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2:18 p.m. : Here is a new point on the essentials of the news at the start of the afternoon:
• The 69-year-old man, suspected of killing three Kurds and injuring three others yesterday in the 10th arrondissement in Paris, said during his arrest that he acted because he was “racist” and that he was targeting the Kurdish community, according to a source familiar with the matter. His police custody is extended and the racist motive is retained by the investigation, announced the Paris prosecutor’s office.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky denounced an act of “terror” Russian for “intimidate” the Ukrainians, after a strike on the city center of Kherson, in southern Ukraine, which left at least five dead and 20 injured. Follow our live.
The French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, 78, known as “The Serpent”, expelled by the authorities of Nepal after having spent nearly twenty years there in prison for the murder of two North American tourists, has returned to France. His lawyer says he is “very fit” and therefore denies any health problem.
• TGV cuts increase today, on the second day of a strike by SNCF controllers, despite an agreement validated yesterday between the group’s management and the unions. We explain to you what prompted a collective of controllers to launch this social movement.
12:13 p.m. : Here is the main news at midday:
• The 69-year-old man suspected of killing three Kurds and injuring three others yesterday in the 10th arrondissement in Paris said during his arrest that he acted because he was “racist” and that he was targeting the Kurdish community, according to a source familiar with the matter.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky denounced an act of “terror” Russian for “intimidate” the Ukrainians, after a strike on the city center of Kherson, in southern Ukraine, which left at least five dead and 20 injured. Follow our live.
• TGV cuts increase today, on the second day of a strike by SNCF controllers, despite an agreement validated yesterday between the group’s management and the unions. We explain to you what prompted a collective of controllers to launch this social movement.
• Two children died early this morning in the fire of a house in Selles (Eure) where they were with their family to spend the end of year celebrations.
11:27 : Against the war waged by Vladimir Putin on Ukrainian soil, voices are raised in Russia. Those of women in particular, such as those of the Council of Mothers and Soldiers’ Wives, a collective set up by Olga Tsukanova. They denounce, among other things, the opacity of Moscow on the losses. Here is the franceinfo report on this subject.
11:19 a.m. : This is not sensitive content – it’s the real life of ??.Kherson. On the eve of Christmas, in the central part of the city. It’s terror, it’s killing for the sake of intimidation and pleasure. The world must see what absolute evil we are fighting against. #russiaisateroiststate https://t.co/ll1KAjHRom
11:18 a.m. : “Mornings, Saturdays, Christmas Eve, downtown. These are not military installations. This is not a war by set rules. This is terror, this is killing for intimidate and (take) pleasure.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky immediately reacted on social networks and denounced an act of “terror” Russian for “intimidate” the Ukrainians, after this strike.
11:26 : Five people died and 20 were injured in a Russian shelling in central Kherson, southern Ukraine.
10:24 a.m. : Indeed, thousands of refugees who fled the war in Ukraine will celebrate their first Christmas in exile, far from their families. The distance with their family weighs on their morale, for the Ukrainians met by Zoé Aucaigne. For their part, Olena and her granddaughter Valentina, welcomed by a French family, will try together to keep a festive spirit, according to the report by Farida Nouar.
10:14 a.m. : While Le Figaro focuses on Ukrainians who celebrate Christmas away from their country because of the war with Russia.
