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12:02 am : This live is over for tonight. While waiting for its resumption, at 6 o’clock, do not hesitate to consult our articles. Here’s what to remember from the news:
His innocence protests did not convince the court. Yacine Mihoub was sentenced at the Paris Assizes to life imprisonment for the 2018 murder of Mireille Knoll, a crime “with an anti-Semitic character”.
• “We were at war, we responded” : heard as a witness at the high security trial of the attacks of November 13, 2015, former President François Hollande justified his foreign policy in the Middle East and responded to controversies.
• Lawyer Fabrice Di Vizio, who for more than a year has been multiplying massive appeals against government management of the health crisis, is the subject of a disciplinary procedure by the Paris Bar, inspiring the skepticism of some of his peers.
• The two biggest polluters in the world agree on the climate issue. China and the United States have concluded a “joint declaration on strengthening climate action”, announced in Glasgow (United Kingdom) the Chinese envoy for the climate, Xie Zhenhua.
• Estonia, France and Ireland have called for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council on the migrant crisis on the border between Poland and Belarus, to be held on Thursday after -midday.
8:02 p.m. : Here is the update on the news at the start of the evening:
• Estonia, France and Ireland have called for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council on the migrant crisis on the border between Poland and Belarus, which should be held tomorrow after -midday.
• Twenty-four hours after her disappearance in Mayenne, the 17-year-old jogger was found alive yesterday in Sablé-sur-Sarthe (Sarthe). She was able to find her family this evening. The investigation continues to try to understand the circumstances of his disappearance.
• The health pass for people over 65 will be deactivated, in the absence of a booster dose, “6 months and 5 weeks” after the previous injection, from December 15, said government spokesman Gabriel Attal.
• The two biggest polluters in the world agree on the climate issue. China and the United States have concluded a “joint declaration on strengthening climate action”, announced in Glasgow (United Kingdom) the Chinese envoy for the climate, Xie Zhenhua.
6:57 p.m. : Thousands of migrants who arrived on Belarusian visas in the hope of reaching the European Union are currently massed at the Polish border. Access to the site is forbidden to journalists, but images released by the authorities of both countries show hundreds of men, women and children in tents or on the ground, trying to warm themselves around fires by temperatures close to 0 ° C. Our journalist Fabien Magnenou went there and tells us how these people are trapped, unable to enter Poland or turn back.
6:54 p.m. : The UN Security Council will meet urgently tomorrow to discuss the migration crisis on the border between Belarus and Poland.
6:08 p.m. : It’s time to take a look at the news:
• Angela Merkel addressed Vladimir Putin. German Chancellor asked Russian President “to act” versus “instrumentalisation” migrants by the Belarusian regime, said spokesperson Steffen Seibert.
• Twenty-four hours after her disappearance in Mayenne, the 17-year-old jogger was found alive yesterday in Sablé-sur-Sarthe (Sarthe). The investigation continues to try to understand the circumstances of his disappearance.
• The first draft resolution of COP26 encourages countries to revise upwards their commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from 2022, ie three years before the date provided for in the Paris agreement.
• The health pass for people over 65 will be deactivated, in the absence of a booster dose, “6 months and 5 weeks” after the previous injection, from December 15, said government spokesman Gabriel Attal.
• François Hollande, the former President of the Republic speaks at the trial of the November 13 attacks. He is cited as a witness by the association of victims Life for Paris, civil party. His hearing is due to begin at 12:30 p.m. before the special assize court in Paris.
3:54 p.m. : Week of great firsts for Hugo Gaston. After entering the Top 100 of the ATP ranking, the Toulousain was selected for the first time in the French Davis Cup team.
(JEAN CATUFFE / DPPI via AFP)
3:19 p.m. : “It is clear that what we are facing here is a manifestation of state terrorism.”Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said at a joint press conference with European Council President Charles Michel.
3:24 p.m. : It’s time to do a little point on the news :
• “What the Belarusian regime is doing is trafficking human beings “government spokesman Gabriel Attal said during the Council of Ministers report today as thousands of migrants are massed on the border between Belarus and Poland. The reactions of European representatives are numerous today.
• The man placed in police custody Monday evening after the disappearance of the 17-year-old jogger in Mayenne, found alive, was exonerated, announced the Laval prosecutor.
• The first draft resolution of COP26, published today, encourages countries to revise upwards their commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from 2022. That is three years before the date provided for by the agreement of Paris of 2015, which set the revision of national contributions (NDC) every five years.
• The health pass for people over 65 will be deactivated, in the absence of a booster dose, “6 months and 5 weeks” after the previous injection, from December 15, said government spokesman Gabriel Attal.
• François Hollande is expected at the trial of the November 13 attacks, where he was cited as a witness by an association of victims. You can follow his testimony in our direct.
1:57 p.m. : “What the Belarusian regime is doing is trafficking human beings”government spokesman Gabriel Attal said during the Council of Ministers report today as thousands of migrants are massed on the border between Belarus and Poland.
(XOSE BOUZAS / HANS LUCAS / AFP)
13:37 : Along the eastern border of the European Union, there are officially 3,000 to 4,000 migrants, but undoubtedly more. In front of the barbed wire that separates Belarus from Poland, migrant camps are occupied mainly by Kurds from the Middle East.
13:31 : Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki accuses Belarus of “state terrorism”.
1:00 p.m. : Before going to lunch, a little point on the news:
• Russia rejects the accusations of the Polish Prime Minister, who accuses Moscow of being the sponsor of the migration crisis on the border between Poland and Belarus.
The man taken into police custody Monday evening after the disappearance of the 17-year-old jogger in Mayenne, found alive, was exonerated, announced the Laval prosecutor.
• The first draft resolution of COP26 encourages countries to revise upwards their commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from 2022, ie three years before the date provided for in the Paris agreement.
• The health pass for people over 65 will be deactivated, in the absence of a booster dose, “6 months and 5 weeks” after the previous injection, from December 15, said government spokesman Gabriel Attal.
• François Hollande is expected at the trial of the November 13 attacks, where he was cited as a witness by an association of victims. You can follow his testimony in our direct.
13:17 : Angela Merkel asked Russian President Vladimir Putin “to act” versus “the instrumentalization of migrants by the Belarusian regime”.
1:01 p.m. : Belarus accuses the West of orchestrating the current migration crisis on the Polish border. Belarusian foreign minister Vladimir Makei said he hoped for a “reinforced work” with Russia, its main ally, in particular “a common reaction” face “to unfriendly acts” targeting his country.
13:17 : #Belarus How are migrants arriving at the border? Here’s the video showing a taxi and a large group of migrants around. The video was published by propaganda journalists who are allowed in the area. There were reports earlier that migrants took taxis from Minsk where they land https://t.co/ikxdKOn9im
1:02 p.m. : A journalist from Minsk posted a video on Twitter about how migrants are taken by taxi from Belarus to the border with Poland.
1:02 p.m. : Poland announces that it has launched a crackdown against the migrants massed at the border with Belarus, and has made more than fifty arrests. “In the past 24 hours, police have detained more than 50 people near Bialowieza after they crossed the border illegally.”, said the spokesperson for the regional police.