Новости за 06.11.2020

France registered a record 60,486 new confirmed coronavirus cases on Friday, after posting a record 58,046 on Thursday, health ministry data showed.

Tunisia is willing on certain conditions to take back its nationals expelled from France, the interior minister said Saturday, after talks with his visiting French counterpart on measures against Islamist radicalisation.

After fighting alongside the French in the Indochina war and the Americans during the Vietnam War, the Hmong people were forced to flee Laos when the Communists took power. On their arrival in the village of Cacao in French Guiana in 1977, they had to build everything from scratch: roads, schools, houses and farms. Today, the Hmong people seem to have successfully integrated into multi-ethnic French Guianese society. But what future do their children have? Our reporter takes us to the Amazon rainforest... Читать дальше...

As the ballots for the 2020 US Presidential Election are being tabulated, President Trump has discredited, with no basis, the legitimacy of many of the votes cast. In claims on Twitter and in a televised speech on November 5, the president accused poll workers at a ballot-counting centre in Detroit, Michigan of illegally barring Republican election observers from overseeing the count, in reference to contentious Twitter videos that showed the windows of the center being blocked. Here’s why the president’s claims are misleading.

This week, we're looking at the economic damage wrought by the coronavirus in France. As many as one million people could be plunged into poverty by the pandemic. Charities have also been impacted. One reason is that older people often volunteer, but many are now avoiding social situations since they are most at risk. The French government has announced measures to help those most in need, but some charity organisers say help is not reaching all the right people. We speak to Christophe Devys, the president of the Alerte collective... Читать дальше...

Located in the Aegean Sea, the Greek island of Kastellorizo ​​is a rocky outcrop of 9 km² surrounded by turquoise waters. Three months ago, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's decision to start gas exploration south of the island threw its 200 inhabitants into the international spotlight. They found themselves unable to reach the Turkish coastal city of Kas, two kilometres away by boat, which they depend on for supplies. Our journalists met the islanders of Kastellorizo ​​and their Turkish neighbours. Читать дальше...

Famine is once again ravaging the south of the island of Madagascar. Victims of drought, poor governance, predatory businesses but also rural banditry, hundreds of thousands of people are acutely malnourished and in desperate need of food relief. Locals say at least 15 people have starved to death, including several children, but experts believe the real figure could be much higher. The authorities have been caught off guard by the disastrous situation. Gaëlle Borgia reports.

Democrat Joe Biden took the lead in key battleground state Pennsylvania on Friday, where a victory for the former vice president would push him past the threshold of electoral votes needed to win the White House, official data showed. More ballots are yet to be counted, but shortly before 1400 GMT, Biden had moved ahead of incumbent President Donald Trump by more than 5,500 votes, according to official provisional results from the state government. Biden currently has at least 253 electoral votes. Читать дальше...

Joe Biden has taken the lead in Philadelphia, with a 5500-vote advantage at 3pm CET. The state is worth 20 Electoral College votes, which would surpass the six Biden needs to take the presidency. FRANCE 24’s Francois Picard cautions that Republicans have launched litigation in the state, which could see the final result decided in the courts.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp defended Roberto Firmino's all-round contribution to the English champions' success in recent seasons as the Brazilian's place in the team has come under threat from the free-scoring form of Diogo Jota. Firmino has scored just once this season compared to Jota's return of seven in 10 games since joining from Wolves in September. The Portuguese international made the most of his chance to start ahead of Firmino with a hat-trick in Liverpool's 5-0 rout of Atalanta in... Читать дальше...

Virus pressure is mounting at French nursing homes, where more than 400 people with COVID-19 have died in the past week and some residents are again being confined to their rooms and cut off from their families.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer vowed on Friday he would not "fall like a house of cards" after damaging defeats ramped up the pressure on the Manchester United manager. The Red Devils reacted impressively following the chastening 6-1 home defeat to predecessor Jose Mourinho's Tottenham at the start of October but things have gone badly awry in the past week. United fell to an embarrassing 2-1 loss to Istanbul Basaksehir in the Champions League on Wednesday, just days after a flat performance in the 1-0 defeat at home to Arsenal. Читать дальше...

Fast bowler Dale Steyn was a notable omission from a 24-man South African squad announced in Johannesburg on Friday for two white-ball series against England, starting on November 27. Steyn, 37, retired from Test cricket in August 2019 as South Africa’s all-time leading wicket-taker in the five-day format, but said he remained available for limited overs internationals. He played in two Twenty20 internationals against England and one against Australia during the 2019/20 season and was expected... Читать дальше...

Italy's northern regions began a month-long lockdown Friday and the country braced for a new curfew, as the government tries to stem a surge in coronavirus cases despite signs of growing unrest. The latest decree signed by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte divides Italy into three zones according to the level of risk, with a lockdown ordered for prosperous Lombardy, fellow northern regions Piedmont and Val d'Aosta, as well as one southern region, Calabria. The normally bustling centre of Lombardy's capital Milan was subdued on Friday... Читать дальше...

Australia's swimmers could be stripped of their 4x100m medley relay bronze medals from the London 2012 Olympics after breaststroker Brenton Rickard failed a re-test of his eight-year-old doping samples, a report said Friday. Rickard, 37, described the positive test for a small amount of furosemide, a masking agent, as his "worst nightmare" in an email to his former team-mates published by the Sydney Morning Herald. "I have always abhorred doping within the sport so you can imagine how sickened... Читать дальше...

A Palestinian on hunger strike for over 100 days under Israeli detention is close to dying, suffering severe cramps and headaches, his wife told AFP on Friday. "Every day, he dies 100 times in front of my eyes and I can do nothing," Taghrid Al-Akhras said by telephone from husband Maher's bedside in Kaplan hospital, near Tel Aviv. "What to do when we see those dearest to us dying in front of us?" she asked, speaking in Arabic. Maher al-Akhras, 49, was arrested near the occupied West Bank city... Читать дальше...

President Donald Trump’s latest baseless claims of election rigging have shocked Washington. FRANCE 24’s Francois Picard says many are raising questions how the president will react to the final tally if, as is increasingly likely, the president is not re-elected. Votes are now skewing in Joe Biden’s favour in Georgia, and Democrats are also hoping for positive news when Pennsylvania releases another batch of results today.

Russian officials said on Friday that metabolic problems and pancreatitis caused Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny to fall ill in August, ruling out findings by European labs that he was poisoned with Novichok. In August, the 44-year-old anti-graft campaigner collapsed on a flight from Siberia to Moscow and was eventually transferred for treatment to Germany where experts ruled he was poisoned with the Soviet-designed nerve agent. The interior ministry's Siberian branch said doctors who treated Navalny... Читать дальше...

More Hispanics voted for US President Donald Trump in the 2020 election than in 2016, allowing the incumbent to win key battleground states, such as Florida and Texas in a shift that could have a long-term impact on the American political landscape.

Australian rider Jack Miller produced the best time in Friday's opening practice at the European MotoGP in Valencia, while championship leader Joan Mir was 17th in a wet, crash-filled session. Second-placed French rider Fabio Quartararo came 21st and last as Yamaha-SRT team-mate Franco Morbidelli, the Teruel Grand Prix winner two weeks ago, was second quickest behind Ducati's Miller. Factory Honda pair Stefan Bradl and Alex Marquez were third and fifth respectively, with Frenchman Johann Zarco fourth on his Ducati-Avintia. Читать дальше...

Amid his baseless allegations of mass electoral fraud, US President Donald Trump says he plans to challenge the result of the election in the courts. But what exactly would be the basis of his claim? And is he right to assume the right-leaning Supreme Court would be sympathetic to his cause? We speak to Anne Deysine, a specialist in US law and politics.

IN THE PRESS – Friday, 06.11.2020: As vote-counting continues in the US presidential election, we look at press coverage of the Democrats' disappointing performance in this year's Congressional elections and the possible explanations for it. We also look at reactions to Donald Trump's surprising gains with both Latino and African-American voters. To finish, we find out why amateur DJs see a new avenue for fame thanks to the now viral video of a prayer led by Donald Trump's spiritual adviser.

Several US TV networks late Thursday halted live coverage of Donald Trump's first public appearance since election night after concluding that the president was spreading disinformation.

German researchers are piecing together the life of a prehistoric woman who died more than 5,000 years ago in the Neolithic period, after her skeleton was found during excavation works for wind turbines. The "Lady of Bietikow," as she has been named, was found near a village of the same name in northeastern Germany's Uckermark region. The skeleton had been buried in a settlement in a squatting position, one of the oldest known forms of burial, according to local media. Investigations have shown... Читать дальше...

The World Health Organization is facing renewed pleas to allow Taiwan to participate in a key international meeting amid fears its exclusion could jeopardise efforts to rein in the coronavirus pandemic. As many parts of the world are reeling from surging numbers of Covid-19 infections and deaths, the WHO is due Monday to resume its main annual meeting, which was cut short in May. But while the World Health Assembly (WHA) is expected to focus heavily on international coordination of the pandemic response... Читать дальше...