Now playing Next Culture news 10 French expressions getting lost in translation for Francophone Week There's a WHAT in my soup?? In honour of Francophone Week, here are perfect French expressions that will give English-speakers a headache 24/03/2023
Now playing Next Canada Biden in Canada to discuss security, trade and migration issues Two important agreements appeared to be in hand before Biden even departed Washington. Canada will escalate its timeline for military upgrades to the North American Aerospace Defense Command and the two nations have reached an agreement to update rules for migrants seeking asylum. 24/03/2023
Now playing Next Travel News Paris 2024: Non-EU citizens invited to apply to be a volunteer A passion for sports, human relations and timetables are varyingly useful. But you don't need to speak French to sign up. 23/03/2023
Now playing Next Lifestyle Watches and Wonders 2023: Travel through time and watchkeeping Watches and Wonder is one of the most eagerly anticipated events on the watchmaking calendar for the industry but this year's edition in Geneva is heralding a first by opening up its doors to the public. 23/03/2023
Now playing Next United Kingdom Boris Johnson endures high-stakes grilling over 'partygate' The former British prime minister has been giving testimony Wednesday, to a parliamentary enquiry into Downing Street parties during the pandemic. 22/03/2023
Now playing Next Mobility Homes for alien life? Two moons of Uranus ‘may harbour active oceans’ Astrobiologists believe moons with active oceans could be potential homes for alien life. 22/03/2023
Now playing Next Culture news Culture Re-View: A look back at this day in history Without 'Please Please Me', would pop music have ever become what it is now? We celebrate 60 years of the chart-shifting album. 22/03/2023
Now playing Next United Kingdom UK former PM Boris Johnson's political future in the balance UK former PM Boris Johnson's political future could be decided when he appears before a committee over allegations he knowingly misled parliament over COVID-19 lockdown allegations 21/03/2023
Now playing Next United Kingdom Boris Johnson denies 'intentionally' lying about lockdown parties The former prime minister will be interrogated by MPs on Wednesday about drunken parties at Downing Street during COVID lockdowns. 21/03/2023
Now playing Next Culture news Screening of Winnie-the-Pooh slasher film cancelled in Hong Kong The (agressively mediocre) slasher film 'Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey' has been cancelled in Hong Kong for “technical” reasons. In reality, it's yet another display of censorship obsessed with the startling likeness between Xi Jinping and Pooh 21/03/2023
Now playing Next Culture news World Poetry Day: What is the best use of poems in cinema? Whether it’s a quoted sonnet or some long forgotten quatrain, some films are bolstered by the recital of a good poem... 21/03/2023
Now playing Next Climate Paris Olympics promises to slash emissions in half - but is it enough? The Paris Olympics is going green with no air con and a riverside opening ceremony - but environmental experts aren’t convinced. 21/03/2023
Now playing Next Culture news Culture Re-View: A look back at this day in history History is littered with marriages that never should have happened and costly separations and on this day in 1152, spring time in France meant King Louis VII would have to pay dearly for the annulment of his marriage to Eleanor of Aquitaine, marking one of the most expensive divorces in history. 21/03/2023
Now playing Next Mali Journalist and aid worker freed in Mali after years as hostages French journalist Olivier Dubois and US aid worker Jeffery Woodke have been freed after spending years as hostages of a jihadi group in Mali 20/03/2023
Now playing Next Cyprus Children of mixed marriages in Cyprus struggle to obtain citizenship The children of mixed marriages in Cyprus, some are now adults, are claiming that they are unable to obtain a citizenship from the Republic of Cyprus, despite being born in the island and having a parent who has a citizenship from the RoC, due to their Turkish roots. 20/03/2023
Now playing Next No Comment WATCH: Huge wooden figures being burnt in Las Fallas festival in Spain Las Fallas festival in Valencia is an annual celebration leading up to the feast of St. Joseph, the city's patron saint. At the end of the five-day fiesta, the large wooden Fallas structures are burnt. 20/03/2023
Now playing Next No Comment French pension reform protestors set fires around Rennes in Brittany Piles of burning rubbish left the Rennes ring road covered in smoke on Monday morning as protests against French pension reforms continue. An oil depot was also blockaded south of the Breton city. 20/03/2023