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3:19 p.m. : On the second day of the trial, the prosecutor asked the court to pronounce “a sentence of deprivation of liberty for life” for Vadim Chichimarine, 21, according to an AFP journalist present in the courtroom.
3:16 p.m. : The Ukrainian prosecutor’s office is demanding life imprisonment, the maximum sentence, for the first Russian soldier tried for a war crime in kyiv, accused of having killed a civilian in late February.
2:29 p.m. : Here is a new point on the news at the beginning of the afternoon:
For thirty-eight consecutive days, temperatures have exceeded seasonal norms. France thus recorded a spring heat record, the previous similar series dating from April-May 2020, France weather announcement.
“I know you won’t be able to forgive me, but I beg your pardon”, launched Vadim Chichimarine, at the bar of the kyiv court where he is appearing. The first Russian soldier tried for a war crime in Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion, the 21-year-old non-commissioned officer yesterday admitted killing a Ukrainian civilian in the northeast of the country on February 28. Follow our live.
• Is the essential covered? Elisabeth Borne is making her first trip as Prime Minister to Les Mureaux (Yvelines) on the theme of equal opportunities and emancipation. The composition of the new government is still pending. Follow our live.
• The lack of staff in hospitals is critical, warns Professor Rémi Salomon. “We have an imminent risk of a breakdown in access to care, he warns on franceinfo. Everywhere, we lack beds, we lack nurses, we lack emergency doctors.
12:38 : The departure of the 30-year-old dancer, who joined the Dutch National Ballet in Amsterdam, had caused an earthquake in the world of dance. Leaving Russia and the prestigious Bolshoi, Olga Smirnova claims to have “follow his conscience”. She’s worried today from the isolation on the international scene of his former colleagues from the Moscow ballet.
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12:35 p.m. : Moldovan President Maia Sandu, traveling to Paris today, will ask France to support her country’s European aspirations. “This is a very important step for Moldova”according to Foreign Minister Nicu Popescu joined by franceinfo.
12:38 : “I know you won’t be able to forgive me, but I beg your pardon.”
The first Russian soldier tried for war crimes in Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion, 21-year-old non-commissioned officer Vadim Chichimarine, has “request forgiveness” to the widow of the slain Ukrainian civilian, whom he admits to having killed in northeastern Ukraine on February 28.
12:15 p.m. : It’s noon, here are the main titles:
• Is the essential covered? Elisabeth Borne must make her first trip as Prime Minister this afternoon to Les Mureaux (Yvelines) on the theme of equal opportunities and emancipation. The composition of the new government is still pending. Follow our live.
• The lack of staff in hospitals is critical, warns Professor Rémi Salomon. “We have an imminent risk of a breakdown in access to care, he warns on franceinfo. Everywhere, we lack beds, we lack nurses, we lack emergency doctors.
• German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is not in favor of a “shortcut” for Ukraine’s rapid accession to the European Union. There is no “no quick access procedure”had already warned European leaders. Follow our live.
• The Orpea group is singled out for the methods of its Swiss purchasing center by the investigation unit of Radio France.
10:40 a.m. : While the German Chancellor does not wish to “shortcut” for a possible accession of Ukraine to the EU, let us recall this warning European leaders in March, in Versailles (Yvelines): there is no “no fast access procedure”.
09:52 : German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is not in favor of a “shortcut” for Ukraine’s rapid accession to the European Union.
09:10 : Let’s go over the main titles again:
• Elisabeth Borne is due to make her first trip as Prime Minister this afternoon to Les Mureaux (Yvelines) on the theme of equal opportunities and emancipation. The composition of the new government is still pending. Follow our live.
• US President Joe Biden is due to meet the Swedish and Finnish leaders who have officially asked to join NATO. Yesterday, Moscow claimed that nearly 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers dug in at the Azovstal site in Mariupol had “taken prisoner”. A figure not confirmed by kyiv.
• The lack of staff in hospitals is critical, warns Professor Rémi Salomon. “We have an imminent risk of a breakdown in access to carehe said on franceinfo. Everywhere, we lack beds, we lack nurses, we lack emergency doctors.
• Temperatures are dropping today as many temperature records for the month of May were beaten or equaled in the South-East, Center-East and South-West, in particular in Albi (33.7°C), Toulouse (33.4°C) or Montélimar (33, 8°C).
08:03 : Speaking in Dallas this afternoon, forming President George. W Bush made a significant verbal slip-up while discussing the war in Ukraine. He tried referencing what he described as the “wholly unjustified and brutal invasion” — but said Iraq, instead of Ukraine. https://t.co/tw0VNJzKmE
08:23 : The sequence is already widely commented. Former US President George W. Bush made an astonishing slip of the tongue yesterday when referring to the war in Ukraine. He started by describing “one man’s decision to launch a totally unwarranted and brutal invasion of Iraq”. Before making a face and correcting himself : “I mean, from Ukraine.” George W. Bush was in the White House when the invasion of Iraq was decided on in 2003, an operation that was quickly described there as brutal and unjustified.
07:51 : Roman Starovoyt, governor of the Kursk region, said that other people were injured and are receiving medical treatment.
07:48 : An attack in a village in southwestern Russia, located on the border with Ukraine, in the Kursk region, left one dead and injured, said the governor of this region.
07:25 : Le Figaro title on the situation in Ukraine, referring to Kharkiv. The second city of the country, located in the East, is the “theatre of new Russian atrocities”writes the newspaper.
07:03 : Expulsions of French diplomats from Russia in retaliation: “It’s a legacy of the Soviet Union, explains Sylvie Bermann, former French ambassador to Russia. In the embassies, they have a large part of the staff who belong to the intelligence service .” https://t.co/VbvDbABh2x
07:02 : Russia expelled 34 French diplomats. Nothing very surprising, explains on franceinfo Sylvie Bermann, former ambassador of France in Russia until 2019, who wonders about the delay.
07:32 : Let’s do a first reminder of the main titles:
• US President Joe Biden is due to meet the Swedish and Finnish leaders who have officially asked to join NATO. Yesterday, Moscow claimed that nearly 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers dug in at the Azovstal site in Mariupol had “taken prisoner”. A figure not confirmed by kyiv.
• Temperatures are dropping today as many temperature records for the month of May were beaten or equaled in the South-East, Center-East and South-West, in particular in Albi (33.7°C), Toulouse (33.4°C) or Montélimar (33, 8°C).
• Arrived by helicopter at the Cannes Film Festival for the screening of Top Gun: MaverickAmerican actor Tom Cruise was awarded a surprise honorary Palme d’Or.
• The majority candidate Jérôme Peyrat retired from the race in the 4th district of Dordogne. He had been invested despite his conviction for domestic violence.