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The suspense is almost over. The reshuffle of the government of Elisabeth Borne is expected for Thursday, the last “adjustments” having been made on Wednesday evening, with, according to various sources, between five and ten changes expected. Gabriel Attal is approached for Education in place of Pap Ndiaye, the Secretary of State in charge of the Social and Solidarity Economy Marlène Schiappa is given on the departure after being pinned for her management of the Marianne Fund. The president of the Renaissance group in the National Assembly, Aurore Bergé, could replace Jean-Christophe Combe as Minister of Solidarity. The fate of the Minister of Health, François Braun, remains uncertain.
A man opened fire in central Auckland, New Zealand’s second largest city, on Thursday morning, killing two people at a construction site and injuring six others before apparently turning the gun on himself. Despite this attack, New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins assured that there was no longer any threat and that the opening of the Women’s World Cup, jointly organized by his country and Australia, would go ahead as planned. The opening ceremony, which takes place at Eden Park in Auckland/Tāmaki Makaurau, is broadcast by France 2 at 8.35 am, before the New Zealand/Norway match.
The RATP has identified a series of errors, a month after an incident on line 4 of the Paris metro which trapped hundreds of travelers in the middle of rush hour, in stifling heat, in five trains stuck in the tunnels. An investigation had been launched at the request of RATP CEO Jean Castex in the wake of the incident, which occurred on June 14 on this north-south line which serves three major Parisian stations. Hot weather, rush hour and traveler information “sometimes clumsy and mostly perceived as late” contributed to making the situation painful for users, according to a memo of which AFP obtained a copy. One of the trains immobilized in the tunnel “experienced sound system malfunctions, preventing the reception of any information on board for nearly an hour”, specifies the memo. Another mistake recognized by the RATP: the decision to evacuate the trains blocked in the tunnels should have been taken earlier, due to the “lack of visibility on the return to normal and degraded waiting conditions” for travelers. A succession of incidents have thus “led to many complicated situations”, admits the RATP.