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The Russian army wants to concentrate on eastern Ukraine. From “on the spot”. This is how Moscow’s chief negotiator describes the Russian-Ukrainian talks on the main sticking points, despite a rapprochement on secondary issues. We could use the same expression to talk about the Kremlin tanks. They are even backtracking in some places, notably around kyiv and Mykolaiv to the east, according to Ukrainian propaganda. For the first time since the beginning of the war, the Russian army therefore announces that it will concentrate its offensive on eastern Ukraine, which it intends to “liberate”. A strategy visible for almost ten days on the ground, even more palpable since this week when we saw the Russians bury themselves in defensive positions on the other fronts. Read the military update of the day.
The EU and the United States announce a “task force” to reduce dependence on Russian gas. “This task force will work to ensure the energy security of Ukraine and the EU in anticipation of next winter and the next”, explained the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the American President, Joe Biden, in full European tour. Arrived in Poland on Friday, the latter left greeted by American soldiers of the 82nd Airborne Division stationed in Rzeszow. He also praised the courage of the Ukrainians against the Russians, which he said reminds of Tiananmen Square. Aside from the talks, kyiv and Moscow considered that the discussions remained “very difficult” and were doing “on the spot”. Find all the information on the war in Ukraine.
Contaminations are exploding, not hospitalizations. The resurgence of the epidemic is confirmed. According to Public Health France (SPF), over the past week, the incidence rate has jumped by 35% to reach 937 cases of contamination per 100,000 inhabitants. An increase observed in all age groups, but more marked among 50-89 year olds. The fault lies with the rapid spread of the BA-2 sub-variant, now ultra-predominant in the territory. However, this new viral outbreak does not panic the health authorities. For good reason, the hospital feels it only a little. Read our epidemic point.
In Corsica, Cargèse buries Yvan Colonna. On the winding road from Ajaccio to Cargèse, a village clinging to the hills above the Mediterranean, tags are everywhere. “Gloria to you Yvan,” says the black painting. The town, located north of Ajaccio, buried its most famous representative on Friday: the man sentenced for the assassination of the prefect Erignac, fatally attacked in the prison of Arles.
Young people for the climate parade all over France. The signs are as colorful as the hair of those who hold them: this Friday, hundreds of young people pounded the pavement in Paris and elsewhere to express their anxiety about global warming. In their sights: TotalEnergies and political inaction. While we learn today that an expanse of ice the size of twelve times Paris collapsed in mid-March in Antarctica… This melting is one of the most significant events on the continent for twenty years.
Non-food e-commerce has destroyed 85,000 jobs in ten years. It’s about “largest social plan in progress in France”. This is revealed by Friends of the Earth in a report made public this week. According to the association for the protection of man and the environment, 122,400 jobs have been directly destroyed in ten years in the retail trade – whose clientele is rather made up of individuals – because of the development of online sales. . The wholesale trade – whose clientele is, on the contrary, professional – has limited damage.
Death of Shinji Aoyama, New Wave to the soul. Filmmaker, novelist, composer of his own soundtracks, Japanese director Shinji Aoyama, who began his career alongside Kiyoshi Kurosawa, died at 57. His flagship work, Eureka, in 2000, received two awards at the Cannes Film Festival.
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