French ice skating Olympic champions Papadakis, Cizeron win fifth world gold
Papadakis, 26, and 27-year-old Cizeron led all the way to seal gold after the free skating final with a new world record total of 229.82 points.
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'Discrimination is prohibited in the EU, but remains a fact': EU anti-racism coordinator
Michaela Moua is the EU's first ever anti-racism coordinator. She was appointed to the role in 2020 and explained that her job is to ensure the successful implementation of the bloc's EU Anti-racism Action Plan.
Afghan girls sent home as Taliban closes schools
Also on the show, we look back at the trailblazing life of Madeleine Albright, America's first female secretary of state. She passed away earlier this week aged 84.
Romania's Iași pogrom, one of the worst massacres of Jews during World War II
The Holocaust saw the cold-blooded murder of 6 million Jews. The worst of the tragedy took place in eastern Europe: in Poland, Ukraine, Hungary and Romania. It's estimated that up to 380,000 Jews were killed in Romania: most by the police, but some by ordinary citizens, with the complicity of the dictatorship led by Ion Antonescu. One of the most violent episodes was the Iași pogrom in the summer of 1941.
Reforming retirement: What changes are France's presidential candidates proposing?
In the second in a series of special programmes looking at the economic issues in the French presidential campaign:
Tribute to slain Corsican nationalist stirs fresh controversy in France
Following two years of an unprecedented pandemic, and amidst a new war in Ukraine, this election campaign is unlike any other. The 12 French presidential hopefuls are doing little campaigning. Conservative candidate Valérie Pécresse has tested positive for Covid-19, while the incumbent President Emmanuel Macron is focusing on the diplomatic response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
NATO's red lines: How far will West go in support of Ukraine?
Exactly one month after Vladimir Putin launched what many predicted would be a lightning offensive, FRANCE 24 takes you to Irpin, one of those frontline suburbs of the capital Kyiv where Ukrainians now claim to be on the counter-offensive. Is it a turning point? Or are the Russians – who enjoy air supremacy – simply taking a breather while they pound major urban centres?
The battle of Irpin: Meeting the Ukrainian resistance
It's March 2022. Ukrainians are fleeing the Russian invasion en masse. Ukrainian artist Bohdan Mucha has returned to Kyiv, where Ukrainian forces are preparing for the siege of the capital.