In this edition, Jessical Michault talks about next winter’s fashion trends and what Haute Couture has to offer. Then, a look at Alexander McQueen’s collection that will be shown during Paris Fashion Week, in March, despite his recent death.
In today’s culture show: some call him the 'King of Surreal', others 'Colonel Baxter' and a 'genius'. His simple drawings often feature cowboys, gangsters and explorers who utter intellectual statements regarding art and philosophy. Eve Jackson speaks to Glen Baxter. Also, a new production of Puccini’s La Bohème is performed in a pub in London.
In this edition, we start with a new production of Puccini’s La Bohème which is performed in a pub in London. Then, Augustin Trapenard talks about two novels that have recently been made into movies: 'Precious' adapted from the 1996 novel 'Push', by Sapphire and 'Disgrace' by South-African writer J.M. Coetzee.
High-level representatives from more than 60 countries are attending a conference in London focusing on the security and reconstruction of Afghanistan. FRANCE 24’s Leela Jacinto follows the behind-the-scenes action.
A global summit in London today will look at ways to boost military training and aid to Yemen, the world's poorest Arab state and one dogged by civil conflict and deepening economic crisis. International concern about Yemen has rocketed since it emerged that a man accused of trying to blow up a US airliner on Christmas Day had been trained by Al-Qaeda in Yemen.
An important week ahead for Afghanistan as world leaders converge on London for a conference on the country's future. Before they get there, the presidents of Afghanistan and Pakistan have stopped off in Istanbul on Monday for talks that underline Turkey's growing role as a regional powerbroker.
The leaders of Afghanistan and Pakistan will seek mutual cooperation in the fight against militants during a summit in Istanbul on Monday, but a plan to talk to Taliban insurgents will likely dominate discussions.
A high-profile London conference on Afghanistan is expected to conclude that international troops face up to five more years of combat on the Afghan front, British daily the Times reports.
The new European commissioner in charge of financial services, Michel Barnier, pushed a regulatory reform agenda at the EU Wednesday, while attempting to calms fears in London, promising “intelligent regulation”.
London is where Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab - accused of trying to blow up a US bound airplane on December 25 - was first in direct contact with Islamic extremism. Once again London is at the heart of an international terrorist investigation. Now the British Press wants to know: was it the city that turned them into terrorists?
