All eyes will be on Pretoria prison in South Africa from where Paralympian Oscar Pistorius was released on parole on Friday. Pistorius has served eight years behind bars for the 2013 murder of his then girlfriend Reeva...
Bangladesh to vote amid bans and boycotts
Bangladesh will hold a general election on Sunday in the backdrop of boycotts and violence. Opposition supporters and government critics have been detained in their thousands, and the paramilitary deployed across the...
Blinken arrives in Turkey on first leg of Middle East tour • FRANCE 24 English
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Turkey on Friday, kicking off his fourth tour of the Middle East since the Israel-Hamas war broke out three months ago. FRANCE 24’s Kethevane Gorjestani tells us...
Oscar Pistorius released on parole 11 years after killing Reeva Steenkamp | BBC News
Paralympian Oscar Pistorius has been freed on parole from a South African jail, nearly 11 years after murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Officials confirmed Pistorius was “at home” on Friday morning...
How to fix the NHS: Public health
Sarah-Jane Mee is joined by Sir David Nicholson, who used to run the NHS in England, as they explore ‘How to fix the NHS’ – a new mini podcast series for 2024 from the Sky News Daily. On this week’s final episode...
Angry farmers block German minister – vast majority of Germans ‘concerned’ about situation | DW News
A German cabinet minister had a scare when protesting farmers prevented him disembarking from a ferry he was traveling on. Economy Minister Robert Habeck was returning from holiday on a North Sea island. Police had to...
Israeli defence minister outlines new phase in Gaza war • FRANCE 24 English
Defence Minister Yoav Gallant on Thursday outlined his plans for the next stage of Israel’s war in Gaza and his vision of a future arrangement which would see the enclave run by a Palestinian body under overall...