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Gulf allies have requested financial support, US Treasury Secretary says – A propos

Gulf allies have requested financial support, US Treasury Secretary says – A propos

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To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. Accept Manage my choices One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Try again dubai © agences Issued on: 22/04/2026 – 23:04 10:53 min From the show Reading time 1 min U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Wednesday that a number of allies in the Gulf region and ​in Asia have ‌requested currency swap lines from the United States to help deal with energy shocks ⁠and other fallout from the Middle East war. FRANCE 24’s Sharon Gaffney speaks with Dr Kristi Diwan, Senior Resident Scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute. By: Video by: Source link

Elon Musk snubs Paris prosecutors’ summons over X and Grok – A propos

Elon Musk snubs Paris prosecutors’ summons over X and Grok – A propos

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To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. Accept Manage my choices One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Try again musk © agences Issued on: 20/04/2026 – 23:04 10:16 min From the show Reading time 1 min Elon Musk did not appear Monday for a voluntary interview with Paris prosecutors, who had issued the summons in February as part of an investigation into allegations that X’s algorithm was used to interfere in French politics. The probe was later expanded to include dissemination of Holocaust denial and sexual deepfakes by X’s AI chatbot Grok. FRANCE 24’s Sharon Gaffney speaks with Professor Julia Hörnle, Chair of Internet Law at Queen Mary, University of London. By: Video by: Source link

US reportedly weighing military reinforcements as Iran war enters possible new phase – A propos

US reportedly weighing military reinforcements as Iran war enters possible new phase – A propos

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To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. Accept Manage my choices One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Try again A PROPOS © FRANCE 24 Issued on: 19/03/2026 – 23:30 13:44 min From the show Reading time 1 min US President Donald Trump’s administration is considering deploying thousands of US troops to reinforce its operation in the Middle East, as the US military prepares for ​possible next steps in its campaign against Iran, Reuters reports, quoting a US official and three people familiar with the matter. FRANCE 24’s Sharon Gaffney speaks with Michael O’Hanlon, Director of Research in the Foreign Policy Program at the Brookings Institution. By: Video by: Source link

‘Two decades in the making’: expert details how Mossad built its network of spies in Iran – A propos

‘Two decades in the making’: expert details how Mossad built its network of spies in Iran – A propos

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To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. Accept Manage my choices One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Try again mossad © agences Issued on: 11/03/2026 – 23:43 12:34 min From the show Reading time 1 min Iran has ⁠arrested dozens including ​a foreign national for allegedly spying for the country’s “enemies”. Dr Aviva Guttmann, Lecturer in Strategy and Intelligence at the Department of International Politics at Aberystwyth University, details how Mossad has inflirtated Iran’s security apparatus over the past two decades. She also explains that Iranian intelligence is resorting to using “disposable agents” for its operations in Israel. By: Video by: Source link

‘Radical acceleration’ in AI military targeting raises oversight fears – A propos

‘Radical acceleration’ in AI military targeting raises oversight fears – A propos

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To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. Accept Manage my choices One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Try again A PROPOS © FRANCE 24 Issued on: 10/03/2026 – 23:15Modified: 11/03/2026 – 10:39 13:18 min From the show Reading time 1 min Speaking with FRANCE 24’s Sharon Gaffney, Elke Schwarz, Professor of Political Theory at Queen Mary University of London, warned of a “radical acceleration” in the speed at which military targets are identified through the use of AI, and how quickly action is taken against them. She said this raises concerns about the lack of human oversight, especially given that AI models have “25 to 50% reliability, which means they are wrong very often”. By: Video by: Source link

Trump ‘now underwater on all top ten issues except border security’, analyst says – A propos

Trump ‘now underwater on all top ten issues except border security’, analyst says – A propos

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To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. Accept Manage my choices One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Try again SABATO © agences Issued on: 24/02/2026 – 23:06 12:05 min From the show Reading time 1 min Speaking with FRANCE 24’s Sharon Gaffney, Larry Sabato, Founder and Director of the University of Virginia Centre for Politics, explains that US President Donald Trump will be focused on maintaining his MAGA base ahead of the State of the Union address, stressing that Trump “has lost a great deal” of popularity since the inauguration and “on the ten top issues he is now underwater in every single one except border security”. By: Video by: Source link

Notion of women as property a ‘depravity baked into law’, expert says – A propos

Notion of women as property a ‘depravity baked into law’, expert says – A propos

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To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. Accept Manage my choices One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Try again A PROPOS © FRANCE 24 Issued on: 29/01/2026 – 23:11 12:49 min From the show Reading time 1 min French MPs on Wednesday unanimously approved a bill seeking to end “marital duty”, after criticism about its use to ignore sexual consent in marriage and marital rape. Michele Goodwin, Professor of Constitutional Law and Global Health Policy at Georgetown University, says that “legislatures have played a significant role in keeping women far behind” and that “because of these philosophies in law, women could be sexually abused by their husbands and even their boyfriends”. By: Video by: Source link

Repeated purges by China’s Xi cast doubt on his judgment, observer says – A propos

Repeated purges by China’s Xi cast doubt on his judgment, observer says – A propos

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To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. Accept Manage my choices One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Try again A PROPOS © FRANCE 24 Issued on: 28/01/2026 – 23:08 12:28 min From the show Reading time 1 min Speaking with FRANCE 24’s Sharon Gaffney, Lynette Ong, Distinguished Professor of Chinese Politics at the University of Toronto, says that the removal of General Zhang Youxia, Senior Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission, is just the latest in a long series of purges and calls into question President Xi Jinping’s judgment. Zhang is being investigated for suspected serious violations of discipline and law. By: Video by: Source link

What will Europe actually do to defend Greenland? – A propos

What will Europe actually do to defend Greenland? – A propos

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European countries – including France – have begun deploying troops to Greenland, in what Germany describes as a mission aimed at countering “Russian and Chinese threats”. The White House says the show of unity for the Arctic island will have “no impact” on Trump’s ambitions for it. It comes a day after high-level talks in Washington highlighted “fundamental disagreements” over the future of the Danish territory. Read moreTaking over Greenland, a long-standing US obsession Speaking with FRANCE 24’s Sharon Gaffney, Lukas Wahden, author and associate fellow with the Russia Programme at George Washington University, says that the European allies “are trying to communicate to the Trump administration that they are willing to shoulder a part of the burden in defending Greenland”. On the other hand, he believes that “sending actual troops onto the ground would at least raise the cost of a potential US move on the island”. Source link