Fière de faire partie du groupe des correspondants étrangers de la Maison Blanche. On travaille dur pour s’imposer à Washington et tenter d’obtenir des réponses de la part de la MB. Nous tenions hier notre réception annuelle avec officiels de l’administration, ambassadeurs etc

Best group!

Jessica Le Masurier 🇺🇸 ⚖️ The #prosecution and defence lawyers in #Trump 's hush-money trial, heading towards its sixth day on Tuesday, delivered their opening statements Monday.

FRANCE 24's International Affairs Editor Kethevane Gorjestani explains the arguments used by both teams ⤵️

Yinka Oyetade Liza 🔴 🇮🇱 🪖 🇺🇸 The #US is set to impose #sanctions on an ultra-Orthodox unit of soldiers in the #Israeli armed forces.

FRANCE 24's International Affairs Ediotr Kethevane Gorjestani has more on the targeted unit ⤵️

Interview with CNN International News twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

As hardliners rail against Speaker Johnson's plans, GOP Dan Crenshaw told me here: 'I guess their reasoning is they want Russia to win so badly that they want to oust the speaker over it. I think it's a strange position to take. I think they want to be in the minority too.'

'Who has decided that this law should be reintroduced?! Is it in Georgia or is it beyond our borders, is it in Moscow that this decision has been taken?' President Salome Zourabichvili said in an interview with the BBC.

Interview with TV5MONDE twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Interview with CNN International
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Here is the full interview with President Salome Zourabichvili.

What is Russia's role in Georgia?

Can the country still join the EU if the 'foreign agents' bill passes?

And does she fear another impeachment attempt? 👇 #f24

Interview with BBC News (UK)
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Today I spoke to Georgia's President Salome Zourabichvili. She is highly critical of plans to pass 'foreign agents' law, calling it a 'Russian law' that will silence dissent.

Last year, she faced impeachement. Given her strong words, does she believe her job is secure? 👇 #f24

From the National Security Council: #Iran #f24

Liza 🔴 🇮🇱 🇮🇷 Tensions are high between #Israel and #Iran since an airstrike on the latter's embassy in #Damascus .

Is this potentially the spillover of the regional conflict many have been worried about?

On #F24DayBreak with Peter O’Brien, Kethevane Gorjestani gives us her analysis ⤵️

Fraser Jackson 🇺🇸 US President #JoeBiden rolled out the red carpet for PM Fumio #Kishida with a lavish dinner, plus music by US singer Paul Simon.

🇯🇵 Biden underscored #Japan ’s importance as a key ally against Beijing in the Asia-Pacific region.

Some analysis from Kethevane Gorjestani 👇

Stuart Norval Robert Parsons 🔴 🇮🇱 🇵🇸 #Hamas on Monday said the current #truce proposal is 'not meeting any' of their demands, but it is still being reviewed.

On #F24TheWorldToday with Stuart Norval, FRANCE 24's International Affairs Editor Kethevane Gorjestani gives us an analysis of the ongoing negotiations ⤵️

🇮🇱🇵🇸 Far from being a sign of #Israel 's operations in #Gaza winding down, the decision to pull some troops out from the south of the seems more likely to be a preparation for a long-mooted ground assault on #Rafah , says our international affairs editor @KetGorjestani ⤵️

United Nations Robert Parsons Fraser Jackson 🇮🇱🇵🇸 #Israel 's announcement of a 'temporary' opening of aid routes into #Gaza 'seems to be at least the first result from that tense phone call between Joe Biden and Binyamin #Netanyahu ', said FRANCE 24's International Affairs Editor @KetGorjestani 👇