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French film director Jacques Doillon, swept up in a storm of #MeToo allegations by several actors including Judith Godreche, denounced on Friday the "lies" and "false accusations" against him.

The National Women's Soccer League has been operating since 2013 and its clubs have featured most of the USA women's team players as well as foreign imports. The new league will operate independently from the NWSL and is part of the United Soccer Leagues structure which includes second and third division men's leagues. While promotion and relegation does not exist in American soccer, US Soccer applies sanctioning for leagues based on their compliance with a series of standards. "This is a tremendous... Читать дальше...

Farrell has ruled himself out of the ongoing Six Nations while he takes a mental health break from Test rugby following a World Cup in France where England finished third last year. And he will be ineligible for England selection from next season after agreeing to join Paris-based club Racing 92. The 32-year-old Farrell has been the central figure in English rugby for over a decade, be that as a fly-half, centre, record points-scorer, attacking pivot and a captain who prides himself on his physicality in defence. Читать дальше...

The tech titan behind Facebook and Instagram confirmed a Washington Post report that it is thinking of expanding its hate speech ban to include more uses of the term, particularly when it appears to be an ill-spirited substitute for "Jews" or "Israelis." "Given the increase in polarized public discourse due to events in the Middle East, we believe it's important to assess our guidance for reviewing posts that use the term Zionist," a Meta spokesperson said in response to an AFP query. "While the... Читать дальше...

The English-born Roebuck, 55, a former captain of first-class county Somerset, had been in Cape Town to commentate on a match between Australia and South Africa in November 2011 when he died after a fall from the sixth floor of the Southern Sun hotel. An inquest jury at Cheshire Coroner's Court in northwest England reached a conclusion of suicide on Friday. The coroner's court heard Roebuck, a columnist for the Sydney Morning Herald, was alleged to have sexually assaulted a 26-year-old man in his... Читать дальше...

"The US has been trying to urge Netanyahu to exercise caution", said Catherine Norris Trent, FRANCE 24's correspondent in Jerusalem, Israel. "They are extremely worried about any ground offensive by the Israeli armed forces into Rafah, that border city into which well over a million Palestinians have fled and are now trying to eke out an existance there", she added.

"We knew the Me Too movement wasn't going to change things overnight," she told journalists in the northwestern city of Valladolid. "It's a problem that women have in every field," the 74-year-old star of the Aliens film franchise added. "I think it has made a big difference to how women feel and how empowered we feel to say no, to say stop." Weaver, a three-time Oscar nominee, will be honoured on Saturday night with a lifetime achievement award at Spain's Goya film awards. Director Pedro Almodovar... Читать дальше...

Friday's attack came as Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian visited Beirut, and hours after Syria said it downed two drones near Damascus that it said entered its airspace from the Golan. Hezbollah fighters targeted an Israeli army barracks "in the occupied Syrian Golan with dozens of Katyusha rockets", the group said in a statement. It had already claimed a number of other attacks on Friday on Israeli targets including "spy equipment" and a tank. Since the outbreak of war between Israel and Hamas on October 7... Читать дальше...

Senegalese security forces on Friday used tear gas to disperse people attempting to gather in the capital after being urged to mobilise against a last-minute delay of presidential elections.

Set a stiff target of 382, Afghanistan reached 339 for six as Mohammad Nabi and Azmatullah Omarzai scored centuries after their team were reduced to 55-5. Nissanka's unbeaten 210 was Sri Lanka's first ODI double hundred, breaking the island nation's longstanding record highest score of 189 by Sanath Jayasuriya against India in 2000. It was also the joint fifth-highest individual score in ODIs. "We are absolutely thrilled with that performance," Sri Lankan seamer Pramod Madushan told reporters. Читать дальше...

Pre-tournament title contenders France conceded five tries in a 38-17 defeat by reigning Six Nations Grand Slam champions Ireland in Marseille last week. The result represented Les Bleus' second heaviest home loss in the tournament's history, with France playing more than half the game a man down after lock Paul Willemse was sent off. Alldritt, however, is determined France show their "true face" in Edinburgh against a Scotland side who ended their 22-year wait for a win in Cardiff with a 27-26... Читать дальше...

The northern Italian giants currently share the San Siro Stadium to the north-west of the city with rivals Inter Milan. AC Milan have now acquired a 256,000 square metre plot in the San Donato municipality to the south-east of the city, 15 kilometres from the San Siro. According to the Italian press, talks between the municipality of San Donato and local residents will enter a decisive phase next week with a view to a possible building permit being issued. Last September, AC Milan announced that... Читать дальше...

Pakistan’s 2024 general elections were dubbed the “most rigged” in the country’s history, with the popular Imran Khan barred from running and the military seen as backing former prime minister Nawaz Sharif. That was before results showed Khan-backed independent candidates leading the race. The stage appears to be set for a turbulent period after an irate electorate reacted to the military’s perceived meddling in politics – again.

Turkey's pro-Kurdish party on Friday selected two low-profile candidates to run for mayor of Istanbul after the wife of the repressed community's jailed elder statesman dropped out of the March 31 vote.

France's former justice minister Robert Badinter, who has died aged 95, "was a brilliant lawyer who in the 1970s became convinced that capital punishment should be abolished for humanitarian reasons”, says Paul Smith, associate professor in French atudies at the UK's University of Nottingham, calling him "one of those dominant figures in French politics".

However, politicians have little appetite to change the legal framework that is currently blocking full restitutions by national museums, campaigners say. After half a century of discussions, the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) recently reached an agreement to loan Ghana gold and silver objects from the Ashanti royal court taken during the colonial era in 1874. The loan of these 32 pieces could last up to six years, according to the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi, seat of the Ashanti kingdom in now modern-day Ghana. Читать дальше...

French actor Judith Godreche Thursday accused director Jacques Doillon of sexually abusing her when she was 15, the second such charge she has made after alleging another director raped her while she was a minor. French prosecutors opened a probe this week after Godreche, now 51, accused filmmaker Benoit Jacquot of raping her during a six-year-long relationship that started when she was 14 and he was 25 years her senior. Doillon took advantage of her while directing her in one of his films when she was 15, she said on Thursday. Читать дальше...

A long-awaited report cleared President Joe Biden of any wrongdoing in his mishandling of classified documents Thursday but dropped a political bombshell by painting the Democrat as a "well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory." France 24's international affairs editor Philip Turle takes a look.

Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf reported the allegation was made by another member of staff for the British-based team, which last year carried Max Verstappen to his third consecutive world title. Red Bull, the Austrian energy drinks company that owns the team, confirmed on Monday that an independent investigation had been launched. Horner, 50, who has been team principal since 2005, strongly rejects the accusation. It is not clear where the hearing will be held and several reports said a conclusion was not expected on Friday. Читать дальше...

Every year, more than two million people visit Tunisia for medical care, taking advantage of prices that are significantly lower than in most Western countries. Medical tourism now accounts for half of the revenue of the country's entire tourism industry, representing a rare bright spot amid an otherwise flagging economy.

As Senegalese civil society groups on Thursday urged mass action after this month's presidential poll was deferred to December, outrage is also spreading over the definitive withdrawal of private opposition channel Walf TV's license. For many, it is yet another sign that freedom of expression is increasingly being threatened under the rule of President Macky Sall.

The 33-year-old South African athlete won a long legal battle last July against Switzerland at the ECHR, which ruled she was the victim of discrimination from the Lausanne-based Court of Arbitration for Sport. But Swiss authorities, supported by World Athletics, have taken the matter to the ECHR's Grand Chamber, whose rulings are binding, with hearings slated to start on May 15. "We lack funds. We have a lot of experts that come in that we need to pay," Caster told a press conference in Johannesburg. Читать дальше...

Senegalese civil society groups on Thursday urged mass action after this month's presidential poll was deferred to December, as President Macky Sall sought to quell public outcry and faced global pressure. France 24's Clovis Casali reports from the capital Dakar.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said Thursday that an end to crippling power cuts was "within reach" and pledged thousands of new jobs in a key speech ahead of knife-edge elections this year.

Former French justice minister Robert Badinter, who has died aged 95, saved many lives by dedicating his own to the fight against capital punishment, playing a pivotal role in banning the dreaded guillotine in 1981.