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    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.

    Eurozapping: inflation puts the beer industry in difficulty in England

    In this brewery in Stroud (England), galloping inflation is putting beer production at risk. “The biggest increase since last year is electricity, which has doubled.

    Elon Musk reinstates the accounts of several personalities banned from Twitter, but has “not yet made a decision” concerning Donald Trump

    The former US president was banned from the social network in January 2021, after the Capitol was stormed by his supporters.

    Elon Musk’s Twitter account, November 14, 2022. (NURPHOTO / AFP)

    Arrived for three weeks, the new boss of Twitter dictates his rules. Elon Musk announced on Friday, November 18, that the suspended accounts of several personalities

    United States: Elizabeth Holmes, founder of Theranos and fallen star of Silicon Valley, sentenced to eleven years in prison for fraud

    The 38-year-old entrepreneur claimed to have developed a revolutionary machine for performing blood tests. The scam was exposed in 2015.

    Elizabeth Holmes, on November 18, 2022 in San José (United States). (JUSTIN SULLIVAN / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)

    “I am devastated by my failures.” Former Silicon Valley star Elizabeth Holmes was sentenced Friday, November 18, to just over 11 years in prison for fraud in the management of her start-up Theranos, which promised a revolution in blood tests.

    United States: the special prosecutor “will not investigate impartially”, accuses Donald Trump

    The US Attorney General on Friday appointed a prosecutor to independently investigate the former US president, three days after he announced his intention to run again in 2024.

    Former US President Donald Trump after a press conference at his residence in Mar-a-Lago (Florida), November 15, 2022. (GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)

    Jack Smith’s work will be scrutinized. Barely appointed by the US Department of Justice to independently investigate Donald Trump, this expert war crimes prosecutor has already been questioned by the former President of the United States.

    United States: an independent prosecutor appointed to investigate Donald Trump

    The American billionaire reacted on Friday, denouncing a “political” and “unfair” appointment.

    Donald Trump, in Palm Beach (Florida), November 15, 2022. (AFP)

    US Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Friday, November 18 in a televised address the appointment of an independent prosecutor, Jack Smith, to investigate Donald Trump.

    Hurricanes: have the coasts of Florida become unlivable?

    Florida is frequently hit by successive hurricanes. Do the thousands of inhabitants still want to rebuild and live again with this risk?

    Trip Valigorsky’s house, located on the coast of Daytona Beach (Florida, United States) was devastated by a hurricane a week ago, associated with a high tide phenomenon.

    Florida: despite the hurricanes, the inhabitants want to stay on the coast

    Florida is frequently hit by successive hurricanes. Do the thousands of inhabitants still want to rebuild and live again with this risk?

    Trip Valigorsky’s house, located on the coast of Daytona Beach (Florida, United States) was devastated by a hurricane a week ago, associated with a high tide phenomenon.

    Climate: Lula wants to organize the COP in 2025 in the Amazon, France supports the idea

    “Brazil should not be isolated” on the international scene, said the Brazilian president-elect on Wednesday, while Jair Bolsonaro’s mandate was marked by a massive increase in deforestation.

    Brazilian President-elect Lula, November 16, 2022 at COP 27 in Egypt. (AFP)

    A COP at the heart of the planet’s lungs? Brazilian President-elect Lula announced Wednesday, November 16, in Sharm el-Sheikh (Egypt)

    Ukraine: Emmanuel Macron wants a “greater role of mediation” from China

    This was declared by the French president on Wednesday during a speech at the G20 in Bali.

    Ukrainian President Emmanuel Macron greets Chinese President Xi Jinping, on the sidelines of the G20 in Bali, November 15, 2022. (AFP)

    Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday, November 16, that he wanted China to play “a greater role of mediation” in the war in Ukraine. “There is a space for convergence, including with major emerging countries like China and India, to push Russia to de-escalate,” the French president told reporters after the G20 summit in Indonesia. . He said he had discussed with Chinese President Xi Jinping a “principle” of a visit to China in early 2023.

    the investigation into the fatal shipwreck of migrants in the Channel overwhelms the French rescuers

    In November 2021, 27 migrants died when their makeshift boat sank in the English Channel. The investigation is progressing and according to elements of the legal file, the emergency services did not measure the urgency of the situation.

    A migrant boat trying to reach the British coast from France, October 12, 2022. ( AFP)

    These are exchanges that send shivers down your spine. The investigation into the sinking of a migrant boat on November 24, 2021 is overwhelming for French relief.

    Ukraine: Russia denies having fired the missile that fell in Poland

    Tuesday’s strikes “were only carried out on the territory of Ukraine at a distance of more than 35 kilometers from the Ukrainian-Polish border”, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.

    General Sergei Surovikin, new head of the Russian offensive, October 10, 2019. ( AFP)

    Who fired the missile that fell in Poland on Tuesday? Russia said on Wednesday, November 16, that its strikes had only hit Ukrainian territory the day before.

    Ukraine: what to remember from the day of Tuesday, November 15

    Strikes on Ukraine, explosion in Poland… Tuesday marks a turning point in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

    The city of Lviv (Ukraine), located near the border with Poland, was hit by Russian strikes on November 15, 2022. (AFP)

    Will the conflict between Russia and Ukraine spread? The eyes are riveted on the village of Przewodow, located in Poland, very close to the border with Ukraine,

    Ukraine: deprived of water and electricity, Kherson heals its wounds

    Freed from Russian troops, the city of Kherson regains its calm but the damage caused by the occupation makes the daily life of the inhabitants complicated.

    Since the liberation of Kherson, the banks of the Dnieper River have become an obligatory passage. They are the supply point for running water.

    Ukraine: kyiv and Kharkiv hit by Russian missiles

    Hard hit by Russian strikes, kyiv and Kharkiv are now without electricity and its inhabitants have taken refuge in metro stations.

    The city of kyiv, almost plunged into darkness. Two buildings are on fire. Russia would have sent more than 100 missiles, according to the Ukrainian army.

    Colds in adults and children: how not to get sick, how to distinguish from the flu and how to cure quickly?

    What remedies are most likely to overcome the symptoms of colds and acute respiratory viral infections?

    International Reactions to Escalating Middle East Crisis

    As tensions mount in the Middle East, global leaders are voicing their concerns and opinions on the situation. Warnings of Further Escalation: Iraq and Syria...