The challenges of the Olympics for Emmanuel Macron, the hope of a truce in Gaza… Those informed on the morning of Wednesday May 8

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The themes :

There Olympic flame arrives in France, aboard the Belem. Tens of thousands of people are expected at the Old Port of Marseille for the start of the Paris Olympics, in the presence of Emmanuel Macron and part of the government. A sporting but also political sequence: the head of state is playing big. He hopes to capitalize on the success of the Games, with a before and after in terms of popularity, but everything remains to be done.

In the Middle East, all parties, including Israel, are back to the negotiating table. The Israeli army deployed tanks in Rafah and took control of the border crossing with Egypt, warning that it was ready to “intensify” its military operations if there was no progress on the release of the hostages. For his part, a Hamas leader indicated that these talks “could be the last chance to recover Israeli captives alive”.

The informed:

Alix Bouilhaguet, political columnist at franceinfo tv

Paul Barcelona, journalist in the political department of franceinfo

Julien Froment, journalist at the sports department of Radio France

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