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12:00 p.m. : To accompany your lunch break, here is a new summary of the news of the morning:
Rain of tributes abroad, a little less in Russia… The international political class reacts to the disappearance of Mikhail Gorbachev at the age of 91. Emmanuel Macron greets a “a man of peace whose choices opened a path to freedom for Russians.” Vladimir Putin contented himself with expressing his “deep condolences”. Follow our live.
Three days without Russian gas: gas deliveries from Russia to Europe via the Nord Stream gas pipeline have again been stopped since this morning. This is maintenance work. Follow our live.
The search continues this morning to find the imam Hassan Iquioussen, whose expulsion was validated by the Council of State. When the police arrived at his home near Valenciennes yesterday, the preacher was not there.
One day before the students, it was back to school this morning for the 850,000 teachers, including 3,000 contract workers called in to make up for the lack of staff.
Back-to-school seminar also for members of the government. Emmanuel Macron and Elisabeth Borne bring them all together to set the strategy for the coming months against a backdrop of climate emergency, energy sobriety and defense of purchasing power.
11:51 a.m. : Question: Will the IAEA team really have access to everything once inside the nuclear power plant? Will it have access to the spaces occupied by the Russian army? Asked by The worldEmmanuelle Galichet thinks so. “The experts have all the skills required so that no one can lead them onprovides the teacher-researcher in nuclear physics at the National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts. They know the plant perfectly and will ask to visit exactly the places that they absolutely must check. I don’t see how the Russians or the Ukrainians could deceive them.”
11:52 : While experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency are expected on the spot at the end of the afternoon, kyiv accuses Russia of having bombed the city in which the Zaporijjia nuclear power plant is located. “The Russian army bombs Energodar”declares on Telegram Yevguen Yevtouchenko, the head of the administration of Nikopol, located opposite Energodar, on the other side of the Dnieper river.
10:07 : “We are not too worried about the ability to have gas.”
Asked about LCI, Emmanuelle Wargon said she was optimistic about France’s ability to have gas. “We continue to diversify. We buy gas from other countries like Norway, Algeria. We also buy liquefied natural gas everywhere. With all that, we are not too worried”, wanted to reassure the president of the Energy Regulation Commission.
09:04 : To accompany your coffee, here is a new summary of the news of the morning:
Rain of tributes abroad, a little less in Russia… The international political class reacts to the disappearance of Mikhail Gorbachev at the age of 91. Emmanuel Macron greets a “a man of peace whose choices opened a path to freedom for Russians.” Vladimir Putin contented himself with expressing his “deep condolences”. Follow our live.
Three days without Russian gas: gas deliveries from Russia to Europe via the Nord Stream gas pipeline have again been stopped since this morning. This is maintenance work. Follow our live.
The search continues this morning to find the imam Hassan Iquioussen, whose expulsion was validated by the Council of State. When the police arrived at his home near Valenciennes yesterday, the preacher was not there.
One day before the students, it’s back to school this morning for the 850,000 teachers, including 3,000 contract workers called in to make up for the lack of staff.
Back-to-school seminar also for members of the government. Emmanuel Macron and Elisabeth Borne are bringing them together this morning to set the strategy for the coming months against a backdrop of climate emergency, energy sobriety and defense of purchasing power.
07:53 : In addition, Gazprom confirmed last night that it would completely cut its floodgates to Engie tomorrow. The Russian giant denounces the non-payment by the French supplier for deliveries made in July.
07:56 : Gas deliveries from Russia to Europe via the Nord Stream gas pipeline were again halted this morning. The Russian gas giant Gazprom had announced earlier this interruption which should last three days and which is linked to work at a compressor station in northern Germany. It is from there that the gas is then exported to other European countries.
The pipeline is currently operating at only 20% capacity, “which sent already high energy prices skyrocketing and prompted European countries to put in place emergency plans to save energy”rightly recalls The world.
07:20 : We also learn that Volodymyr Zelensky spoke last night with Emmanuel Macron about the Zaporijjia power plant. “We coordinated our positions to protect Ukraine and Europe from Russian radiological blackmailsays the Ukrainian president in his daily video. I hope that together with international organizations, with all our partners, we can bring the plant back under full Ukrainian control and force Russia to withdraw all its military personnel and weapons from the plant. An immediate and complete demilitarization of the site is necessary.”
07:20 : The inspection team of the International Atomic Energy Agency set off for Zaporizhia. Its 14 members, who have just left kyiv, should arrive at the nuclear power plant at the end of the afternoon, after an eight-hour drive. And they intend to surrender “on the inside” of the central. This gives you time to re-read our article in which we explain the objectives of this visit.
(SERGEI CHUZAVKOV / AFP)