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The situation is improving very slightly in Pas-de-Calais, even if the risk of further flooding is still present, particularly near Boulogne-sur-Mer. Placed on red flood alert late Tuesday afternoon, the department returned to orange alert this Wednesday morning, according to the latest Météo-France bulletin. In the Alps, Haute-Savoie is on the other hand in red due to possible overflows in the Arve sector, where roads have been closed. Coming to Pas-de-Calais on Tuesday to meet disaster victims, Emmanuel Macron indicated that “all the municipalities which requested it”, i.e. 214 in the department and “around thirty in the North”, would be classified as a natural disaster. . The Head of State also announced the release of a “support fund” of 50 million euros for affected communities. Another “exceptional support fund” for farmers will also be launched.
Concern is growing over the fate of thousands of civilians crowding into al-Chifa hospital, the largest in the Gaza Strip. The Israeli army announced early this Wednesday that it was carrying out a “targeted and precision” operation against Hamas. The reason ? Israel and the United States consider this place to be a strategic military site for the terrorist movement. To limit criticism, the Israeli army also assured that it had “medical teams and Arabic-speaking people on site who have been trained specifically for this sensitive and complex environment, with the aim of ensuring that no harm is caused to civilians.” used by Hamas as human shields.
A sign of a warming between Paris and Bern after tensions over the Rafale planes in 2022, Emmanuel Macron begins a two-day state visit to Switzerland this Wednesday, with the relationship with the European Union in focus in a context where the Swiss government is preparing to negotiate once again with the European Commission. The French president will be entitled to the consideration reserved for the most important guests, while these French visits are rare. Besides François Hollande in 2015, only Jacques Chirac in 1998, François Mitterrand in 1983 and Armand Fallières in 1910 had made this trip.