The Debate

By FRANCE 24 English

A live debate on the topic of the day, with four guests. From Monday to Thursday at 7:10pm Paris time.

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February 22, 2021 Revolution on hold? Algeria's pro-democracy movement seeks second wind
Can Algeria reform? Thousands turn out for the second anniversary of its biggest protest movement in decades, but it's lost its momentum: first with Covid-19, then with a military-backed regime that critics say has stalled for time. What to make of last week's freeing of political prisoners and dissolution of parliament?
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41min
February 18, 2021 Child sex abuse: Is there a right age of consent?
Is there a right age of consent? A bill introduced in the French parliament would set the minimum age at 15 for consensual sex with an adult. The law here bans sex with a minor, but that carries a much lighter sentence than in Anglo-Saxon countries where it's automatically considered statutory rape. Why not here? Child sex abuse is an abuse of power, mighty adults imposing their will on minors. The issue's been brought to a head in France by some recent high-profile cases.
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40min
February 17, 2021 Can Libya move on? New plan to end ten years of fighting
Can Libya move on? On the tenth anniversary of the uprising that would lead to Gaddafi's march on Benghazi and the French and UK-led intervention that would signal his downfall, the ensuing decade has been laden with tales of factional fighting, rival governments, proxy wars and migrant tragedies.
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37min
February 16, 2021 Flying the flag of secularism: What's behind Macron's Republican values bill?
What's behind France's Republican values bill? First announced amid a fresh wave of terror attacks in the autumn, compounded by the gruesome beheading of a middle school social studies teacher, what was originally billed as a law against religious separatism is making its way to the floor of the National Assembly.
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41min
February 15, 2021 What exit strategy? France's Sahel allies open to dialogue with insurgents
How to stop the Sahel from becoming France's Afghanistan? A G5 summit is taking stock of a recent troop surge that's netted wins against IS group-affiliated radicals in the three borders area between Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger. But once again, it's the former colonial power that's led operations, eight years after the French first stepped in to prevent jihadists from marching on Bamako.
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40min
February 11, 2021 Why now? Saudi Arabia releases prominent women's rights activist
She's out of jail after 1001 days. Up to now, Saudi authorities had shrugged off international condemnation over the imprisonment of Loujain al-Hathloul and other leading women's "right to drive" campaigners. All the while she was behind bars, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman agreed to let women drive and scrapped male guardianship rules for women over 21. So what threat exactly did she pose? Why the conditional release when just six weeks ago, she was sentenced for undermining state security?
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39min
February 10, 2021 Which way will it go? Myanmar protesters defy military
First there was a coup, then Myanmar's military banned protests. And yet a new generation of pro-democracy protesters is still returning to the streets. In fact, their numbers might even be growing. There are reports of some police siding with demonstrators. Many still fear a bloodbath like so many times before. Which way will it go?
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38min
February 09, 2021 Trump impeachment trial: Former president to be charged with inciting insurrection
It's a first-ever second impeachment trial. We bring you a special edition on the first day of Donald Trump's trial before the US Senate. He is charged with inciting insurrection when in a bid to stop the certification of his re-election loss, he encouraged a crowd of supporters to march over to the US Capitol.
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February 08, 2021 Showdown in Myanmar: Next generation defies coup leaders
Can Myanmar's military put a lid on it? Across the country, this Monday saw a third day of protests against the coup of last week that called time on a decade of democratic transition. Before 2011, citizens in one of Asia's poorest countries had mostly been secluded from the outside world. With Facebook and Twitter now cut off and the top leadership of Aung San Suu Kyi's NLD detained, the junta has certainly stacked the odds in its favour.
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39min
February 04, 2021 Dawn of a new era? Innovation boosts fight against cancer
If medical researchers can create vaccines for new variations of coronavirus and roll them out in record time, then what else is possible? On World Cancer Day 2021, we take a look at some of the good news – and the bad news.
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38min

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