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    Apec Summit: strategic challenges for Emmanuel Macron

    Emmanuel Macron is taking part in the summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, which is being held in Thailand. Journalist Guillaume Daret, live from Bangkok on Friday, explains that this is an important forum for the Head of State.

    The Head of State is attending the summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum taking place in Bangkok.

    G20: “Not appropriate”, when Chinese President Xi Jinping criticizes Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in front of the cameras

    The Chinese head of state reprimanded the Canadian for having “told the newspapers” the content of a private conversation on “the question of interference” by Beijing in the democratic and judicial systems of Ottawa.

    Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (left) and Chinese President Xi Jinping, during the G20 summit, in Bali, Indonesia, November 16, 2022. (OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA / AFP)

    The scene is rare for the general public.

    Wood: a very lucrative traffic between France and China?

    How to explain the disappearance of tens of hectares of trees in France? It would be a large-scale traffic, partly destined for China.

    Three hectares of private forest were ravaged near Lyon, in the Rhone.

    Summit of the Francophonie: is French really in decline?

    If Emmanuel Macron has warned of a potential decline of the Francophonie around the world, French remains the fifth most spoken language with 321 million French speakers on the five continents.

    As Djerba (Tunisia) hosts the summit of the Francophonie, Emmanuel Macron spoke of its decline around the world.

    Francophonie Summit: digital issues in Djerba

    As representatives of 88 countries gathered in Djerba, Tunisia, Emmanuel Macron took the opportunity to talk about the war in Ukraine, but also about conflicts in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and in the Caucasus.

    For two days, the time of the Francophonie summit, Djerba (Tunisia) is the capital of the French-speaking world and welcomes representatives from 88 countries, including Emmanuel Macron.

    COP27: at 72, Dorothee Hildegrandt links Stockholm to Sharm el-Sheikh by bike to prove “that we can change our lifestyles”

    This Swedish retiree left on July 1 and arrived for the opening of the COP ten days ago in Egypt. A journey intended to show that changing the way you move is possible, even for a long trip, and even at 72 years old.

    Dorothée Hildebrandt, a Swedish septuagenarian who cycled Oslo – Sharm El Sheikh for the climate. (GETTY IMAGES)

    How to use COP27 to send a concrete message? Dorothee Hildegrandt, a 72-year-old Swede opted for a very concrete solution:

    DIRECT. War in Ukraine: “We will be with you” until “Ukraine wins”, says British Prime Minister on visit to Kyiv

    Rishi Sunak traveled to the Ukrainian capital on Saturday to “confirm UK support” for the country.

    Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on November 19, 2022 in kyiv (Ukraine). (AFP)

    A symbolic visit. The new British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, traveled to kyiv on Saturday, November 19, to “confirm the support” of the United Kingdom to Ukraine, announced Downing Street.

    War in Ukraine: a first train from kyiv arrives in Kherson, a week after the withdrawal of the Russian occupier

    A week after the withdrawal of Russian troops, the railway line between kyiv and Kherson resumed service on Friday, November 18.

    A week after the end of the Russian occupation, the railway line between Kyiv (Ukraine) and Kherson (Ukraine)

    “Ocean Viking”: the Council of State rejects the request to close the temporary waiting area in the Var

    The 234 people rescued by the humanitarian boat in the Mediterranean had been transferred to this area, created in a holiday center on the Giens peninsula, in Hyeres.

    Migrants leave the humanitarian ship “Ocean Viking” in Toulon, November 11, 2022. (AFP)

    The Council of State rejected, Saturday, November 19, the request of the National Association for Border Assistance for Foreigners

    Coverage of the war in Ukraine

    Franck Mathevon, director of international information for Radio France, answers questions from listeners on coverage of the war in Ukraine with the mediator of the antennas of Radio France, Emmanuelle Daviet.

    Continued coverage of the war in Ukraine. Subject of many letters from listeners for the mediator of the antennas of Radio France. (CHRISTOPHE ABRAMOWITZ)

    The listeners wrote to the mediator of the antennas of Radio France, Emmanuelle Daviet.

    Ukraine: what to remember from Friday, November 18

    As the snow begins to fall on the country, Kyiv has asked for “additional support” from the EU to deal with the energy crisis that is rocking the country.

    A widespread power cut in kyiv (Ukraine), November 8, 2022. ( NURPHOTO / AFP)

    The snow has fallen and Ukrainian energy capabilities are melting.

    Portugal: a short-lived upturn

    “European Micro” examines a social phenomenon in Portugal today, the theft of food in hypermarkets. Families with young children and elderly people cannot feed their children or live on their retirement: this is what statistics from Portuguese supermarkets reveal.

    A hypermarket in Portugal in Lisbon. (Illustration) (CORBIS VIA GETTY IMAGES)

    European Micro is now devoted to Portugal, with Ana Navarro Pedro, Portuguese journalist correspondent in Paris.

    Eurozapping: inflation pushes to fly in the UK, Banksy paints in Ukraine

    In the United Kingdom, it is one of the consequences of inflation, at its highest for 40 years. Filmed by a CCTV camera: thefts in a supermarket.

    Ocean Viking: legal chaos for migrants

    Friday, November 18, due to lack of time and resources, justice was unable to process all the files of migrants from the Ocean Viking. This means that 123 of them have been released.

    Most of the Ocean Viking migrants who were held in a center on the Gien peninsula (Var) were released on Friday, November 18.

    Ukraine: nearly half of the national energy system is “out of order”, warns kyiv

    As the snow begins to fall on the country, Ukraine on Friday asked for “additional support” from the EU to deal with this energy crisis.

    A person walks on a snowy street in Lviv, western Ukraine, on November 18, 2022. (AFP)

    Winter is approaching and Ukrainian energy capacities are melting.

    Ocean Viking: Faced with legal chaos, migrants are virtually all free

    Justice is overwhelmed, Friday, November 18, because of too many migrant files to process after the Ocean Viking arrived in Toulon a week ago. The legal chaos provokes strong reactions.

    Little by little, the reception center for migrants at Ocean Viking is emptying.

    Ocean Viking: “180 files to be decided in 24 hours, it is radically impossible” for justice, estimates the president of the bar of Toulon

    Sophie Cais, however, believes that “human means” have been put in place to be able to examine the situation of all migrants. She denounces a “serious lack of translators” in certain languages.

    A woman and a child, passengers of the Ocean Viking, upon their arrival at the “Giens Cap Levant” holiday center in Hyeres, November 11, 2022. (AFP)

    Sophie Cais, president of the order of lawyers at the bar of Toulon, estimates Friday afternoon November 18 on franceinfo that to ask the judges of freedoms and detention to “rule in 24 hours on 180 files” of migrant survivors of the Ocean Viking “is radically impossible”.

    “We are concentrating on the generators”: as winter approaches in Ukraine, concern in the European headquarters for humanitarian aid

    The European Union’s Emergency Response Coordination Center in Brussels has been providing shelter, food, vehicles or medical aid to Ukrainians since February.

    An employee of the Emergency Response Coordination Center (ERCC) in Brussels, January 29, 2020 (AFP)

    In the crisis room under the wall of giant screens are displayed maps, statistics and six clocks which indicate the local time in different points of the globe.

    “It will take decades to clear everything”: in Ukraine, painstaking work to neutralize the explosives that litter the liberated territories

    An area equivalent to a third of France is polluted by the deadly traps represented by mines and other remnants of the fighting. The marking of risk areas and information campaigns are a short-term priority.Soldiers from the demining unit inspect fields near the town of Snihurivka, in the Mykolaiv region (Ukraine), on November 12, 2022. (ANADOLU AGENCY / AFP)

    This is one of the great challenges facing Ukraine: how to clear tens of thousands of square kilometers polluted by explosive devices of all kinds?

    Ukraine: what we know about the acts of torture reported in Kherson and described as a “phenomenon” of “horrible” scale

    Since the liberation of this large city in the south of the country, testimonies have multiplied, after eight months of occupation by Russian forces.

    A police station in which Russian soldiers allegedly tortured Ukrainian prisoners, according to testimonies from residents of Kherson collected after the departure of the occupying army, on November 16, 2022. (ANADOLU AGENCY / AFP)

    “I have yet to see ‘torture’ on such a scale”. Dmytro Loubynets, in charge of human rights in the Ukrainian Parliament, described, Thursday, November 18 on national television, the abuses observed in Kherson after the departure of the Russian forces.

    Turkey’s Future Direction under Erdogan

    The recent presidential election in Turkey was a historic moment for the country, as it was the first time a runoff was held for...