The 51% - The relationship recession? We're kicking off 2026 by focusing on the rise of singlehood; where an increasing number of people are living without any romantic relationship at all. The Economist has reported that among Americans…

FIrst show of The 51 Percent for 2026 .. and we’re focusing on the rise of #singlehood and whether we are witnessing a relationship recession? With @cindygallop.bsky.social and Jessamy Holland on @france24.com

An ICE officer fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis. Local officials, including Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, denounced the surge of federal officers in the area.


"This was an agent recklessly using power that resulted in somebody dying, getting killed,” Frey said. https://wapo.st/4qOqc0x

🇺🇸🇬🇱 Rapid action or a real estate deal? @mbudjeryn.bsky.social and Peter Doran share opposing takes on Trump’s next #Greenland move

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Could the UK stay in the Erasmus exchange programme after Brexit? It’s one of the few EU success stories everyone can agree on: the Erasmus student exchange programme. But after the UK’s vote to leave the EU, the country risks exiting Erasmus too. FRANCE 24’s Caroli...

Delighted to hear that the #UK is rejoining the #Erasmus programme. My article from way back in 2017 👇 www.france24.com/en/20170310-... #ErasmusPlus #EU #reset

The European Union and the UK on Wednesday agreed to let British students rejoin the Erasmus+ programme in a symbolic step toward improving relations after Brexit.

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Fake video claiming ‘coup in France’ goes viral – not even Macron could immediately get it removed Sometime in the second week of December, an improbable video began making the rounds on French-language social media. France, it claimed, was subject to a coup d’état, and President Emmanuel Macron had possibly been deposed. The video, an AI-generated fake, racked up millions of views and caused alarm with at least one African leader. At first, not even the French president could get Meta to take it down.

Fake video claiming ‘coup in France’ goes viral – not even Macron could immediately get it removed

🇫🇷 A government probe found that thieves who stole $102 million in crown jewels from the Louvre escaped with just 30 seconds to spare.

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🇫🇷 #French first lady Brigitte #Macron came under fire on Monday over viral video footage of her using a slur against #feminist activists who disrupted the show of an actor-comedian previously accused of rape.

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The Bright Side: Raccoon goes on booze binge, passes out in bathroom An adventurous raccoon broke into a Virginia area liquor store over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend and hit the bottles before passing out on the bathroom floor. After a few hours sleep and "zero signs of injury", the critter was released in the wild "hopefully having learned" from the error of his ways, said an animal shelter that retrieved the inebriated animal from the liquor store.  

The Bright Side: Raccoon goes on booze binge, passes out in bathroom

🇺🇸 “Trump has taken ‘the war on drugs’ and tried to convert it into an actual war.”

@reedbrody.bsky.social calls out the boat strikes in the Caribbean as premeditated murder, not acts of war.

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Too many cooks? Trump’s growing army of Ukraine negotiators With the quartet of Marco Rubio, Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner and Daniel Driscoll, US President Donald Trump’s team of negotiators pushing for peace in Ukraine seems to be growing by the minute. And they are all throwing their own ideas and strategies into the mix. Facing them is Russian President Vladimir Putin's trusted aide Kirill Dmitriev, whose diplomatic one-man show has steadfastly advanced the Kremlin’s demands.

Too many cooks? Trump’s growing army of Ukraine negotiators

The nation’s top diplomat speaks to the sleeping destroyer of the free world.

The rise of masculinism (3/3): Nine misogynistic propaganda arguments debunked For the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, FRANCE 24 examines a sharp rise in masculinist discourse that seeks to normalise and legitimise misogyny. In this third and final part of the series, we look at some of the main arguments pushed by masculinist propaganda – and the facts and figures that debunk them.

The rise of masculinism (3/3): Nine misogynistic propaganda arguments debunked

Grokipedia and the Coup Against Reality Itself Grokipedia, the copycat of Wikipedia launched by Elon Musk isn’t just a string of AI generated slop, it is a weapon. The launch of "grokipedia" is a calculated, strategic escalation by the billionaire...

I wrote about how "Grokipedia" is a new front on the war against reality itself. It's an attempt by the oligarchic class to seize the means of knowledge production itself and create a weaponized unreality.

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🌟The Bright Side: Paris police recover Jim Morrison bust, stolen from grave 37 years ago A bust of legendary rocker Jim Morrison, stolen from his graveside at Paris's Pere Lachaise cemetery, was recovered by the French police's financial and anti-corruption brigade during a search tied to a fraud case. The bust by Croatian artist Mladen Mikulin was stolen 37 years ago.

🌟The Bright Side: Paris police recover Jim Morrison bust, stolen from grave 37 years ago

Former US President Biden diagnosed with 'aggressive' form of prostate cancer Former US President Joe Biden, 82, has been diagnosed with an "aggressive" form of prostate cancer that has spread to his bones and is reviewing treatment options, his office said Sunday. The Democrat was diagnosed Friday after reporting worsening urinary symptoms and a prostate nodule. 

Former US President Biden diagnosed with 'aggressive' form of prostate cancer

Louder than bombs: Cannes screens tribute to Gaza photojournalist who refused a quiet death Palestinian photojournalist Fatma Hassona refused to be a mere statistic in Israel’s methodical destruction of Gaza. Her endeavour to document her people’s ordeal is the subject of “Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk”, a film by exiled Iranian director Sepideh Farsi, who is organising talks and exhibitions at the Cannes Film Festival to ensure Hassona’s voice remains louder than the bomb that killed her.

Louder than bombs: Cannes screens tribute to Gaza photojournalist who refused a quiet death

What Trump’s ‘palace in the sky’ gift from Qatar reveals | Moira Donegan This kind of behavior from the Trump administration has gone on for so long that it is hard to rouse the media to cover it

What Trump’s ‘palace in the sky’ gift from Qatar reveals | Moira Donegan

Reuters is reporting that Vladimir Putin will not be going to Turkey for talks with President Zelenskyy.

Unsurprising.

Truth or Fake - Trump's Qatar plane gift: What we know US President Donald Trump has confirmed reports that his administration is set to accept a luxury Boeing 747-8 jet from Qatar that would replace Air Force One, while Qatari officials say the "matter…

#Trump's #Qatar plane gift: What we know 👇
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Cannes celebrates ‘Mission: Impossible’, a global franchise with a French connection Tom Cruise returned to the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday for the global premiere of “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning”, which may or may not be the saga’s final episode, going full circle...

#Cannes celebrates ‘Mission: Impossible’, a global franchise with a French connection 👇 f24.my/BAYp.BS via @en.france24.com #F24 #CannesFilmFestival2025 #TomCruise #France 🎬

Entre Nous - Depardieu guilty verdict: Exposing flaws in French cinema and courts With French actor Gérard Depardieu found guilty by a Paris court of assaulting two women on a film set, we dive into how this case has exposed multiple issues with the French judicial system, and how…

With Gérard #Depardieu found guilty of #sexual assault, we dive into how this case has exposed issues with the French judicial system, and how it could help shift what the parliament calls massive #abuse in the #film industry.
#metoo #cinema @en.france24.com @geniegodula.bsky.social

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Focus - Trump's first 100 days in power: A tumultuous return to the White House As he marks 100 days since returning to office for his second term, US President Donald Trump is facing countless challenges, many of his own making. On-off tariffs have sent markets lurching. A publi...

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A picture shows 32 men arranging themselves into an SOS on the ground of a prison yard. The ground is bare earth. All the men are wearing red or orange prison jumpsuits.

What an image! Venezuelan men who narrowly avoided being imprisoned by Trump in El Salvador without trial (saved by the Supreme Court) spelled out an SOS to a
@reuters.com camera drone observing the Bluebonnet ICE facility.

11 days ago, buses to the airport were turned around at the last second.

Why is it up to @rollingstone.com to write the most honest and direct headlines?

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The Supreme Court’s ruling on trans women in detail Why judges ruled that the word ‘woman’ in the Equality Act should not be extended to transgender women who have acquired a gender recognition certificate

Why judges ruled that the word ‘woman’ in the Equality Act should not be extended to transgender women who have acquired a gender recognition certificate

A colossal squid is caught on camera for the first time in the deep sea A colossal squid has been captured on camera for the first time in the deep sea by an international team of researchers steering a remotely operated submersible.

A colossal squid has been captured on camera for the first time in the deep sea by an international team of researchers steering a remotely operated submersible.

French journalists stage ‘die-in’ solidarity rally for colleagues killed in Gaza Hundreds of journalists joined demonstrations in Paris and Marseille on Wednesday in a show of solidarity for their colleagues killed in Gaza. Protesters in Paris staged a “die-in” to commemorate the…

French journalists stage ‘die-in’ solidarity rally for colleagues killed in #Gaza 👇
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The UK Supreme Court has issued a landmark judgement on how a woman is defined in law.

This is how some reacted to the news⬇️

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Entre Nous - Paw patrolling: Sniffing out France's love of dogs In this edition of Entre Nous, we’re sniffing out France’s love of dogs. As a law comes into effect that requires them to be on a leash in forests for the spring season, we explore how many "chiens"…

Paw Patrolling: Sniffing out France's love of 🐕🐩
As a leashing law goes into effect for #dogs, @annettef24.bsky.social and I discuss the good and bad that 'chiens' do. From comfort, to the environmental, to #dog 💩, to a primer on pooch-friendly #French expressions @en.france24.com

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