News
The Russian army promises a new day of truce. The goal: to allow Ukrainian civilians to use the humanitarian corridors opened since yesterday. On Tuesday, more than 5,000 civilians were able to flee the city of Sumy, in northeastern Ukraine, located 350 km northeast of Kyiv (Kiev), said Wednesday the deputy to the head of the Ukrainian presidential administration Kyrylo Tymoshenko, quoted by Ukrainian media. The United States also decided on Tuesday to suspend imports of Russian oil and gas, followed by the United Kingdom, which for its part will cease by the end of the year its purchases of Russian crude oil and petroleum products. . In the two weeks since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, the fighting has claimed hundreds of lives and millions of refugees. Find the latest information on the war in Ukraine here.
Chernobyl no longer responds. Systems for remotely monitoring nuclear materials at the Chernobyl power plant in Ukraine stopped transmitting data to the International Atomic Energy Agency on Tuesday. We do not know the reasons why the remote control systems for nuclear materials have stopped transmitting, but exchanges with the plant under the control of the Russian army can now only be done by e-mail. More than 200 technicians and guards are currently stuck at the site and have been working for thirteen days in a row under Russian surveillance. Read our article.
Lifting of reported prisoner status of Yvan Colonna. Prime Minister Jean Castex has lifted the status of “particularly reported detainee” of independence activist Yvan Colonna, almost a week after his attack in prison which sparked numerous angry demonstrations in Corsica. The man is still between life and death in a Marseille hospital after an attempted strangulation and suffocation by a fellow prisoner at the central house in Arles (Bouches-du-Rhône). This status, which prevented his bringing him closer to a Corsican prison, had been contested for years by the independence activist, sentenced to life imprisonment for the assassination of the prefect of Corsica Claude Erignac in 1998.
The heritage of the twelve candidates published. The High Authority for Transparency in Public Life has published the declarations of assets and interests of the twelve presidential candidates. Real estate, assets over 10,000 euros, cars, bank accounts, but also holdings in the capital of companies, possible debts and professional activities of the last five years: each of the twelve candidates had to fill in these sections and submit their declarations, certified on the honor to the Constitutional Council. Jumble: some ten million assets of Valérie Pécresse, five apartments for Eric Zemmour or even a Peugeot 308 at Philippe Poutou. Read our article.
The pandemic is not over. The warning comes from UN Secretary General António Guterres. According to him, the Covid-19 pandemic is not over and the distribution of vaccines on the planet remains “scandalously unfair”. “Thanks to unprecedented public health measures and the extraordinarily rapid development and deployment of vaccines, many parts of the world are managing to bring the pandemic under control. But it would be a big mistake to think it’s over.” he warns.
To be continued today
Assassination of Father Hamel: verdict expected this Wednesday at the Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray trial. After three weeks of debate “extremely strong and painful”, the special assize court of Paris must today render its verdict against the defendants in the trial of the assassination of the priest Jacques Hamel in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray on July 26, 2016, in the absence of the protagonists . The three defendants present in the box are members of the entourage of the two 19-year-old jihadists Adel Kermiche and Abdel-Malik Petitjean, killed by the police shortly after the attack. On Monday, the prosecution requested between seven and fourteen years in prison for three of the defendants prosecuted for “terrorist criminal association”.
PSG must confirm against Real Madrid. The capital club is playing its future in the Champions League and this evening challenges Real Madrid in its lair of Santiago Bernabéu for the round of 16 second leg of the prestigious competition. With the essential Kylian Mbappé but also in the presence of the Brazilian defender Marquinhos, captain of a split locker room, who surprises with his phlegm and his consensual aura. Read our article.
Analysis
Can the European Union do without Russian hydrocarbons? Could the European Union do without Russian fossil fuels if Moscow decided to “turn off the tap”? And if yes, how ? These questions will be at the center of the summit of heads of state and government of the 27, Thursday and Friday in Versailles. Read our decryption.
Investigation
Chinese diaspora: in Aubervilliers, LR’s relay court for the presidential election. As our revelations about the real fake Republicans primary supporters have shown, the Asian community is being targeted by the right. A long-standing practice that relies on a galaxy of intermediaries navigating between business and politics. Read our survey.
The report
‘We must fight back’: Odessa is preparing for the assault. Relatively spared for the moment, the large port city in the south of the country is anticipating an attack by the Russian army, which is getting dangerously close to its gates. Read the report by our special correspondent Pierre Alonso.
The story
Fashion Week: not easy to scroll on a thread. The Parisian week dedicated to women’s ready-to-wear for fall-winter 2022-2023 ended on Tuesday. Hit by the invasion in Ukraine, the event turned into a balancing act. Throwback to Paris fashion week.
The portrait
José Garcia, a hidalgo. Contrary to the image of ambianceur who forged his fame on Canal + and in the cinema, the Parisian actor in search of meaning is now betting on the theater, the TV series and aviation to rise. Read our profile.