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12:00 p.m. : It is noon ! Time to take stock of this morning’s news:
The government announced the medical evacuation of four passengers on board the humanitarian ship Ocean Viking, stranded in the Mediterranean with 234 migrants on board and the subject of a showdown between France and Italy. Among the four people disembarked, there are three migrants “in a serious state of health” and an accompanying person, according to SOS Méditerranée. Follow the situation in our live.
Vladimir Putin will not attend the G20 summit in Bali next week, a sign of growing diplomatic isolation since the launch of his offensive in Ukraine. Moreover, the Ukrainian authorities are cautious after the announcement by Russia of the withdrawal of its forces from Kherson, expecting to have to continue to fight to reconquer this regional capital. Follow our live.
Few metros were running this morning in Paris due to a strike called by all RATP unions for wage increases and improved working conditions. At the SNCF, on the other hand, the movement supported by the CGT-Cheminots alone promises to be much less followed, with normal traffic on the TGVs and slightly disturbed on the Intercités. Follow our live.
They had barely been able to put their beak back out: outdoor poultry must once again be confined everywhere in France in the face of the growing threat of avian flu. According to figures from the Ministry of Agriculture, more than 770,000 French poultry have been euthanized since August 1 to stem the epizootic.
12:02 : “If it was decided that the boat should come to Toulon, it would come in the military domain, and not in the public domain. (…) But we cannot say at the time when I speak to you that this boat will come to France . Nothing is recorded “declares Hubert Falco, mayor of Toulon, on BFMTV, while the government has just announced the medical evacuation of four passengers on board the humanitarian ship ocean viking.
11:22 : “One of the patients has been unstable and unresponsive to on-board care since October 27. The other two suffered injuries in Libya which, due to the long delay in treatment, are now at risk of adverse consequences to long term”said a spokeswoman for the NGO.
11:28 : L‘Ocean Viking asked “urgent medical evacuation” of three people who are “in a serious state of health and need hospital treatment”according to SOS Mediterranean.
11:27 : “The General Secretariat for the Sea, on the instructions of the Prime Minister, is implementing a medical evacuation operation at sea for four migrants currently on board theocean viking“, announces in a press release this body attached to Matignon and directed by the former prefect of police of Paris Didier Lallement. According to the NGO SOS Méditerranée, there are three migrants and a companion.
11:27 : The government announces the medical evacuation of four people aboard the humanitarian ship ocean vikingstranded in the Mediterranean with 234 migrants on board and the subject of a showdown between France and Italy.