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Focus

FRANCE 24 English

Our Focus programme brings you exclusive reports from around the world. Every day at 8:45am Paris time.

news & politics

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00:06:00

Civilians caught in crossfire of Israeli military...

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2025/02/04

On January 21, less than 48 hours after a ceasefire came into effect in Gaza, the Israeli military launched an operation dubbed "Iron Wall" in Jenin, in the north of the occupied West Bank. Its stated aim is to destroy armed Palestinian groups operating there. Civilians have been asked to evacuate, but have nevertheless found themselves at the centre of a new warzone. FRANCE 24's Claire Duhamel and Luke Shrago report from Jenin, where they met some of those affected by the conflict.

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00:05:15

Kenya's Sengwer community refuses to leave Embobut...

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2025/02/03

Kenya's Sengwer community is one of the last to live in the Embobut Forest, in the North Rift Valley. But the government accuses this Indigenous people of damaging the forest and has asked them to leave. Hundreds of families have been forcibly evicted. The Sengwer, whose ancestral way of life is under threat, accuse the authorities of deliberately burning down their homes and are refusing to leave. Our correspondents Olivia Bizot and Bastien Renouil report.

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00:05:22

Ivory Coast seeks to protect endangered pygmy hippos

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2025/01/31

He's small, cute and viral: the baby pygmy hippo Moo Deng, housed in a Thai zoo, has become the star of millions of posts, memes and videos around the world. But in the wild, the pygmy hippopotamus is on the brink of extinction. Of the 2,500 remaining specimens, the majority live in Taï National Park in Ivory Coast, the largest – and one of the last – primary forests in West Africa. A diverse reserve stretching over 4,500 kilometres, its territory is endangered by numerous threats, including illegal

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00:05:26

South Korea's webtoon comics have readers hooked

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2025/01/30

South Korea is seeing a boom in webtoons – short episodic comics that are designed to be read on smartphones. They are hugely popular in the country, where some 35 million people read at least one episode of a webtoon every week. Amid this success at home, webtoon creators are now turning their attention to international markets, including English-speaking countries and France. FRANCE 24's Chloé Borgnon and Justin McCurry report.

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00:06:03

With organic cotton, India bets on textile industry's...

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2025/01/29

India is the world's leading organic cotton producer, controlling 51 percent of global production. The country has set its sights on becoming a major player in the textile industry's green transition – a market that's projected to grow 10 percent by 2026. However, to succeed in making a long-term commitment to sustainable fashion, the country must overcome logistical challenges and ensure effective control over organic certifications. Currently, only 2 percent of the country's cotton production is

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00:05:37

Japan tackles dementia crisis as super-ageing society...

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2025/01/28

Japan is one of the fastest-ageing societies in the world, with almost a third of its population over 65 years old. As a result, the county is seeing more and more cases of dementia each year: almost 5 million people are now living with the condition. In response, the government is taking the problem seriously and has formed a special committee in a bid to tackle the crisis. Our correspondents Alexis Bregere, Mélodie Sforza and Justin McCurry report from Tokyo.

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00:06:07

When Paris's Hotel Lutetia hosted concentration camp...

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2025/01/27

Eighty years ago, on January 27, 1945, the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp was liberated by Soviet troops. During the following weeks and months, French survivors of the camps made their way home. A third of them passed through the Hotel Lutetia in Paris, a luxury hotel that was requisitioned by the French state to host the former prisoners. Many families went to the Lutetia, desperately hoping to find out if their loved ones had returned. FRANCE 24's Stéphanie Trouillard and

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00:06:07

In Germany, the hunt for Nazis is drawing to a close

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2025/01/26

As Germany commemorates the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Nazi concentration camps, FRANCE 24 looks at the slowly-ending hunt for Nazis in the country. After the Nuremberg trials it seemed as if the trail had gone cold on Nazi war criminals. And it was only in 2009 that the hunt for Nazis resumed with the trial of John Demjanjuk. Anne Mailliet, François Rihouay, Willy Mahler and Nick Holdworth report.

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00:06:00

Nazi plunder: French museums to return looted artwork...

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2025/01/25

Eighty years ago, on January 27th, 1945, the extermination and concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau was liberated by the Soviets. Of the 69,000 Jews deported from France, only 3 percent survived. During World War II, the Nazis looted property belonging to Jewish families. After the Liberation, thousands of stolen works of art were repatriated from Germany. Hundreds were handed back to their owners, or family members who had survived the Holocaust. But others are still in French museums, as curators

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00:06:03

Rise of anti-Semitism: Germany's Holocaust survivors...

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2025/01/24

80 years after the liberation of Nazi concentration camps, the last survivors of the Holocaust are again speaking out against the rise of the far right in Germany. With their words and testimonies as their only weapons, the country's last surviving witnesses to the atrocities committed by Nazis continue the fight against anti-Semitism.

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00:05:38

In Moldova's Transnistria region, residents survive...

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2025/01/23

Since January 1, Moldova has been grappling with an energy and political crisis whose outcome remains uncertain. In the middle of winter, Gazprom stopped supplying gas to Transnistria, a self-proclaimed independent Moldovan region run by pro-Moscow separatists, after a transit contract with Ukraine expired.

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00:05:25

In Muslim-majority Indonesia, island of Flores trains...

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2025/01/21

In the Muslim-majority country of Indonesia, the island of Flores is something of an exception. Located in the south of the archipelago, its population is 70 percent Catholic and many young people hope to become men of the cloth. Every year, Flores trains priests who go on to serve around the world: in the United States, Africa, Europe and South America. Indonesian priests have earned a good reputation and are considered fair and tolerant, particularly on LGBT topics – so much so that the Catholic

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00:05:03

Trump's return to White House leaves Cubans worried...

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2025/01/20

On Wednesday January 15, in a final snub ahead of Donald Trump's return to the White House, US President Joe Biden announced the surprise removal of Cuba from the US list of state sponsors of terrorism. The decision came after a series of changes in the relationship between the US and Cuba in recent years. With the return of Trump to the White House, Cubans fear new diplomatic tensions between Washington and Havana, and a negative impact on tourism and the island's economy. FRANCE 24's Ed Augustin,

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00:06:17

Netherlands grapples with painful past as WWII...

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2025/01/17

Eighty years after the end of World War II, the Netherlands' largest war archive is going public. No longer classified, it contains the names of hundreds of thousands of people who were investigated for collaborating with the Nazis. The release has sparked a great deal of interest, but also public debate. Just weeks before the full archive containing 30 million documents was supposed to go live, the Dutch data protection authority intervened, citing privacy concerns. Our correspondents Fernande van

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00:05:24

Migrants in US express fear ahead of Trump's return...

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2025/01/16

In the United States, Donald Trump's return to power is worrying undocumented immigrants and the groups that support them. Memories of mass deportations, detention centres and the systematic separation of children from their parents at the border during Trump's first term are still vivid in people's minds. So what will his second term mean for immigration? In California, "sanctuary cities" like Los Angeles, San Francisco and Berkeley are bracing for the human and economic impact of potential mass

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00:06:03

Rohingya refugees face deadly gang violence in...

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2025/01/15

Since the early 2010s, over a million Rohingyas have found refuge in Bangladesh. A Muslim minority persecuted in their native Myanmar, the Rohingyas suffered the deadliest crackdown by the junta there back in 2017. The UN has described those abuses as genocide. In retaliation, some Rohingyas armed themselves against the junta to defend their community. But in refugee camps in Bangladesh, clashes have been reported between two such Rohingya armed groups, the RSO and the ARSA, leaving refugees caught

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00:04:57

Pakistan's social media influencers seek to gain...

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2025/01/14

In Pakistan, having a pet lion or tiger is becoming increasingly trendy. Rich businessmen, industrialists and landowners already have their own zoos. More recently, social media influencers have adopted the trend and are becoming known for owning these wild animals, which they display as symbols of power in a bid to gain more followers. There are said to be hundreds of domestic felines in Pakistan. Although animal rights organisations denounce the mistreatment of these big cats, they admit that the

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00:05:24

Artificial intelligence, a tool or a threat for...

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2025/01/13

Japan's celebrated manga industry is facing a dilemma: how to use artificial intelligence? Some comic book artists believe the technology will make their labour-intensive job much easier, but others have launched plagiarism lawsuits, claiming their work has been illegally copied by AI. As the country’s culture agency tries to identify pirated manga content on the internet – ironically, using AI – the country's manga artists are wondering whether AI is a tool or a threat for their art. Our

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00:06:08

Criticism mounts of Ecuador president's war-like...

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2025/01/10

In the space of just a few years, drug trafficking and insecurity have exploded in Ecuador, with homicides rising by 800 percent between 2018 and 2023. President Daniel Noboa, who has been in power for the past year, has launched an armed campaign against the criminal groups. This war-like strategy is criticised by human rights groups, who oppose the authorities' focus on security and are warning that extrajudicial killings may have taken place. Our team reports from Guayaquil, the epicentre of the

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00:05:54

Moldova torn between European aspirations and...

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2025/01/09

Back in November, Moldova's President Maia Sandu was narrowly re-elected to a second term, despite alleged Russian interference. Sandu partly owes her victory to the vote of the largely pro-European diaspora, which represents almost a third of the Moldovan population and 20 percent of the electorate. But back home, part of the population remains firmly attached to its Soviet past and is denouncing the election result. The topic is divisive, even within families. Our correspondent reports.

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