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08:49 : The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), has sharply worsened its forecast of economic contraction for Ukraine in view of the prolonged Russian invasion. It now expects a brutal contraction of 30% of the Ukrainian economy this year instead of 20% expected in March, at the very beginning of the Russian offensive.
07:22 : Release collects the confessions of a Wagner mercenary. “Russia has always firmly denied our existence“explains Marat Gabidullin.
06:47 : The UN Security Council is expected to hold another public meeting on the war in Ukraine on Thursday, in view of “the continuing deterioration of the humanitarian situation”, announce diplomats. Requested by France and Mexico, this session will be the 16th of the Security Council since the Russian invasion of February 24.
07:37 : We start with a reminder of the news headlines:
The UN estimates a 50% chance that the average annual global temperature will temporarily be 1.5°C above pre-industrial values for at least one of the next five years.
On an official visit to Berlin yesterday, Emmanuel Macron assured that he knew “of course” the name of the next Prime Minister, but refused to reveal his identity. “I’m not going to say it here, not now”he replied.
• Ferdinand Marcos Junior, son of the late dictator of the same name, won a landslide victory in the presidential election, reinstalling his family clan at the top of power, 36 years after the popular revolt which had driven him out.
Fighting intensifies in southern and eastern Ukraine, where US arms deliveries are to be accelerated. “You are not alone. The EU is on your side”said yesterday the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, on a surprise visit to Odessa.
Inflation will continue to accelerate in the coming months. It should exceed 5% in May and reach 5.4% in June.