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    Ukraine: Emmanuel Macron assures that France will deliver “additional weapons” to kyiv

    We never weaken the capacity of our own armies to protect our soil and our nationals” and “we never deliver weapons” which “allow us to attack Russia on its soil”, nevertheless added the French president, on TF1.

    President Emmanuel Macron, December 2, 2022 in New Orleans (United States). (AFP)

    Europe and the United States share a common desire, that of “continuing to help Ukraine to

    Photo Hebdo: a seamstress asleep in a fishing net, a blind football fan and a Latin dance record… A week of news in pictures

    Photo hebdo returns, Friday, December 2, to a week of news in the world in a few shots. On the program, a dance record in Venezuela or a blind football fan in Qatar.

    As the children begin to open the boxes of the advent calendar, they are not the only ones, since at London Zoo, a meerkat also seems interested in this tradition.

    World: eruption of a volcano in Hawaii, deconfinement in China, protest in Iran… News from the past 24 hours

    The 20 Hours of Friday, December 2 goes around the world news in pictures. In summary, the protest that does not weaken in Iran and the awakening of a volcano in Hawaii.

    China is finally releasing some pressure on its zero covid policy.

    Climate Change: Vanishing Louisiana Bayous

    In the US state of Louisiana, bayou swamps are plagued by rising waters. Villages have already been destroyed and 350,000 people will become climate refugees in 50 years.

    South of Louisiana (United States), the land and the sea intertwine.

    Immigration: from Lagos to the Canary Islands, how could three migrants spend 11 days at the helm of an oil tanker?

    Three migrants from Lagos (Nigeria) were rescued on Monday November 28 in the port of Las Palmas, in the Canary Islands. They spent eleven days hiding on the rudder of an oil tanker.

    For eleven days, from Nigeria to the Canary Islands, these three stowaways hid near the rudder of the Alithini II tanker. (AFP)

    They spent eleven days in the Atlantic clinging to the back of an oil tanker. And it is packed on the blade of the rudder that we found them Monday when the ship arrived at the port of Las Palmas on the island of Gran Canaria.

    Eurozapping: letter bombs in Spain, lack of human resources in German and British hospitals

    Like every day, the 11 p.m. news takes a tour of the news broadcast by European television channels. It’s Eurozapping on Thursday, December 1st.

    Spain is the target of an envelope bomb campaign. Thursday, in the morning, it was at the United States Embassy that one of them was discovered.

    Spain: several letter bombs intercepted, addressed in particular to the Prime Minister and the Ambassador of Ukraine

    The security officer at the Ukrainian embassy in Madrid was slightly injured when a letter bomb intended for the ambassador exploded on Wednesday. The other couriers were defused before doing any damage.

    Demining services intervene after the discovery of a letter bomb addressed to the military base of Torrejon de Ardoz, in Spain, on December 1, 2022. (AFP)

    The Spanish authorities announced on Thursday 1 December that a letter bomb had been sent the previous week to the Prime Minister.

    Ursula von der Leyen evokes the death of “100,000 Ukrainian soldiers”, before the European Commission evokes an “inaccuracy”

    This estimate, coming from “external sources”, included both the killed and the wounded, justified the institution after removing this passage. kyiv had reacted strongly to these declarations, judging this initial assessment to be erroneous.

    The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, during a conference on the reconstruction of Ukraine, October 25, 2022. (DPA)

    Misunderstanding between Brussels and kyiv. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday (November 30)

    Energy crisis: sobriety measures in Spain and Poland

    Every day, the correspondents’ club describes how the same current event is illustrated in two countries.

    Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki holds a press conference on stopping gas from Russia in Rembelszczyzna near Warsaw on April 27, 2022. (AFP)

    The war in Ukraine and tensions with Russia are plunging European countries into an unprecedented energy crisis.

    Italy: Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni says she has “no problems” with France

    “Our bilateral relations continue”, assures the far-right leader, in an interview with “Corriere della sera”

    Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on November 22, 2022 during a press conference in Rome. (AFP)

    Officially, everything is fine between Giorgia Meloni and France.

    World Cup 2022: why Tunisia-France will not change anything in Didier Deschamps’ plans for the rest of the competition

    The recipe that allowed the Blues to quickly qualify for the round of 16 should not be changed following the match against Tunisia on Wednesday, regardless of the performance of the players.

    Adrien Rabiot, Aurelien Tchouameni and Antoine Griezmann against Mikkel Damsgaard during France-Denmark, in the World Cup (AFP)

    “It’s not tomorrow’s game that will change anything. It’s important but not decisive for us.”

    World Cup 2022: France-Tunisia, a historic match

    For the first time in their history, France and Tunisia will face each other in a football World Cup match on Wednesday, November 30, in Qatar.

    On the eve of the France-Tunisia match, which will take place on Wednesday, November 30, it is the Tunisians who are setting the mood in Doha, Qatar.

    Medicine without hospitalization can cure sleeping sickness

    This parasitic disease, known as the tsetse fly, permanently threatens 60 million people in Africa. This new treatment could eliminate the transmission of sleeping sickness by 2030.

    The drug was developed by Sanofi and a research organization founded by the World Health Organization. Illustrative photo. (AFP)

    A drug, acoziborole, developed by Sanofi and a research organization founded by the World Health Organization (WHO), can cure sleeping sickness, reveals the medical journal The Lancet.

    Energy crisis: lowering American gas prices, an ineffective strategy?

    The price of gas is one of the topics that Emmanuel Macron and Joe Biden will discuss on Thursday, December 1.

    Emmanuel Macron will discuss the price of gas with Joe Biden. American consumers spend 7 dollars for a unit of gas, and Europeans 37 dollars, more than five times more expensive.

    Energy: the European Commission proposes to cap gas prices under drastic conditions

    The EU executive proposes a “market correction mechanism” which aims to prohibit transactions on the European gas market if the contract price notably exceeds 275 euros/MWh for two weeks.

    European flags in front of the European Commission building in Brussels on October 21, 2022. (AFP)

    The European Commission proposed on Tuesday 22 November a temporary mechanism to cap wholesale gas prices.

    Twitter: the European Union calls on Elon Musk to “tackle disinformation with determination”

    During a telephone exchange with the boss of the social network, European Commissioner Thierry Breton recalled that Twitter will have to “considerably strengthen content moderation, protect freedom of expression”.

    The Twitter logo at the company’s headquarters in San Francisco (California), United States, on October 28, 2022. ( AFP)

    “Let’s be clear: there is still a huge amount of work to be done.”

    Nuclear: Greenpeace denounces the “scandalous” continuation of the uranium trade between France and Russia

    The NGO calls in particular for the termination of contracts with the Russian group Rosatom and its subsidiaries.

    The Rosatom group stand at the World Nuclear Exhibition in Le Bourget (Ile-de-France) on June 28, 2016. (Illustrative image) (AFP)

    Despite the war in Ukraine, France continues to import uranium from Russia. “Dozens of drums of enriched uranium and ten containers of natural uranium from Russia”

    Ukraine: what to remember from Monday, November 28

    After the strikes that have hit Ukraine in recent days, kyiv fears new bombardments.

    A destroyed building in kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, on November 27, 2022. (AFP)

    Ukrainian officials fear new Russian strikes in the coming days. The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said on Monday (November 28th) that the conflict has increased the threat of the use of weapons of mass destruction, including chemical munitions.

    Belgium-Morocco match at the World Cup: violence erupts in Brussels after the defeat of the Red Devils

    A few “dozens of people” attacked street furniture and the police on Sunday evening, according to the police in the Belgian capital.

    A policeman in Brussels (Belgium) on November 27, 2022, after scenes of violence following the Belgium-Morocco match of the 2022 World Cup. (AFP)

    Violence broke out on Sunday (November 27th) in Brussels (Belgium), following Morocco’s victory over Belgium at the FIFA World Cup.

    World Cup 2022: Germany avoid defeat against Spain and keep a chance of qualifying for the round of 16

    The Germans conceded a draw in the clash against Spain (1-1) on Sunday and no longer have their destiny in hand before the third and final match of the group stage.

    Jamal Musiala, ball at his feet, pursued by Rodri and Sergio Busquets, during Germany-Spain (1-1), November 27, 2022 in Qatar. (CAN/XINHUA/MAXPPP CAD)

    Germany has not lost, but its fate is no longer in its hands. In the shock of the first round of the World Cup against Spain, the selection of Hans-Dieter Flick tore away to get the point of the draw at the end of the match (1-1), Niclas Füllkrug (83rd) responding to the opener of Alvaro Morata (62nd).

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