This weekend, were you too busy supporting the French at Roland-Garros to follow the news with us? No problem, our five-point recap of the last 48 hours is available for everyone, even the outrageous liars that you are…
1. China does not want to blow out the candles
Around the world, we celebrated this weekend the 34th anniversary of the demonstrations in Tiananmen Square in Beijing. A little everywhere, but not in China, where any evocation of the event and its bloody repression is censored. Also in Hong Kong, a former British colony returned to China, the police were on the alert. The police arrested this Sunday a prominent figure of the pro-democracy movement and at least 9 other people. The leader of an opposition party in Hong Kong, the League of Social Democrats, was arrested while holding a small LED candle and two flowers. Her party later said she was released two hours later.
More info: The situation in the Taiwan Strait is also very tense. The US Navy on Saturday accused a Chinese ship of having “dangerously” zigzagged around one of its destroyers which was sailing in the Taiwan Strait in the company of a Canadian vessel. China did not mention the incident but accused the United States and Canada of “intentionally causing trouble in the Taiwan Strait”, over which it claims sovereign rights.
2. Belgorod at the heart of the war
The governor of the Russian region of Belgorod, bordering Ukraine, called on residents on Sunday to evacuate the areas subjected to bombardments which have intensified in recent days. Ukrainian shell fire killed two people on Saturday in this town near the border. Villages in this region have been hit by unprecedented artillery fire in recent days, leaving seven dead and around 30 injured in total this week, according to Russian sources. On the other side of the border, air attacks hit central Ukraine, one killing a 2-year-old girl on Saturday evening and injuring 22 people in Dnipro, the other hitting an airfield on Sunday, authorities said. from the country.
3. The biggest dictation in the world
The largest dictation in the world took place this Sunday in Paris. 4-color pen in hand, Laure Gamaury, our reporter, went to the Champs to measure her spelling level and enter the Guinness Book. Verdict in video:
4. Nantes saves its place in Ligue 1
The Ligue 1 football championship ended on Saturday evening and delivered its share of nice surprises and big disappointments. Among the last, we find Auxerre, which returns to Ligue 2, beaten by Lens (1-3) in a festival of dumplings from the two goalkeepers. But also Monaco (1-2 against Toulouse), which will not go to the European Cup and has dismissed its coach. Or Paris (2-3 against Clermont) and OM (1-0 in Ajaccio) who end their season on a quack without consequence. In the radius of great happiness, figure Nantes which snatches its survival in L1 by beating Angers with a small goal. And Rennes, which finished 4th thanks to its victory (1-2) at the rival Brest combined with the draw of Lille (1-1) in Troyes.
Today’s info: Benzema and Real, it’s over. The 2022 Ballon d’Or has announced that he is leaving Madrid at the end of this season. He is therefore currently playing his last match at the Bernabeu, he who has won everything with the White House. His farewell match is live here.
5. At Roland, the Prime is not unanimous
While the 8th of the Parisian tennis tournament is taking place right now (to be continued, also on our site) and has allowed Djokovic, Khachanov, Pavlyuchenkova or Muchova to qualify for the next round, it’s the match programmed in “night” this Sunday which attracted attention. For the first time since the start of this Roland-Garros 2023, a female poster (Sabalenka-Stephens) was scheduled in “prime time” on the Central. A choice that resulted in hundreds of ticket resales, much to the chagrin of the players. Jérémy Laugier went to meet them…