“For the Sanchista supporters’ club to talk about credibility is like hearing Íñigo Errejón talk about respect for women” Read Stormy Congress
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
France’s richest man, LVMH chief Bernard Arnault, testified on Thursday, November 28, in the influence-peddling trial of the former head of France’s domestic intelligence agency, denying any knowledge of an alleged scheme to protect the luxury group. Bernard Squarcini, ex-head of the DCRI security service (since renamed the DGSI), is one of 10 men on trial and charged with using his security contacts for private gain, including obtaining confidential information on behalf of LVMH. Squarcini…
The invitation had been belatedly extended by the Elysée Palace. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s visit to Paris for the November 11 Remembrance Day ceremonies went far beyond the historic tribute to the soldiers who died in the Great War. As France and the United Kingdom celebrate the 120th anniversary of their Entente Cordiale this year, Starmer, above all, came to flesh out his plans for rapprochement with the European Union and its main member…
In August 2018, the real estate portal Idealista hung a sign from a block of flats in Madrid that has since been seen daily by hundreds of thousands of drivers traveling in the north of the capital’s most famous ring road: “There is more life.” beyond the M-30″. When this message appeared, it could be understood as an invitation to explore the real estate market beyond the central area, where prices were already excessive for…
“How is it possible that with everything donated, there are people in Valencia who have nowhere to live or what to eat?” “They need to explain to me where the money from so many donations is… I have many friends affected and so far no one has seen a euro.” “Where are the donations? Who controls the money? Will it get lost along the way?” These are some messages from users of the the enormous…
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier on Thursday announced a major concession in a bid to end a standoff with the opposition over the budget, which has caused jitters on financial markets and risks bringing down his minority government. FRANCE 24’s Sharon Gaffney speaks to Renaud Foucart, Senior Lecturer in Economics, at Lancaster University. French PM Barnier announces concession in bid to end budget standoff
French authorities arrested 26 people and seized €11 million as they smashed a migrant trafficking ring suspected of bringing several thousand people from South Asia into France, border police told AFP on Thursday, November 28. Charging between €15,000 and €26,000 per person, the traffickers are suspected of having smuggled several thousand people from India, Sri Lanka and Nepal into France since September 2021, the force said. Authorities estimate the network generated several million euros in…
The feminist lawyer, and Joséphine Baker’s grand-niece, was impressed by the women in her family who transcended their conditions and misfortunes to move forward. Lawyer Anne Bouillon: ‘In defending women, I discovered a continent of suffering’
The Government delegate, Pialar Barnabé, on the left, along with Carlos Mazón, the Minister of Emergencies and the Interior, Juan Carlos Valderrama, the Vice President Susana Camarero, and the Vice President Francisco José Gan Pampols, at a Cecopi meeting this week.The political fight between the PP and the PSOE at the expense of the management of the dana, which has caused 222 deaths in the province of Valencia, is being fought on all fronts. Perhaps…
Valle Fernández, who was Secretary of Circles and Extension of Podemos Andalucía, points out in her story to Raquel Martínez as one of the perpetrators. Read The complaint of a former Podemos leader against the favorite to be leader in Andalusia: "There was institutional and organizational violence"
A march is organized in tribute to the 27 migrants who died in the Channel on November 24, 2021, in Dunkirk, on November 23, 2024 PASCAL BONNIERE / PHOTOPQR/VOIX DU NORD/MAXPPP Thirty-one white roses were thrown into the port of Dunkirk, northern France, on Saturday, November 23. Thirty-one, the number of people who died or went missing at sea on the night of November 23, 2021, off the coast of Calais. More than 200 people…
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen talks to journalists after a meeting with the French prime minister to discuss the 2025 budget at the Hotel Matignon in Paris, France, November 25, 2024. CHRISTIAN HARTMANN / REUTERS French far-right leader Marine Le Pen on Monday, November 25, threatened to back a no-confidence motion that could topple the government of Prime Minister Michel Barnier in a standoff over the budget, saying after talks that both sides were…
When this Wednesday, after two-thirty in the afternoon, Juan Lobato announced his resignation, few were those who loudly showed any support. Those who thought he would resign in his message on Tuesday only had to wait one day to find a response to the clamor: Lobato is a political corpse who would not even be well received in the Congress that the PSOE will hold this weekend. “You have to be flat to appear in…
The ruling of the Seville Court that condemns five former senior UGT officials in Andalusia constitutes an endorsement of the journalistic investigation that EL MUNDO began in July 2013. Read Briefcases, parties at the April fair, ‘boat management’: this is how the UGT fraud was deciphered, cover by cover
London’s Metropolitan Police has opened a new investigation into the late Harrods owner Mohamed Al-Fayed, identifying 90 alleged sexual assault victims. Triggered by a BBC documentary in September, over 400 women and witnesses have come forward, prompting scrutiny of the police’s handling of decades-old complaints. Al-Fayed died in August 2023, aged 94. UK police identify 90 women in Al Fayed sexual assault case
A lawyer for the chief defendant in a French mass rape trial on Wednesday, November 27, urged the court to recall his good side after prosecutors demanded lengthy jail terms for the dozens of suspects. The main defendant, Dominique Pelicot, has admitted enlisting dozens of strangers to rape his then-wife while she was drugged and unconscious.
Provisions for immunity from prosecution at the International Criminal Court (ICC) apply to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the French foreign ministry said on Wednesday, November 27. In a statement the ministry reaffirmed its commitment to international justice after the ICC issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu, but also said that the Israeli leader was covered by immunity rules that apply to states which are not a party to the ICC. Israeli is not an ICC member.