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Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been sentenced to 27 years and 3 months in prison.
Brazil's Supreme Court on Thursday reached the majority of three votes needed to convict firebrand ex-president Jair Bolsonaro of plotting a coup, making a lengthy prison sentence a near certainty. FRANCE 24's Tim Vickery reports from Rio de Janeiro.
#Brazil #Bolsonaro #coup
#Russia on Thursday urged #Poland to reopen its border with #Belarus, Moscow's close ally, calling the closure "destructive" and warning of consequences.
"We urge Warsaw to consider the consequences of such destructive steps and to review its decision as soon as possible," foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a statement, after Poland decided to close the border with Belarus over its joint #drills with Russia.
Newsmax, the conservative cable network run by Christopher Ruddy, has filed a lawsuit against #Fox News, accusing the Rupert Murdoch-owned outlet of stifling competition in the rightwing television news market.
#journalism #Newsmax #FarRight #Trump #US
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/sep/03/newsmax-fox-news-lawsuit
#Xi and #Putin Heard Discussing Longevity at Military Parade
A live transmission during China's military parade on Wednesday recorded an impromptu exchange between Xi, Putin and Kim about living longer.
During Putin's visit to China, microphones picked up snippets of the conversation, which touched on organ transplants and the possibility that humans could live to 150.
Junta-run Burkina Faso has passed a law banning homosexuality and instituting punishments of up to five years in jail, the latest in a clutch of African nations to pass anti-gay legislation. Speaking with FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney, Robert Akoto Amoafo, Advocacy Manager at the African regional chapter of ILGA, says that African LGBTQ have become the go-to group for political and religious leaders to score popularity points.
#BurkinaFaso #LGBTQ #HumanRights
#Africa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytEdKfdWtTE
Gerard Depardieu, one of the leading faces of French cinema, will face trial on charges of raping actress Charlotte Arnould in 2018, in the latest blow to his reputation after he was convicted of sexual assault earlier this year. Arnould first accused Depardieu of rape in 2018, saying the assaults occurred in his Paris home on two separate occasions when she was in her early 20s. Depardieu, 76, has denied wrongdoing in the case.
#Depardieu #SexualAssault #cinema #MeToo
A massive rescue operation was underway in Afghanistan on Monday, after a strong earthquake collapsed homes onto sleeping families in a remote, mountainous region, killing more than 800 people with the toll expected to rise, Taliban authorities said. FRANCE 24's Shahzaib Wahlah reports from Islamabad.
#Afghanistan #earthquake
FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks to Dr Travis Melin, anesthesiologist and ICU doctor, who has been working at Khan Younis' Nasser Hospital in the Gaza Strip. He says that evidence from gunshot wounds suggests that Israeli soldiers were deliberately aiming at specific body parts of aid seekers 'as if they were target practice'. Earlier this week, the hospital was hit by subsequent Israeli strikes that killed 22 people, including 5 journalists.
#Israel #Gaza #war #famine
Argentine police are investigating a painting stolen by the Nazis over 80 years ago after it was spotted in a photo on a real estate agent’s for-sale notice, though efforts to recover the masterpiece have so far been unsuccessful. The investigation is being supported by the international police agency Interpol. Ellen Gainsford reports.
#Argentina #LootedArt #Nazis #Art
A grandfather and grandson duo, Jean-Claude Fassler, 77, and Kilian Antenat, 22, have spent eight years crafting a 1/10 scale replica of the Eiffel Tower in their garden, faithfully recreating Gustave Eiffel’s original 1889 design in its authentic red colour.
#EiffelTower #metalworker #France
France will sue the Australian streaming platform Kick for "negligence" after a user died during a livestream, a government minister said on Tuesday. The platform has come under scrutiny in France after a 46-year-old Frenchman died in August during a 12-day live streaming marathon on his channel, which specialised in him enduring abuse or humiliation dished out by other participants.
#Livestream #France #Kick #SocialMedia #Technology
A massive wall of dust swept through #Phoenix , plunging the city into near-total darkness, grounding flights, forcing motorists off the road and cutting power to thousands. The giant #haboob is a common phenomenon during the arid region's monsoon season. Haboobs form when a thunderstorm collapses, sending cold air crashing onto the desert floor, where it scoops up dust into a towering wall of sediment that can stretch for miles and rise thousands of feet.
#DustStorm
France's embattled Prime Minister Francois Bayrou said on Monday his government would request a vote of confidence on September 8, seeking parliamentary backing for his battle against soaring public debt. The move is high-risk for both Bayrou, whose minority government could be toppled, and President Emmanuel Macron, now on his sixth prime minister since taking office in 2017. FRANCE 24's Catherine Norris-Trent reports.
#France #politics #francoisbayrou
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9po2c-og6Q