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The debate between the two presidential finalists will not have been a repeat of that of 2017. Five years after her failed duel against Emmanuel Macron, Marine Le Pen had sworn via her relatives that she would be better prepared this time. And if she was put in difficulty during the first hour on purchasing power and Russia, the candidate of the National Rally then pulled herself together, but without really managing to shake up the head of state and his balance sheet . In the end, the duel will have been tense, but respectful and instructive.
After weeks of fighting, Mariupol, a besieged strategic city on the Sea of Azov, is on the verge of falling to Russian forces. Ukraine therefore proposed to Russia on Wednesday a “special session of negotiations” in this port city. The objective is to “rescue our guys, (the battalion) Azov, soldiers, civilians, children, the living and the wounded. Everyone, ”wrote Mikhaïlo Podolyak, adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on his Twitter account. “We are ready to come with Mykhailo Podolyak at any time for these negotiations, as soon as we receive confirmation from the Russian side,” said Ukrainian chief negotiator David Arakhamia on his Telegram channel.
This Thursday is a day of celebration in the United Kingdom. Now largely withdrawn from public life due to mobility problems, Queen Elizabeth II, the world’s oldest incumbent monarch, is indeed celebrating her 96th birthday. Cannon fire from the Tower of London and Hyde Park will mark the event and a military band will play Happy birthday, or rather happy birthday as they say across the Channel. However, the queen, who passed the milestone of 70 years of reign in February, will celebrate this day “privately”, said Buckingham Palace.