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An overview of the stories making the French and international newspaper headlines. From Monday to Friday live at 7:20am and 9:20am Paris time.

  1. 13時間前

    Who is Iran's 'influential spymaster' Hossein Taeb and does he pull the strings?

    PRESS REVIEW – Monday, September 14: The New York Times released an exclusive report titled “How Iran’s hard-liners prevailed and sabotaged the US peace deal”. Also: Trump says AI fears are "exaggerated", but reports show a different reality. The New York Times spoke to anonymous regime insiders who say that Iranian hard-liners derailed the peace deal with a “clandestine effort to attack ships in the Strait of Hormuz”. This happened in early July, when Iranian forces opened fire on three commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran’s president, the General of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps and the Supreme National Security Council were all unaware of the strikes. The paper explains that the hard-liners succeeded because the man who has the power to resolve such disputes – the new supreme leader Khamenei – has been a ghost since taking office in March after his father was killed by joint US-Israeli strikes. According to three Iranian officials, even the president has questioned the authenticity of the statements attributed to the supreme leader.  Who orchestrated the strikes? Three anonymous Iranian officials interviewed by the paper point to one man whom the paper called the “influential spymaster”, cleric Hossein Taeb. He has opposed a peace deal with the United States from the very beginning. In a recent speech, he said he is not opposed to negotiations but is against the “excessive demands of the enemy” that have “no place in Iran’s politics”. The report also says that Taeb played a key role in selecting Khamenei junior after the death of his father.  Next, another type of crisis: artificial intelligence. US President Donald Trump is downplaying calls for an AI slowdown, reports the US’s NPR. There are concerns that AI could go rogue, and several tech leaders are saying we should hit the brakes. But for Trump, the warnings are “exaggerated” and come from “negative forces” making false claims.  But a couple of articles show a different reality: Wired Magazine interviewed the mathematician Steven Strogatz, who started to cry when he talked about the AI-driven breakthroughs in his field. He co-wrote a book about how math is moving beyond human understanding and why this is making him “really terrified”. A headline from The Atlantic reads, “It’s all fun and games until you give AI your credit card”. It’s an article about how AI personal assistants act on people’s behalf in the real world and all the strange things that could go – and already are going – wrong. Finally, an opinion piece in The Wall Street Journal says that "yes, children really are getting dumber". According to the author, COVID-19 and AI are among the factors degrading the quality of American education. Thau author says that “as machines get smarter, kids are getting dumber” and rapid advances in AI go hand in hand with “astonishing decline in student learning”. The article cites a study by the Programme for International Student Assessment – or PISA – that measures the skills of 15-year-olds across the world. The most troubling decline is in the skills that matter the most, according to the report: evaluating information, making connections and thinking critically about what we read. The conclusion: that “in a world increasingly flooded with information, our students are less likely to think deeply and separate signal from noise”.  You can catch our press review every morning on France 24 at 7:20am and 9:20am (Paris time), from Monday to Friday

  2. 3日前

    Did the War on Terror succeed? Or did Washington fall into al Qaeda’s trap?

    PRESS REVIEW: Friday, September 11– 25 years on from 9/11, the international press reflects on the war on terror, its legacy and its failings. In France, the far-right National Rally party tries desperately to distance itself from the overtly racist comments of one of its security officials, made while on duty for his day job as a police officer. Finally, a fossilised feather may give us new insights into why birds survived the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs. The Washington Post headline reads "the 9/11 response got the most important thing right", despite mistakes – the paper acknowledges – in Iraq and Afghanistan. A similar verdict from the Wall Street Journal: taking the war to terrorists abroad and holding any country harbouring terrorists responsible were two key principles that protected the US against any similar attack in the 25 years that followed. There is a different angle in the European press. The Times reminds us that the Bush administration were quick to conflate an attack perpetrated by Saudi citizens with Iraq, an "entirely unrelated country". Here in France, Le Monde has interviewed a former French intelligence official, who, when asked whether Osama Bin Laden had succeeded in his objectives, said "al Qaeda's trap was the long wars into which America plunged."  In France, the National Rally seek to distance themselves from a scandal after a police officer with close ties to the party inadvertently recorded himself complaining about seeing Black and Arab people around the town of Carcassonne using offensive racial slurs. Quoted in Le Figaro, representatives of the far-right party called the incident an "isolated case" and insist that such convictions have no place within their ranks. L'Humanité, though, argues that the officer said out loud what the National Rally truly believes, citing MP Caroline Parmentier, who has bemoaned a "normalisation of homosexuality", referred to the travelling community as "scabious bohemians", and lamented the "demonisation" of Nazi-collaborationist leader of Vichy France, Maréchal Pétain.  And, finally, The Times brings us news of a piece of fossilised dinosaur dung in which a feather appears to have survived the domestic journey. The feather may offer a rare insight into why almost all bird families went extinct with the dinosaurs: was it a question of feathers? Did the other prehistoric bird families have plumage too thin for the post-asteroid climate?

  3. 4日前

    'Egomaniac': Papers discuss 'Trumpapalooza' midterm convention

    PRESS REVIEW – Thursday, September 10: US papers react to the first night of the Republicans' midterm convention in Dallas. Also: five baby orangutans from Southeast Asia have been found in a forest in India. Then some dystopian science news. Finally, perhaps we don't need to do as much sport as we think we do. The Wall Street Journal reports that during the keynote speech, US president Donald Trump asked voters to pretend that he is on the ballot. There was also a “desperate election shocker”, says The HuffPost – Trump said he’ll bribe each citizen with a $5,000 payment if the Republicans win the Midterms. But The HuffPost recalls that Trump doesn’t have the legal authority to issue checks to everyone in the US, among other issues. The Atlantic asks whether "Trump really wants Republicans to win the Midterms"? The periodical says that it is currently impossible for the party to distance itself from the unpopular president. His approach “nicely illustrates the drawbacks of handing total control of a political party to an egomaniac”. But The Washington Post says that for many attending the convention, dubbed by some “Trumpapalooza”, “the main draw is Trump”. Many in the crowd are Trump loyalists and they are “mainly here to see their man”, writes the paper. Democrats believe that this will only help their midterm prospects, though, since the president’s approval ratings have dropped to a historic low. And The Daily Beast writes that the convention actually kicked off to empty chairs. The news site says that those who attended “struggled to stay energized” and the speakers “smiled as they looked out into a largely empty arena”.   Next: five baby orangutans have been found in a forest in India, while they are native only to the islands of Borneo and Sumatra, reports The Guardian. Authorities are now investigating if they were trafficked from south-east Asia. International commercial trade in orangutans has been prohibited by a global agreement about endangered wildlife. The World Wildlife Fund says that about 104,000 orangutans remain in the islands of Borneo and Sumatra. A century ago, the population was more than 230,000. Authorities believe that the orangutans have stayed in India’s Odisha state only for a couple of days. They have been placed in quarantine.   Also: Wired writes about a “new startup that lets you freeze your eggs for free […] But is anything ever free?” The startup is called Cofertility and promises to help women who cannot afford the expensive procedure. The catch is that the clients must give half of tjpse eggs to donors who are ready to pay up to tens of thousands of dollars. But there are both medical and ethical problems with this practice. One expert who was interviewed compared the practice to commercialised eugenics.  Finally, The Washington Post writes that scientists compared 3- and 90-minute workouts. It turns out that only 3 minutes of intense exercise may have a more beneficial impact on our physiology and health compared to longer moderate exercise. The groundbreaking new study helps answer some questions and raise many new ones…  You can catch our press review every morning on France 24 at 7:20am and 9:20am (Paris time), from Monday to Friday

  4. 5日前

    The Times: 'Counterproductive' sanctions on Israel don't match the 'theatrical rhetoric'

    PRESS REVIEW – Wednesday, September 9: British papers are reacting to the sanctions imposed on Israel. Next: Israeli papers discuss Haaretz's October 7 revelatory investigation. Also: CDs are back! Finally, South Park renames itself to South America to mock Trump. An Independent's headline reads, “UK sanctions Israel over West Bank 'ethnic cleansing'". Ed Miliband, Britain’s foreign secretary, said that the sanctions come as Israel has turned a blind eye to the “ongoing ethnic cleansing in the West Bank” by “settler terrorists”. He also added that the occupation of the West Bank as a whole is unlawful. The front page of The iPaper focuses on the reaction from Israel: “Israeli fury after UK accuses settlers of ethnic cleansing”. Britain’s Chief Rabbi said that Tuesday was a “truly dark day for British Jews”. Meanwhile, Miliband highlighted his Jewish background, adding that he is a “proud British Jew”. The paper also says that “Britain risks reduced access to Israeli intelligence” after the import ban. An editorial in The Times writes that “Britain’s West Bank sanctions will do nothing to help Palestinians”. The article says that the “measures do not match the theatrical rhetoric” and they may actually be “hugely counterproductive” and “feed the fire of antisemitism” in the UK. Israeli papers are reacting to Haaretz’s revelation that Benjamin Netanyahu had been informed about the October 7 attack prior to it. These findings come as no surprise to YnetNews. The paper says this episode “adds to the series of warning signs issued before October 7”. What they have in common is how Netanyahu reacted to them “with boredom and indifference”, according to multiple sources. The article says that the revelations, however, will not have an effect on the elections. Haaretz disagrees, saying that “it is possible, after three years of lies and bloodshed, that this revelation will be the decisive moment for a fence-sitting voter”. In an editorial, Haaretz stands by its claim; the headline here reads “Netanyahu knew”. The article argues his responsibility extends back to the years leading up to the massacre during which he allowed Hamas to get their hands on funding.  Next: CDs are back in vogue. The Washington Post's headline reads “Grab your Discmans out of storage. CDs are back, baby”. Their growth has surpassed that of vinyl. The paper interviewed a 31-year-old man who said he craves “tactile interaction in a digital world”. For many people like him, it's all about nostalgia. For others, it’s the simple fact that CDs sound better than both streaming and vinyl. The Washington Post says that K-pop stars are partially responsible for the trend – the band BTS released multiple CD editions of their 2026 album and sold nearly 600,000 copies in the United States. The paper writes: “Nothing new is new. Everything is a rehash, a recycle, a reach back”.   Finally, The Guardian reports that the cartoon show South Park changed its name to South America. The new title is inspired by the “bravery and patriotism” of Apple and Google, who changed Lake Ontario’s name to “Lake America” after US President Donald Trump signed an order renaming the lake.  You can catch our press review every morning on France 24 at 7:20am and 9:20am (Paris time), from Monday to Friday.

  5. 6日前

    'Pheromone maxxing': Men avoid showers before dates to boost attraction

    PRESS REVIEW – Tuesday, September 8: Papers discuss UK sanctions on Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Also, could AI change what it means to be human? Finally, "pheromone maxxing" is in; showers are out. British Prime Minister Andy Burnham's government is set to ban trade with some Israeli settlements in the West Bank, The Times reports. The sanctions come as a response to Israeli plans to construct more than 1,000 settler homes in a key area of the West Bank. Burnham also promised to take a tougher stance in support of Gaza and against the destruction of the two-state solution there.  Fox News reports that Burnham risks clashing with Trump, saying the move could "create an early point of friction" between the two leaders. The Jerusalem Post notes that Israel's Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich called for the expulsion of the British ambassador. Smotrich wrote on X that Israel would not be a "doormat trampled by an antisemitic government" and called the UK a "country conquered by radical Islam" that's trying to save itself by attacking Israel.  Next, The Atlantic writes that "AI is already changing what it means to be human". The author warns that the normalisation of AI bots will come at human expense – the actual dehumanisation of humans. The author argues that this could gradually reshape human moral thinking: humans could move away from love, care and relationships towards cold calculation and robot-like decisions. Another article in The Washington Post looks into something very human: gut feelings. The author of the piece researches gut feelings and walks us through when to trust them. What we call gut feelings are simply neurochemical signals from the brain that lead to a change in the stomach's electrical rhythms. She says that statistically speaking, gut feelings "aren't necessarily right". They are a bit like the butterflies we feel on a first date – rather inconclusive. She adds that we need to treat gut feelings as stop signs – it doesn't necessarily mean we are doing something wrong; it just means we should slow down and look around before we continue.  Finally, The Indian Express writes about "pheromone maxxing". This latest trend encourages men to embrace their natural body smell and simply skip showering and putting on perfume or deodorant before a date. It stems from the masculinist "looksmaxxing culture" and is built around the idea that stronger and smellier pheromones could attract women more easily. The paper spoke to a psychologist who said that when someone feels insecure, simple and fast hacks like this are used to address deeper issues of "self-esteem, social anxiety or relationship patterns".  You can catch our press review every morning on France 24 at 7:20am and 9:20am (Paris time), from Monday to Friday.

  6. 9月7日

    'Jubilation and pain': German far right marches to victory in key state election

    PRESS REVIEW – Monday, September 7: The far right marches to victory in a German state election: what does this mean for the future of Germany and Europe at large? Also: the Daily Telegraph publishes an exclusive interview with the sons of former Pakistani PM Imran Khan about his imprisonment conditions in Pakistan. Plus the US Open descends into chaos after influencers, weed and disruptions stir controversy. The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has won a crucial state election but fallen just short of winning an outright majority. The AfD – an anti-immigrant, populist, far-right party – was hoping for a majority in the Saxony-Anhalt election, which would have allowed it to govern alone and overcome mainstream parties' refusal to work with it. It fell short, but its resounding victory – and thumping loss for Chancellor Frederich Merz's CDU party – is a win in itself. German tabloid Bild headlines with a play on words: "Jubel und Schmerz" – "Jubilation and pain" – pain for Chancellor Friedrich Merz and jubilation for Ulrich Siegmund, head of the AfD list in the state. The Berliner Zeitung says he gets "the last laugh today" and calls him the most dangerous man in Germany, reprising a recent headline from Der Spiegel.  Die Zeit evokes an "historic turning point for German democracy." In an article entitled the "blue storm", the daily reminds us that the AfD continues its political dominance, after becoming the main opposition party in Germany in federal elections last year. While there are more right-wing parties in power, Die Zeit says many have become more moderate in their governance, taking the example of Italy's Giorgia Meloni. However, it warns that the AfD is going in the opposite direction, becoming more radical. In another article, Die Zeit argues that this vote is also an indictment of Merz. He has lost popularity and authority in the country. To surmount this defeat, the paper suggests looking to the historical roots of the CDU party – a union, not a party, born in reaction to Nazi Germany. Its then-leader Konrad Adenauer, himself persecuted by the Nazis, became the first chancellor of Germany. Across Europe, the press is reacting to the AfD's election win in Saxony-Anhalt. Spain's El Pais calls it an "overwhelming victory". Here in France, the left-wing daily Libération evokes the "fascist shock in Germany." There are also lots of reactions in Italy. La Republicca says that an obscurity has fallen in Berlin, noting bitterly that the EU is confronted with Nazi-era nostalgia. Left-leaning Il Fatto Quotidiano accuses Merz of handing this victory to the AfD. The right-wing paper Il Giornale is thrilled about the victory of the "euroright" but expresses caution about the AfD's manifesto, which contains themes dear to the Nazis.  In other news, the Daily Telegraph has published an exclusive interview with the sons of former Pakistani leader Imran Khan about his health. Sulaiman and Kassim Khan warn that their father's health is declining while imprisoned in Pakistan. They say the former Pakistani prime minister is living in quarters so cramped that they are usually reserved for death row inmates. The water is fetid, he has no reading material and is kept in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day. Khan, a former Pakistan cricket captain turned prime minister was thrown into prison four years ago – a coup orchestrated, he says, by his enemies. The Khan sons also accuse the British government of "being the opposite of helpful", despite the Khan family's strong roots to the country. Finally, there's uproar at this year's US Open, which has descended into chaos. ESPN reports that the US Open organisers have accredited more influencers this year in a bid to add hype to the event. The problem is that play has been interrupted several times due to noise during points and selfies taken with spotlights. In addition, the strong odour of cannabis has been present in recent editions – cannabis is legal in New York – and the tournament feels more like a music festival than a sporting event. Wimbledon, known for its strict court etiquette, has already vowed not to allow influencers into next year's edition. You can forget about smoking – the only grass in Wimbledon is on court!  You can catch our press review every morning on France 24 at 7:20am and 9:20am (Paris time), from Monday to Friday.

  7. 9月4日

    Stability or fiasco? Giorgia Meloni becomes longest-serving Italian PM

    PRESS REVIEW – Friday, September 4: Italy's Giorgia Meloni becomes the longest-serving prime minister in Italy's postwar history. While she's celebrated by the rightwing press, the leftwing press say her leadership is a fiasco. Also, is Europe gearing up for a chaotic winter? Concern is mounting after the UN warned of a "supersized" El Niño phenomenon that could bring heavy rains and snow. Plus we look at tributes to Gloria Steinem, journalist and women's rights icon, who has died at 92.  We start in Italy, where Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has become the country's longest-serving postwar leader. Meloni marks 1,413 days in office – a record for the country – and the Italian right-wing papers are celebrating. Libero says "Tiè" which translates to "there you go!": a triumphant, vindicated headline from the pro-government paper. Libero's editor takes aim at Italy's left, saying the secret to Meloni's longevity is the "realism of the conservative right versus the demagogic utopia of the left." Il Giornale, another conservative paper, also focuses on Meloni's political feat on its front page, with an opinion piece calling her "the exception that became the norm." It's a different story from the leftwing press. Il Fatto Quotidiano is far less jubilant: "Four years in office with nothing to celebrate", the paper says. It calls Meloni's governance a "fiasco". The Financial Times notes that Meloni has governed not as a radical but as a conservative – which is why she is reviled as a sellout by far-right hardliners in Europe. The FT also attributes her political capital remaining intact to the fact that she has "yet to use it on painful economic, welfare and public administration reforms". Elsewhere, the El Niño weather phenomenon is dominating headlines after the UN's stark warning about what's to come. After a scorching summer in Europe, El Niño could be supersized this year, according to the UN. That could mean heavy rains and/or a very snowy winter. Le Parisien wonders how worried we should be. The Guardian quotes the British environment secretary's warning to Britons to stock up on supplies this winter in the event of shortages and power cuts. The chaotic winter could mean an even hotter 2027, or as Metro says, it's going to be "hot as El." Finally, journalist and women's rights campaigner Gloria Steinem died on Thursday at the age of 92. The New York Times pays tribute to Steinem, saying she championed the cause of women at home, in the workplace and in society at large. One of her most iconic works was an undercover exposé she wrote about being a Playboy bunny – an exposé she came to regret writing because it hampered her professionally. The Washington Post recounts her experience of going undercover as a bunny at Hugh Hefner's nightclubs for men. It notes that her exposé was not so much the experience of being a Bunny but a dissection of gender structure, class and control. You can catch our press review every morning on France 24 at 7:20am and 9:20am (Paris time), from Monday to Friday.

  8. 9月3日

    Supreme Court corruption scandal rocks Brazil

    PRESS REVIEW – Thursday, September 3: There's outrage in Malta after a tycoon was found not guilty of masterminding the murder of high-profile investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. In Brazil, a Supreme Court justice who was pivotal in sentencing former President Jair Bolsonaro to prison is implicated in a corruption scandal of his own. Plus conservationists marvel after a mating frenzy of the endangered kakapo – a flightless, nocturnal parrot native to New Zealand. We start with a court verdict from Malta: the acquittal of a man accused of orchestrating the killing of prominent journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. She was known for her investigation of the Panama Papers and had made a name for herself reporting on government corruption, nepotism and money laundering. This made her a target – she was killed in a shocking car bombing in 2017. The man accused of ordering her killing is Yorgen Fenech, who is one of Malta's richest men. A court verdict found him not guilty of involvement in her murder. The decision, as the Guardian says, came as a blow, not just to Caruana Galizia's family but to those who saw the trial as a landmark action in the fight to protect press freedom in Europe. Caruana Galizia's death triggered one of the biggest political scandals in Malta's postwar history. It also contributed to the resignation of Joseph Muscat, the then prime minister. "Yorgen Fenech NOT GUILTY" reads the headline from the Malta Independent, although it's hard to gauge how the paper really feels about the verdict. The front-page article is fairly neutral, reporting on the Caruana Galizia family's anger, but it chooses to go with a photo of Fenech coming out of the courthouse rather than Caruana Galizia herself. There are also little to no editorials and scant opinion pieces about what this verdict represents for Malta's stance on prosecuting crimes against journalists. The Times of Malta has, for its part, gathered reactions from activist groups and opposition political parties. Republikka, a civil society in Malta fighting for good governance and democracy, says that despite the verdict, the trial forces Malta to "confront uncomfortable truths" about political corruption. The Green Party says the verdict is an "indictment of the state of Malta", adding: "Daphne has been murdered a second time." Meanwhile, Brazil's press is headlining on a Supreme Court justice who was pivotal in bringing down former president Jair Bolsonaro. He is now implicated in a corruption scandal of his own. The Washington Times reminds us that Alexandre de Moraes was the Brazilian Supreme Court justice who sentenced Jair Bolsonaro to 27 years in prison for a coup attempt. He's now come under scrutiny after newly released federal police documents show very close ties between Moraes and disgraced banker Daniel Vorcaro. The latter is the owner of Banco Master and was behind what some call the largest bank fraud in the history of Brazil. Brazilian daily O Globo's editors offer details of Moraes' alleged corruption: airplanes, helicopters, credit cards provided by Vorcaro to Moraes and his family. Vorcaro also sent him dozens of messages in the lead-up to his own arrest. This included attempts to obtain information about the investigation into Banco Master and asking Moraes for advice on whether he should leave the country. Folha de Sao Paulo headlines on President Lula's attempts to distance himself from de Moraes and the scandal, just one month before general elections in Brazil. Finally, there's some good news for the endangered populations of the world's heaviest parrot, the kakapo! The cute, hefty flightless parrots native to New Zealand are nocturnal, with owl-like faces. They are also critically endangered. The birds were once widespread across New Zealand, but their numbers plummeted due to hunting, habitat loss and predators, with the kakapo nearly going extinct in the mid-1900s. Now, thanks to conservation efforts and a bumper crop of the fruit of rimu tree this year, which is key to the reproductive capacities of the birds, the kakapos were thrust into a mating frenzy. Some 90 chicks were born in recent months and their population is now up to 324 – a milestone not seen for 75 years!  You can catch our press review every morning on France 24 at 7:20am and 9:20am (Paris time), from Monday to Friday.

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