This live is over for tonight. It will resume tomorrow at 9 a.m. In the meantime, here is what to remember from the news of this Friday evening.
• # COVID_19 The bar of 2,000 patients in intensive care has been crossed again in France. According to Public Health France, there are 11,103 people hospitalized for a coronavirus infection (including 2,058 in intensive care), against 9,181 people, including 1,563 in intensive care, last Friday. Follow our live.
• #TELETHON The 35th edition of the Telethon has started on France Télévisions. At 9 pm, pledges amounted to 5,351,641 euros, intended for research against rare diseases. You can make a donation via the telephone platform 36 37 and on afm-telethon.fr.
• #AFGHANISTAN 258 Afghans “threatened because of their commitments” were evacuated from Kabul to Doha, Qatar, and will soon be repatriated to France. It’s about in particular journalists or “former civilians of local recruitment of our armies (PCRL)”, said French diplomacy.
• #PRESIDENTIAL The second round of the Republican Congress to decide between Eric Ciotti and Valérie Pécresse will end at 2 p.m. We will therefore immediately know the name of the candidate who will represent the party in the presidential election. In this article, we wondered how the former favorite of the polls, Xavier Bertrand, had missed the boat. #LR