François Picard
@FrancoisF24
Paris-based host of The France 24 Debate & The World This Week. Usual disclaimers.
🗨️"The only effective response to #Trump's coercive tactics is to stay firm on values. Giving in will only make things worse, such as dropping the #tech #tax." 👉@EuroJedi’s @andrepietri ➡️Full show: go.france24.com/9ua @France24_en #tariffwar #tariff
🔎#Syria: "The new authorities lack control, and deep divisions remain in #Sweida and #Druze area." 👉@FRANCE24’s @dana_alboz ➡️Full show: go.france24.com/nmz #ısrael
🔎#Syria: "A possible misunderstanding is that #Sharaa and his allies thought #Israel might allow some movement if he eased up on the #Golan." 👉@ArabReform_ARI's @nadimhoury ➡️Full show: f24.my/BJy4.x #ısrael #Sweida #US
🔎#Syria: "#Netanyahu did what he had to do. #Trump lifted economic #sanctions on #Syria too soon." 👉@ReichmanUni's @RedaMansour ➡️Full show: go.france24.com/7h6 #ısrael #Sweida
🔎"The #sanctions on #Syria have not been lifted completely. What #Netanyahu wants is #Lebanon, #Syria, and maybe others under coercion." 👉@SamirAita shares personal experience⤵️ ➡️Full show: f24.my/BJy4.x #ısrael #Sweida
Can #Syria still keep it together? Thursday #F24Debate follows the fallout from #Sweida
🇸🇾 #Syria’s army began withdrawing from violence-hit #Sweida on Wednesday after 🇮🇱 #Israeli strikes on #Damascus and 🇺🇸 US calls for a pullback. 🤝 Washington said a deal was reached to restore calm and urged all sides to honour their commitments.
🗨️#India's ignored conflict: "We call upon the #Indian government to end divisive policies in #Manipur and back indigenous peacebuilding rooted in coexistence." 👉@mwgsn_info's @BinaNepram ➡️Full show: go.france24.com/0rH
🔎"The conflict in #Manipur, #India has set the state back decades, worsening conditions in already underdeveloped and disconnected tribal areas." 👉Independent journalist and lawyer @jeegujja ➡️Full show: f24.my/BJoJ.x
🔎#India's ignored conflict: "In #Manipur, hill tribes seek #autonomy amid rising militarisation and regional instability, mirroring the fragmentation in #Myanmar." 👉@France24_en's @leelajacinto & @CERI_SciencesPo's David Camroux⤵️ 📺Full show: f24.my/BJoJ.x
Like many of you, my entry into the Tour and cycling was made via Channel 4 & the timeless commentary of the inimitable Phil Liggett & his trusty sidekick, the late Paul Sherwen. Some lovely memories in this snippet - and I never knew Phil predicted a 6sec win for LeMond in 1989!
The voice of cycling, Phil Liggett: Part One
🇮🇳#India's ignored conflict: Why does #ManipurViolence endure? What path to reconciliation? Wednesday #F24Debate features @khansa_juned & Danish Pandit's exclusive report ⤵️ f24.my/BJjA.X
🗨️"#FDI statistics, #dollar devaluation, and a large budget #deficit." 👉Hermitage Capital CEO @Billbrowder on signals of weakening global confidence in the #US. ➡️Full show: go.france24.com/Nss @France24_en #Trump #tariffwar #tariff
🗨️"This is not a #tariffwar but #sanctions—#trade being used as a political weapon to attack #democracy." 👉@JamilChade on #Trump #tariff warnings ➡️Full show: go.france24.com/UTh @France24_en
It's about much more than trade: What impact when the U.S. uses tariffs as political pressure? More in Tuesday #F24Debate nytimes.com/2025/07/10/us/…
🗨️"Pleasing #Trump isn’t #Putin's priority. Putin has no reason to stop." 👉@BelferCenter's @mbudjeryn ➡️Full show: f24.my/BJVm.x @France24_en #Ukraine
🗨️#Trump announces novel plan to send weapons to #Ukraine and gives #Russia new deadline to make peace. 👉@jteurope: "It's a big change in rhetoric and action." ➡️Full show: f24.my/BJVm.x @France24_en #Putin #NATO #Europe
🇺🇸🇺🇦🇷🇺 About-face? Monday #F24Debate asks why Trump appears to be turning on Putin just weeks after the US suspended some weapons shipments to #Ukraine
Trump says US will send Patriot air defence missiles to Ukraine ➡️ go.france24.com/FcC
🗨️#TexasFloods2025: "Anti-#climate science positions of the #Trump administration may have contributed to this disaster." 👉@NIUlive’s Professor Brian Sandberg @France24_en #Texas
🗨️#Russia’s former transport minister found dead: "Whether he committed suicide or was assassinated is currently under debate." 👉 @FRANCE24 's @elenavolochine ➡️Full show: go.france24.com/H4C
🗨️"#European #nuclear deterrent by #France and #UK may create a confusing chain of delays instead of firm commitments." 👉@Shapochkina1984, President of Eastern Circles Think Tank ➡️Full show: f24.my/BJ2x.x @France24_en #Ukraine #Trump #Macron #Starmer