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09:12 : While experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency maintain their intention to inspect the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, Moscow accuses the Ukrainian army of having landed “saboteurs” near the site. “Around 6 o’clock [5 heures à Paris] two groups of saboteurs from the Ukrainian army, up to sixty people, landed aboard seven boats (…) 3 kilometers northeast of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant”writes the Russian Defense Ministry, which adds that it has taken “measures to annihilate the enemy”.
09:09 : Let’s make a new point on the news of this Thursday, September 1st:
• After two months of vacation, schoolchildren, college and high school students will meet their friends, discover their teachers and find out about their timetable. In total, 12 million students took up the schoolbag this morning. The brand new Minister of National Education Pap Ndiaye wishes them his “sincere wishes for academic success”. Follow our live.
• “I tell you again, there will be no gas cuts for households.” Elisabeth Borne confirms this morning on France Inter that the possible restrictions on gas this winter “will not concern households”.
Despite reports of bombings on the road, experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency are continuing their visit to the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant this morning. They are already planning to establish a “permanent presence” on the site to avoid a possible disaster. Follow our live.
The exceptional discount at the pump now goes from 18 to 30 cents. We summarize in this article everything that changes on September 1st.
08:30 : Overwhelming testimonies. In a report released this morning, Human Rights Watch accuses Russian forces and their separatist allies in the Donetsk region of being responsible for forcibly displacing civilians in Ukraine. The non-governmental organization for the defense of human rights is making these accusations after hearing the words of dozens of people who fled the fighting in the areas of Mariupol and Kharkiv.
(LEON KLEIN / ANADOLU AGENCY / AFP)
08:02 : Despite reports of bombings on the road, experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency maintain their visit to the nuclear power plant in Zaporizhia. The Director General of the IAEA has just made a point: “There are military activities, including this morning, a few minutes ago” but “we don’t stop, we move.”
07:47 : While experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency are due to go to the Zaporijjia nuclear power plant, the Ukrainian authorities are accusing Russia this morning of bombing Energodar, the city where the site is located. “The Russians carry out artillery strikes on the route by which the IAEA mission must go to the Zaporizhia power plant”, accuses the mayor of the city on Telegram. Dmytro Orlov, who posted photos of damaged buildings, says the delegation cannot “continue one’s way” to the central “For safety reasons”.
07:17 : If all goes well, the 14 experts of the mission of the International Atomic Energy Agency should go in the morning to the nuclear power plant of Zaporijjia. But this move remains perilous. Our special correspondent Anaïs Hanquet explains why:
06:31 : Meanwhile, the 14 mission experts of the International Atomic Energy Agency spent the night in Zaporizhia. If all goes well, they will go in the morning to the nuclear power station which is located about 50 kilometers away as the crow flies. Their inspection will finally be able to begin. They plan to set up a “permanent presence” on the site to avoid a possible disaster.
(SERGEI CHUZAVKOV / AFP)
06:24 : Volodymyr Zelensky surprise guest at the Venice Film Festival. The Ukrainian president appeared in video last night during the opening of the famous film festival. In a video message, he called on the film world not to “do not forget” a war that “has not lasted 120 minutes but for 189 days”.
(MARCO BERTORELLO / AFP)
06:13 : We start this new day of news with a summary of the news:
• After two months of vacation, schoolchildren, college and high school students will meet their friends, discover their teachers and find out about their timetable. In total, 12 million students are picking up the school bag this morning.
• At the end of a government back-to-school seminar, Elisabeth Borne unveiled the menu for the coming months last night. The government should soon publish a list of 60 priorities. Immigration, justice, ecology… Here is a summary of what the head of government announced.
Despite enormous pressure from Beijing, the UN has finally released its long-awaited report on human rights abuses in China’s Xinjiang region. Crimes against humanity may have been committed in the region, according to the United Nations.
Inspection of the Zaporizhia plant by IAEA inspectors should begin this morning. The International Atomic Energy Agency wants to establish a “permanent presence” on the site to avoid a possible disaster.