Новости за 07.04.2024

Athletic edged underdogs Mallorca 4-2 on penalties after a tense 1-1 draw left two sides that could not be separated following 120 minutes of high-intensity football. It was the Basque club's 24th Copa trophy -- only Barcelona have more -- but their first major silverware for 40 agonising years. During that time they have reached the final six times but lost on every occasion until Saturday at a packed La Cartuja stadium in Seville. Fans travelled in droves from the north of Spain to the sunny... Читать дальше...

Hamilton, who has not placed higher than seventh this year and did not finish in Australia a fortnight ago because of engine failure, will leave Mercedes for Ferrari at the end of the season. He said he struggled with his tyres and steering at Suzuka, where triple world champion Max Verstappen dominated for his third win in four races. "I did my best but the result wasn't a good one," said Hamilton. "Unfortunately, that is where our car is at the moment." Hamilton let Mercedes team-mate George... Читать дальше...

Mexicans on Saturday rallied in Mexico City to voice support of their government's decision to cut diplomatic ties with Ecuador after police broke into the Mexican Embassy in Quito to arrest a former Ecuadorian vice president. The raid prompted Mexico's President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to announce the breaking off of diplomatic relations with Ecuador on Friday evening, while his government's foreign relations secretary said the move will be challenged at the World Court in The Hague.

Millions of Rwandan genocide survivors are still seeking justice 30 years later in a long, legal battle against perpetrators who fled abroad following the 100-day massacre in 1994 from overseas courts. To date, only 7 people have been convicted in a Paris court that says it is now working on 40 cases.

The Israel-Hamas war that has devastated the Gaza Strip entered its seventh month on Sunday, with talks towards a truce and hostage release deal expected to resume in Cairo. As the bloodiest ever Gaza war passed the half-year mark, Israel's government has faced a growing international backlash against its military campaign, and mass street protests at home. While most Israelis continue to support Israel's fight against Hamas, they want to prioritise the release of hostages held in Gaza, FRANCE 24's Rob Parsons said, reporting from Jerusalem.

The Israel-Hamas war that has devastated the Gaza Strip entered its seventh month on Sunday, with talks towards a truce and hostage release deal expected to resume in Cairo. As the bloodiest ever Gaza war passed the half-year mark, Israel's government has faced a growing international backlash against its military campaign, and mass street protests at home.

Rwanda on Sunday paid solemn tribute to genocide victims, 30 years after a vicious campaign orchestrated by Hutu extremists tore apart the country, as neighbours turned on each other in one of the bloodiest massacres of the 20th century.

Mexico's government severed diplomatic ties with Ecuador after police broke into the Mexican Embassy to arrest a former Ecuadorian vice president, an extraordinary use of force that shocked and mystified regional leaders and diplomats. Ecuadorian police late Friday broke through the external doors of the embassy in the capital, Quito, to arrest Jorge Glas, who had been residing there since December. Glas sought political asylum at the embassy after being indicted on corruption charges.

France's top diplomate Stéphane Séjourné on Saturday said that Paris would invest €400 million in Rwanda's environment, health and education sectors over the next five years as it aims to renew ties with Kigali. The announcement came after President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday that France and its allies could have stopped the 1994 Rwanda genocide but lacked the will to do so. FRANCE 24's Olivia Bizot reports from Kigali.

African heads of state gather at Kigali Sunday as Rwanda marks 30 years since the genocide including Ethiopia's Abiy Ahmed and South Africa's Cyril Ramaphosa, FRANCE 24's Olivia Bizot said, reporting from Kigali. In keeping with tradition, April 7 – the day Hutu militias unleashed the carnage in 1994 – will be marked by Rwandan President Paul Kagame lighting a remembrance flame at the Kigali Genocide Memorial, where more than 250,000 victims are believed to be buried.

Tens of thousands of Israelis protested against Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Saturday after the Israeli military recovered the body of 47-year-old Elad Katzir who was held hostage in Gaza. The discovery renewed pressure on Israel's government for a deal to get the remaining hostages freed, and thousands gathered in Tel Aviv to call for a deal as well as early elections.

As the bloodiest ever Gaza war passed the half-year mark, Israel's government has faced a growing international backlash against its military campaign, and mass street protests at home. Relations with top ally Washington have deteriorated, and the Middle East is on edge over a potential response from Hamas ally Iran to a deadly strike on Tehran's consulate building in Syria last week that was widely blamed on Israel. Israel has faced a storm of international outrage over the killing of seven aid... Читать дальше...

Despite scorching sun, hundreds of people flocked to see 46 pairs of oxen take part in the competition, which took place at an empty field in Kampong Speu province, west of capital Phnom Penh. The oxen, adorned with colourful masks or headgear, must sprint around a one-kilometre (0.62-mile) dirt track. "It is our version of Formula 1," organiser Khat Sokhay told AFP. "We race oxcarts because they are on the brink of disappearance." The event is held every year to mark the end of the rice harvesting... Читать дальше...

Verstappen failed to finish in Australia a fortnight ago but he was in control for the entire race at Suzuka after starting from pole and claimed his third win from four grands prix this season. The Dutchman finished 12.535sec ahead of the Mexican Perez, who came home in front of Ferrari's Carlos Sainz in dry, sunny conditions. Verstappen said "the critical bit was the start, to stay ahead". "After that, the car just got better and better," he said. "Everything just went very well. It couldn't have been any better." Sainz... Читать дальше...

On Saturday, "71 fires were declared in agricultural and forestry regions across the country in 12 hours, between 0300 GMT and 1500 GMT", said the ministry that also looks after the climate crisis. Most of the fires were controlled, with the exception of one in Lasithi on the island of Crete that was still burning on Sunday, the fire department said. Three people were lightly injured in the blaze, the fire department said. Strong winds of up to 60 kph (37 mph) are expected to blow until Tuesday in parts of Greece... Читать дальше...

French President Emmanuel Macron will on Sunday mark 80 years since Nazi forces raided a Jewish orphanage in the southeast of France and sent almost all its occupants to extermination camps.

The calf, estimated to be between three and five months old, was spotted in footage obtained Thursday by one of 126 camera traps installed in Ujung Kulon National Park on Java island. The mammal, whose sex remains unknown, was seen to be walking with its mother inside the park, the last remaining wild habitat for Javan rhinos. "Praise God, this is good news and proves that Javan rhinos, which only exist in Ujung Kulon, can breed properly," senior environment ministry official Satyawan Pudyatmoko said in a statement on Saturday. Читать дальше...

The war between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas entered its seventh month on Sunday as US, Israeli and Hamas negotiators were expected to join Egyptian mediators in Cairo in a renewed push for a ceasefire and hostage release deal. Read our live blog for the latest updates in the Israel-Hamas war.

Rwanda will begin commemorating 30 years on Sunday since the 1994 genocide that left 800,000 people dead, most of them from the Tutsi ethnic minority. For three decades, researchers have been investigating what happened, carefully detailing accounts from the witnesses and survivors of the last mass slaughter of the 20th century.

At the Paris Olympics this summer, eight-times world champion Janja Garnbret is looking to win another gold medal, just like she did in Tokyo in 2021 when the sport made its debut in the Games. "Once you have an Olympic medal, you want another one," the 25-year-old Slovenian spiderwoman told AFP in an interview between training sessions in Japan and China. While in Slovenia, Garnbret spends most of her time in a tucked-away climbing gym near Vrhnika, some 20 kilometres (12 miles) south of Ljubljana. Читать дальше...

Korda, chasing a fourth straight tournament victory, advanced to Sunday's final after comfortable wins in the quarter-finals and semi-finals at Shadow Creek in Las Vegas. The American downed compatriot Angel Yin 3&2 to reach the last four, and then overwhelmed South Korea's An Na-Rin 4&3 in the semi-final. Korda came into this week's hybrid strokeplay/match play tournament in blistering form after recent wins at the Drive On Championship, Los Angeles Open and Arizona Championship. However... Читать дальше...

But six months and more than 33,000 deaths in Gaza later, the Republican White House hopeful has become increasingly vague on the intensity of that support. The former US president, not usually known for biting his tongue on any given topic, has only halfheartedly commented on the issue in two recent interviews. "I'm not sure that I'm loving the way they're doing it," he told a conservative radio host Thursday about Israel's offensive. And in an exchange with Israeli media, Trump warned that... Читать дальше...

PSG needed a Goncalo Ramos equaliser with five minutes left, following a one-two with substitute Kylian Mbappe, to snatch a draw and avoid what would have been just a second loss in Ligue 1 this season. Malian midfielder Habib Keita had earlier given bottom side Clermont the lead in the first half, but they could not hold on for a repeat of their win in Paris last season. Ramos's goal, his 11th of the season for his club, allowed PSG to extend their unbeaten run to 27 matches in all competitions... Читать дальше...

Tens of thousands of people staged a rally in Budapest on Saturday in support of a critic of Prime Minister Viktor Orban as he outlined plans to challenge the nationalist leader.