NHS leaders are warning that the health service is facing the "brutal reality" of an Easter as bad as most winters. Latest data shows record waits for planned surgery and in A&E, as staff plough through a backlog fuelled by Covid. The government say..
Read More »Russia is starting to face up to the devastating impact on its troops of the war in Ukraine, yet Moscow is still clinging to baseless denials over killing Ukrainian civilians. Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for President Vladimir Putin, used an interview w..
Read More »A Russian editor says he was attacked by a man on a train who threw red pain over him because of his newspaper's stance on Ukraine. Nobel Prize winner Dmitry Muratov told Novaya Gazeta Europe "my eyes are burning terribly" after the attack, whic..
Read More »Vladimir Putin's spokesman has admitted a "significant" loss of Russian troops since the invasion of Ukraine began, telling Sky News their deaths are a "tragedy". Dmitry Peskov, in his first broadcast interview with Western media, also said Russ..
Read More »Issued on: 07/04/2022 - 11:42 Audio 04:55 04:55 BUSINESS DAILY © FRANCE 24 By: Yuka ROYER Concern over global food supplies has been rising since Russia invaded Ukraine. Known as "the breadbasket of Europe", Ukraine is a major exporter of..
Read More »I’m even going to ignore the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s seeming empathy: “I feel, on reflection, both Will Smith and me having our wives attacked – at least I didn’t get up and slap anybody, which is good.” And I’m trying to ignore OJ Simpson’s ..
Read More »Sex and violence – these are the things Paul Verhoeven is synonymous with. Make that graphic sex and violence. Whether you’re a fan of his early films or his raft of Hollywood blockbusters – RoboCop, Total Recall, Basic Instinct – few will be unfami..
Read More »Casablanca shouldn’t really have worked. Intended as little more than a cash-in on the success of Algiers, the 1938 Charles Boyer and Hedy Lamarr vehicle, the script was only half-written by the time production started, and other than the interior of..
Read More »Issued on: 06/04/2022 - 16:10 Audio 05:47 05:48 BUSINESS DAILY © FRANCE 24 We take a look at the EU’s fifth round of sanctions on Russia and the proposal for a ban on Russian coal imports. If passed, it could be a symbolic step toward curbing..
Read More »[unable to retrieve full-text content] The European Union has proposed a ban on imports of Russian coal, as the bloc expands sanctions on Moscow. But how important is coal to the EU's energy mix? Also in the show: Elon Musk officially joins the..
Read More »Getty ImagesParents and carers of five to 11-year olds in England can now book a low-dose Covid vaccine for their children. The jabs - already widely used in other countries - can be booked online and will be available from hundreds of sites from Mon..
Read More »A flurry of visits by Russian and Western diplomats is unlikely to change India’s neutral stance on the war in Ukraine, experts say, particularly since the war has the support of a public being bombarded by media coverage that blames the U.S. for the..
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