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François Picard @francoisf24.bsky.social · 32m

Do France's presidential candidates get what the next generation wants? Only Jean-Luc Mélenchon's far-left France Unbowed has sided with protesting students from day one. More in Tuesday #F24Debate

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Chatham House @chathamhouse.org · 10/10/2026

"It's not very difficult to figure out who is behind this and who has the most to gain from this which is Russia." Associate Fellow @samdebendern.bsky.social joined @francoisf24.bsky.social (@f24debate.france24.com) to discuss the recent drone strikes on ships in the Black Sea, via @france24.com.

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John Lyndon @johnlyndon.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Pleased to join @francoisf24.bsky.social & @f24debate.france24.com this week. To discuss the elephant in room— that every person on earth sees as Israel’s most pressing concern— but is not being addressed in these Israeli elections. And the necessity of Israeli-Palestinian civil society engagement

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Dave Keating @davekeating.substack.com · 4h

Under EU law, the new US policy of live-streaming public executions cannot be shown in Europe. europemorningpost.substack.com/p/pete-hegse...

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François Picard @francoisf24.bsky.social · 23h

How vulnerable is Saudi Arabia? Monday #F24Debate weighs OPEC leader's options amid escalation with Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis

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François Picard @francoisf24.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

🇫🇷🎞️ "The French thought they knew De Gaulle and actually, they've suddenly realized that they didn't." Historian Julian Jackson lists just one of the reasons why the biopic 'De Gaulle: Résistance' became a surprise summer hit #SpotlightF24 Full interview ➡️ f24.my/CCma

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François Picard @francoisf24.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

🇮🇱 🇵🇸 “The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is being used as a political football here and nobody cares about the human beings in the region.” @johnlyndon.bsky.social on how the European far-right and far-left spin it #F24Debate Full show ➡️ f24.my/CCqT

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François Picard @francoisf24.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

🇮🇱 Still Netanyahu’s Israel? On the third anniversary of #October7 attacks, Wednesday’s show reflects on the direction the nation takes going forward

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François Picard @francoisf24.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

🇫🇷 ✏️ While politicians focus on the violence, the next generation of French voters rage at the lack of dialogue over their demands. “In my school, there’s been no discussion at all,” 11th grader Celeste Evagora tells #F24Debate Full show ➡️ f24.my/CCfq

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François Picard @francoisf24.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

🇫🇷 Why the violence? Tuesday #F24Debate asks about the clashes surrounding French high school protests now in their third week. What room for compromise when demands for better school conditions meet pre-election posturing and empty state coffers?

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François Picard @francoisf24.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

🇧🇷 🗳️ “These are the most consequential elections in Brazil’s recent history.” Jamil Chade on Lula’s bid to convince enough of the 2 million of the voters who abstained in the first round to show up for the October 25th runoff #F24Debate Full show ➡️ f24.my/CCVo

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François Picard @francoisf24.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

🇧🇷🗳️ Why the far-right comeback in #Brazil? Monday #F24Debate asks about Lula's uphill struggle to beat Bolsonaro in October 25th run-off. Would the election of the son of a former president jailed over an attempted coup would mark a turning point for Brazilian democracy?

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François Picard @francoisf24.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

🇮🇱🇪🇬 "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

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 · 25/09/2026

🇨🇳🇹🇼 "They won't risk doing anything recklessly." After Russia's invasion of Ukraine, @cfr.org's Zongyuan Zoe Liu tells #F24Debate that before any invasion of Taiwan, the Chinese would have to first sanction-proof an economy that's much more dependent on the dollar Full show ➡️ f24.my/CBDP

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François Picard @francoisf24.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

🇺🇸🇨🇳 Trump perhaps needlessly turning the AI race into a zero sum game between superpowers, argues @jacobsilverman.com More in #F24Debate ➡️ f24.my/CBDP

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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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Trump-Xi summit dismisses calls for global oversight • FRANCE 24 English

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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

🇺🇳 “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 · 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

🇫🇷🇨🇦 Expect the wrath of Trump to extend to France, predicts @mikaa.bsky.social: On Sunday, Emmanuel Macron welcomes Mark Carney to the French overseas territories of Saint Pierre and Miquelon Sunday ahead of UNGA week. More in #F24Debate ➡️ f24.my/CADQ

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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

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 · 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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