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In the US, lawmakers are set to hold a hearing today on ethical concerns involving the Supreme Court. The meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee comes amid growing questions about the justices and their code of conduct. One justice, Clarence Thomas, has come under particular scrutiny for accepting lavish gifts, on multiple occasions, from a conservative billionaire friend including a house where the justice's mother still lives. FRANCE 24's International Affairs commentator Douglas Herbert tells us more.
It is the most populous city in the Americas and the fifth largest city in the world: Sao Paulo, Brazil, a city evoking everything from bustling skyscrapers full of financial opportunity to rampant corruption, inequality and violence. The country's richest city, it is also the setting for British author Joe Thomas's latest book, “Brazilian Psycho”. He joined us on Perspective.
Israel reinforced troops near its borders with Lebanon and Gaza on Friday following a flare-up in violence that threatened to spiral out of control after police raids this week on the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. But even as major salvoes of rockets were fired at northern and southern Israel over the past day and Israel's military replied with strikes in Lebanon and Gaza, no serious injuries were reported and neither side seemed keen to broaden the conflict. For more on the escalating violence in the Middle East, FRANCE 24 is joined by Dr. Joseph Bahout, Professor and Director of Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs at American University of Beirut.
Fighting raged in and aroundBakhmut as Ukraine mocked Russian claims to have captured the administrative centre of the eastern Ukrainian city, saying Russian forces had raised a victory flag over "some kind of toilet". For more analysis on Russia's year-long brutal invasion of Ukraine, FRANCE 24 is joined by Ukrainian philosopher Volodymyr Yermolenko, Expert at Internews Ukraine, Chief Editor of UkraineWorld & Assistant Professor at Kyiv Mohyla Academy National University.
The decision whether to indict former President Donald Trump over hush-money payments made on his behalf during his 2016 presidential campaign lies in the hands of a Manhattan grand jury that has been hearing evidence in secret for weeks. An indictment of Trump, who is seeking the White House again in 2024, would be an unprecedented moment in American history, the first criminal case against a former U.S. president. For more on Trump's 2024 campaign, overshadowed by a possible indictment, FRANCE 24 is joined by Thomas Gift, Director of the Centre on US Politics (CUSP) in London.
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