in a December run off. The result is a political earthquake in the country of 19 million, a NATO member which has so far resist...

25/11/2024 13:49 France 24

Russia, Ukraine trade aerial strikes amid fears of escalation

Russia said Monday that it had shot down eight ballistic missiles fired by Ukraine, without saying where, while Russian attacks on Odesa and Kharkiv wounded more than 30, Kyiv said. Ukraine also targeted a Russian fuel depot in the latest wave of attacks since Western countries gave Kyiv permission...

25/11/2024 13:03 France 24

'World needs to wake up': War, famine ravage Sudan, as world 'sits & waits for people to make peace'

Since April 2023, war has pitted Sudan's armed forces against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), killing tens of thousands of people and uprooting more than 11 million. The NRC warns humanitarian aid is only "delaying deaths". As war-torn Sudan is on a "countdown to famine" ignored by wor...

25/11/2024 12:50 France 24

Le Pen meets PM as French government wobbles

French far-right figurehead Marine Le Pen was on Monday holding talks with Prime Minister Michel Barnier as her party intensified warnings it was prepared to topple his government in a move that would fling France into political crisis....

25/11/2024 09:03 France 24

G7 ministers meet in Italy to discuss conflicts in Gaza, Lebanon and Ukraine

The Group of Seven (G7) foreign ministers will meet near Rome on Monday and Tuesday to discuss the situation in the Middle East and the Red Sea, notably efforts to reach a ceasefire in Gaza and Lebanon. Officials will also discuss ways to continue support for Kyiv, prospects for peace and initiati...

25/11/2024 07:33 France 24

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