FIFA goes MAGA? The World Cup, Trump and the future of football

Tensions between India and Pakistan soar following Kashmir attack

 

Tensions between the nuclear-armed arch-rivals have soared since India accused Pakistan of backing a shooting that killed 26 civilians on the Indian side of the disputed territory on April 22. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave his military "full operational freedom" to respond while Islamabad stared test firing ballistic missiles.

Hong Kong bans protest song 'Glory to Hong Kong' after ruling overturned...

A Hong Kong court has banned a protest song popular during pro-democracy demonstrations this Wednesday with authorities then demanding that online platforms remove it.

What we know about the mass graves found at Gaza’s hospitals •

Palestinian authorities are calling for the UN to investigate what it calls “war crimes,” after reporting nearly 400 bodies found in mass graves around Gaza’s hospitals after Israeli raids. Some bodies were reported to have their hands tied or stripped naked, though Israel calls the claims "baseless" -- saying it “examined” bodies buried by Palestinians o locate its hostages.

A look at Israel's multilayered air-defence system • FRANCE 24 English

An incoming attack by more than 300 Iranian drones and ballistic missiles was the latest challenge to Israel’s air defence system, which already has been working overtime to cope with incoming rocket, drone and missile attacks throughout the six-month war against Hamas. Israel's multilayered air-defence system includes the Arrow, David's Sling, Patriot, Iron Dome and Iron Beam.

De-escalation or forever war? After Israel's drawdown from southern Gaza

After six months, proof that Israel’s longest war since the 1980s is winding down…or is the weekend announcement of troops withdrawing from southern Gaza the calm before a whole new storm?

'Massive' Russian air attack hits Western Ukraine, Kyiv • FRANCE 24 English

Ukraine claimed Sunday (March 24) to have hit two Russian military ships stationed at the annexed peninsula of Crimea in overnight strikes, as it suffered another night of Russian aerial attacks. Ukraine's capital Kyiv and the western region of Lviv came under a "massive" Russian air attack, officials said, while Poland said one of the Russian missiles breached its airspace.

‘Carry the burden’: Anger grows in Israel over military exemption for ultra-Orthodox

As more and more Israelis are drafted into the military amid the war in Gaza, an issue that has long stoked debate is turning increasingly bitter and divisive – an exemption to military service for the country’s roughly 1.3 million ultra-Orthodox Jews.

Myanmar's armed resistance movement: A threat to the junta? • FRANCE 24 ...

FRANCE 24’s Constantin Simon filmed this week's exclusive Reporters show on the young people in Myanmar who are taking up arms against the ruling junta.

UN’s Guterres to meet with donors to UNRWA, a ‘lifeline’ for civilians in Gaza

Israeli refugee camps in occupied territories? Atletico Madrid supporting Palestine? It's all AI

We explain how we concluded that these images were generated using artificial intelligence in this edition of Truth or Fake. 

The Saint Porphyrios Orthodox Church in Gaza was not hit by Israeli airstrikes

 

Many accounts are sharing a viral video claiming that 'Israel warplanes bombed the historic Saint Porphyrios Orthodox Church in Gaza.' Even though the church is intact, according to their Facebook post, the airstrikes that we see in the viral video did strike a densely populated area in Gaza, in vicinity of several schools, according to Bellingcat.

No, USA Today did not report that Zelensky's delegate started a 'drunken bar brawl' in New York

 

A fabricated video - edited in the social media style of American media USA Today - claimed a member of the Ukrainian delegation provoked a drunken bar fight in New York during President Zelensky’s visit to the US, before being detained by police.

India-Canada diplomatic row: fake news surges after Sikh-Canadian killing • FRANCE 24 English

 

After Canada accused the Indian government of involvement in the assassination Hardeep Singh Nijjar - Sikh leader and activist for the Khalistan movement - both diplomatic tensions and misinformation are mounting

Resurfaced videos pretend to show Chinese tanks deployed near Taiwan last week

Two videos are circulating since September 6, where users claim to show the 'deployment of Chinese armored vehicles in provinces near to Taiwan.' Both videos were traced back to August 2, 2022, when Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan. We explain in this edition of Truth or Fake

Uganda detains 20 militia 'collaborators' after student massacre • FRANCE 24 English

In tonight's edition: Twenty people are arrested in Uganda - suspected of collaborating with the notorious milita group blamed for last weeks tragic and deadly school attack. A phone application is saving lives in Gabon - linking potential blood donors to those who need an urgent transfusion. As Senegalese Muslims prepare for the religious feast of Tabaski, sheep farmers who provide the traditional sacrifice are set to lose out.as fearful customers stay away from celebrations 

Has it already begun? Ukraine's counter-offensive strategy • FRANCE 24 English

 

Is Ukraine armed and ready for its long-touted spring counter-offensive? We’ll ask about air cover, cross-border strikes and ammunition. More broadly, what does it take to claim heavily fortified, heavily mined Russian-held positions? Is Kyiv ready? Is NATO ready? Will stepped-up supplies of military hardware suffice? We’ll weigh the  consequences of a protracted war on the Alliance. 

Olympic cleanup: swimming in the Seine • FRANCE 24 English

 Swimming in the Seine has long been forbidden but taking a dip in the iconic river could soon become a reality. Just in time for the 2024 Summer Olympics, Paris has embarked on its most ambitious bid yet to clean up one the world’s busiest waterways.

Erdogan 'keen' on taking vision of 'increasingly hard-core autocracy' to another level

 After securing a strong new mandate in a runoff presidential election, Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan could temper some positions that have irritated his NATO allies. But observers predicted that the country's longtime strongman leader is unlikely to depart from his policy of engaging with both Russia and the West

Fake AI-generated image of explosion at the Pentagon goes viral

Many accounts on Twitter, including verified ones, shared false reports of an explosion at the Pentagon, in Washington DC. We debunk these claims in this edition of Truth or Fake.