Film show: Isabelle Huppert thriller offers entertaining look at modern French politics
We also discuss Alice Diop's documentary "Nous", which explores the incredibly varied lives of the people living along the Parisian commuter train line RER B.
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'Honour crimes' in Iran: Country in shock after murder of 17-year-old girl
Meanwhile, Turkey's president visited the United Arab Emirates this week. Recep Tayyip Erdogan hoped to bring the two countries closer during his two-day visit. Some 13 cooperation agreements were signed in various sectors. The UAE and Turkey are trying turn the page on their previously strained relationship and move to an economic partnership.
Polish judicial reforms key to EU rule-of-law conditionality row
In a highly anticipated ruling on February 16, the EU's top court ruled in favour of making the bloc's cash handouts conditional on a country's respect for the rule of law. It's a setback for Poland and Hungary, which have carried out controversial judicial reforms and risk seeing money cut from the billions in EU funding they receive.
First lockdown, now inflation: Could surging prices wipe out spending power?
The escalation over Ukraine serves as a reminder that the planet has probably reached peak oil and that without fuel – in this case Russian gas – we're vulnerable to much more than coronaviruses. The same holds true for the prized rare minerals of the information age, like the cobalt in our cell phones. So how are ordinary citizens managing? And how are they reacting? We put the question to our guests.
Late Mbappé stunner gives PSG 1-0 Champions League home win over Real Madrid
It took PSG 94 minutes to find the winner with a brilliant run by Mbappé, who danced in between two defenders and calmly slid the ball into the far corner to earn PSG a deserved victory after they had dominated the encounter.
France’s Clement Noel wins men’s slalom gold at Winter Olympics
Noel, sixth fastest after the first run, laid down the quickest second run to clock a combined total of 1min 44.09sec.
Ex-Afghan president Karzai believes Taliban will allow girls back to school
In an interview with FRANCE 24, former Afghan president Hamid Karzai urged the Biden administration to rescind a decision to allocate half the $7 billion in Afghan assets frozen in the US to families of victims of the 9/11 attacks. He said the money belongs to the Afghan people and that dedicating it to other purposes was "wrong".
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei: Western boycott of Beijing Olympics is 'a joke'
They also discussed his loneliness living in New York and his constant search for freedom and truth.