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2:22 p.m. : It is 2 p.m. and dust, here is an update on the titles:
• Raphaël Dupond-Moretti, the son of the Minister of Justice, was placed in police custody on suspicion of domestic violence, learned France Télévisions from concordant sources.
• A battle “fierce” is underway for Vougledar, a town in eastern Ukraine that Russian forces are trying to conquer. The Ukrainian army ensures, for its part, that “the enemy exaggerates his success”. Follow our live.
Bernard Laporte resigned this morning from his post as president of the French Rugby Federation, after being sentenced to two years in prison suspended for corruption.
The mobilization in the energy sector continues today, after further reductions in electricity production overnight by EDF strikers at the Paluel nuclear power plant (Seine-Maritime).
2:03 p.m. : “The enemy exaggerates, to put it mildly, its success. (…) Faced with its losses, the enemy retreats.”
2:03 p.m. : A spokesman for the Ukrainian army, Serguiï Tcherevaty, for his part assured that the Russians had been pushed back to Vougledar. “The enemy is indeed seeking to achieve success in this sector but it is not achieving this thanks to the efforts of the Defense Forces of Ukraine”he said on Ukrainian television.
2:00 p.m. : One of his advisers, Ian Gagine, added to the Russian agency Tass that “serious, brutal fights” were in progress, and that the Russian forces “located in the southeast and east” of Vougledar.
2:02 p.m. : A battle “fierce” is underway for the control of Vougledar, a city in eastern Ukraine that Russian forces are trying to conquer. “The coming encirclement and liberation of the city will solve some things”affirmed this night the head of the Russian occupation of the Ukrainian region of Donetsk, Denis Pushilin.
1:53 p.m. : Poland will deliver 14 Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, as well as about sixty tanks (including 30 PT-91, a modernized version of the Soviet T-72). “I thank [Varsovie] for these important decisions”reacted Volodymyr Zelensky this afternoon.
12:00 p.m. : It is noon, here is a new point on the news:
Bernard Laporte has resigned as president of the French Rugby Federation after being given a two-year suspended prison sentence, a 75,000 euro fine and a two-year ban on holding any position related to rugby for corruption.
The mobilization in the energy sector continues today, after further reductions in electricity production overnight by EDF strikers at the Paluel nuclear power plant (Seine-Maritime).
• As part of’a plan to fight against animal abusethe Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin announced the establishment of referents in all police stations in France, from Chamarande, in Essonne.
• On the occasion of the International Day of Holocaust Victims, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky underlined that “indifference and hatred” continued to kill, alluding without naming it to Russia’s military offensive. Follow our live.
11:54 : On the occasion of the International Day of the Victims of the Holocaust, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky underlined that “indifference and hatred” continued to kill, alluding without naming it to Russia’s military offensive.
11:11 a.m. : Vladimir Putin accused “Neo-Nazis in Ukraine” to commit crimes against civilians, on the occasion of the international day of the victims of the Holocaust. The Russian president regularly uses this rhetoric to justify his military offensive.
09:32 : It is 9 o’clock, here is a new point on the titles:
• The National Commission for Campaign Accounts and Political Financing approved the accounts of the twelve presidential candidates of 2022.
• Around 7,000 amendments to the pension reform project were tabled by MPs, with a view to examining the text in committee at the National Assembly.
• The country was the victim yesterday of new large-scale Russian strikes, which killed 11 people. Follow our live.
The PS Congress opens today in Marseille, in a context of crisis within the party, after the disputed election of Olivier Faure as first secretary.
07:10 : It’s time for our press review of the day. Today, the daily The world is interested in the intensification of the aid provided to kyiv, with the announcement, in recent days, of the delivery of tanks by several Western countries such as the United States, Germany or Poland. (THE WORLD)
07:14 : “I am only here to support my son. I had no intention of making headlines or causing any disruption. (…) So that there is no disruption during the semi-final for my son nor for his opponent, I chose to watch the game from home.”
06:59 : The father of the Serbian tennis player has just announced that he is giving up attending his son’s semi-final, scheduled for the day.
07:13 : The Ukrainian ambassador in Canberra demands from the organizers of the Australian Open that they withdraw the accreditation of the father of the Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic, Srdjan Djokovic. The latter was filmed with supporters waving pro-Russian flags.
07:18 : It’s 6 o’clock, let’s start with a point on the news:
• About 7,000 amendments to the pension reform project have already been tabled by MPs, with a view to examining the text in committee at the National Assembly.
• Workers in the energy sector mobilized yesterday in power stations, refineries, ports and docks against the reform project. The movement will be partly extended today, at the call of the CGT.
• The country was the victim yesterday of new large-scale Russian strikes, which killed 11 people. This new wave of bombardments comes the day after the green light from Washington and Berlin for the transfer of heavy tanks to kyiv.
• The alleged perpetrator of the machete attack which caused the death of a sexton in Algeciras the night before last was not “under surveillance” for radicalization, assured the Spanish government.