Новости за 15.04.2024

During pre-match ceremonies over the weekend, footballers for several of Brazil's top women's teams put their hands over their mouths and ears to protest Santos's decision to re-hire Lima, who had stepped down last year after the club received 19 anonymous letters from players accusing him of sexual harassment and abusive behavior. Lima, 49, denies the accusations. Santos, the club made famous by Pele, reinstated him earlier this month after carrying out an internal investigation, which it said failed to find proof of the claims. Читать дальше...

Even before the drones and missiles had reached Israeli territory, the Islamic Republic of Iran, via its paramilitary Basiji forces, had already organised state-sanctioned street parties to celebrate. A video posted half an hour before the first missiles arrived in Israel shows hundreds of people waving Iranian flags and chanting: “Supreme leader, we are ready [to go to war].” In contrast to the apparently orchestrated public events, on social media many Iranians expressed grave misgivings about... Читать дальше...

The feared reprisal had been almost two weeks in the making. But when Iran finally pushed the button on its retaliatory attack against Israel late on Saturday, it appeared to amount to little more than a drawn-out light show, resulting only in minor damage to some remote Israeli military infrastructure and the injury of a seven-year-old girl from a Bedouin community. Analysts say the Iranian operation was designed to fail from the start and had been carefully choreographed to avoid triggering an all-out regional war. Читать дальше...

"Iran launched an unprecedented aerial attack against Israel, and we launched an unprecedented military effort to defend it. Together with our partners, we defended that attack," Biden said as he met Iraq's visiting prime minister. "The United States is committed to Israel's security. We're committed to a ceasefire that will bring the hostages home and prevent the conflict from spreading beyond what it already has," Biden added in the Oval Office. Biden was referring to those kidnapped by Hamas... Читать дальше...

Lemma seized control in the opening miles and built a lead of more than two minutes by the halfway mark on the way to victory in 2:06:17. By the time those chasing could make any inroads on his lead it was too late and Lemma finished 41sec ahead of compatriot Mohamed Esa -- who surged late to grab second ahead of Kenyan Evans Chebet, who was denied a third straight Boston title. Lemma's gritty wire-to-wire victory was a marked contrast to the late push Kenyan Hellen Obiri delivered to win her second... Читать дальше...

Spanish champions Barcelona triumphed 3-2 in Paris in the quarter-final first leg last week, leaving PSG needing to triumph at the Olympic Stadium on Tuesday. "PSG have never come back to win after losing a first leg, but tomorrow is the day," said Luis Enrique told reporters. "After a defeat and in such an important game, the days after the game were hard. "It's tricky to get back your mental state, but the good thing about football is you have another game against the same opponent. "We are... Читать дальше...

Hyderabad, who were invited to bat first by hosts Royal Challengers Bengaluru, went past the previous mark they got last month after a 41-ball 102 by opener Travis Head. It was carnage at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium as Hyderabad smashed the most sixes in an IPL innings after 22 hits went over the fence. The left-handed Head reached his ton in 39 balls for the fourth fastest hundred in the competition as he set the tone for the assault. He put on a 108-run opening stand with Abhishek Sharma, who hit 34. Читать дальше...

The youngest son of King Charles III took legal action after the British government told him in 2020 that he would no longer be given the "same degree" of publicly-funded protection when he is in the UK. The High Court ruled in February that the UK government had acted lawfully. High Court judge Peter Lane said in a 52-page judgement that the "bespoke process" devised for him by a committee which is under the remit of the interior ministry "was, and is, legally sound". A legal spokesman for Harry... Читать дальше...

More than 2 million of the 8.6 million displaced people in Sudan have crossed to neighbouring countries since fighting started a year ago. Hundreds of thousands have fled to Egypt, Chad and South Sudan, with small numbers arriving in Ethiopia and the Central African Republic. Following the influx of Sudanese, the UN Refugee Agency has sounded the alarm, calling for more humanitarian assistance to address the needs of people fleeing the war.

The consequences of coral bleaching are far-reaching, affecting not only the health of oceans but also the livelihoods of people, food security, and local economies. Severe or prolonged heat stress leads to corals dying off, but there is hope for recovery if temperatures drop and other stressors such as overfishing and pollution are reduced. "From February 2023 to April 2024, significant coral bleaching has been documented in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres of each major ocean basin,"... Читать дальше...

Gazans are slowly returning to Khan Younis after being forced to flee months ago due to intense bombardments amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. While back in familiar neighbourhoods, many Gazans are finding nothing but wreckage.

Donald Trump became the first former US president to stand criminal trial on Monday when he appeared in a Manhattan court to face charges stemming from a hush-money payment to a porn star that could complicate his bid to win back the White House. “[Trump] is very much aware that he’s not only going to be facing the jury inside that courtroom ... but he’s also going to be facing the jury of public opinion”, FRANCE 24 Correspondent Jessica Le Masurier said, reporting from New York.

Five years after being ravaged by fire, Notre-Dame Cathedral will soon welcome visitors in its former splendour at the planned reopening by December this year. Meanwhile authorities have still not determined the cause of the fire that destroyed much of the historic building in 2019, although they believe it was started accidentally.

The glorified biopic on the early 20th-century Hindu nationalist ideologue — called “Swatantra Veer Savarkar,” or “Independent Warrior Savarkar” — hits Indian theatres Friday, just weeks ahead of a national vote that is set to determine the political direction of the country for the next five years. The movie coincides with a cluster of upcoming Bollywood releases based on polarising issues, which either promote Modi and his government’s political agenda, or lambast his critics.

France and its allies on Monday sought to drum up hundreds of millions in aid for Sudan a year since civil war erupted, sparking one of the world's worst and most under-funded humanitarian crises. To date, only five percent of the 3.8-billion-euro ($4.1 billion) target in the UN's latest humanitarian appeal had been funded, “no where near the resources needed for the 25 million people in Sudan,” NGO Mercy Corps CEO Tjada D’Oyen McKenna told FRANCE 24.

Exactly five years ago, the world watched in horror as Paris's Notre-Dame Cathedral was ravaged by flames. Today, carpenters and artisans are hammering away to meet a December 8 deadline for the Gothic landmark's grand reopening. Spectators attending the Paris Olympics this summer will already be able to admire the renovated structure from the outside. Meanwhile, life has resumed on the Île de la Cité, the island that's home to Notre-Dame in the historical heart of the French capital. The square... Читать дальше...

Sudani's trip to Washington, his first since taking office in October 2022, was originally expected to focus on the presence of US troops in Iraq as part of an anti-jihadist coalition. But the meeting will now be dominated by the fractious situation in the region after Iraq's neighbor Iran launched a massive missile and drone assault on Israel on Saturday. US forces based near the northern Iraq city of Erbil were involved in the operation to counter Iran's attack on Israel, using a Patriot missile... Читать дальше...

Donald Trump arrived Monday at the New York courthouse where he was set to become the first ex-president in US history to stand criminal trial, a seismic moment in the already explosive 2024 presidential campaign. If Trump is convicted, “this would be the first time a convicted offender stands for a major party in the United States,” FRANCE 24’s International Affairs Editor Angela Diffley said, adding that Trump could also face a prison sentence.

Iran's retaliatory attack on Israel late Saturday has helped flip the current narrative involving Israel, Affiliate Research Associate at the Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation Ran Porat told FRANCE 24. “Israel was the centre of a lot of criticism of what was happening in Gaza, and now it’s again being depicted and understood to be the victim of the Iranian and its proxies: Hamas and others’ aggression,” Porat said.

The 22-time Grand Slam winner has not played an ATP Tour match since January, when he felt a hip injury flare up at the Brisbane International. Nadal, who missed virtually all of the 2023 season, will face Italian Flavio Cobolli on Tuesday in the first round on the centre-court in Barcelona which bears his own name. The 37-year-old withdrew from the Monte Carlo Masters earlier in April and is hoping to compete at Roland Garros in May, where he is a record 14-time champion. "More than lamenting where I wasn't able to be... Читать дальше...

Police in Australia say a man has been arrested after a bishop and three churchgoers were stabbed in Sydney. There are no life-threatening injuries.

Leverkusen clinched the first league title in their 120-year history with a 5-0 thrashing of Werder Bremen on Sunday, with Wirtz scoring a hat-trick and Xhaka also getting a goal. The surprise title victory, which broke Bayern Munich's 11-year stranglehold on the German league, led to speculation that several players could leave, including 20-year-old Wirtz. In an interview with Spiegel published Monday, the day after Leverkusen's title triumph, Rolfes said "Granit is staying, Florian too". Wirtz... Читать дальше...

"The beans are turning black," and rotting, he tells AFP at his plantation near Agboville, 70 kilometres (nearly 45 miles) from the economic capital Abidjan. "They are not growing properly because of the heat." The leaves on the trees usually provide shade for the pods, but the sun "is drying them up and they are falling" off the trees. It is so hot Yapi can work only in the morning, leaving plenty of spare time to dwell on his losses. "Normally in the off season I get up to a tonne," but this... Читать дальше...

Tens of thousands of people have been killed and 8.5 million more have been forced to flee their homes since a civil war broke out on April 15 last year in Sudan. the country is currently experiencing "one of the worst humanitarian disasters in recent memory", with more people displaced inside the country than anywhere else in the world and a fast-growing hunger crisis, the United Nations says.

President Emmanuel Macron said Monday that France would help do everything to avoid an escalation in the Middle East after an unprecedented Iranian missile and drone attack on Israel. Iran launched its first-ever direct assault on Israeli territory late Saturday in retaliation for a deadly April 1 air strike on Tehran's consulate building in Syria's capital Damascus that was widely blamed on Israel.