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François Picard

@francoisf24.bsky.social
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Host, The France 24 Debate

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François Picard @francoisf24.bsky.social · 11h
🇮🇱🇪🇬 "A visit like this is extremely rare." @theatlantic.com's Vivian Salama tells the origin story of #Egypt's Abbas Kamel traveling to Israel Sep 26th, 2023 to warn of trouble in Gaza... while most top intel chiefs were at a Yom Kippur War memorial More in #Spotlight #F24 ➡️ f24.my/CC7Z
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François Picard @francoisf24.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Will AI write our books? Thursday #F24Debate wades into France’s almighty row over a disputed best-seller. Are we all outsourcing our reading and writing? If so, how will humans cope in a post-literate world? www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/a...
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'Prize-contending author Orélien's AI controversy challenges the literary world's postcard image of the solitary writer'
COLUMN. If artificial intelligence can find its way into a quality book, as it allegedly has in 'C'était Ça Ou Mourir' by the Canadian-Haitian novelist, currently topping sales charts and in contentio...
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François Picard @francoisf24.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hero of the day: #FlyDubai pilot Smit Machchhar. JCFA’s Dan Diker told us he spoke with one of the passengers who got into the cockpit thanks to the captain
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François Picard @francoisf24.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🇪🇹 How far could it spiral? Wednesday #F24Debate asks about #Ethopia's potential return to civil war and the fear of contagion to the entire Horn of Africa
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François Picard @francoisf24.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
« We’ve passed peak Trump when it comes to disruption on the global stage. » @gzeromedia.com’s @ianbremmer.com tells #SpotlightF24 of the growing limits of the US president’s smash and grab approach to executive power. Full interview ➡️ f24.my/CBpd
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François Picard @francoisf24.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🇫🇷 Will it dent Marine Le Pen's chances of becoming France's next president? Tuesday #F24Debate wades into storm over report that the frontrunner's potential prime minister shared anti-Semitic tropes as a teen activist #Bardella
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François Picard @francoisf24.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🇻🇦🇪🇺 Rampart against very different defenders of 'Christian civilization'? Monday #F24Debate follows #PopeLeo's tribute to a Europe that rests on international law & compare his values with those of rising far-right f24.my/CBZL
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Live: 'One cannot speak of Europe without mentioning Christianity,' Pope Leo says in Metz
Pope Leo XIV urged Europe to remember its Christian history and appealed for peace and unity in a speech delivered in France's northeastern city of Metz on Monday, the fourth and final day of his visit.…
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François Picard @francoisf24.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🇺🇸🇨🇳 Biggest gangster? China accused of stealing US trade secrets, US tech giants accused of stealing our original content? AI as long as it's unregulated, argues Claudia Astarita who empathizes with writer Virginie Despentes' rage against the theft of her own work. More in #F24Debate ➡️ f24.my/CBDP
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Jacob Silverman @jacobsilverman.com · 24/09/2026
I was on France 24 English talking about Xi, Trump, AI, and whether it need be a zero sum China-US rivalry. youtu.be/5iKDNyDHL4o?...
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François Picard @francoisf24.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🇺🇸🇨🇳 Biggest gangster? China accused of stealing US trade secrets, US tech giants accused of stealing our original content? AI itself, argues Claudia Astarita who empathizes with writer Virginie Despentes' rage against theft. More in #F24Debate ➡️ f24.my/CBDP
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François Picard @francoisf24.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It’s their AI world and we’re just living in it? Thursday #F24Debate asks about US-China state visit & why Trump and Xi dismiss mounting calls for global regulation of artificial intelligence
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François Picard @francoisf24.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🇺🇸 🇮🇷 “The Trump exit strategy is going to be what we can now call the Greenland option.” Scott Anderson on how the US will declare victory… but get nothing from Iran. From Carter to Trump, fascinating dive into 50 year of US misreading Iran w/ author of King of Kings in #SpotlightF24 ➡️ f24.my/CB5k
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François Picard @francoisf24.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
IPCC climate scientists linked to Saudi Aramco: The target was climate mitigation policy, investigative reporter @eoghangilmartin.bsky.social tells #SpotlightF24 with active efforts to push carbon capture Full interview ➡️ f24.my/CAzH
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François Picard @francoisf24.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
🇫🇷🇻🇦Can religion offer answers to AI anxiety? Wednesday #F24Debate asks why Pope mania's gripped secular France ahead of Leo's visit f24.my/CAhq
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France prepares for Pope Leo XIV historic visit
Four days ahead of Pope Leo’s visit to France, preparations have been underway for months. From Friday, the Pope will travel to Paris, Lourdes and Metz, with several sensitive issues hanging over the…
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François Picard @francoisf24.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
🇺🇳 “You have to have an organization that touches everybody.” And not everyone will be on board. @gmfus.bsky.social’s JC Lintzenich doubts a UN-backed global body can supervise #AIsafety More in #F24Debate ➡️ f24.my/CAuq
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François Picard @francoisf24.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🇺🇳 How to contain a global energy crisis? As world leaders gather in New York for annual #UNGA opening, Tuesday #F24Debate follows in real time Trump meetings with UK's Burnham and Ukraine's Zelenskiy f24.my/CAgm
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Macron says talks with Trump on Ukraine, Red Sea were 'constructive'
French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday he had a “very good” and “constructive” discussion with US President Donald Trump on Ukraine and Red Sea security during talks in New York.
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François Picard @francoisf24.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🇩🇪 “It’s a much broader coalition.” @jacobinmagazin.bsky.social’s Loren Balhorn on how Die Linke reinvented itself to take Berlin by storm in Sunday’s municipal elections. More in #F24Debate ➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=6O2h...
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Dave Keating @davekeating.substack.com · 21/09/2026
The EU is extending its Russian sanctions for three years - but with two key oligarchs removed at the request of France and Luxembourg. The reasons for the removals are nebulous, and Kyiv says the EU is playing into Russia's hands.
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François Picard @francoisf24.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🇩🇪 Red cities, right-trending countries? Monday #F24Debate asks about the far-left’s historic win in Berlin… & the spectacular slide of mainstream parties in Germany and beyond
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François Picard @francoisf24.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
📕 📚 “I don’t think the intent is malicious. I think it’s indifferent.” @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social tells #SpotlightF24 of his probe into AI giants who scour the globe for rare or out-of-print books… and then destroy them ➡️ f24.my/CANI
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François Picard @francoisf24.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
#Ceuta effect? As EU weighs threats from Trump and Putin, Thursday #F24Debate measures how much migration dominates concerns across the continent
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François Picard @francoisf24.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
🇪🇺🇨🇦 @thestar.com reporter Allan Woods didn't have to wait long. Tariff threats quick to follow after he told #F24Debate he was "waiting for Donald Trump's wrath" over EU offer of 'associate membership' to Canada. More in #F24Debate ➡️ f24.my/CADQ
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François Picard @francoisf24.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Too soon. #CatherineRinger
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François Picard @francoisf24.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
🇪🇺🇨🇦 The 28th state? Wednesday #F24Debate asks how much closer Canada can really draw to continent as PM Carney attends Strasbourg State of the EU speech f24.my/CA7G
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EU chief calls for creation of ‘European Security Council’, backs partnership with Canada
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen called for the creation of a "European Security Council", with countries including Britain and Ukraine, in her State of the European Union speech to the European Parliame...
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François Picard @francoisf24.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Houthi attacks for now calibrated to avoid direct confrontation with the US but in the next weeks, impact on international markets will be impossible to ignore, warns @bashareport.bsky.social More in #F24Debate ➡️ f24.my/CA60
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hana martin @nitramanah.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Andrew Weissmann in conversation w/ François Picard, incl. about his book, Liar's Kingdom ▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZgO... @weissmann.substack.com
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François Picard @francoisf24.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
First Hormuz, now the Red Sea? Tuesday #F24Debate asks about the spiraling uncertainty around the Arabian Peninsula & the US reluctance to answer the Saudi call for backup against the Houthis #Yemen
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François Picard @francoisf24.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"There is a constitutional provision called the "[Foreign] Emoluments Clause." Former federal prosecutor @weissmann.substack.com reacts to report Russian oligarch bankrolled part of Donald Trump Jr's Bahamas wedding. Full #F24Spotlight interview ➡️ f24.my/CA2k
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François Picard @francoisf24.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"When your AI hacks another company, it's a felony." Alarm bells go off for @tariqkrim.bsky.social when Amodei, Altman and Musk are all in agreement #huggingface When 'end of the world' warnings happen to coincide with big IPO launches, #F24Debate panel's doubly suspicious. Full show ➡️ f24.my/C9zU.x
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François Picard @francoisf24.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Too late to regulate? Monday #F24Debate digests the doomsday scenarios of the past days and assesses the true dangers of AI f24.my/C9oi
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Trump slams AI sceptics as Altman pauses OpenAI IPO plans over safety concerns
US President Donald Trump on Sunday slammed critics of artificial intelligence (AI) who warned firms to slow down development, branding them "negative" forces. The comments came soon after OpenAI CEO…
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François Picard @francoisf24.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
What a hero. Retired New York City fireman Richard Roeill on the toll 9/11 left on him and how he’d do it all again ⤵️ f24.my/C9oP
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Spotlight - On Sept 12th, 'everyone was compassionate': The world needs 'to be together again' - Richard Roeill
François Picard is pleased to welcome Richard Roeill, former New York Firefighter and 9/11 First Responder. His testimony reframes the legacy of September 11th not as a historical event confined to a…
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François Picard @francoisf24.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
´That instinct to reach for solidarity across suffering is what could have shaped the response.’ @reedbrody.bsky.social recalls the feeling in New York on 9/11. More in #F24Debate ➡️ f24.my/C9WG
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François Picard @francoisf24.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
25 years on, how do the 9/11 attacks resonate? Thursday #F24Debate asks how the past informs the present
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François Picard @francoisf24.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
🛰️🌍 Who owns the skies above us? Wednesday #F24Debate asks where the dizzying space race over satellites will lead us
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François Picard @francoisf24.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
🇨🇦🇺🇸 "Hopefully Europe will adopt Canada's posture." The Aluminum Association of Canada's Jean Simard on Ottawa's retaliation to #Trumptariffs Full interview ➡️ f24.my/C9F7
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François Picard @francoisf24.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
🇫🇷🇮🇳 "What I worry about is the way France's far-right has been appropriating this moment." After Eiffel Tower uproar over BAPS private tour, Anish Gawande tells #F24Spotlight "what is being painted as an example of Hindu traditions is actually a very small sect" Full interview ➡️ f24.my/C9Fi
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François Picard @francoisf24.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Open season on Ukraine and Russia? Tuesday #F24Debate asks why missile defense can't keep up... and neither can mediation efforts #Ukrainewar
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François Picard @francoisf24.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
🇩🇪 "They want to return some color [to German politics], even if the color is brown." @focuseuropepl.bsky.social's Karolina Zbytniewska on how the far-right AfD's made charisma cool again in Germany. Full #F24Debate ➡️ f24.my/C95n.x
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François Picard @francoisf24.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Only the beginning? Monday #F24Debate monitors fallout across Europe from German far-right's historic breakthrough in eastern #SaxonyAnhalt region
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François Picard @francoisf24.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
🇩🇪 ´There’s a kind of DDR nostalgia,´ @wolfgang-muno.bsky.social tells #F24Debate but AfD gets more votes from middle-aged men than older citizens who best remember what Soviet-dominated East Germany was really like #SaxonyAnhalt Full show ➡️ f24.my/C8hC
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François Picard @francoisf24.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
🇩🇪 Turning point for Europe? While Marine Le Pen leads presidential polls in France, Thursday #F24Debate asks about potential for a first-far-led German state since World War II #SaxonyAnhalt f24.my/C8Wf
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Far-right AfD eyes huge win in east German state vote
Germany faces a landmark regional election Sunday in the ex-communist east where the far-right AfD is easily expected to win and has its sights on heading its first state government.
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François Picard @francoisf24.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
🇬🇧🇫🇷 From the Bayeux Tapestry & Britain's newfound love of De Gaulle to the common challenge of securing Europe in the age of Putin and Trump, great conversation w/ @franziska.fr @samdebendern.bsky.social & @ox.ac.uk's John Helferich ⤵️ f24.my/C8XO.x
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The Debate - Churchillian moment? Macron in Britain amid scramble to boost European defence
What can an 11th-century comic strip about the Norman Conquest of England tell us about the spectre of sea change in 2026 Europe? France’s president is on hand for the hottest ticket in London, the fi...
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Ahmadou Atafa @ahmadouatafa.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
#Niger: le DG de Radio Télévision Saraounia, Moussa Kaka, est porté disparu depuis le 31 août. Il avait quitté son bureau à Niamey vers 19h pour rentrer chez lui et n’y est jamais arrivé. #RSF demande aux autorités d’ouvrir une enquête pour le retrouver et établir les circonstances de sa disparition
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François Picard @francoisf24.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Could Anna Wintour be on the outs at the Met after cancellation of John Galliano's show? @danathomasparis.bsky.social speaks to #F24Spotlight ➡️ f24.my/C8VN
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François Picard @francoisf24.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
🇬🇧🇫🇷 What can a Medieval scroll about the Norman Conquest tell us about Europe's security challenges in 2026? Wednesday #F24Debate follows Macron in London #BayeuxTapestry
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François Picard @francoisf24.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
🇫🇷✏️ France's new phone ban for high schools offers teens the "permission to be screenless," says Lycée International parent association member Lisa Baird #F24Debate Full show ➡️ f24.my/C8M5
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François Picard @francoisf24.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
🇫🇷✏️School without screens? First day back in France. Tuesday #F24Debate weighs the challenges of new blanket ban on phones in high schools rfi.my/D0GK
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French high schools scramble to work out rules as phone ban takes effect
The new school year starts on Tuesday in France, and with it comes a new rule: mobile phones will no longer be allowed in high schools. The ban came into force a week before the first day of term, lea...
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François Picard @francoisf24.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
🇨🇳🇮🇳🇳🇵🇵🇰 "What's being served up as economic development is just a way for geopolitical gains." @leelajacinto.bsky.social looks at Himalayan water management and warns against building massive dams in seismic zones without dialogue, local consent, transparency. More in #F24Debate ➡️ f24.my/C8Fm.x
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The Debate - France 24 @f24debate.france24.com · 01/09/2026
🇳🇵 “It’s such a tremendous task we’re facing.” Bishal Nath Upreti tells #F24Debate how rescue efforts are unfolding following Wednesday's deadly #floods in #Nepal ➡️ go.france24.com/UX6z
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François Picard @francoisf24.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Don't follow the noise, follow the money: @harvardkennedy.bsky.social's Rana Mitter on whether Shanghai Cooperation Organization meeting as U.S. finds itself bogged down with Iran offers 'decline of the American empire' optics. More in #F24Spotlight ➡️ f24.my/C8GW
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