Новости за 24.10.2023

Amnon Aran, professor of international politics of the Middle East at City University of London, shares his views on Israel's apparent hesitation to launch a ground offensive against Gaza and the political reckoning that he predicts is waiting for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

FRANCE 24 Tehran correspondent Reza Sayah said on Tuesday night that the Iranian government was unlikely to get openly involved in a wider war in the region and risk going head-to-head with US armed forces.

Hamas fighters stormed into Israel from the blockaded Gaza Strip on October 7, killing at least 1,400 people, mostly civilians, according to Israeli authorities, and taking more than 200 others hostage. Israel's retaliatory bombing campaign has killed more than 5,700 in Gaza, mainly Palestinian civilians, according to the Hamas-run health ministry. Mikati paid a surprise trip to southern Lebanon on Tuesday, as Israel and the powerful Hezbollah group, a Hamas ally, have been trading near-daily cross-border... Читать дальше...

The World Health Organization is warning of an "imminent public health catastrophe" in the Gaza Strip. The displacement of 1 million people, overcrowding in shelters and a lack of fuel needed to run sewage, waste and water desalination plants have created a perfect storm for the spread of disease.

The parched desert floor is now filled with hundreds of armoured vehicles along with columns of tanks primed for the expected onslaught. The mechanised steel is adorned with the blue and white Israeli flags, while soldiers labour away with the everyday maintenance of their vehicles. This entire first line is protected by an immense trench, about two kilometres (more than a mile) long, that was dug by engineering units outfitted with heavy machinery. Like most ground offensives, the combat engineering... Читать дальше...

People living on the front lines of conflict often find themselves on the front lines of the climate crisis as well. Many of the countries most vulnerable to climate change – including Sudan, Afghanistan and Yemen – are also experiencing instability that leaves them ill-equipped to adapt to its challenges. And some are warning that the Gaza Strip will soon also be tied up in a Gordian knot where the climate crisis meets armed conflict.

A barrage of Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday crushed multiple residential buildings and buried families under rubble, as health officials in the besieged territory reported hundreds killed in the past day and the closure of medical facilities because of bomb damage and a lack of power. The soaring death toll from Israel’s escalating bombardment is unprecedented in the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It augurs an even greater loss of life in Gaza once Israeli forces... Читать дальше...

The draw for this year's World Cup in France was held in December 2020, nearly three years before the tournament kicked off, leading unintentionally to a lop-sided tournament. When the tournament started in September the top five teams according to the rankings -- Ireland, South Africa, France, New Zealand and Scotland -- were in two of the pools. Number one ranked Ireland were knocked out by fourth-ranked New Zealand in the quarter-finals while third ranked France exited at the hands of the second-ranked All Blacks. Читать дальше...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres pleaded on Tuesday for civilians to be protected in the war between Israel and Palestinian Hamas militants, voicing concern about "clear violations of international humanitarian law" in the Gaza Strip. "It is important to also recognize the attacks by Hamas did not happen in a vacuum. The Palestinian people have been subjected to 56 years of suffocating occupation," Guterres said.

French President Macron met with his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday in Ramallah after meeting with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu. Macron will head to Jordan on Wednesday to meet with King Abdullah II and possibly some other regional leaders, his office said.

The district judge also banned the trio -- two men in their twenties and a 69-year-old woman -- from going near the famous London ground for a year, as part of 12-month community service orders. The Just Stop Oil protesters must each complete 60 hours of unpaid work, and each pay £330 ($400) in punitive costs. They were found guilty last month of "aggravated trespass" following their stunt, which briefly interrupted play on the first day of the second Ashes Test between England and Australia. ... Читать дальше...

News of the massacre spread during the morning after an attack overnight on the outskirts of Oicha town, in Beni territory, epicentre of the years-long rampage by IS-affiliated Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) in North Kivu province. Originally fielding mainly Muslim Ugandan rebels, the ADF gained a foothold in the region in the 1990s and are accused of slaughtering thousands of civilians. Since 2019, some ADF attacks in eastern DR Congo have been claimed by the Islamic State group, which calls the... Читать дальше...

When Israel and Palestinian armed group Hamas last fought in 2021, violence spilled over into towns like Acre, shared by both Jewish and Arab residents, with bouts of rioting resulting in deaths. In Acre, a placid town of some 50,000 inhabitants along Israel's northern Mediterranean coast, a joint Jewish-Arab theatre and a restaurant that long served as a symbol of coexistence were both set ablaze during the 2021 melee. During more than two weeks since the latest war erupted on October 7, triggered... Читать дальше...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday alleged violations of international law as Israel pounds Gaza, and urged an immediate humanitarian ceasefire to bring in relief. "I am deeply concerned about the clear violations of international humanitarian law that we are witnessing in Gaza. Let me be clear: No party to an armed conflict is above international humanitarian law," Guterres told a Security Council session.

The Dutch, who insist they harbour dreams of reaching the semi-finals, stunned South Africa, one of the tournament title favourites, last week. That gave them a first win of the 2023 event and first in their history over a Test-playing nation at a 50-over World Cup. However, back home in the Netherlands, where sports such as football and tennis dominate headlines, cricket still struggles to be taken seriously. "I watched a Dutch sports show this morning and they were talking about cricket and... Читать дальше...

French President Emmanuel Macron, on a solidarity visit to Israel after the October 7 attacks, called Tuesday for Gaza militants Hamas to be added to the targets of an international coalition against the Islamic State group. Macron also said there had to be a "decisive relaunch" of the Middle East peace process, following talks with leaders in Israel, whose army is building up to a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip with the declared aim of toppling Hamas. Macron said the Global Coalition against Daesh... Читать дальше...

French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday called for Gaza militants Hamas to be added to the targets of an international coalition against the Islamic State (IS) group while on a solidarity visit to Israel after the October 7 attacks.

Members of the United Nations Security Council are to meet on Tuesday for a quarterly debate on the Middle East. The meeting, which is exected to be heated, will be attended by foreign ministers including US Secretary of State Antony Blinken as well as the Palestinian and Israeli FMs, FRANCE 24's New York correspondent Jessica Le Masurier said.

Volatile US Treasury yields had affected stock trading Monday in the US, where some indexes rebounded after a sluggish start but the S&P 500 fell to its lowest close since May. That uncertainty transferred to the Asian trading day with both Hong Kong and Tokyo trading down before the Nikkei 225 staged a late recovery at the close, though the Hang Seng Index still ended lower. But the Dow added around 0.5 percent on opening and the tech-heavy Nasdaq and the S&P both added 0.7 percent ahead... Читать дальше...

French President Emmanuel Macron proposed on Tuesday that an international coalition fighting against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria be widened to include the fight against the Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza. Macron gave no detail on how the U.S.-led coalition of dozens of countries, of which Israel is not a member, could be involved. Speaking alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, Macron stressed that France and Israel shared terrorism as their "common enemy". Читать дальше...

French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday proposed expanding an existing international coalition fighting the Islamic State group to also fight Hamas as he addressed a joint presser with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem. Macron's words may not necessarily mean a French ground intervention, but other forms of support to Israel, FRANCE 24's Clovis Casali said. "It can mean for instance, training forces ... or sharing intelligence," Casali said.

China on Tuesday removed defence minister Li Shangfu and ousted former foreign minister Qin Gang from its cabinet, state media reported, as part of a major reshuffle of its top leadership.

The furore over the Israel-Hamas war has reached all the way to Birobidzhan in Russia’s Far East, the world’s only autonomous Jewish territory outside Israel, after a local newspaper published its support for the Palestinian cause. FRANCE 24 examines the history of this remote region – which in many ways is “Jewish” and “autonomous” in name only – and how it came to be.

Nearly two-thirds of Gaza’s health facilities have ceased functioning amid a massive and deadly increase in Israeli air strikes in the territory, the World Health Organization said Tuesday. A UN aid worker said that Gaza has only three days of fuel left in stock, and that hospitals and water desalination plants are facing shutdown as a result. "We will not have an aid operation in Gaza if we don't get more fuel in," he said.

The World Rugby Council has approved a new aligned international calendar, expanded 24-team men's World Cup and a top division of 12 teams in a biennial Nations League concept from 2026 that will have promotion and relegation, but only from 2030.