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Bibi's moment of truth: Israel votes in first general election since October 7

Could 85,000 Israeli expats sway the election? France 24 correspondent Noga Tarnopolsky tells #F24Debate why these largely “pro-democracy” voters, left out of the polls, could make a difference.

🇮🇱🗳️ Israel's future on the ballot? Highest turnout in decades for first general election since the October 7th attacks. Tuesday #F24Debate goes live to polling stations and campaign headquarters

🇷🇸🗳️ The view from Belgrade after #Serbia's sea change election ⤵️ Full interview with @hjs-org.bsky.social's Helena Ivanov in #SpotlightF24 ➡️ f24.my/CFFW

@HJS_Org’s @HelenaIvanov tells #F24Debate how the triumph of Serbia’s student movement could inspire protest movements around the world.

Comeback kid: How did Brazil veteran-leader Lula upset Bolsonaro?

🇧🇷🗳️ How did Lula do it? Monday #F24Debate asks how an aging incumbent proved the polls wrong to become #Brazil's first candidate to win after trailing in the presidential election first round

"The big looser of the first round was not so much the left, it's the traditional right." @timvickery tells #F24Debate what the first-round results mean for Brazil's upcoming runnoff election this Sunday. Watch the full #F24Debate ▶️ https://go.france24.com/4VVB

@AtlanticCouncil @ACLatAm 's @valentinasader tells #F24Debate that Meta's influence on Brazil goes way beyond the current elections. Click the link to watch the full #F24Debate ▶️ ➡️ https://go.france24.com/sdJq

“The European plan A is to negotiate with the Chinese.” Former @wto Director-General Pascal Lamy tells #F24Debate that Europe’s preferred approach is to negotiate limits on Chinese hybrid vehicle exports to Europe. Watch the full #spotlight on ▶️https://go.france24.com/wKlb

Back to the Bolsonaros? Brazil presidential run-off goes down to the wire

“The Serbian students are a beacon of hope.” Julius Fintelmann of @eurcorrespond.bsky.social tells #F24Debate about Serbia’s student-led protest movement. Click the link to watch the #F24Debate➡️ https://go.france24.com/Y0LF

Former US Air Force officer Michael L. Weinstein tells #Spotlight that veterans “see right through” the US administration’s rapprochement with Russia ahead of the midterms. Watch the full #Spotlight on #F24 ➡️https://go.france24.com/2esm

Back to the Bolsonaros? Brazil's former president was convicted of an attempted coup in 2023. Thursday #F24Debate why his son's the narrow favorite to unseat Lula in Sunday's runoff

Europe's wave of anger: How far will youth-led protests go?

🇫🇷🇮🇹🇧🇪🇵🇹🇪🇸🇬🇷🇦🇱🇷🇸 Everywhere all at once? Wednesday #F24Debate asks why the contagion of youth-driven cost of living protests across Europe

AI on the ballot? Voters in US midterms revolt against data centres

Antonio Casilli of Institut Polytechnique de Paris tells #F24Debate that more and more data centres are moving to the Global South to “extract even more natural resources.” Click the link to watch the full debate ➡️ https://go.france24.com/yq7i

A brief excerpt from an excellent hour-long discussion of the events in #France last weekend. #protests #democracy #Paris

🗳️ The future of AI on the ballot? Tuesday #F24Debate measures the backlash against data centers and calls to regulate big tech #midterms f24.my/CA4l

Out of control? France stunned by October 17 rioting

🇫🇷 “All of this was predictable.” Jounalist Paul Moreira tells #F24Debate poor handling of Saturday’s Paris protest saw violence emerge. Full show ➡️ https://go.france24.com/J810

🇫🇷 Why did France explode? Monday #F24Debate asks about unprecedented violence and why overwhelmed authorities didn’t see it coming

🇫🇷 Tax breaks for the super rich absolutely, positively do not trickle down into more investment & revenue for France as a whole, argues Leyla Abdelké Yakoub. She tells #SpotlightF24 why @oxfamfrance.bsky.social is suing the state for tax injustice ⤵️ f24.my/CDu8

Will Trump really pull the plug? Starlink restored but Ukraine's fate still uncertain

🇮🇳 “What you’ve seen unfortunately is rejection of any forms of accountability.” Anish Gawande on Cockroach movement demand to safeguard India’s right to vote & how it’s been met with violence by police and vigilantes #F24Debate Full show ➡️ f24.my/CDjC

🇮🇳 “Congress party has been riding the wave of the Cockroach movement.” Rajat Sethi tells #F24Debate why India’s main opposition party faces the tough task of building a coalition. Full show ➡️ f24.my/CDjC

How far will cockroach movement go? India's youth-led protests defy Modi government

🇮🇳 How far will ‘Cockroach’ movement go? Wednesday #F24Debate throws spotlight on grievances of India's GenZ protesters

🇫🇷 Potential obstacles ahead for France’s student movement: @medialab-scpo.bsky.social’s Sylvain Parasie warns how Yellow Vests showed that yes, organizing online works but then protests need legitimate spokespeople to press demands. More in #F24Debate ➡️ f24.my/CDZF

France's fed-up youth: Can presidential candidates connect with student movement?

🇸🇦 🇾🇪 For Arabian Peninsula to de-escalate, you need diplomatic will. That’s in short supply, Fondation Jean-Jaurès’ Yasmina Asraguis tells #F24Debate. Mediators will have to wait until at least US Midterms and election of new UN secretary general. Full show ➡️ f24.my/CDRA

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

“These are not Houthi missiles. These are Iranian missiles and drones.” Mohammed Al-Basha on Yemen-Saudi escalation. More in #F24Debate ➡️ f24.my/CDRA

How exposed is Saudi Arabia? Yemen's Houthis scale up drone and missile attacks

"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.

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

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

Black sea and black ops: How exposed is Europe to Ukraine war spillover?

🇮🇱 🇵🇸 “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

No longer the same Israel? October 7th and the future of the Jewish State

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

🇫🇷 ✏️ 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

France erupts overs schools: Why the violence surrounding surprise movement?

🇫🇷 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?

🇧🇷 🗳️ “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