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- ‘There is a tussle between the White House and the Israeli governmentby FRANCE24 on 2025-02-05 at 10:03
President Donald Trump’s plan for the United States to take over the war-ravaged Gaza Strip and develop it economically heighten fears among Palestinians in Gaza of being driven out of the coastal strip. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective, FRANCE 24’s Sharon Gaffney welcomes Barbara Slavin, Distinguished Fellow at the Stimson Center in Washington and “Lecturer in international affairs at George Washington University.
- First military flight with migrants deported from US lands in Guantanamo Bayby NEWS WIRES on 2025-02-05 at 04:30
The first US military flight carrying detained migrants from the United States to Guantanamo Bay landed at the US base in Cuba on Tuesday. President Donald Trump said he wants to expand a migrant detention facility at the base to hold more than 30,000 migrants.
- In Uruguay, 50,000 Steps in a City Where the Sidewalk Never Endsby Mya Guarnieri and Tali Kimelman on 2025-02-05 at 02:47
In Montevideo, Uruguay, the nearly 14-mile waterside promenade La Rambla serves as an outdoor living room for locals. It’s also a perfect antidote to visitors’ winter blues.
- El Salvador’s Prisons Are Notorious. Will They House Trump’s Deportees?by Annie Correal and Emiliano Rodríguez Mega on 2025-02-05 at 02:37
President Nayib Bukele has offered to jail deported criminals from the United States. His prisons have earned him a reputation as being tough on crime, but have raised alarms over rights abuses.
- Trump Says He Would Jail Americans in El Salvador ‘in a Heartbeat’by Zolan Kanno-Youngs on 2025-02-05 at 02:05
The proposal is almost certainly illegal, experts said, but President Trump’s eagerness to entertain it showed his willingness to embrace extreme measures to demonstrate he is tough on crime.
- ‘What is Gaza?’: Trump says Palestinians would ‘love’ to leave devastated enclaveby NEWS WIRES on 2025-02-04 at 21:49
US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Palestinians would “love” to leave Gaza and live anywhere else if given an option, calling the war ravaged territory “a demolition site”. Trump previously touted a plan for Palestinians to move to Egypt or Jordan. He spoke as he was due to meet Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to discuss the truce with Hamas.
- How Canada and Mexico’s Leaders Took Different Routes to a Tariff Deal With Trumpby Matina Stevis-Gridneff and James Wagner on 2025-02-04 at 21:39
The Canadian and Mexican leaders negotiated with President Trump in diverging ways. In the end, they both secured an outcome they could present as a victory back home.
- Did Donald Trump halt UNRWA funding?by Catalina MARCHANT DE ABREU on 2025-02-04 at 21:33
After President Donald Trump ordered the suspension of all US foreign aid programmes for 90 days, claims on X started to go viral that Trump also permanently halted funding for the UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA. We debunk these claims in this edition of Truth or Fake.
- Could US criminals be sent to El Salvador’s mega-jail?on 2025-02-04 at 21:25
El Salvador has offered to take in criminals deported from the US and house them in its mega-jail.
- Mexico Managed to Stave Off Trump’s Tariffs. Now What?by Emiliano Rodríguez Mega and Annie Correal on 2025-02-04 at 20:56
Mexico managed to temporarily avoid President Trump’s threatened 25 percent tariffs by making promises on border security, but it is unclear if the country can fulfill its pledge.
- Canada Gets 30-Day Tariff Delay as Trump and Trudeau Reach Border Dealby Matina Stevis-Gridneff and Ian Austen on 2025-02-04 at 20:56
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in a call with President Trump said Canada was already implementing an existing ambitious plan to beef up border security with more personnel and technology.
- US freezes funding for multinational force tackling Haiti gangsby NEWS WIRES on 2025-02-04 at 19:23
The US has notified the United Nations that it is freezing some funding to a UN-backed mission in Haiti tasked with fighting gangs trying to seize back control of the capital, Port-au-Prince, the UN said Tuesday. The US has been the biggest contributor to the mission led by Kenyan police, which was launched last year and is struggling with a lack of funding.
- Controversial US health secretary nominee Robert F Kennedy Jr passes Senate committee voteby NEWS WIRES on 2025-02-04 at 17:24
US President Donald Trump’s nominee for health secretary and former Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr passed a crucial test on Tuesday, as senators voted to advance his nomination to the floor. Kennedy initially met with resistance from some members of the US senate because of past unfounded claims linking vaccines to autism.
- Mexico Pledges to Send 10,000 Troops to U.S. Border: What to Knowby James Wagner on 2025-02-04 at 15:39
President Claudia Sheinbaum’s government said the National Guard members had redeployed to 18 cities and towns along the U.S.-Mexico border as part of a deal to delay U.S. tariffs.
- How does fentanyl get into the US?on 2025-02-04 at 15:22
President Trump has blamed China for its opioid crisis and imposed sweeping tariffs.
- Netanyahu must do ‘heavy lifting’ in talks with Trump to ensure support for Israelby FRANCE24 on 2025-02-04 at 15:15
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu must do ‘heavy lifting’ in talks with US President Donald Trump to ensure support for Israel, as the two meet in Washington on Tuesday, Aaron David Miller, senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace tells FRANCE 24.
- The opening salvos have been fired in Trump’s trade war – what comes next?on 2025-02-04 at 15:05
Are we seeing the opening moves in a wider trade war, and what are the potential economic consequences?
- Restored Anti-Fascism Mural by Philip Guston Unveiled in Mexicoby Victoria Burnett on 2025-02-04 at 14:29
In 1934, two young artists drove from Los Angeles in a beat-up car to Mexico, to create a powerful artwork about repression. It was concealed — and then forgotten.
- USAID $40bn budget frozen: Int’l aid from UN agencies, NGOs, public/private sector severely impactedby FRANCE24 on 2025-02-04 at 13:42
President Donald Trump’s overhaul of US foreign assistance has led to chaos in the aid and development field, leaving hundreds of contractors in a severe financial crunch with some already having to lay off staff and others facing millions of dollars in unpaid invoices. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective, FRANCE 24’s Sharon Gaffney welcomes Dr. Paul B. Spiegel, Director of the Center for Humanitarian Health and Distinguished Professor of the Practice at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
- What are sanctuary cities, and how are they being targeted by Trump?by Sonya CIESNIK on 2025-02-04 at 12:59
Trump has promised to fix the immigration system in the US by carrying out mass expulsions. Yet certain cities across the country – known as “sanctuary cities” – have policies that limit cooperation with federal immigration officials. FRANCE 24 spoke to Muzaffar Chishti, director of the Migration Policy Institute at New York University’s School of Law, on how some local governments respond to the crackdown.
- Paper tiger or brinkmanship? Trump suspends tariffs on Canada and Mexicoby Dheepthika LAURENT on 2025-02-04 at 10:57
PRESS REVIEW – Tuesday, February 4: We look at reactions from the Canadian and Mexican press after US President Donald Trump’s decision to suspend tariffs on imports from both countries in exchange for more policing at the borders. Is it a victory or a concession? Meanwhile, The New York Times reports on how Elon Musk has garnered alarmingly unfettered access to federal institutions and systems. Plus: we look at a key legal victory in the French #MeToo movement.
- El Salvador offers to lock up US criminals in its mega-jailon 2025-02-04 at 10:31
El Salvador says it can house dangerous criminals, including US citizens, in its mega-jail.
- El Salvador’s Bukele offers to jail American prisoners, says Rubioby NEWS WIRES on 2025-02-04 at 05:40
El Salvador’s president has offered to accept deportees from the US of any nationality, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday in what he hailed as “an offer of friendship”. El Salvador opened Latin America’s largest prison last year to accommodate the tens of thousands jailed under Nayib Bukele’s massive crackdown on violent gangs.