François Picard
@francoisf24.bsky.social
Host, The France 24 Debate
🇺🇸 Why the disavowal of Trump over #EpsteinFiles?
Wednesday #F24Debate asks if it's about the child sex trafficking case or the entitled who got away with it for so long
Wednesday #F24Debate asks if it's about the child sex trafficking case or the entitled who got away with it for so long
BLOOMBERG REPORTER: “If there’s nothing incriminating in the Epstein files why not…?”
TRUMP: “Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.” 😕
TRUMP: “Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.” 😕
November 19, 2025 at 11:17 AM
🇺🇸 Why the disavowal of Trump over #EpsteinFiles?
Wednesday #F24Debate asks if it's about the child sex trafficking case or the entitled who got away with it for so long
Wednesday #F24Debate asks if it's about the child sex trafficking case or the entitled who got away with it for so long
🇺🇸🇸🇦 Blurred lines?
Tuesday #F24Debate asks about the future of US involvement in the Middle East and the personal ties that link the Trump family to the Saudi kingdom
#MBS #SaudiArabia
Tuesday #F24Debate asks about the future of US involvement in the Middle East and the personal ties that link the Trump family to the Saudi kingdom
#MBS #SaudiArabia
Trump says 'we'll be selling' F-35s to Saudi Arabia.
Just coincidentally, Trump Org is in talks that could bring a Trump-branded property to one of Saudi Arabia’s largest government-owned real estate developments
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Just coincidentally, Trump Org is in talks that could bring a Trump-branded property to one of Saudi Arabia’s largest government-owned real estate developments
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
www.reuters.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:14 AM
🇺🇸🇸🇦 Blurred lines?
Tuesday #F24Debate asks about the future of US involvement in the Middle East and the personal ties that link the Trump family to the Saudi kingdom
#MBS #SaudiArabia
Tuesday #F24Debate asks about the future of US involvement in the Middle East and the personal ties that link the Trump family to the Saudi kingdom
#MBS #SaudiArabia
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🇺🇦 Tackling Ukraine’s corruption scandal goes hand in hand with winning the war @dkaleniuk.bsky.social tells #F24Debate ➡️ f24.my/BZ9y
November 17, 2025 at 8:41 PM
🇺🇦 Tackling Ukraine’s corruption scandal goes hand in hand with winning the war @dkaleniuk.bsky.social tells #F24Debate ➡️ f24.my/BZ9y
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🇫🇷🇩🇪 “I expect FCAS to be either stopped or completely reformed.”
@gresselgustav.bsky.social predicts that when Macron and Merz meet Tuesday, it could spell doom for the Franco-German fighter jet project.
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@gresselgustav.bsky.social predicts that when Macron and Merz meet Tuesday, it could spell doom for the Franco-German fighter jet project.
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November 17, 2025 at 8:59 PM
🇫🇷🇩🇪 “I expect FCAS to be either stopped or completely reformed.”
@gresselgustav.bsky.social predicts that when Macron and Merz meet Tuesday, it could spell doom for the Franco-German fighter jet project.
More in #F24Debate ➡️ f24.my/BZ9y
@gresselgustav.bsky.social predicts that when Macron and Merz meet Tuesday, it could spell doom for the Franco-German fighter jet project.
More in #F24Debate ➡️ f24.my/BZ9y
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🇫🇷🇺🇦 “Ukraine needs weapons now”
@samdebendern.bsky.social warns that France – #Ukraine air defense deal won’t have immediate effect on the battlefield.
More in #F24Debate ➡️https://go.france24.com/rTS
@samdebendern.bsky.social warns that France – #Ukraine air defense deal won’t have immediate effect on the battlefield.
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November 17, 2025 at 9:48 PM
🇫🇷🇺🇦 “Ukraine needs weapons now”
@samdebendern.bsky.social warns that France – #Ukraine air defense deal won’t have immediate effect on the battlefield.
More in #F24Debate ➡️https://go.france24.com/rTS
@samdebendern.bsky.social warns that France – #Ukraine air defense deal won’t have immediate effect on the battlefield.
More in #F24Debate ➡️https://go.france24.com/rTS
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🇺🇦 Ukraine’s latest scandal breaks with wartime unity and the public’s demand for transparency, says @france24.com correspondent Nick Holdsworth.
More in #F24Debate ➡️https://f24.my/BZ9y
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November 17, 2025 at 10:07 PM
🇺🇦 Ukraine’s latest scandal breaks with wartime unity and the public’s demand for transparency, says @france24.com correspondent Nick Holdsworth.
More in #F24Debate ➡️https://f24.my/BZ9y
More in #F24Debate ➡️https://f24.my/BZ9y
🇺🇦🇫🇷🇪🇺 Enough to swing momentum on the battlefield?
Monday #F24Debate reacts to air defence agreement signed by #Ukraine with France, this as Russia relentlessly targets critical infrastructure & Zelenskiy faces backlash from corruption scandal at home
Monday #F24Debate reacts to air defence agreement signed by #Ukraine with France, this as Russia relentlessly targets critical infrastructure & Zelenskiy faces backlash from corruption scandal at home
Macron and Zelensky sign letter of intent for Ukraine to buy up to 100 Rafale fighter jets
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron signed a letter of intent on Monday for Kyiv to acquire up to 100 Rafale warplanes and new air-defence systems to stre...
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November 17, 2025 at 10:55 AM
🇺🇦🇫🇷🇪🇺 Enough to swing momentum on the battlefield?
Monday #F24Debate reacts to air defence agreement signed by #Ukraine with France, this as Russia relentlessly targets critical infrastructure & Zelenskiy faces backlash from corruption scandal at home
Monday #F24Debate reacts to air defence agreement signed by #Ukraine with France, this as Russia relentlessly targets critical infrastructure & Zelenskiy faces backlash from corruption scandal at home
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🇫🇷 “The neighbourhood has changed — it attracts a lot of people, and the locals will never forget”
Clovis Casali, a lifelong resident of the area where the #13Novembre attacks took place, reflects on how the community has changed a decade later.
Clovis Casali, a lifelong resident of the area where the #13Novembre attacks took place, reflects on how the community has changed a decade later.
November 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM
🇫🇷 “The neighbourhood has changed — it attracts a lot of people, and the locals will never forget”
Clovis Casali, a lifelong resident of the area where the #13Novembre attacks took place, reflects on how the community has changed a decade later.
Clovis Casali, a lifelong resident of the area where the #13Novembre attacks took place, reflects on how the community has changed a decade later.
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🇫🇷 Revisiting La Belle Equipe feels like “rebuilding better memories”, says Mandy Palmucci, who was at the restaurant during the #13novembre attacks.
November 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
🇫🇷 Revisiting La Belle Equipe feels like “rebuilding better memories”, says Mandy Palmucci, who was at the restaurant during the #13novembre attacks.
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Yesterday will mark a major turning point – the collapse of the European Parliament's decades-old centrist governing majority.
It's the end of an era, and the beginning of another.
It's the end of an era, and the beginning of another.
The EU Parliament now has a right-wing majority
President von der Leyen's centre-right EPP yesterday broke the centrist coalition, joining with the far right in order to pass the climate deregulation demanded by Trump.
davekeating.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Yesterday will mark a major turning point – the collapse of the European Parliament's decades-old centrist governing majority.
It's the end of an era, and the beginning of another.
It's the end of an era, and the beginning of another.
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🇫🇷 Join Francois Picard for this special edition of #F24Debate, marking ten years since the November 2015 terror attacks in Paris.
Tune in at 6.00 Paris Time at https://go.france24.com/dCW
Tune in at 6.00 Paris Time at https://go.france24.com/dCW
November 13, 2025 at 7:00 AM
🇫🇷 Join Francois Picard for this special edition of #F24Debate, marking ten years since the November 2015 terror attacks in Paris.
Tune in at 6.00 Paris Time at https://go.france24.com/dCW
Tune in at 6.00 Paris Time at https://go.france24.com/dCW
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War correspondent @janinedigi.bsky.social recalls reporting from Sarajevo under sniper fire during the Bosnian War, as details emerge from the #snipersafari probe.
November 12, 2025 at 8:57 PM
War correspondent @janinedigi.bsky.social recalls reporting from Sarajevo under sniper fire during the Bosnian War, as details emerge from the #snipersafari probe.
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🇲🇱🇧🇫 Kassim Kone predicts backlash, where, like in #BurkinaFaso, young people take up arms against the insurgency.
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November 12, 2025 at 9:51 PM
🇲🇱🇧🇫 Kassim Kone predicts backlash, where, like in #BurkinaFaso, young people take up arms against the insurgency.
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More in #F24Debate ➡️ f24.my/BYad
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🇲🇱 “You’re either with us or against us.”
Researcher Djenabou Cissé says JMIN’s killing of influencer Mariame Cissé sends a clear message to the people of #Mali.
More in #F24Debate ➡️https://go.france24.com/9S3
Researcher Djenabou Cissé says JMIN’s killing of influencer Mariame Cissé sends a clear message to the people of #Mali.
More in #F24Debate ➡️https://go.france24.com/9S3
November 12, 2025 at 9:19 PM
🇲🇱 “You’re either with us or against us.”
Researcher Djenabou Cissé says JMIN’s killing of influencer Mariame Cissé sends a clear message to the people of #Mali.
More in #F24Debate ➡️https://go.france24.com/9S3
Researcher Djenabou Cissé says JMIN’s killing of influencer Mariame Cissé sends a clear message to the people of #Mali.
More in #F24Debate ➡️https://go.france24.com/9S3
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🇲🇱 “They want to rule — but not lose the people.”
Africa Intelligence editor Pierre-Élie de Rohan Chabot tells #F24Debate JMIN is trying to balance power with popular support.
Africa Intelligence editor Pierre-Élie de Rohan Chabot tells #F24Debate JMIN is trying to balance power with popular support.
November 12, 2025 at 9:45 PM
🇲🇱 “They want to rule — but not lose the people.”
Africa Intelligence editor Pierre-Élie de Rohan Chabot tells #F24Debate JMIN is trying to balance power with popular support.
Africa Intelligence editor Pierre-Élie de Rohan Chabot tells #F24Debate JMIN is trying to balance power with popular support.
🇲🇱 Could #Mali's capital really fall to jihadists?
Wednesday #F24Debate asks about Bamako's fuel blockade and the regional spillover from Sahel insurgencies
Wednesday #F24Debate asks about Bamako's fuel blockade and the regional spillover from Sahel insurgencies
November 12, 2025 at 9:52 AM
🇲🇱 Could #Mali's capital really fall to jihadists?
Wednesday #F24Debate asks about Bamako's fuel blockade and the regional spillover from Sahel insurgencies
Wednesday #F24Debate asks about Bamako's fuel blockade and the regional spillover from Sahel insurgencies
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💭When this bubble bursts, few will make it out in one piece. maliciarogue.bsky.social warns about the consequences of unchecked AI growth.
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November 11, 2025 at 9:41 PM
💭When this bubble bursts, few will make it out in one piece. maliciarogue.bsky.social warns about the consequences of unchecked AI growth.
More in #F24Debate
More in #F24Debate
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🔋“The same energy demands driving AI growth might be what keeps the bubble from bursting.”
Speaking on #F24Debate, Leïla Mörch explains how AI’s power needs both fuel and limit the industry’s expansion.
Speaking on #F24Debate, Leïla Mörch explains how AI’s power needs both fuel and limit the industry’s expansion.
November 11, 2025 at 9:28 PM
🔋“The same energy demands driving AI growth might be what keeps the bubble from bursting.”
Speaking on #F24Debate, Leïla Mörch explains how AI’s power needs both fuel and limit the industry’s expansion.
Speaking on #F24Debate, Leïla Mörch explains how AI’s power needs both fuel and limit the industry’s expansion.
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“In the end, we’ll either see more laws against AI companies — or exemptions protecting them.”
Simon McGarr tells #F24Debate the tough decision facing policymakers as AI disrupts creative industries.
Simon McGarr tells #F24Debate the tough decision facing policymakers as AI disrupts creative industries.
November 11, 2025 at 9:09 PM
“In the end, we’ll either see more laws against AI companies — or exemptions protecting them.”
Simon McGarr tells #F24Debate the tough decision facing policymakers as AI disrupts creative industries.
Simon McGarr tells #F24Debate the tough decision facing policymakers as AI disrupts creative industries.
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No rest for the wicked: on se retrouve ce soir sur @france24.com avec @francoisf24.bsky.social dans The Debate pour parler de la bulle IA.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:33 PM
No rest for the wicked: on se retrouve ce soir sur @france24.com avec @francoisf24.bsky.social dans The Debate pour parler de la bulle IA.
Vous pouvez suivre en live ici à partir de 19h10 : www.france24.com/en/live
Vous pouvez suivre en live ici à partir de 19h10 : www.france24.com/en/live
Could the AI boom run out of road sooner than later?
Tuesday #F24Debate asks about warning signs.
How do you even quench artificial intelligence's thirst for cash, energy and our personal data?
Tuesday #F24Debate asks about warning signs.
How do you even quench artificial intelligence's thirst for cash, energy and our personal data?
The US economy has become one big bet on AI.
It’s not just that investment in AI has inflated a bubble – it’s that the bubble is driving wealth inequality, and billions of dollars of conspicuous consumption.
In other words, we’re living in a new gilded age.
open.substack.com/pub/gracebla...
It’s not just that investment in AI has inflated a bubble – it’s that the bubble is driving wealth inequality, and billions of dollars of conspicuous consumption.
In other words, we’re living in a new gilded age.
open.substack.com/pub/gracebla...
The AI Boom is Fueling a New Gilded Age
The AI bubble is making the rich richer - but when it bursts, ordinary Americans will have to pick up the tab.
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Could the AI boom run out of road sooner than later?
Tuesday #F24Debate asks about warning signs.
How do you even quench artificial intelligence's thirst for cash, energy and our personal data?
Tuesday #F24Debate asks about warning signs.
How do you even quench artificial intelligence's thirst for cash, energy and our personal data?
How historic?
Monday #F24Debate asks what it took to bring a Syrian president to the White House.
Once a wanted radical, #AhmedAlSharaa now seen in DC as part of the solution in a regional realignment cheered on by the likes of Turkey & Saudi Arabia
Monday #F24Debate asks what it took to bring a Syrian president to the White House.
Once a wanted radical, #AhmedAlSharaa now seen in DC as part of the solution in a regional realignment cheered on by the likes of Turkey & Saudi Arabia
🔴Syria's Ahmed al Sharaa will meet with President Donald Trump on Monday, marking the first visit to the US by a Syrian president since the country's independence in 1946.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:05 AM
How historic?
Monday #F24Debate asks what it took to bring a Syrian president to the White House.
Once a wanted radical, #AhmedAlSharaa now seen in DC as part of the solution in a regional realignment cheered on by the likes of Turkey & Saudi Arabia
Monday #F24Debate asks what it took to bring a Syrian president to the White House.
Once a wanted radical, #AhmedAlSharaa now seen in DC as part of the solution in a regional realignment cheered on by the likes of Turkey & Saudi Arabia
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“The first time I heard about him was through an Instagram reel.”
Larissa Morimoto tells #F24Debate how social media helped #Mamdani stand out beyond politics.
Larissa Morimoto tells #F24Debate how social media helped #Mamdani stand out beyond politics.
November 5, 2025 at 9:47 PM
“The first time I heard about him was through an Instagram reel.”
Larissa Morimoto tells #F24Debate how social media helped #Mamdani stand out beyond politics.
Larissa Morimoto tells #F24Debate how social media helped #Mamdani stand out beyond politics.
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🌳“We can’t stop deforestation without ending poverty.”
Anabella Rosemberg explains the link between environmental protection and economic development on #F24Debate
Anabella Rosemberg explains the link between environmental protection and economic development on #F24Debate
November 6, 2025 at 8:41 PM
🌳“We can’t stop deforestation without ending poverty.”
Anabella Rosemberg explains the link between environmental protection and economic development on #F24Debate
Anabella Rosemberg explains the link between environmental protection and economic development on #F24Debate