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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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00:05:30

Fifty years after fall of Ethiopia's empire,...

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2024/09/12

Exactly 50 years ago, on September 12, 1974, Ethiopia's last emperor, Haile Selassie, was deposed after 44 years in power. A popular uprising and series of nationwide strikes put an end to the monarchy. The military then took over, leading to the feared Derg dictatorship, which remained in power until 1991. But the new Communist regime was opposed to the demands of Addis Ababa University students, who were central to the revolution. To explore this key moment in Ethiopian history, we spoke with

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00:05:57

Libya: One year after deadly floods, reconstruction...

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2024/09/11

Exactly one year ago, on September 11, 2023, the eastern Libyan coastal town of Derna was hit by deadly floods. Cyclone Daniel left around 5,000 people dead, as many missing and 45,000 displaced. Today, the city is undergoing a full reconstruction. Belgacem Haftar, the son of powerful Libyan military and political leader Khalifa Haftar, has assumed a lead role in the reconstruction process. He has plans for several cities in Libya's east as a way to make amends to a population traumatised by more

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00:05:47

New Silk Road: Laos border town of Boten becomes...

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2024/09/11

In April 2023, the Boten-Vientiane line in Laos welcomed its first passengers. This high-speed train, a symbol of Beijing’s New Silk Road initiative, connects the Laotian capital Vientiane to southern China in just a few hours. A vital commercial artery, it has opened up Laos, the region's only landlocked country. But the $6 billion project has come at a cost for Vientiane, which borrowed the money from China. More Chinese-funded infrastructure projects are now underway in places like Boten, a

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00:05:25

Local journalism in crisis amid growing polarisation...

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2024/09/09

The decline of local journalism in the United States is becoming a more pressing issue by the day. Since 2005, the country has lost more than 2,500 newspapers and 43,000 journalists, primarily due to a drop in revenue from advertising amid strong online competition. More than 200 counties in the US are considered “news deserts” with no local newspaper. In 1,500 others there is only one regional source of information, often a weekly publication. The situation is dire: one in five Americans now lives

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00:04:22

Athens 2004: The bitter legacy of the Olympic Games...

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2024/07/19

Since the creation of the modern Olympic Games in 1896, the competition to be selected as the host city has been fierce. Cities vie with innovation and resources to stand out and attract athletes and spectators from around the globe. Follow our special coverage this week as we bring you a daily focus report on cities that have hosted the Olympics, from Los Angeles to Beijing, Athens, Barcelona, and Munich.

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00:05:38

Beijing 2008 and 2022: China's ambitious Olympic...

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2024/07/18

Since the creation of the modern Olympic Games in 1896, the competition to be selected as the host city has been fierce. Cities vie with innovation and resources to stand out and attract athletes and spectators from around the globe. Follow our special coverage this week as we bring you a daily focus report on cities that have hosted the Olympics, from Los Angeles to Beijing, Athens, Barcelona, and Munich.

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00:05:19

Revisiting host cities: Munich, a model Olympic...

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2024/07/15

Since the creation of the modern Olympic Games in 1896, the competition to be selected as the host city has been fierce. Cities vie with innovation and resources to stand out and attract athletes and spectators from around the globe. Follow our special coverage this week as we bring you a daily focus report on cities that have hosted the Olympics, from Los Angeles to Beijing, Athens, Barcelona, and Munich.

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00:05:11

Mine in southern Spain set to reopen despite...

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2024/07/12

Andalusia in southern Spain is attracting the attention of mining companies who want to extract metal ore. Near to Seville, the village of Aznalcollar is in the process of receiving the final permits to reopen a mine that was closed 26 years ago. In 1998, a wastewater reserve pool at the Los Frailes mine burst, spewing millions of cubic metres of toxic mud onto nearby farmland, rivers and protected wetlands. FRANCE 24's Sarah Morris reports.

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00:03:46

Behind the scenes of renting French homes for film sets

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2024/07/12

A growing number of people are renting out their homes to film crews for movies or to companies in search of a place to hold seminars. For some, it has turned into a lucrative business opportunity. Our colleagues at France 2 met with several of these homeowners to uncover what’s driving this trend. FRANCE 24's Guillaume Gougeon reports.

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00:06:11

Iraq: 10 years after ISIS, affiliated families still...

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2024/07/12

June 29 marks the 10th anniversary of the declaration of a caliphate across Iraq by the Islamic State. A decade later, families perceived as affiliated with ISIS still live with the consequences of that time, which profoundly changed the country. Tens of thousands of people, mainly women and children, remain marginalised from Iraqi society. Lina Malers and Marie-Charlotte Roupie report.

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00:06:05

On track for success: Tunisian female athletes gear...

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2024/07/10

Out of the 26 athletes representing Tunisia at the Paris Summer Games, 14 are women. In a country where many prejudices against women linger, these athletes have overcome multiple obstacles to qualify for the Olympics in various disciplines including boxing, rowing, archery and steeplechase running.

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00:05:18

Desertification in Iraq: Multiplying sandstorms...

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2024/07/05

Water is running out in Iraq, a country where nearly more than half of the territory is considered at risk of desertification. Year after year, the situation is becoming worse and worse. Meanwhile the vast desertified areas create an environment prone to sandstorms – a destructive and dangerous phenomenon for the people living there. Lina Malers and Marie-Charlotte Roupie report.

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00:05:46

Playing crypto games for a living: Filipinos seek to...

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2024/07/05

Can you make a living from playing video games? Millions of Filipinos who earn cryptocurrency playing online games seem to think so. Players earn tokens they then trade in a virtual market for pesos or dollars. They can earn up to twice the minimum wage – an irresistible prospect for young Filipinos hoping to escape poverty. But cryptocurrencies are also extremely volatile. Their value in the Philippines is estimated at $7 billion, but they can collapse at a moment’s notice. Our team on the ground

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00:05:06

Training in the shadow of war: Ukrainian athletes...

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2024/07/04

A total of 126 Ukrainian athletes will be competing at this year's Paris Olympics. With their country at war, their participation takes on particular importance. Ukraine's National Olympic Committee says more than 400 registered athletes have been killed since Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022, while many others have put their sporting careers on hold to serve in the army. As for those who are competing, they say the war is both a stress factor and an additional motivation. Meanwhile,

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00:05:40

The new faces of K-pop: South Korean music genre...

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2024/06/26

South Korean pop music generated more than €4 billion in the first half of last year. It has even become the main reason why tourists visit the country. But now, K-pop is trying to attract new generations of overseas fans, while retaining its Korean identity. That means the emergence of bands with non-Korean artists. Our corrrespondent asked K-pop artists and fans what they think about this bold new move.

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00:06:22

Brazilians retrace their African roots using DNA tests

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2024/06/25

More than half of Brazil's population is Black, but most have no idea of their precise origins. They only know the broad outlines of their history and the fact that their African ancestors were enslaved and shipped over by the millions. After the abolition of slavery in 1888, the finance minister of the time ordered the destruction of all documents relating to the slave trade. Today, many Brazilians are searching for their roots and some are even taking DNA tests. Our correspondents Fanny Lothaire,

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00:05:23

Japan slowly opens its doors to foreign workers

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2024/06/24

Japan is one of the world's fastest-ageing societies, with one of the lowest birth rates. For its economy to thrive, it needs more workers. On June 14, parliament passed an immigration reform that will lead to a rise in the number of foreign workers. Non-Japanese currently make up just 2.8 percent of the population, a level far lower than in most other developed economies. Our correspondents report from Tokyo.

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00:05:23

Happily never after: Fighting for the right to...

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2024/06/23

When he was elected president of the Philippines in 2022, Ferdinand Marcos Jr vowed to legalise divorce. The Catholic nation is the only country in the world, along with the Vatican, to ban it. Yet two years on, legislation has still not been passed. That could happen by the end of next year, now that a bill has been tabled in parliament. The move would be a dramatic one in this conservative country where the Catholic Church remains a powerful presence. It could bring freedom to tens of thousands of

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00:05:53

Malaysia's palm oil industry struggles to comply with...

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2024/06/22

A new EU regulation aims to ban the import of several products, including palm oil, that come from plantations linked to deforestation. While the bloc hails the law as an important way to protect the world's forests, Southeast Asian countries say it threatens their livelihoods and is difficult to implement. Malaysia is one the world's top palm oil producers and farmers there are worried they could lose out on earnings. Our team reports from the island of Borneo.

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00:05:17

World Refugee Day: With Sudanese refugees fleeing war...

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2024/06/20

The conflict in Sudan between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, which broke out on April 15, 2023, has caused the world’s largest humanitarian crisis and the displacement of over 9 million people. More than 650,000 of them have now fled to neighbouring South Sudan. These survivors have escaped atrocities, only to reach one of the world’s poorest countries, where aid workers are struggling to cope. Our regional correspondent Olivia Bizot met with refugees at the Sudan-South Sudan

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