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After “the witchcraft trials and the stakes” at the RN, Nicolas Bay joined the Zemmour team. The MEP and leading member of the National Rally announced on Wednesday evening his support for the far-right polemicist, criticizing the “turnarounds and setbacks” by Marine Le Pen and her “refusal of any form of internal debate” at the party. The RN had suspended the MEP from office on Tuesday, pushing him to leave, when he planned to join the rival of Marine Le Pen, accusing him of “sabotage” for transmitting “strategic elements” to Eric Zemmour, which the interested party denies.
Thousands of additional Russian soldiers on the borders of Ukraine? The White House claimed late Wednesday that Russia has not withdrawn any troops from Ukraine’s border at all but has instead added up to 7,000 troops to the country’s doorstep, heightening fears of an invasion. by Moscow. “Yesterday (Tuesday), the Russians announced that they were withdrawing troops from the border with Ukraine […]. We now know that is not true”, said a senior White House official. According to this official, if Russia has said that it wants to find a diplomatic solution, “His actions indicate otherwise”.
In Brazil, the toll from the floods in Petropolis is still increasing. At least 94 people died and 35 were missing Wednesday night after floods and landslides caused by the worst rains in nearly a century hit the tourist town near Rio de Janeiro. The toll, which is still provisional, continued to increase hour by hour the day after the torrential rains which transformed the streets of the center into rivers of mud, flattened houses and overturned dozens of cars, in this particularly rainy season. killer in Brazil.
Airbus lands record profit, with more than 4 billion euros last year. Very affected by the health crisis in 2020, the European aircraft manufacturer is recording a very strong recovery in 2021. And the year 2022 promises to be of the same ilk. The boss of the aircraft manufacturer attributes these results “remarkable” to the increase in commercial aircraft deliveries (+8% compared to 2020), togood performance” space and defense activities as well as the helicopter division and “attention to cost reduction and competitiveness”.
Berlinale: the golden bear goes to Catalan Carla Simón for “Alcarràs”. Announced as one of the favorites in Berlin, the filmmaker won the supreme award with a film retracing the collapse of a family of farmers, forced to give up their farm in Spain. The very singular “Avec amour et acharnement” by Claire Denis wins the silver bear.
To be continued today
A summit to “change the deal” between Europe and Africa… and the end of Barkhane? Security, health and stability are the three common challenges that Europe and Africa want to tackle this Thursday and Friday to “changing the game” of their relations, during the 6th European Union-African Union summit, in Brussels. But before its opening, Emmanuel Macron must give a speech at 9 a.m. this Thursday morning. He should announce the withdrawal from Mali of the French forces of Barkhane, the anti-jihadist operation in the Sahel, and of the European grouping of special forces Takuba, initiated by Paris in 2020. A repositioning in another African country is being studied.
The trial of Nordahl Lelandais is nearing its end. The indictment targeting the former military dog master tried by the Assizes of Isère for having kidnapped and killed Maëlys, 8, in August 2017, must take place this Thursday, before the verdict expected on Friday. Nordahl Lelandais, whose highly publicized trial lasted three weeks, faces life imprisonment. He was already sentenced in May 2021 to twenty years in prison for the murder of Arthur Noyer, a young alpine hunter whom he had hitchhiked one night in April 2017 in Chambéry.
The story
From Afghanistan to Turkey, the odyssey of two exiled brothers. Ali and Mustafa, 21 and 23, fled Kabul in September after the Taliban returned to try to reach Germany. Today, the first has been sent back to his country and the second has disappeared. During six months, Release was able to exchange many times with them and their families, to reconstruct a long journey marked by fear, violence and doubt. Read our article.
analysis
Why Bolloré decided to sell its France-Africa. The businessman must officially hand over to his children this Thursday. A desire to turn the page no doubt accelerated by his indictment by French justice for “corruption” and “breach of trust” in Togo and Guinea, and his trial in preparation. Read our article.
The portrait
Riopy, the piano and the art of the fugue. Escaped from the sect where he grew up until the age of 18, the French pianist met with phenomenal global success in a meditative register that allowed him to appease his demons. Read our article.