Author: Frank Deux

Frustration took over the PP after elections in which everything was blowing in its favour against a worn-out Government. The resistance of the socialists went beyond what could be expected. Against the odds, they managed to stay in power. But his euphoria faded within months. The PP did not give up and raised the volume of the opposition. The far right had powerful ammunition: the party in power began to grow scandals every day, and the courts took a leading role in the political battle. The PSOE faced an ordeal. More than governing, all his time was spent defending himself…

Those from Feijóo ask for sanctions of up to 600,000 euros for mayors who facilitate commemorations. Read The PP amends the Gag Law so that those who provide tributes to ETA members are punished

In this edition, we meet the Oprah Winfrey of China. Born a man and once crowned the country’s best male dancer, Jin Xing has gone on to become China’s first transgender icon and a star TV host. Now in Paris for her upcoming show, she shares her life story with FRANCE 24’s Yuka Royer. From Chinese army dancer to transgender icon: Jin Xing's extraordinary journey

Five years after images of the Notre-Dame Cathedral on fire shocked the world, French President Emmanuel Macron visited the monument on Friday, November 29, and praised the efforts of over 2,000 craftspeople who helped restore it to its former glory. Speaking in front of the designers, builders and architects who helped restore Notre-Dame, he said workers had done the “impossible” by healing a “national wound” after the fire on April 19, 2019. “The blaze at Notre Dame was a national wound, and you have been its remedy through will, through work, through commitment,” he said, adding the cathedral’s re-opening will…

Mathias Pogba, Paul Pogba’s brother, on his arrival at a Paris court, November 26, 2024. ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT / AFP “What was planned was a meeting between friends, to have a good time.” On the second day of the trial of people close to Paul Pogba, on Wednesday, November 27, Machikour K., the first defendant to appear before the 16th correctional chamber of the Paris court for the attempted extortion of the football player, delivered a line of defense that would be echoed by several of his co-defendants. With a big black parka and short, trimmed beard, the man who introduced…

At the entrance to the Seville Congress Palace where the 41st PSOE congress began this Friday, there are two enormous red arches that mark the passage between the street and the interior with a sign that says “enter from the left”, a twist on the PSOE motto. PSOE are the Spanish workers socialist party, They have been in government longer than any other political party in modern democratic Spain. One after another, the leaders who passed through them made similar ironic comments: “How good it is in here and how hard what is out there.” While the audience applaud them,…

That was a congress of socialist celebration, of light and color, of music, of exaltation of Sánchez’s internal peace, of the unity and fraternity of the family socialist around the patriarch Felipe González. The final photo of the 40th Congress with all the ge secretaries. “This is a Congress like there has never been before and it will surely not be repeated in the future.” A socialist veteran thus defined the 40th Congress held in Valencia in October 2021. One after another, the leaders who passed through them made similar ironic comments: “How good it is in here and how…

This week, the guests gathered around Gavin LEE discuss the fragile ceasefire that was agreed between Israel and Lebanese Hezbollah; how Donald Trump plans on launching a new tariff war with America’s neighbours; and what is happening in Sudan, where war is still raging, despite focus being displaced towards Ukraine and the Middle East. And as a Black Friday special deal, our set of experts also dive into Angela Merkel’s legacy book. Lebanon’s uneasy truce, Trumponomics, Merkel’s Memoir, Sudan ‘The Invisible Crisis’

In her early 20s, “in the village” in the far west of Kenya, Jacinta Nafula became pregnant by her boyfriend. The father of her son, named Richard, went to work in the capital. She joined him there and they got married. Then, one day, he disappeared. It wasn’t that he died; he just moved on. “He married another woman,” said this humble hair braider at a salon, who, due to unpaid rent, found herself homeless for a time. In the same tone, she added, “They live here, in Nairobi.” Once, just once, Nafula went to him for a little help,…

Paulette Brucale was shivering in her blue coat, but she didn’t complain she is from the older generation in France. They have seen of the second world war and live life with that dark memory etched into their lifestyle. Whilst she is waiting, she is patient subdued and quaint. Having arrived early, she was waiting in the long queue outside the café Le Saint-Louis, where Jordan Bardella was due to hold a book signing early in the evening on Friday, November 22, in the southern French coastal town of Sète. Brucale, an 87-year-old retiree, held the book by Bardella, the…

What began with the separation of a young couple, Abraham Vargas and Nerea J., ended with an ambush and a crime. On March 16, 2022, evangelical pastor Joaquín Jiménez, 47, had just left his house in the Madrid district of San Blas, without knowing that a few meters ahead he was going to be shot by the Vargas. Jiménez tried to mediate a separation under gypsy laws, which establish that if there is a divorce, the husband’s parents must pay a kind of fine to the wife’s parents, who, in this case, was also pregnant. But both families had not…

The lists that are currently competing for the leadership of the party – Junqueras, the ‘rovirista’ Godàs and Bosch – guarantee a hardening of the relationship with the PSOE Read The three candidates to lead ERC agree: "A new stage begins. If Sánchez does not comply, we will drop him"

In tonight’s edition, In town on a rare state visit to France. We speak to Nigeria’s Minister of Trade and Investment about her administration’s plans to woo more private funding. Also, after the distancing of Djamena and Senegal, it now looks like France will have to scale down again its military presence across Africa. And in the Democratic Republic of Congo, very few women rarely pursue scientific careers. To add context to the story, the investment in Nigeria is based on French proposals to drive French businesses in Africa and especially Nigeria. The French economy is on the verge of collapsing…

France’s President Emmanuel Macron vowed Friday, November 29, to give Ukraine intense support in its battle against Russia’s “escalation” of its invasion, his office said. Macron condemned Russia’s “indiscriminate” strikes against Ukraine’s cities and power infrastructure in a telephone call with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, the Élysée Palace said. “These strikes, the growing cooperation with North Korea and the irresponsible rhetoric that accompanies them are of an unacceptable logic of escalation by Russia, which continues to pursue a revisionist, brutal and imperialist design in violation of the sovereign rights of Ukraine and the UN Charter,” Macron added. The French leader…

Ratings agency S&P maintained its grade for the French economy, saying on Friday, November 29, that the outlook was “stable” despite the European country’s mountain of debt and political troubles. S&P said it was keeping a “AA-/A-1+” rating for France’s credit ratings. “The outlook remains stable,” it said in a statement. “Despite ongoing political uncertainty, we expect France to comply – with a delay – with the EU fiscal framework and to gradually consolidate public finances over the medium term,” the US ratings agency said. “The stable outlook on France reflects balanced risks and strengths,” said S&P. “Rising political fragmentation…

The Palau Sant Jordi did not fail and hosted 15,000 people this Friday at the solidarity concert with the victims of the Valencia disaster. Organized by the Generalitat, Barcelona City Council, music sector associations and the company The Project, it raised 775,000 euros. The star of the concert, just one month after the flood, was Joan Manuel Serrat, who opened Barcelona and Valencia on an emotional Sant Jordi, who thought he would have definitively said goodbye to the singer-songwriter from the stage in December 2022. Serrat performed the most recognized songs from his repertoire, songs in both Catalan and Spanish.…

“For the Sanchista supporters’ club to talk about credibility is like hearing Íñigo Errejón talk about respect for women” Read Stormy Congress

Béatrice Zavarro, Dominique Pelicot’s lawyer, in Avignon, November 26, 2024. CHRISTOPHE SIMON / AFP How to plead for Dominique Pelicot? What can you say in defense of a man who admitted to having both raped and arranged for other men to rape his wife, after drugging her, some 200 times over 10 years? With what words could Béatrice Zavarro conclude, on Wednesday, November 27, before the Vaucluse criminal court in southern France, this trial in which she “became, in spite of herself, the devil’s advocate?” Read more Subscribers only The prosecution’s closing arguments at Pelicot rape trial: ‘By your verdict,…

The trickle of cadres, former leaders and militants who speak out in favor of the withdrawal of Juan Espadas is incessant in the run-up, although the truce is guaranteed until after the conclave: “It is a very hard moment for the party” Read A divided Andalusian PSOE with a toxic environment, the host of Pedro Sánchez this weekend in the Federal Congress

In tonight’s edition, for the first time in more than two decades, a Nigerian leader sets out on a state visit to France. Also, At least 15 people are killed and dozens of others are missing in devastating landslides in eastern Uganda. And aced with the mounting cost of getting an education in Chad, we hear from one NGO helping families bridge budgeting gaps to get and keep their kids in school. Nigerian president woos French investment on state visit

Justice is often depicted as the blindfolded goddess Themis, a symbol of impartiality. For almost three months now, in the Avignon criminal court, southern France, it is a completely different woman, with a straight face, fierce determination and measured speech, who dominates the trial of the 50-something men, including her ex-husband, who treated her like a sexual object. “Shame must change sides,” goes one of the slogans of feminist struggles against rape. It’s an understatement to say that, during the Mazan rape trial, whose closing arguments were completed on Wednesday. November 27, it became a reality thanks to the courage…

The ICC has been dealt a harsh blow by one of its founding states, which also prides itself on being the “homeland of human rights.” On Wednesday, France issued a cryptic statement undermining both the authority of this judicial body and the arrest warrant issued six days earlier by its judges against Benjamin Netanyahu for war crimes and crimes against humanity in the context of the war in Gaza.

A month of Valencia’s dana in images

Updated Friday, November 29, 2024 – 00:02Juan Lobato It was an unforeseen obstacle for Seville to become the provisional capital of Bulgaria this weekend. That obstacle no longer exists and the PSOE will be able to isolate itself from its annoying reputation problems to acclaim its leader as in Sofia they did with Todor Zhikov in the 60s, when, if necessary, it received more votes than the Communist Party had delegates. Unlike the latter, the PSOE is a democratic formation, but both Become Premium from €1 the first month Take advantage of this limited time offer and access all web…

It’s confirmed she’s not on social media…but X and Instagram profiles under the name of Gisèle Pélicot have been sharing and interacting with content as if it’s the 71 year old rape survivor herself. Additionally, a website exists in her name sharing articles about the Avignon trial, but it’s evidently AI-generated, with not one photo of the real Gisèle. It’s creator was traced to India, and admits to using the site to bulk up his income. Vedika Bahl explains in Truth or Fake. Mazan rapes: Fake profiles, sites are pretending to be Gisèle Pélicot for money