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Fifth wave: the peak finally passed? Two weeks after being announced with great fanfare by the government and the scientific council, has the peak of the fifth wave passed? In any case, this is the hope given over the past five days by the continuous drop in the number of daily Covid-19 infections. In twenty-four hours, we see on Public Health France that 249,448 new cases were recorded on Sunday, against 301,614 the previous Sunday, a drop of 17%. More than 338,000 new cases were recorded on average over seven days, or 6% less than the week before.
Nordahl Lelandais apologizes to Maëlys’ parents on the first day of his trial. His voice choked with sobs, Nordahl Lelandais apologized to the parents of little Maëlys, who died in 2017. “I want to apologize to them, I did kill Maëlys, I did not want to kill him, I will explain the facts during the hearing”, he said at the opening of his trial before the assizes of Isère. The trial of the former soldier for the murder of little Maëlys de Araujo began Monday in Grenoble in the absence of several witnesses, including the brother of the accused and a former fellow prisoner.
New tensions between Paris and Bamako after the expulsion of the French ambassador. The military in power in Mali gave Joël Meyer three days on Monday to leave the country. A response to the words of the French authorities, described as “hostile and outrageous” by the junta, which risks precipitating the rupture of relations between the two countries.
“Partygate” in Downing Street: Boris Johnson apologizes but hangs on. The British Prime Minister struggled to defend himself in the House of Commons after the publication of Sue Gray’s inquiry report into the parties given in full confinement, but categorically ruled out resigning.
Eric Zemmour’s communication manager, Olivier Ubéda, targeted by a complaint for rape. He is one of Eric Zemmour’s closest collaborators. The one we usually see in the background, behind the candidate, during his travels or his meetings. According to information from BFMTV, communications adviser Olivier Ubéda is the subject of a complaint for rape. The 51-year-old man is to be heard in the coming days by the Paris judicial police.
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Programs 2022: at the bottom. Every day until the presidential election, Release dissects the candidates’ proposals. Today the “citizens’ initiative referendum”claim of yellow vests already made in 2017 by Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Marine Le Pen, proposed this year by socialists and environmentalists.
Purchasing power: after fuel, here is the increase in the price of tolls. After gasoline, tolls. Some motorists will see their bills increase a little more from Tuesday. The tolls of the motorway networks will indeed increase on average by 1.89%, according to decrees published on Sunday in the Official Journal. The contracts that bind the motorway companies to the State provide for an automatic increase in prices every year on February 1. And inflation and the construction sites undertaken on the network are the main fuels for these increases. But this 1.89% increase is well above inflation in France (1.6% in 2021 according to INSEE), at its highest level since 2018. Analysis.
Olympic Games 2024: in Saint-Denis, a school risks being suffocated by five motorway ramps. The expansion of a motorway interchange has begun near a school group in Seine-Saint-Denis, but parents and residents tirelessly point out the health risks. Built as part of the Olympic Games, the work even worries UNICEF. Reporting.
In Le Havre, in the working-class district of Les Neiges: “The promises, we no longer believe in them”. During the presidential campaign, Release questions groups of French people who have chosen not to vote or no longer vote. Will they reuse their voter card in April? In the dockers’ district of the city, the inhabitants express their weariness, their anger and their disappointment pell-mell. Journey to the center of abstention.
Rihanna has it in her stomach. The Barbadian singer is pregnant and made it known while strolling under a bridge in New York with rapper A$AP Rocky. To say that she is in charge (of her body, of her image). And that becoming a mother doesn’t mean keeping a low profile. Our ticket.