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The Debate

FRANCE 24 English

A live debate on the topic of the day, with four guests. From Monday to Thursday at 7:10pm Paris time.

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00:43:27

Down to the wire: What to expect in US presidential...

The Debate ·

2024/11/04

On the eve of Election Day, The Debate focuses on the US presidential candidates' final messages and the state of the vote. Charli James's panel breaks down the biggest issues on the minds of voters and discusses when Americans may know the results.

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00:43:27

Will Russia's war against Ukraine go global?

The Debate ·

2024/10/30

Ukraine’s president warns it could lead to "a world war." Is Volodymyr Zelensky overreacting by sounding the alarm over the deployment of North Korean soldiers to Russia—soldiers that NATO believes may be destined for Russian-occupied areas near Ukraine, specifically in the Kursk region? Seoul is certainly taking the threat seriously, having dispatched its defense minister to Washington amid reports of a South Korean delegation expected in Kyiv. Is this the moment NATO lifts restrictions on the use

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00:43:45

Back to Russia's orbit? Georgia's EU bid on hold amid...

The Debate ·

2024/10/28

Could the nation that back in 2008 fought a war against Vladimir Putin be giving up on its EU dream? Packed crowds are massing outside Georgia’s parliament to protest what the pro-Western president calls a stolen election. We scrutinise Saturday's vote, which gave another outright majority to the Georgian Dream party of billionaire former prime minister Bidzina Ivanishvili. His side's campaign employed the "look what happened to Ukraine" argument, warning against alienating the Kremlin. What next

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00:43:10

After Sinwar's death: Why is Israel ramping up...

The Debate ·

2024/10/21

Is the off ramp in sight, or did Binyamin Netanyahu’s government deliberately blow past it? If achieving the stated aim of killing Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar offers Israel a reason to relent in Gaza and Lebanon, that has yet to happen. The days since have been particularly lethal: air strikes near Beirut targeted Hezbollah’s financial assets just as US envoy Amos Hochstein was touching down to talk ceasefire conditions. We ask if we are witnessing the storm before the calm, or if there is no plan to

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00:41:43

Can Europe get up to speed? Turbolent switch to...

The Debate ·

2024/10/16

Can Europe compete? Part of the answer on display in Hall 5 of the Paris auto show which opened its doors to the public Tuesday. Chinese maker BYD signaling its play for the French market with affordable - albeit subsidized - fully electric models. We will ask about EU pushback against those subsidies, and how the homegrown competition is faring. Governments invested massively in the switch away from gas guzzlers in what seemed like a masterstroke for a continent in need of both tackling climate

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00:43:42

Sanctions busters: How Iran crackdown used French...

The Debate ·

2024/10/15

How porous are sanctions? The war in Ukraine has familiarised this show with the concept of dual-use products, like the washing machine whose computer chip can power a lethal drone. FRANCE 24's investigative news website The Observers got reports from citizen journalists in Iran during the 2022 "Woman, Life, Freedom" protests about shotgun cartridges made in France and used in the crackdown on peaceful protesters. We track their journey from the factory to the streets. Speaking of sanctions, we ask

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00:42:52

No peace to keep? Israel pressures United Nations in...

The Debate ·

2024/10/14

They are called peacekeepers, but what is their mission when they cannot keep the peace? The United Nations, along with the 40 nations that contribute UNIFIL blue helmets to monitor the buffer zone in south Lebanon, is condemning the growing standoffs with Israel's invading army that have culminated in a tank ramming the gates of an observation post on Sunday. We hear about the fallout and comment on the counterargument. Israeli forces are releasing drone footage purporting to show a Hezbollah

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00:43:32

Ukraine, Putin ... and Trump: What lies ahead after...

The Debate ·

2024/10/10

Time is not on Volodymyr Zelensky's side. Ukraine's president is on a tour of five European cities in two days as he seeks the green light for longer-range missile strikes inside Russia from NATO allies. In a week that has seen his side lose two key towns in the Donbas region, fate seems to be conspiring against Zelensky as Hurricane Milton keeps Joe Biden away from a now-scrapped summit of Kyiv's allies in Germany. With November 5 fast approaching and US voters' enthusiasm for backing Ukraine

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00:42:53

As Hurricane Milton hits: How will 'storm of the...

The Debate ·

2024/10/09

Here in France, the flood waters are rising as the remnants of Storm Kirk dump biblical amounts of rain. But that's just a drop in the bucket compared with what the southeastern United States faces. Hurricane Milton is forcing the evacuation of 5.5 million Florida residents, with President Joe Biden warning this could become the storm of the century. Even more dramatic is that Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas and beyond are still reeling from the US's deadliest storm since 2005, with Hurricane Helene

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00:44:38

Escalation to what ends? Israel further widens war...

The Debate ·

2024/10/08

When does escalation morph into overreach? On October 8, the one-year anniversary of the first Hezbollah rockets fired on Israel, the IDF is announcing the killing of another top-ranking Hezbollah commander – the heir apparent to Hassan Nasrallah – and the deployment of a fourth division to southern Lebanon. Militarily, the Israelis have so far been wildly successful, neutralising much of the enemy's leadership and thereby cashing in on years of painstaking intelligence work. But what is the precise

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00:45:52

Grim anniversary, forever war? October 7 and the...

The Debate ·

2024/10/07

It was an unspeakable terror attack that succeeded: succeeded in shock value, succeeded in triggering a massive overreaction that has appalled the planet, succeeded in stoking an escalation that's drawn in the whole region. Fortunately, not everyone is hell-bent on an all-out clash of civilisations in the Middle East. On the anniversary of the Hamas-led October 7 attacks, at a time when public opinion in Israel supports the widening of the campaign into Lebanon and retaliation against Iran, we put

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00:44:55

How will Israel respond?

The Debate ·

2024/10/02

After a string of setbacks and humiliations that include the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Lebanon, Iran fired its long range missiles directly at Israel. As Benjamin Netanyahu and his generals ponder their next move, there are obvious targets and huge unknowns. First the pager attacks of two weeks ago on Hezbollah command became a bombing campaign that triggered mass displacement of Lebanese civilians, then signs of growing incursions into Lebanon and now direct confrontation on a

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00:44:41

Iran attacks Israel: Who to stop the spiral?

The Debate ·

2024/10/01

It's only the second time that Iranian missiles have rained down on Israel. Tehran's pushback comes as no surprise to François Picard's panel after a string of humiliations that included last week's assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and the targeting of the militant group's top commanders. Will the response beget more retaliation? Who to stop the spiral, with the United States currently in a state of limbo ahead of its presidential election?

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00:44:59

Killing Nasrallah: A relentless escalation

The Debate ·

2024/09/30

Seventy-two hours on from the bombing of Beirut and the killing of Hassan Nasrallah, the leader and figurehead of the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah, Israeli air strikes have continued relentlessly on three fronts: in Lebanon, Gaza and Yemen. Israel's military thinks it has Hezbollah on the ropes, assassination after assassination, with the senior chain of command effectively wiped out according to the US. The Hamas leader in Lebanon was killed this Monday. Central Beirut was hit for the

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00:43:41

Can Ukraine convince? At United Nations, Zelensky...

The Debate ·

2024/09/25

Winter is coming. So are the US elections. So how about diplomacy? It is UN Week in New York and before heading to Washington, Ukraine’s president’s trying to rally support for what he’s branded as his “victory plan”. How much support and how much leverage? On the battlefield, Ukraine’s on the backfoot in the brutal battle for Pokrovsk in the east but has scored a huge moral blow with its cross border incursion into Kursk. We will begin with France 24’s exclusive report from that Russian region.And

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00:45:11

All-out war? Lebanon reels as Israel takes on Hezbollah

The Debate ·

2024/09/24

Will it be all-out war between Israel and Hezbollah? What was a dangerous dance is now a major escalation. Monday’s air strikes killed hundreds and triggered a mass exodus by civilians. Not since 2006 had Lebanon experienced such scenes. Could a ground invasion follow? From 1985 to 2000, Israel and its proxies got bogged down in an occupation of South Lebanon. Since that time, Iran-backed Hezbollah has massively reinforced its arsenal, which includes seemingly untouched long-range missiles.Hezbollah

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00:43:17

How far to the right? France's new centre-right...

The Debate ·

2024/09/23

Back in May, Emmanuel Macron said he wanted to clear the air and called surprise snap elections. Nine weeks and one hung parliament later, does the naming of France's new centre-right coalition government seal his fate for the history books as a lame duck president whose gamble backfired miserably? Even a term-limited French president has powers at his disposal and the cabinet named on Saturday seems even weaker than Macron. It is beholden to a National Assembly that is also weak: split three ways

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00:37:53

Sky's the limit? Ukraine presses allies to allow...

The Debate ·

2024/09/13

We have asked the question before: does Vladimir Putin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine put superpowers on a collision course? With the revelation that Iran is supplying Russia with not just drones but ballistic missiles, allies strongly suggest that a UK-US summit in Washington this Friday could, on the quiet, mean the end to the Biden administration's restrictions on Ukraine using the long-range missiles it provides for strikes deep inside Russia. Already Kyiv is growing bolder in response to the

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00:44:11

Will it move the needle? Harris and Trump trade blows...

The Debate ·

2024/09/11

So what are US presidential debates about: substance or style? Policy or punchlines? Our panel has brought its scorecard from Tuesday's one and so far only showdown between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. We ask if it all went to script, and what that script is in a tight race with huge consequences for the whole planet. A fleeting instance of infotainment or a moment that might move the needle?Central is the strategy: in 2024, is it all about energising your followers or convincing the undecided

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00:43:33

Better inside or out? Venezuela's opposition...

The Debate ·

2024/09/10

After a stint at the Dutch embassy in Caracas, Venezuela’s opposition candidate for president Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia has chosen exile in Spain over arrest by his election rival, incumbent Nicolas Maduro. Did the 76-year old former diplomat do the right thing? How about the leader of the opposition coalition, Maria Corina Machado? The conservative – who was barred from running – insists she is staying put in Venezuela, all the while playing hide-and-seek with authorities who are also threatening

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