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10:45 a.m. : McDonald’s Russia has been bought by the Russian entrepreneur Alexander Govor, after the decision to close all the fast food restaurants of the American brand in the country. Some 840 establishments are ready to resume service, according to the businessman interviewed by Forbes (in Russian). The name of the new franchise will be unveiled in mid-June but a few ideas have already been submitted, noted the RBK media: “Just So” (Tolko tak), “Funny and Tasty” (Vesilo i vkusno), “Our Place” (Nashe mecto)… The entrepreneur says he refused “McGovor”.
10:39 : “This war has and will have no winner”UN coordinator in Ukraine Amin Awad said in a statement. “We need peace. The war must end”he urged, as negotiations between kyiv and Moscow have stalled for several weeks.
10:38 : The war in Ukraine “will have no winner” judges the UN coordinator in the country, on the 100th day of the conflict.
09:47 : Despite the destruction, the port of Mariupol occupied by the Russians is gradually resuming its activities. A first freighter arrived in Rostov-on-the-Don (Russia) with a cargo of 2,500 tons of metal, reports the Interfax agency. On Tuesday, the Russian Defense Ministry released images of the ship. The separatist leader of Donetsk then added that part of the ships from the port of Mariupol would pass into the commercial fleet of the self-proclaimed pro-Russian republic.
10:00 a.m. : Here is the point on the news.
Ten departments in the south-west of France have been placed on orange vigilance for thunderstorms.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon promised that he would apply the Nupes program if he were appointed Prime Minister after a possible victory in the legislative elections. And this, despite the probable disagreements with Emmanuel Macron. Follow our live.
Joe Biden blasted the refusal “inadmissible” of the majority of Republican senators to strengthen gun regulations. He also called for a “ban” on the sale of assault rifles and high-capacity magazines to individuals.
It is the 100th day of war in Ukraine and the Russian army is tightening its grip in the East, its priority objective. Three months after the start of the invasion, Russian forces currently control “around 20%” of Ukrainian territory, nearly 125,000 km2, said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Follow our live.
The Platinum Jubilee festivities of Elizabeth II continue today. Cheered by the crowd on the balcony of Buckingham Palace, the Queen, in fragile health, will not attend, due to“some discomfort”, at religious service. Follow our live.
Place in the men’s semi-finals with the meetings between Rafael Nadal and the German Alexander Zverev from 2:30 p.m. on the Philippe-Chatrier court. Then, it will be the turn of the Norwegian Casper Ruud and the Croatian Marin Cilic to face each other.
07:59 : We start the press review with the 100th day of the war in Ukraine which occupies the first pages of the Figaro and Parisian. The latter wonders “until when” the Ukrainians will be heroic. The two dailies are also interested in the trial between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard, the verdict of which was delivered yesterday.
09:07 : We open with the traditional update on current events.
• Joe Biden blasted the refusal “inadmissible” of the majority of Republican senators to strengthen gun regulations. He also called for “to forbid” the sale of assault rifles and high-capacity magazines to individuals.
• It is the 100th day of war in Ukraine and the Russian army is tightening its grip in the East, its priority objective. Three months after the start of the invasion, Russian forces currently control “around 20%” of Ukrainian territory, nearly 125,000 km2, said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
• Emmanuel Macron has announced that he wants to generalize to the whole territory “the school of the future”an educational experiment carried out in Marseille, as well as the return of maths in “option” in first class, outlining the roadmap of the new Minister of Education Pap Ndiyae for the start of the school year. The Head of State also announced the return of mathematics “optional”, “not required“, in first class from the next school year.
• The Platinum Jubilee festivities of Elizabeth II continue today. Cheered by the crowd on the balcony of Buckingham, the Queen, in fragile health, will not attend, due to“a certain discomfort”, religious service.
• The 936,000 candidates who expressed their wishes on the Parcoursup access to higher education platform learned of the first expected responses at 7 p.m. They only have six days to respond. Franceinfo answers five questions about this decisive phase for candidates.
• Place for the men’s semi-finals with the meetings between Rafael Nadal and the German Alexander Zverev from 2:30 p.m. on the Philippe-Chatrier court. Then, it will be the turn of the Norwegian Casper Ruud and the Croatian Marin Cilic to face each other.