It’s noon, let’s take a look at the news:
• #INFLATION The rise in consumer prices in France stood at 5.9% over one year in April, against 5.7% in March, due to a jump in energy prices while those of supply have slowed down, relayed INSEE.
• Emmanuel Macron is expected in the afternoon in Dunkirk. Accompanied by several ministers, he comes to illustrate his strategy of “reindustrialization” from France. In particular, he must mention the establishment in the city of a battery factory for electric vehicles which should generate 3,000 direct and 12,000 indirect jobs in Dunkirk.
• #UKRAINE Kiev forces have advanced two kilometers around Bakhmout, the epicenter of the fighting in eastern Ukraine, the Ukrainian deputy defense minister has announced. “The enemy has suffered significant losses in men”, said Ganna Malyar on social networks. Follow our live.
• #GAZA Exchanges of missiles and rockets between Israel and armed groups in Gaza continued overnight, to a lesser extent than the previous three days, in which 31 people lost their lives. Egypt, the traditional mediator between the two belligerents, is working to obtain a ceasefire.