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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 428

Adam PLOWRIGHT

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting via a video link in Saint Petersburg on October 10, 2022. (Gavriil Grigorov/Sputnik/AFP)
October 10, 2022, 9:53 pm
Russia lashes out after Crimea humiliation, but Putin’s options limited
Analysts say Monday’s missile barrage against Ukraine is a sign of Moscow’s rage over bridge bombing, but also of its impotence
By Adam PLOWRIGHT and Daphné BENOIT
French President Emmanuel Macron (L) looks on as he leaves after casting his vote in the second stage of French parliamentary elections at a polling station in Le Touquet, northern France on June 19, 2022. (Ludovic MARIN / AFP)
June 19, 2022, 10:48 pm
In blow to Macron, French president’s party projected to lose parliamentary majority
Newly reelected president expected to struggle to secure promised tax cuts and welfare reform after election gains by left-wing Melenchon and far-right Le Pen
By Stuart Williams and Adam PLOWRIGHT
Illustrative: Women, one, wearing a 'burkini,' a full-body swimsuit designed for Muslim women, walk in the water on Ghar El Melh beach near Bizerte, north-east of the capital Tunis, August 16, 2016. (AFP/FETHI BELAID)
May 16, 2022, 11:51 am
French city rekindles burkini brouhaha with pool rule change
Grenoble municipal council plans to scrap bathing suit code that bans the full-body covering that critics see as example of creeping Islamism
By Amelie HERENSTEIN and Adam PLOWRIGHT
French President Emmanuel Macron celebrates with supporters in front of the Eiffel Tower Paris, France, Sunday, April 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Rafael Yaghobzadeh)
April 25, 2022, 6:44 am
After win, there’s relief, not joy, at low-key Macron election party
At Eiffel Tower celebration, atmosphere is restrained, given the realization that many did not vote for him, so much as against his far-right rival Le Pen
By Adam PLOWRIGHT
French President Emmanuel Macron addresses his supporters in Paris, France, Sunday, April 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Rafael Yaghobzadeh)
April 25, 2022, 5:10 am
Victorious Macron vows ‘new era’ and search for answers as far-right support surges
Despite incumbent’s clear victory over Marine Le Pen, there is mounting concern at her rise, as she marks the closest the far-right has come to taking power in France
By Stuart Williams and Adam PLOWRIGHT
French President and centrist La Republique en Marche (LREM) party candidate for re-election Emmanuel Macron shakes hands with supporters as he holds a rally on the last day of campaigning, in Figeac, southern France, on April 22, 2022 (Lionel BONAVENTURE / AFP)
April 24, 2022, 10:18 pm
French exit polls predict Macron set for reelection with close to 60% of vote
Far-right Le Pen concedes defeat, calls results a ‘brilliant victory’; incumbent thanks supporters, vows to find ‘an answer’ to the ‘anger and disagreements’ in society
By Stuart Williams and Adam PLOWRIGHT
A picture shows a TV screen displaying a live televised between French President and La Republique en Marche (LREM) party candidate for re-election Emmanuel Macron (L) and French far-right party Rassemblement National (RN) presidential candidate Marine Le Pen (R), on April 20, 2020. (Ludovic Marin/AFP)
April 21, 2022, 5:34 am
In bitter debate, Macron accuses Le Pen of being ‘dependent on Mr. Putin’
Little cordiality shown in bruising 3-hour exchange ahead of Sunday’s election, with incumbent battering far-right challenger’s record on Russia, while she focuses on gov’t ills
By Stuart Williams and Adam PLOWRIGHT
A Soviet SS-21 tactical short-range nuclear missile is shown for the first time in Red Square, Moscow at the Victory Day parade May 9, 1985 in Russia. (AP Photo)
March 25, 2022, 5:52 am
What are ‘tactical’ nuclear weapons, and would Putin use them?
As the conflict drags on, fears are raised that Russia could become frustrated and resort to smaller nuclear weapons in a bid to force Ukraine to surrender
By Adam PLOWRIGHT, Daphné BENOIT and Didier Lauras
A picture taken on March 3, 2022 in a shipyard of La Ciotat, near Marseille, southern France, shows a yacht, Amore Vero, owned by a company linked to Igor Sechin, chief executive of Russian energy giant Rosneft. (Photo by Nicolas Tucat / AFP)
March 4, 2022, 8:04 am
France seizes Russian mogul’s superyacht as West targets Putin apparatchiks
Oil czar Igor Sechin’s $120-million vessel ‘Amore Vero’ impounded while in French Riviera port for maintenance
By Adam PLOWRIGHT, Marie Heuclin and Nicolas Tucat
Destruction in Constitution Square in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-biggest city, after shelling by Russian forces, March 2, 2022. (Sergey BOBOK / AFP)
March 3, 2022, 6:16 pm
Putin’s Syria and Chechnya playbooks foretell a grim direction for Ukraine war
With invasion appearing to slow, some worry Russian president will turn to indiscriminate artillery and missile strikes against civilians, as he has in the past
By Adam PLOWRIGHT and Cecile Feuillatre
A protester holds a picture of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi during a demonstration in front of the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul on October 5, 2018. (AFP Photo/Ozan Kose)
December 9, 2021, 8:52 am
Admitting identity blunder, France frees man arrested in Khashoggi murder
Source close to investigation says person had same name, date of birth, resembled Khalid al-Otaibi, who Saudi authorities claim is in prison for slaying of journalist in Instanbul
By Wafaa Essalhi and Adam PLOWRIGHT
French far-right media pundit and 2022 presidential candidate Eric Zemmour delivers a speech during his campaign rally in Villepinte, near Paris, on December 5, 2021. (Stefano RELLANDINI / AFP)
December 6, 2021, 8:46 am
Far-right French presidential candidate Zemmour injured as brawl mars his 1st rally
Controversial Jewish commentator lightly hurt when man grabs his arm as he heads to stage; fighting breaks out and supporters throw chairs at activists with ‘No to Racism’ t-shirts
By Adam PLOWRIGHT and Anne Renaut
French far-right media pundit Eric Zemmour giving the middle finger to a woman who insulted him after a visit in Marseille, southern France, on November 27, 2021. (Nicolas TUCAT / AFP)
November 30, 2021, 3:14 pm
Five ways France’s Jewish far-right presidential candidate sparks controversy
Eric Zemmour advocates theory that immigration’s goal is to push out native Europeans, says Islam ‘incompatible with French values,’ laments feminism’s dislike of groping of women
By Adam PLOWRIGHT
Screen capture from video showing French far-right media pundit Eric Zemmour delivering a speech to announce his candidacy for the 2022 Presidential election in a video broadcast on his Youtube channel, on November 30, 2021 in Paris. (YouTube / AFP)
November 30, 2021, 2:35 pm
Jewish far-right pundit Zemmour launches French presidential bid
Fiercely anti-immigration and seen by critics as a racist, candidate says he will ‘save’ France, but his popularity has waned following an initial surge in polls
By Stuart Williams and Adam PLOWRIGHT
In this file photo taken on November 19, 2021 French far-right media pundit Eric Zemmour speaks to members of London's French community at the ILEC Conference Centre in west London. - Eric Zemmour is set to announce his candidacy for the presidential elections on November 30, around midday according to his entourage. (Photo by Tolga Akmen / AFP)
November 30, 2021, 5:41 am
French far-right pundit Zemmour expected to announce presidential run
Son of Algerian Jewish migrant parents made a name for himself railing against ‘colonization’ of France by Muslims, whose religion he views as ‘incompatible’ with French values
By Adam PLOWRIGHT
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