Новости за 03.11.2022

A French parliament session was thrown into turmoil Thursday after a far-right MP was accused of yelling "back to Africa" to a black colleague posing a question on migrant arrivals to the government.

A smuggler describes the inner workings of the captagon trade in northern Syria, where the stimulant is trafficked across frontlines between areas under the control of Syrian government forces, Turkish-backed rebels, and the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham jihadist group. "It's a jungle out there, everyone is hungry and everyone wants to eat.” The stimulant – once notorious for its association with Islamic State group fighters – has spawned an illegal $10-billion industry.

Israel’s former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made a comeback following his Likud party’s strong showing in Tuesday’s elections. But the party of leftist caretaker Prime Minister Yair Lapid has also made electoral gains, enabling the journalist-turned-politician to establish himself as a powerful opposition leader, according to a Middle East expert.

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) revised principles issued in 2016 in an attempt to curb the opioid overdose epidemic in the United States. Unlike the previous document, the new guide refrains from setting thresholds in terms of dosage or prescription duration. These had led doctors to suddenly cut or drastically reduce patients' doses. States and insurance companies were also inspired to set their own limits. Chronic pain patients had complained that they no longer had access to the... Читать дальше...

“If you shoot at close range, you can kill.” In a rare interview, a member of Iran’s Basij paramilitary force told the FRANCE 24 Observers team that members of his unit were firing shotguns at protesters’ chests and heads, aiming to kill them. While shotguns firing special ammunition can be considered “less-lethal” weapons – less deadly than military rifles like Kalashnikovs – they should never be used for crowd control at close range, experts say.

An all-competitions winning streak for Luciano Spalletti's side ended at 13 matches with Tuesday's defeat at Liverpool which didn't change their position as Champions League Group A winners. But Napoli remain unbeaten after 12 fixtures in Italy and have a five-point lead on Atalanta as Serie A enters its final rush before the World Cup, with a weekend full of top-tier fixtures including the Rome derby and Juventus hosting arch-rivals Inter Milan. Searching a first league title since the days of Diego Maradona... Читать дальше...

The six were hurt while trying to put down an uprising at the infamous Guayas 1 prison in southwestern port city Guayaquil, police said on Twitter. A source at the SNAI prison authority who asked not to be named told AFP that the police officers were confronted by inmates with guns and explosives. Ecuador -- once a relatively peaceful neighbor of major cocaine producers Colombia and Peru -- has seen a wave of violent crime that authorities blame on turf battles between gangs with ties to Mexican cartels. Читать дальше...

The move came a day after Irving announced he will make a $500,000 donation to groups working to eradicate hate and admitted a film slammed as anti-semitic which he boosted on social media had a "negative impact" on the Jewish community. Irving ignited a firestorm of controversy last week after posting a social media link to "Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America" -- a 2018 film widely lambasted for containing a range of anti-semitic tropes that was criticized by, among others, Nets owner Joe Tsai. Читать дальше...

Werner hobbled off early in Leipzig's 4-0 Champions League win over Shakhtar Donetsk on Wednesday. "Scans today in Leipzig showed that he has unfortunately torn the syndesmosis ligament in his left ankle and will therefore be out for the rest of 2022," the Bundesliga team said in a statement. The 26-year-old has scored 24 goals in 55 international appearances for Germany and netted five times during qualifying. Werner rejoined Leipzig from Premier League giants Chelsea in the close season and... Читать дальше...

Iranian protesters clashed with police in a town near the capital on Thursday, reportedly killing or wounding a number of members of the security forces, who at one point dropped stun grenades on the demonstrators from helicopters.

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was in stable condition after being shot in the leg at a political rally on Thursday in what the country's president deemed "a heinous assassination attempt". It is the latest instance of violence in Pakistani politics, with politicians frequently targeted by assassination attempts, and has echoes of the 2007 assassination of another former prime minister, Benazir Bhutto, says Angela Diffley, France 24's international affairs editor.

Brazil has been on edge since veteran leftist Lula's narrow win Sunday over far-right incumbent Bolsonaro, who remained silent for two days as angry supporters blocked highways across the country, calling for a military intervention to keep him in power. However, the road blockades have been losing strength. Officials said there were 74 of them Thursday, down from 250 Tuesday, after Bolsonaro issued an appeal to "unblock the roads" to avoid damaging the economy and interfering with people's right to move freely. Читать дальше...

Hogg is one of six changes to the Scotland starting XV that suffered a narrow 16-15 loss to Australia in their Autumn Nations Series opener in Edinburgh last weekend, with Adam Hastings, the son of Scotland great Gavin Hastings, returning at fly-half. Hogg and Hastings were both unavailable to face the Wallabies as they play for English clubs who were not obliged to release players for a match that fell outside World Rugby's official window for Tests. Blair Kinghorn, who missed a last-ditch penalty... Читать дальше...

"I hope that they don't shoot towards the car," she says as shots resound around the vehicle in the town of Salmanshahr in Mazandaran province on the Caspian Sea, while she films the events on her mobile phone. Alizadeh, her husband who was driving the car, and two other travel companions saw people being shot dead in the street as they sought to drive back to their home city of Isfahan through the throng of protesters on September 21. "Film it!" she urges one of the travel companions on the rear... Читать дальше...

Bullfighting has returned to Perus Acho bullring, the oldest in Latin America, after two years of closure because of the Covid-19 pandemic. But while fans flock to the spectacle, animal rights activists are taking to the streets to demand a ban on the activity.

A gunman opened fire at a container truck carrying Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday, wounding him slightly and also some of his supporters, a senior leader from his party and police said.

Brigitte Giraud, 56, on Thursday won the Goncourt Prize, France's top literary award for her book 'Vivre Vite' (Live Fast).

Small, kayak-shaped boats fitted with cameras, tracking devices and jet-ski motors were employed to attack Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in the annexed Crimean port of Sevastopol over the weekend. It led to Moscow’s withdrawal from a landmark grain shipment deal, followed by a humiliating re-entry in a dramatic display of low-tech ingenuity, scuttling Russian naval might.

Wearing hard hats and T-shirts in the bright autumn sunshine, volunteers recently gathered to pull down the pylons that had been rusting unused for the past 15 years. Sparks flew as saws cut through the eight columns that crashed like trees onto the grass of the Valgaudemar valley, the pieces then dismantled and lugged or dragged to the bucket of a waiting tractor. "We no longer have the climate that produces constant snow, and we can't install snow cannons here," said local councillor Didier Beauzon... Читать дальше...

President Joe Biden railed against said on Wednesday that threats by some Republican candidates to refuse to accept results from the November 8 elections if they lose is a threat to democracy, accusing election deniers of seeking to emulate former president Donald Trump.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday called on supporters to lift roadblocks set up around the country as part of demonstrations that followed Bolsonaro's narrow loss to leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in a runoff presidential election. In a video posted on social media, Bolsonaro encouraged supporters to find other ways to protest.

Ntamack, 23, has been out for more than six weeks due to an ankle injury and will partner World Rugby player of the year and Toulouse team-mate Antoine Dupont for Saturday's Test in Paris. Tight-head prop Cyril Baille, who also plays for Toulouse, is handed the No. 1 shirt having returned for his Top 14 outfit last weekend from a groin problem which he suffered during pre-season. Lock Paul Willemse misses out because of a thigh issue, leaving Thibaud Flament, one of seven Toulouse players in the starting lineup... Читать дальше...

Erasmus's world champions face Ireland -- presently ranked world number one -- at Lansdowne Road on Saturday with added spice as he put it that they are both in the same pool at next year's World Cup. Erasmus, who was head coach at the time before giving way to his assistant Jacques Nienaber after the World Cup, made the 'softie' remark as he fired up his side ahead of their semi-final with Wales. For good measure he also inferred that England ran for cover when the heat was on -- the Springboks... Читать дальше...

Foxconn, Apple's principal subcontractor, has seen a surge in Covid-19 cases at its Zhengzhou site, leading the company to lock down the vast complex in a bid to keep the virus in check. Images then emerged of panicking workers fleeing the site on foot in the wake of allegations of poor conditions at the facility, which employs hundreds of thousands of workers. Foxconn is China's biggest private sector employer, with over a million people working across the country in its around thirty factories and research institutes. Читать дальше...