
Alice Hackman
Journalist at Agence France-Presse (AFP)
@AFP journalist covering France. Previously 🇱🇧 🇪🇬 and 🇾🇪. Views my own. Retweets not endorsements. Email: [email protected]
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2 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Alice Hackman |Didier Lauras
Israel's strikes on archfoe on Iran Friday exposed severe weaknesses for Tehran that have hampered its ability to respond militarily, analysts said. Israel said it hit 100 targets including Iranian nuclear and military sites in the attacks, killing senior figures, among them the armed forces' chief and top nuclear scientists. Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned Israel it faces a "bitter and painful" fate over the attacks, but analysts say the Islamic republic's options are limited.
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3 weeks ago |
sg.news.yahoo.com | Julia PAVESI |Guillaume Daudin |Alice Hackman
Israeli protesters blocked trucks of vital aid from entering Gaza through Kerem Shalom on January 29, 2024 (Menahem Kahana) (Menahem Kahana/AFP/AFP)French anti-terror prosecutors have opened probes into "complicity in genocide" and "incitement to genocide" after French-Israelis allegedly blocked aid intended for war-torn Gaza last year, they said on Friday.
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1 month ago |
enca.com | Alice Hackman |Juliette Rabat
CANNES - Nadia Melliti, who won best actress at the Cannes Festival Saturday for her first-ever role in a film, is a French student and amateur football player who was spotted in the street. Melliti beat Hollywood stars Jennifer Lawrence and Elle Fanning to the award, with many critics also lauding Japanese child revelation Yui Suzuki in "Renoir". Before walking the red carpet for the premiere of Hafsia Herzi's "The Little Sister", the 23-year-old was preparing for exams.
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1 month ago |
enca.com | Raphaëlle Peltier |Alice Hackman
CANNES - Belgian brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, whose inspiring new film "Young Mothers" won the best screenplay prize at Cannes on Saturday, said they wanted to show young women defying the fate that was forced on them. Set at a shelter for underage mothers, it follows five teenagers as they learn to look after their babies with the help of kind nurses and social workers. The film shows how each of them frees "themselves from a destiny...
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1 month ago |
philstar.com | Adam Plowright |Fiachra Gibbons |Alice Hackman
CANNES, France — Iranian dissident director Jafar Panahi won the Palme d'Or top prize at the Cannes film festival on Saturday, using his acceptance speech to urge his country to unite for "freedom."The latest film from the 64-year-old, "It Was Just an Accident," tells the tale of five ordinary Iranians confronting a man they believed tortured them in jail.
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Olha Kyrylenko, 26, went to cover the front lines for the first time shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine, and noticed that she was far from the only woman. @AFP https://t.co/VwxAJN4qmM https://t.co/Yr5xB3979t

Thai film director Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke, who has won a top prize in Cannes, recruited a major influencer for his off-the-wall gay comedy with a political punch. https://t.co/Qdo7bJbPso @AFP https://t.co/fnBuWOivo3

Gazan filmmakers Arab and Tarzan Nasser said they never thought the title of their new film "Once Upon A Time In Gaza" would have such heartbreaking resonance. https://t.co/Swlu3vKmMR @AFP https://t.co/UqSKdHl4Ny