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12:20 p.m. : The various curfews will remain in force on New Year’s Eve across Ukraine, recalls the head of the national police, Ihor Klymenko. “If you don’t have your papers or if there are doubts about your intentions, you risk spending New Year’s Eve at the police station”, says the official interviewed by Interfax-Ukraine. Fireworks are also prohibited, especially since they can stir up the trauma of a population already tested by the bombings.
12:03 : It is noon ! Let’s take a look at the news:
• Brazil begins a three-day national mourning following the death at the age of 82 of its “King” Pelé, considered the best football player of all time and mourned across the planet. The only player in history to have won three editions of the World Cup (1958, 1962, 1970), he had been battling colon cancer for several months and had been hospitalized at the end of November in Sao Paulo. Follow our live.
• The Spanish government has announced, like the United States and a growing number of countries, the establishment of “controls” at its airports for travelers from China, which the WHO chief said “understandable”.
• Vladimir Putin has told Chinese leader Xi Jinping that he wants to strengthen military cooperation with China, praising Moscow and Beijing’s resistance to the “pressures” Western. “In the context of unprecedented pressure and provocations from the West, we defend our principled positions”, welcomed the Russian president. Follow our live.
• Avatar: The Way of the Water brought together more than 6.87 million spectators since its release in mid-December in French theaters, dethroning “Top Gun: Maverick” as the most viewed film of the year 2022, announced its distributor Disney.
11:20 a.m. : Since October and a series of military setbacks on the front, Russia has adopted the tactic of hitting Ukrainian power stations and transformers with its missiles and drones, plunging the population into cold and darkness in the middle of winter.
11:16 a.m. : Ukraine said it repelled a nighttime explosive drone attack, launched by Russia less than 24 hours after massive new bombings against energy infrastructure, depriving millions of Ukrainians of electricity.
10:30 a.m. : Vladimir Putin said he wanted to strengthen military cooperation with China, during a meeting by videoconference with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, praising the resistance of Moscow and Beijing to the “pressures” Western.