Annette Young

Senior Journalist & Presenter @FRANCE24. Also creator & host of the @_51percent. Talks a lot about #equality. And yes, I do have an Australian accent.

[Annette Young @AnnetteF24]

From this week’s show ⬇️

[The 51% – France 24 @_51percent]

Outrage over an #UK judge’s decision to spare three #teen boys convicted of #raping two girls, from prison. @cammille_knight1 reports on how the attorney general has referred the judgement to the Court of Appeal. More here: https://t.co/6Hn3AGsj4e

[The New York Times @nytimes]

In @nytopinion

“Our society’s approach to menopause and perimenopause reflects the deep flaws of a health system that has long treated women as an afterthought,” Melinda French Gates writes. https://t.co/FFGJvlpVqa

[Reuters @Reuters]

French jets intercepted Russian aircraft 11 times over a week in Baltics https://t.co/oWIduYJbOj https://t.co/oWIduYJbOj

[Channel 4 News @Channel4News]

Economist Mariana Mazzucato says Brexit led to businesses leaving the UK, shrank market opportunities and damaged investment.

She tells The Fourcast that Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson have still not been held accountable for what she calls one of the country's biggest economic mistakes.

Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson have both denied lying to the public.

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Pressure is mounting on Russian President Vladimir Putin over how to end his war in Ukraine as Moscow’s offensive stalls, financial resources dwindle and Ukrainian drone strikes exacerbate public dissatisfaction, Russian and European experts said. https://t.co/mdFYsoIDxW

[AFP News Agency @AFP]

BREAKING Iran has carried out a drone strike on a passenger terminal at Kuwait International Airport, wounding several people and forcing air traffic to be suspended, say Kuwaiti officials

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Scott Pelley, the longtime CBS News journalist, was fired by the network a day after he harshly criticized its leadership in a staff meeting.
https://t.co/rar8LEStHO

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

Millions of girls were aborted for being girls. Now parents often lean towards them https://t.co/Nn3RqfIQAQ

[Agence France-Presse @afpfr]

🌏️ Un épisode El Niño engendrant un réchauffement de la planète est probable à 80% entre juin et août, augmentant le risque d'événements météorologiques extrêmes, comme des sécheresses et des inondations, selon l'Organisation météorologique mondiale.

[The Associated Press @AP]

At least three people were killed and 29 others injured after Russia attacked Kyiv with a barrage of missiles and drones, Ukrainian authorities say. Residential buildings were damaged and partially collapsed, trapping civilians inside. https://t.co/uunRKkqbPk

[POLITICOEurope @POLITICOEurope]

🚨 BREAKING: The British government today began releasing a second batch of documents covering Peter Mandelson’s appointment as U.S. ambassador to Washington despite his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

https://t.co/ItyfNcnlDA

[POLITICOEurope @POLITICOEurope]

Brussels’ nightmare scenario is no longer looking far-fetched:

A French presidential election next year in which both candidates in the runoff hail from the political extremes and hold a deeply skeptical outlook on the EU and NATO.
https://t.co/hRLPymeliw

[Francis Collings @fran_collings]

A city of two tales. Absolute mayhem and violence on Saturday night with utter destruction in some areas. Today the beauty of Champs de mars, the Eiffel Tower and the city backdrop. #psg #paris

[The 51% – France 24 @_51percent]

Studies reveal nearly two-thirds of #women over 50 are struggling with their #mentalhealth plus not getting professional help. @AnnetteF24 talks to Prof. @poojaliverpool, an UK mental health specialist as to why this is happening. @LJMU More here: https://t.co/6Hn3AGrLeG

[AFP News Agency @AFP]

Australian researchers have trained lab-grown brain cells on a silicon computer chip to play the nineties shooter "Doom" and say they are just scratching the surface of what the neurons could be capable of doing.

➡️https://t.co/CxS7Wv2XC7

[Reuters @Reuters]

US planning faster troop withdrawal from Europe, newspaper says https://t.co/J3cV7ELvFl https://t.co/J3cV7ELvFl

[AFP News Agency @AFP]

Police on Saturday detained over 200 people in Paris after violent clashes erupted when thousands poured onto the streets during Paris Saint-Germain's Champions League final victory. https://t.co/aoGVPiCBXA

[Francis Collings @fran_collings]

Images of Paris this evening from, flares going off on the Champs Elysees.

[Nicolas Berrod @nicolasberrod]

🥵 Une stat' dingue : la température a dépassé 32 °C huit jours consécutifs à Paris (déjà 32,4 °C aujourd'hui) 👇🏻

• Seulement la 4e fois, tous mois confondus (12j en 1947, 14j en 1976 et 11j en 2003)
• 8 jours d'affilée à plus de 30°C, inédit en mai (précédent record de 5j)

Sources @infoclimat et @meteofrance

[Bloomberg @business]

2027 is likely to break records for heat, according to a report by the UN’s World Meteorological Organization https://t.co/olLNDvVFIy