Let’s go for the traditional recap of the weekend’s news! If you preferred to take advantage of the really lousy weather to binge-watch the last season of The Crownwe stayed connected to give you the five pieces of information to remember to start a new week well informed.
Qatar communicates on an upcoming release of Israeli hostages from Hamas
The conclusion of an agreement on the release of the hostages kidnapped on October 7 during the Hamas attack now rests on “minor” practical questions, affirmed the Qatari Prime Minister, Mohammed bin Abdelrahmane Al-Thani, without however providing any details. calendar. The White House said on Saturday that it was “continuing to work hard” to reach an agreement between Israel and Hamas to release hostages and mark a pause in the fighting. The Hamas attack left 1,200 dead, mostly civilians, according to Israeli authorities.
For its part, the UN warns Israel about the possible classification of certain activities currently carried out in Gaza by the Israeli army as “war crimes”. “The horrible events” that have occurred over the past 48 hours in Gaza “are beyond comprehension,” declared Sunday the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, referring in particular to “the murder” of people in “ schools transformed into shelters” and “hundreds of people fleeing al-Chifa hospital to save their lives”. It warns that “are actions that run counter to the basic protections that international law must provide to civilians.” According to the latest report from the Hamas government, 12,300 people have been killed in Israeli bombardments on the Gaza Strip since the start of the war, including more than 5,000 children and 3,300 women.
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14-0: A relentless score for the French football team against Gibraltar
The French team scored the biggest victory in its history against Gibraltar (14-0) on Saturday in Nice and secured a place among the top five in qualifying for Euro-2024, synonymous with top seed. for the competition.
“A good match for the stats,” smiled Kingsley Coman, author of a double, during the match. “It’s my first time, we’ve already seen scores with Bayern (8-0 against Darmstadt at the end of October, for example, Editor’s note) but never this many, it’s a record that I hope will remain,” added the Bavarian striker, author of his 7th and 8th goals for his 54th selection. The only downside is that midfielder Warren Zaire-Emery only enjoyed a quarter of an hour of his first selection for the French team, at 17, before being forced to leave prematurely, injured just after scoring. his first goal.
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Senator Joël Guerriau indicted for “administration of substance to commit rape or sexual assault”
It is a sordid story that has shaken the political sphere since Friday. Joël Guerriau was indicted on Friday evening. This professional banker, senator of Loire-Atlantique since 2011, is suspected of having drugged MoDem MP Sandrine Josso during the night from Tuesday to Wednesday without his knowledge with a view to sexually assaulting her, accusations denied by his lawyer. He is also indicted for “use and possession of narcotics”, according to the Paris prosecutor’s office, which had requested an obligation to undergo treatment. The judge did not accept this measure, but placed it under judicial control, including a ban on going to the MP’s home.
Political sanctions quickly fell. He was suspended on Saturday by his Horizons party and his parliamentary group, which could exclude him permanently.
Furthermore, the group Les Indépendants in the Senate, where it sits, announced its “suspension” and “the initiation of a disciplinary procedure”, again with possible exclusion.
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The investigation into the disappearance of a mother in Marseille turns into “kidnapping and sequestration”
The investigation into a “disturbing disappearance” opened after the disappearance of a 34-year-old mother who left her home at the beginning of November without giving any further news was reclassified on Friday as “kidnapping and sequestration”.
Mélodie Mendes da Silva, a 34-year-old beautician and mother of two children, left her home located in the center of Marseille on Friday, November 3 at the end of the afternoon and she no longer gave any sign of life to her family ever since. His disappearance was reported by his companion three days later, on November 6.
A white march organized by the family of the deceased on Saturday in the city center of Marseille brought together around 150 people.
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Progress but can do better for the Starship rocket
SpaceX launched the largest and most powerful rocket ever built, Starship, on Saturday, whose two stages successfully separated before an “anomaly” caused them to explode. The giant 120-meter-tall rocket ripped off the ground shortly after 7 a.m. (1 p.m. GMT) from SpaceX’s base in Boca Chica, in far south Texas. The Starship module, placed atop the rocket, successfully separated from the propulsion stage but the two parts of the rocket did not survive until their scheduled descent and exploded in flight, according to SpaceX.
The American air regulator, the FAA, indicated in a press release that an “incident” had occurred during the flight. “The anomaly led to the loss of the machine,” adds the agency, which specifies that no injuries or other material damage have been reported.
“The FAA will supervise the investigation carried out by SpaceX” to determine the causes of the incident, further indicates the agency, which will have to approve the conclusions of the investigation and the corrective actions to be carried out by SpaceX before authorizing any new launch of Starship.
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