Estelle Shirbon

Senior Correspondent at Reuters

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Madame Sosostris and the Festival for the Broken-Hearted

2 days ago | the-tls.co.uk | Estelle Shirbon

Two couples who move in elite circles in London venture in disguise into an enchanted forest in the south of France. Their lives are transformed by who they encounter there – each other, and the famous clairvoyant Madame Sosostris. The protagonists are a member of the House of Lords married to a CEO, and a trustee of charities whose husband is a magazine editor.
Leaders of Israel’s Druze say the state owes it to them to defend Syrian kin

3 weeks ago | kfgo.com | Estelle Shirbon

By Estelle ShirbonHURFEISH, Israel (Reuters) – Pained and angered by deadly clashes between Islamist and Druze gunmen in Syria in recent weeks, leaders of Israel’s own Druze minority say the Israeli military was right to intervene to defend the Druze and should do so again if violence restarts.
Israel corrects Trump after he wrongly claims that more hostages have died in Gaza

1 month ago | independent.co.uk | Estelle Shirbon |Andreea C. Popescu

Trump’s surprise comments caused panic amongst the families of hostagesIsrael has corrected comments made by US president Donald Trump after he told reporters last week that 21 hostages are alive in Gaza – rather than 24 – because three had died. The claim caused alarm amongst the families of hostages, who had not been delivered this update by the Israeli government.
Watch: Houthi missile strike causes chaos at Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport

1 month ago | the-independent.com | Estelle Shirbon

This video shows the moment a missile fired by Yemen's Houthi rebels towards Israel on Sunday landed near Ben Gurion Airport. The strike near the country's main international airport sent a plume of smoke into the air and caused panic among passengers in the terminal building. Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis, who claimed responsibility for the missile strike, have recently intensified missile launches at Israel, saying they are acting in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.
Watch: Houthi missile strike causes chaos at Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport

1 month ago | aol.co.uk | Estelle Shirbon

This video shows the moment a missile fired by Yemen's Houthi rebels towards Israel on Sunday landed near Ben Gurion Airport. The strike near the country's main international airport sent a plume of smoke into the air and caused panic among passengers in the terminal building. Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis, who claimed responsibility for the missile strike, have recently intensified missile launches at Israel, saying they are acting in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.
Rwandan-backed rebels, DRC troops clash in Goma

Jan 27, 2025 | businesslive.co.za | David Lewis |Estelle Shirbon

Goma — Rwandan-backed rebels marched into Democratic Republic of Congo’s largest eastern city, Goma, on Monday and troops from the East African neighbours exchanged fire over the border in the worst escalation of the long-running conflict for more than a decade. The rebel alliance, spearheaded by the ethnic Tutsi-led M23 militia, said it had captured the lakeside city of more than 1-million people, which lies on the border with Rwanda and was also briefly occupied by M23 in 2012.
A once-banned novel of Ethiopia’s war against Eritrean independence

Jan 15, 2025 | the-tls.co.uk | Estelle Shirbon |Caroline Moorehead |Thomas de Waal |Heather White

In early 1982 Ethiopia’s socialist military regime, the Derg, launched an offensive against Eritrean insurgents fighting for independence in what was then a northern province of Ethiopia. The Red Star campaign, as it was called, involved months of all-out military assaults on the rebels’ stronghold at Nakfa, in Eritrea’s arid Sahel mountains, and a propaganda blitz glorifying Ethiopia’s socialist revolution and vilifying the insurgents as imperialist stooges.
An Azerbaijani author of fierce political courage and local loyalty

Jan 15, 2025 | the-tls.co.uk | Thomas de Waal |Estelle Shirbon |Caroline Moorehead |Heather White

People and Trees is a pastoral set in Soviet Azerbaijan in the 1940s. If that sounds dull, then do not be deceived: Akram Aylisli’s novel is anything but. Aylisli, who recently turned eighty-seven, is best known for Stone Dreams (2012; 2022 in English), a novel that challenged his country’s ethno-nationalist orthodoxy concerning its conflict with Armenia.
Rouen cathedral's spire is on fire, French TV shows

Jul 10, 2024 | sightmagazine.com.au | Inti Landauro |Estelle Shirbon |David Adams

Paris, FranceReutersThe spire of the gothic cathedral of the French city of Rouen in Normandy caught fire on Thursday during renovation works, television images showed. The cathedral, one of France’s finest, was painted several times by impressionist artist Claude Monet in the 19th century. Television images on BFM channel showed a dark plume of smoke rising from the spire and people in the streets below looking up in horror.
French left says it can govern, but centrists say 'you need us'

Jul 9, 2024 | reuters.com | Estelle Shirbon |Tassilo Hummel

France in political limbo as Paris Olympics loom Left-wing NFP came first in parliamentary election Leaders say they want to fully implement their plans Centrists say that is unrealistic without majority Socialist leader rejects idea of breaking up NFP PARIS, July 9 (Reuters) - French political leaders from the left-wing bloc that came first in Sunday's legislative election said they intended to govern according to their high-spending programme, but centrists said they should play a role as...