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War enters Kyiv, “major war crime” in Mariupol according to the EU. During the night of Sunday to Monday, a shopping center in Kyiv was ravaged by a Russian bombardment. The Russian army claims that this shopping center was vacant and served as an arms and ammunition depot. At least eight people were killed. On the 26th day of the invasion of Ukraine decided by Russian President Vladimir Putin, the bombardments continue on a number of cities: Kyiv, Kharkiv, Mariupol, Odessa, Mykolaiv… On Monday, the European Union described “major war crime” the devastation of besieged and bombarded Mariupol. Find our daily military update on the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.
Russia bans Facebook and Instagram for ‘extremism’. A Russian court on Monday banned social media giants Facebook and Instagram for “extremism”. “The court satisfied a lawsuit filed by the First Deputy Prosecutor General against the holding company Meta Platforms Inc. relating to the prohibition of its activities on Russian territory”, the court said. Also read, our decryption: Europe cut off from the Internet by Russia: a credible threat and a part of fantasy.
A Boeing crashes with 132 people on board in China. A Boeing-737 with 132 people on board crashed in southern China on Monday after plummeting 8,000 meters. This plane crash could be the deadliest in the country since 1994. No precise death toll was published Monday evening in Beijing after the disaster which sparked a hot reaction from President Xi Jinping, unusual for a Chinese leader. . But looking at the data from the crash, it seemed unlikely that anyone made it out alive. In a statement, the airline, China Eastern Airlines, said “paid homage” to “dead” of the disaster.
Another day of action in the face of soaring fuel prices. Filter dams, blockage of oil depots and refineries: dissatisfied with government announcements, construction professionals, fishermen, farmers, transporters or taxis carried out new actions on Monday throughout the country to protest against fuel prices. The envelope of 400 million euros in aid to road hauliers and the rebate of 15 cents per liter of diesel announced last week by the government were not enough to appease the anger of the demonstrators. Read also: Teleworking, limited speed, train… ten measures recommended to overcome the lack of Russian oil
The world is advancing “with eyes closed towards climate catastrophe”, regrets the UN Secretary General. The world is walking “eyes closed to climate catastrophe”, warned the UN Secretary General on Monday. Antonio Guterres regrets that despite “aggravation” of the situation, the major economies continue to allow their greenhouse gas emissions to increase. The objective of limiting the rise in temperatures to +1.5°C compared to the pre-industrial era, the most ambitious objective of the Paris agreement, is in “critical care”, he said. declared at a conference on sustainable development organized by The Economist in London.
The call of 450 scientists to change our eating habits. The war in Ukraine could jeopardize the food security of countries such as Lebanon. In a joint appeal published on Monday, more than 450 scientists recall the absolute need to change our behavior to build a more sustainable and crisis-resilient world. According to them, the same solution applies to these two cases:fewer products of animal origin, less waste and a greening of the EU’s agricultural policy”. Our article.
A woman in custody after the murder of ex-rugby player Martin Aramburu. A woman, suspected of having participated in the assassination of ex-rugby player Federico Martin Aramburu on Saturday in Paris, was arrested the same day at the end of the day and was still in police custody on Monday morning, it was reported. learned from a source close to the investigation. The young woman, aged 24, was driving the car when two other suspects shot the former Argentinian international on a boulevard in the 6th arrondissement, around 6 a.m., according to the same source. One of the two suspects in the death of former Argentinian rugby player Federico Martin Aramburu on Saturday morning in Paris, Loïk Le Priol, was under judicial supervision and was, according to our information, banned from traveling to Paris. With the man suspected of being his accomplice, Romain B., they were already involved in a case of beatings in a meeting that looked like a sordid torture session against another activist from their political family, the two men belonging to the movement of radical far right. They were still actively sought Monday evening.
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Iryna Vereshchuk: “Putin wields personal revenge on the people of Mariupol”. The Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine tirelessly calls for the opening and respect of humanitarian corridors to evacuate civilians in the cities affected by the Russian strikes. Find the interview with Iryna Verechchuk.
“Let them feel at home”: in Poland, unfailing solidarity with the Ukrainians. Free accommodation, donations, volunteering… Civil society is mobilizing en masse to welcome the 2 million exiles who have crossed the border. Faced with the risk of saturation, some are calling on the State to do the same. Our report.
The identity cathos of the Saint-Martin community in the conquest of France. Symbolic of the drift of French Catholicism, resisting less and less to the sirens of the far right, the ultra-conservative community seeks to extend its influence throughout the country, from its new bastion of Mont-Saint-Michel. Our survey.
Monday poetry: Grisélidis Réal, whore and rebellious. Every week, Freed gives to read the extract of a collection which makes the poetic topicality. This Monday, immersed in the poems of the Swiss writer and prostitute, brought together for the first time in the same book by Seghers editions. The Chronicle.