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Iran's foreign ministry called on the United Nations Security Council to take "meaningful action" to prevent threats against regional peace and security, after Tehran launched a salvo of #missiles against Israel on Tuesday. FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks to Randa Slim, Director of Conflict Resolution at the Middle East Insititute. She says that most countries in the region would not mind if Iranian influence were reduced.
#Iran #Israel #Hezbollah
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZqIg5TxBUE

The former wife of a Frenchman accused of enlisting strangers to rape her while she was drugged said Wednesday she felt humiliated during his trial, accusing some defence lawyers of claiming she was complicit in the abuse. "Since setting foot in this courtroom I have felt humiliated," Gisele Pelicot, 71, said at the trial of her former husband and 50 other men for rape. FRANCE 24's Eliza Herbert takes a look at the other defendants accused of raping her.
#France #rape
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97yd-vOESD0

Hand-held radios used by Lebanese armed group #Hezbollah detonated on Wednesday across Lebanon's south, in #Beirut suburbs and the Bekaa Valley, further stoking tensions with Israel a day after similar explosions by the group's pagers. #Lebanon's health ministry said 14 people had been killed and 450 injured on Wednesday, while the death toll from Tuesday's #explosions rose to 12, including two children, with nearly 3,000 injured. FRANCE 24's Emerald Maxwell reports.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dpz1Nlz9dJw

Russia on Thursday claimed to have recaptured a swath of territory in its western Kursk region, where Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky conceded Moscow's troops were mounting a counter-offensive. Russian President Vladimir Putin warned the West that letting Ukraine use longer-range weapons to strike targets inside his country would put NATO "at war" with Russia. FRANCE24's Nick Rushworth reports.
#Russia #Ukraine #Kursk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK3CDn1FWG8

Five mixed-race women demanding reparations from #Belgium after being taken from their mothers in #Congo 70 years ago took their fight to a Brussels appeals court Monday. The women, now in their 70s, accuse the country of crimes against humanity over a colonial-era practice that saw them forcibly placed in an orphanage. FRANCE 24's Dave Keating reports from Brussels.
#justice #colonialism #Africa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTOVnf7tIQU

@Zestryon time to invest in corn futures

So, the head of the conservative Les Républicains party Eric Ciotti, who yesterday broke the taboo of an alliance with Marine Le Pen's far-right Rassemblement National, has decided to shut down party HQ and ordered everyone to leave. This after his move drew the ire of most members.
"He's lost his mind" one HQ employee says, adding "I'm staying put."

#France #politics #elections

https://www.leparisien.fr/elections/legislatives/direct-legislatives-emmanuel-macron-va-sexprimer-en-fin-de-matinee-lors-dune-conference-de-presse-12-06-2024-74ZQ4R77YRCNZNO7B3BUVTGMI4.php#5b7a5b47-0faa-4e72-b409-c533856f071c

A U.S. Navy submarine has arrived in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in a show of force as a fleet of Russian warships gather for planned military exercises in the Caribbean. Ed Augustin reports from Havana. Jeffrey Hawn, researcher at the London School of Economics and Political Science, tells FRANCE24's Mark Owen that the small size of the Russian fleet involved in the naval drills in the Caribbean is indicative that the naval drills are largely symbolic.
#Russia #Cuba #Ukraine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON8JZCjmd3k

A tumultous few days in French politics as parties scramble to team up ahead of the elections on June 30. The leader of the country's mainstream conservative party, Les Républicains, announced an agreement with the Marine Le Pen's RN. No mainstream party has ever aligned itself with the far-right and it's seen as a historic break for Les Républicans, with the party's ties to former President Charles de Gaulle.
#France #Ciotti #LePen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D54yVE0y_po

Via AP

#Interpol and FBI break up a #cyber scheme in #Moldova to get #asylum for wanted criminals

A multinational operation by Interpol and the FBI cracked down on attempts in Moldova to sabotage one of the international police agency's key tools, the Red Notice system, officials said Tuesday. Four people were detained in the eastern European country.

https://apnews.com/article/interpol-fbi-moldova-red-notice-08755a95baae8edac2f9ccc9c4ad1775

Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed victory for his alliance on Tuesday in India’s general election, despite a lacklustre performance from his own party as it faced a stronger than expected challenge from the opposition, which pushed back against the leader’s mixed economic record and polarising politics. FRANCE 24's Leela Jacinto tells us more.
#India #Modi #vote

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwXd0C_HvUA

A collective of French charities have accused Olympics organisers of 'social cleansing'in the run up to the Games in Paris. According to a report by local authorities, 18,000 people have been moved out of Paris or the wider Ile-de-France region since April 2023. Selina Sykes reports.
#Paris #Olympics #Homelessness
#France

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxZX4bt0LIQ

After five weeks of sometimes graphic testimony, defense lawyers have today been making their final pitches to the jury. Trump is accused of falsifying business records to cover up a payment to a pornstar in the run-up to his presidential campaign back in 2016. Jessica Le Masurier reports from New York.
#Trump #trial #StormyDaniels

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BExmfWs36A0

And here we go..

May 22 (Reuters) - Sam Altman-led #OpenAI has signed a deal to bring News Corp's news content to the #ArtificialIntelligence platform, the companies said on Wednesday.
#journalism

@aral @rimu yeah man, all I am doing is pointing out that it's irresponsible to disseminate opinions as facts without verification, but you do you

@aral @rimu guess what, we also routinely quote Hamas, and NGOs, and UNRWA, and pretty much all the other actors involved in the conflict, plus reporters on the ground and eyewitnesses, and that's how sources work, you get at least two, preferably three..

@aral @rimu I guess yours is disseminating information without verifying the veracity of the claims, then..

@aral @rimu you're just reposting the same one source. Was there anyone else in that meeting who can corroborate what this person is saying?

@aral @rimu yeah, those are not sources

Movie star Scarlett Johansson said Monday she was "shocked" by an OpenAI synthetic voice that sounds like her, which was released after she declined to work with the ChatGPT-maker on such a project. The artificial intelligence powerhouse headed by Sam Altman said it was working on temporarily muting the Johannson-sounding voice it calls "Sky." Monte Francis reports.
#OpenAI #AI #Hollywood

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4PfCX1e13I