Did you miss the news this early morning? We’ve put together a recap to help you see things more clearly.
A drama involving the police and a teenager took place on Wednesday evening in Elancourt in the Yvelines. A 16-year-old man died in a two-wheeler collision with a police vehicle, just over two months after Nahel’s death following a traffic stop that had been the trigger for several nights of riots. According to a police source, the victim is accused of refusing to comply while his two-wheeler was “followed at a distance” by a police car. At an intersection, the two-wheeler collided with “another police vehicle”, according to the version of this first police source. Two investigations were opened by the Versailles prosecutor’s office: one for “refusal to comply”, the other for “manslaughter by driver”. Two police officers were taken into custody as part of this second investigation.
Will the Council of State confirm the Minister of Education Gabriel Attal in his choice to ban the abaya at school? The answer will not be long since the highest administrative court must render its decision this Thursday on this ban, challenged by the association Action Droits des Musulmans (ADM) which points to a risk of discrimination and infringement of rights. Much of the debate during the hearing revolved around the religious significance of the outfit, with ADM lawyer Vincent Brengarth assuring that the abaya “cannot be considered religious but traditional clothing”. But for the Ministry of National Education this garment “immediately makes the wearer recognize as belonging to the Muslim religion”.
This is a particularly controversial promise from Washington to kyiv. The United States will provide ammunition containing depleted uranium, as part of new aid announced Wednesday totaling $ 1 billion and supposed to give “new impetus” to the counter-offensive against Russian forces. These ammunition are a formidable weapon for piercing armor, but it is controversial because of the toxic risks for soldiers and populations. Depleted uranium is a by-product of the uranium enrichment process. It is about 60% less radioactive than natural uranium. The White House National Security Council therefore assured that these shells “are not radioactive” and “do not even come close to the category of nuclear weapons”. The Russian Embassy in the United States, for its part, denounced this forthcoming supply by Washington to kyiv, describing this future aid as a “clear sign of inhumanity”.