Kethevane Gorjestani
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@France24_en International Affairs Editor (Formerly: White House Correspondent - President, WH Foreign Press Group - Sports journo) From 🇫🇷 🇺🇸 🇬🇪
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And just like that, after 4 years, I sat in my last briefing. Covering the White House has been as exciting as it has been intense. It was a privilege to work alongside so many great journalists, especially the amazing Foreign Press Group.
Thank you
@PressSec
for the send-off! 🙏🏼
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Joe Biden just did a flyover in Marine One around La Pointe du Hoc ahead of his speech.
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“I’m not nervous, you are”
@NiallOfficial
joked as he performed at the White House for
#StPatricksDay
. “I don’t think I’ve ever been so scared.”
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He ended his 4-song set with a traditional Irish song “Spancil Hill.” (I have to admit, I had not realized
@NiallOfficial
had such an amazing voice)
#StPatricksDay
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The VP & the Second Gentleman came to the British Embassy to pay their respects and sign the condolence book.
#QueenElizabethII
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Young woman asks why
#POTUS
downplayed covid threat
Trump: “I didn’t downplay it. I actually in many ways up-played it, in terms of action.”
YW: “Didn’t you admit it yourself?”
#TrumpTownHall
#ABC
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🚨 personal news 🚨
I’ve been elected President of the White House Foreign Press Group! Very honored and excited for the year ahead!
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“I would bet you everything I own that
#France
is high on the list here” former
#NATO
supreme allied commander
#Stavridis
speaking to MSNBC on
#Russia
spending $300M trying to influence foreign elex.
#F24
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Women in Argentina celebrating as the country finally legalizes abortion ✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
#soundon
#ArgentinaSinAborto
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#Biden
defending decision not to ban
#Russia
from
#SWIFT
says that new sanctions by allies “exceed SWIFT.” But says it remains on the table. Seems like Germany & Italy are the holdouts.
#RussiaUkraineConflict
#F24
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Houston Police Chief
@ArtAcevedo
arriving at the fountain of praise church for
#GeorgeFloyd
’s funeral.
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So as a French citizen living in 🇺🇸, I’m not allowed to travel to 🇫🇷 without an «imperious motive» like a death in the family, but
#JustinBieber
gets to celebrate his birthday in Paris.
Dear 🇫🇷 government, my birthday is in 3 weeks, can I get a waiver or am I not famous enough?
Apparently, despite French restrictions preventing most of us from traveling, Justin Bieber has an “imperative” reason that enables him to come to Paris, take romantic strolls with Hailey Baldwin, and have fans crowding (not Covid friendly) outside their hotel. Cool cool cool.
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My colleague and friend Marek from Polish Radio scored some ultimate “cool dad” points today during “Bring your kids to work” at the WH. She asked Biden a question about Poland and he brought her to the oval office!!!
Nina chciała zapytać Bidena co mu się podobało w Polsce więc zaprosił do Gabinetu Owalnego.
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#Biden
is currently at the British embassy in Washington to pay his respects following the passing of
#QueenElizabethII
.
#F24
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Monday in St Peterburg. Sadly this (and worse) happens to us female sports reporters regularly, especially when covering football. By all means sing, dance and celebrate your team but don’t kiss me, don’t grope me and let me do my job
#letherwork
#deixaelatrabalhar
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#Biden
says the issue of lifting the US travel ban on
#Schengen
is in the process of being decided and that he’ll have more to say on the matter in coming days.
And congrats to
@berlin_juliane
for asking the question 👏🏻
#COVID19
#travelban
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2 observations about this
#TrumpTownHall
.
A-These people, especially the guy in the video bellow, are going after
#POTUS
with tough but very on point questions.
B-If these people are representative of “undecided” voters, it’s bad news for Trump.
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L’audiovisuel français sur son 31 au dîner des correspondants de la Maison Blanche (avec une touche francophonie 😉) 🇫🇷 ❤️
@France24_en
@France24_es
@F2Washington
@TF1
@radiofrance
@RadioTeleSuisse
#F24
#whcd2023
#whcadinner
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It’s not everyday I get to speak Georgian at the White House! Asked
@zaza27
how he was feeling after ceremony honoring
@warriors
. “I’m very happy, it’s a very special day,” saying he’d missed out on the chance in previous championships.
დიდი მადლობა ზაზა!
#zazapachulia
#Warriors
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Extremely proud to watch my mom be inaugurated as the first woman President of Georgia! 🇬🇪❤️
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Pentagon: 🇷🇺 troops haven't made significant progress in recent days, except in South: "They're having morale problems, supply problems, they're having fuel problems, they're having food problems, they are meeting a very stiff & determined 🇺🇦 resistance."
#UkraineRussiaWar
#f24
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Today was a good day! So grateful to get my
#CovidVaccine
🙏🏼 Thank you
#JohnsonandJohnson
#GetVaccinated
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👏🏻 France for this vaccination campaign ad 🔥
“Yes, vaccines can have desirable effects”
#GetVaccinated
#CovidVaccine
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@France24_en
#Macron
bringing up the fact that
#LePen
was one of the 1st european leaders to recognize Russia's annexation of
#Crimea
in '14. "You depend on russian power & you depend on Putin," he says about her million euros loan from a russian bank.
#debatmacronlepen
#f24
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According to MSNBC “no longer a threat” because the shooter is reportedly contained in a house surrounded by police. No word on whether he is dead or alive.
#SantaClarita
#saugushigh
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.
@ZelenskyyUa
under the watchful eye of Lincoln in the Oval Office. The Ukrainian President came with a message of appreciation and thanks for 🇺🇸 support for 🇺🇦.
#Ukraine
#F24
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French journalist
#OlivierDubois
has been released after nearly 2 years of captivity. He was the last French hostage in the world. Also released after 6 years in captivity, US aid worker
#JeffWoodke
. US officials say no ransom was paid & no concessions made to captors.
#F24
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Louder for the people in the back...
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See, I’ve been telling you people that one day, this Georgia thing was gonna be a problem! 🤣🤣
So little factcheck
Georgia 🇬🇪 (country): pop. 3.7M
Georgia 🍑 (state): pop. 10.6M
@realDonaldTrump
GEORGIA HAS A POPULATION OF 3.7M PEOPLE BUT SOMEHOW HAS 5M VOTES!?!? WHAT IS GOING ON IN OUR COUNTRY!?!
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Joe Biden elected 46th President of the United States. And Kamala Harris 1st woman of color to be elected Vice-President.
#Election2020
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Another important takeaway of this 1st round is that w/ 27.6%,
#Macron
not only did much better than in 2017 (23%) but it’s also the best 1st round score for an incumbent President since
#Mitterrand
in 1988.
#FrenchElection
#F24
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The White House is preparing for President Macron’s state visit. 🇺🇸 🇫🇷
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C’est la rentrée! Back to the mothership for the start of a new chapter. More to come soon…
#journolife
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.
@mapirzadeh
👍🏻
#MahsaAmini
: "Ca y est, on a basculé dans une révolution. La répression est extrêmement sanguinaire car ce régime est prêt à tout pour rester au pouvoir. Y compris tuer des milliers et des milliers de personnes !"
@mapirzadeh
dans
#CLHebdo
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My mother is officially running for President of Georgia! 🇬🇪❤️🙏🏼
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One of the big quotes of
#Zelenskyy
address to Congress: "Your money is not charity. It is an investment in the global security and democracy that we handle in the most responsible way." (Subtle message to some in the GOP who oppose more funding for Ukraine)
#Ukraine
#F24
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Well spotted by
@PedderSophie
on how 🇫🇷 was criticized for starting evacuations in May. If France knew they needed to start getting people out back then, why didn’t the 🇺🇸?
#Afghanistan
When France began to evacuate and resettle Afghan employees and their families in May, due to ´a very pessimistic analysis of the country’s future’, it was seen as defeatist, or precipitating the fall of Kabul.
Sobering read from
@lemondefr
, May 14 2021
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“There is a solution to this, if you agree: you stop this war and President Zelenskyy will not take the floor.” Albania’s PM, the current President of the UNSC, responding to Russia’s attempts to prevent Zelenskyy from speaking.
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President
#Macron
& his wife arriving at the White House for the State dinner. Brigitte Macron is wearing
#LouisVuitton
. Jill
#Biden
is wearing
#OscardelaRenta
.
#F24
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“We don’t want to go back to USSR. F**k that!”
@MerabDvalishvil
🇬🇪🇺🇦
🇬🇪🇺🇦
@MerabDvalishvil
‘s speech after the victory:
"We all know that Russia is trying to take over Ukraine. They are doing the same thing they did to my country,🇬🇪.
We are gathered here now,we have a good evening, and in 🇺🇦 people are dying, the RU government is doing all this”.
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With 70.6 million votes and counting (according to AP),
#Biden
breaks record for most ballots ever cast for a presidential candidate. But, you know, that electoral college thing.
#Election2020
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"We are standing w/ the 🇮🇷 women, a sovereign people fighting for its freedom." Pressed on his meeting w/
#Raisi
in NY,
#Macron
: "I spoke to him and I told him the same to his face" & handshake was "absolutely not" a sign of support for the regime.
#Iran
#MahsaAmini
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#Biden
statement on the passing of
#QueenElizabeth
: “Queen Elizabeth II was a stateswoman of unmatched dignity and constancy who deepened the bedrock Alliance between the United Kingdom and the United States. She helped make our relationship special.”
#F24
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I’m not gonna lie, this made me cry. Thousands sitting peacefully in front of the barriers put up to “defend” the white house and singing Bill Withers’
#LeanOnMe
#DCprotests
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Great report on Taliban controlled
#Kabul
by F24 reporters on the ground
@cntrentF24
&
@payenc
#Afghanistan
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Despite their disagreements, despite insisting it is not a vote of support, the socialist, conservative and green candidates have all already come out to say they will vote for
#Macron
& are asking their supporters to block the far-right candidate
#LePen
.
#frenchelection2022
#F24
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10mn before kickoff. Stadium still pretty empty as Zimbabwe face Tunisia. Both can still qualify
#ZIMTUN
#AFCON2017
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“Earthquake” in french politics,
#Macron
’s governing party doesn’t get an absolute majority in parliament (almost unheard of under the 5th Republic) Leftist alliance led by far left is 2nd & far right is 3rd winning 10 times more seats than in ‘17.
#legislatives2022
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Germany’s
#derspiegel
front pages from feb 2017 and now.
#Election2020
Am 4.2.2017 veröffentlichte Der SPIEGEL ein weitweit beachtetes Titelcover, auf dem Donald Trump "Lady Liberty" den Kopf abtrennt. Heute, am 7.11.2020, nehmen wir Bezug auf dieses Cover - mit dem neuen Titelbild auf unserer Ausgabe ...
#46
. // (c)
@edelstudio
#BidenHarris2020
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@France24_en
#Macron
blasts
#LePen
for talking about terrorism, islamism and foreigners, when asked about religious signs, saying that mixing all of these is dangerous. Asks if she plans to also ban kippahs or crosses on the street.
#debatmacronlepen
#frenchelections
#f24
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#Macron
defends sanctioning
#Russia
despite consequences on Europe: "If I came here and said 'we support
#Ukraine
, we're arming them, but Europe will continue buying 40% of its gas in Russia' you would have told me 'you're crazy, irresponsible and incoherent."
#Levenement
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You're interested in the French election but don't speak french? Don't you worry,
@France24_en
has got your back. You can watch the ongoing presidential debate live translated in english, right here 👇
#f24
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Imagine if the President of an African/middle easter/eastern european nation claimed victory before all the ballots were counted and accused the opposition of fraud, and now imagine the statements from western election observers.
#Election2020
#ElectionNight
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Thank you to
@FrenchAmbUS
@EUAmbUS
@GermanAmbUSA
@FINambUS
for joining us
@MeridianIntl
to celebrate the White House Foreign Press group!
#WHCD
📸:
@TobalVasquez
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#Biden
addressing murder of
#Khashoggi
in
#SaudiArabia
“W/ respect to the murder of Khashoggi, I raised it at the top of the meeting, making it clear what I thought of it at the time & what I think of it now... I made my view crystal clear.”
#F24
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Most polling stations have now closed. They're open till 8pm in big cities.
#Frenchelections
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@France24_en
"Mme
#LePen
you haven't answered any of my comments, but that's probably because you don't have an answer."
#Macron
#debatmacronlepen
#F24
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You brought us back twice, you scored a hat-trick to keep us hoping, you scored 8 in this WC. GOAT in the making.
Le coeur bleu mais fière d’être bleue 🇫🇷 ❤️
#LesBleus
@equipedefrance
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Petite pause dans l’actu 🇺🇸 pour parler de 🇬🇪
J’espère que vous sentirez tout l’amour que j’ai pour mon beau pays (et son vin 😉) et que ça vous donnera envie d’y aller!
#G
éorgie
#voyage
🇬🇪Découvrez la Géorgie aujourd’hui de 11h à 12h dans « Et si on partait ».
🎙️Philippe Gougler et son équipe reçoivent
@ketgorjestani
, journaliste et correspondante pour
@France24_en
à Washington.
👉Pour écouter :
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Forgive me while I take a break from geopolitics for more important matters 🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷
#AllezLesBleus
#EURO2020
#FRAGER
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After the French far right’s massive win in the european elections, 🇫🇷 President Macron has decided to dissolve parliament and call for snap parliamentary election on June 30th.
#F24
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#Biden
says
#Putin
’s motives were never about security concerns: “He has much larger ambitions than Ukraine. He wants to effectively reestablish the former Soviet Union. That's what this is about.”
#RussiaUkraine
#F24
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How does WH assess 1st year in office as far as foreign policy? “what the President is most proud of is rebuilding our partnerships and alliances around the world" but Jen Psaki did not agree w/me saying AUKUS deal led to "crisis" w/ France. (🇫🇷 did recall its ambassador😅)
#F24
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@France24_en
#Macron
says "I believe in Europe and I believe in the Franco-german partnership." He accuses
#LePen
of "still wanting to leave Europe but you're just not saying it anymore."
#debatmacronlepen
#FrenchElections2022
#F24
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What a powerful moment as Congress remembers
#JohnLewis
.
Rev
@WintleyPhipps
gives a beautiful rendution of “Amazing Grace” bringing many in attendance to tears.
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Pentagon believes Russian convoy “remains stalled and, from our best estimates, have not made any appreciable progress geographically speaking in last 24-36 hours” that Russians “are deliberately regrouping and reassessing how to make up for lost time.” /1
#UkraineRussiaWar
#F24
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Officially started the new gig as Foreign Affairs Editor (and managed to talk about the 🇺🇸😅)
@gullivercragg
@leomcguinn
🇺🇦🇺🇸 The war in
#Ukraine
has been raging for 19 months now, and it seems like
#US
support is waning, as polling shows a slim majority turning against funding Ukraine further.
FRANCE 24's International Affairs Editor
@ketgorjestani
explains why the picture is more complicated 👇
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There was a debate on how to translate Macron’s “emmerder” in english (to piss off)
Now we have Biden’s “son of bitch.”
In my bilingual cursing expert opinion, “quel connard” fits best in this context 😬
“Fils de pute” though closer literally is much stronger in French.
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