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The end of year celebrations will take place in the presence of Omicron. Two days before Christmas, this very contagious variant continues to spread at lightning speed in Europe, where health measures continue to tighten. Spain, which recorded a record 49,823 new cases in 24 hours on Tuesday, reinstated the mask outdoors on Wednesday, while the United Kingdom reported more than 106,000 new cases of Covid-19 in 24 hours, again a record .
Europe is thus the region of the world which currently records the most contaminations, with 2,870,947 cases in the last seven days (60% of the world total). In France, Omicron is spreading “very quickly” and could become the majority there between Christmas and New Year, according to the government. Above all, the number of contaminations could exceed 100,000 per day at the end of December, warned the Minister of Health.
What will Vladimir Putin do: bring the world closer to an armed conflict in Ukraine or, on the contrary, calm things down? The Russian president will be questioned at length this Thursday by the Russian and international media on the politico-military crisis which is shaking the European security balance resulting from the Cold War. During this annual press conference, he will also be expected on the repression of the Russian opposition for a year, in particular on the Alexeï Navalny file. The health crisis and economic difficulties will also be discussed.
Eric Zemmour wants to sort through his supporters. The presidential candidate “condemned” Wednesday videos in which two individuals claiming to be their supporters practice shooting and in particular imagine targeting Emmanuel Macron and elected Insoumis, and for which an investigation has been opened. “You are neither one of my supporters, nor of my militants, and even less of my friends. I condemn in advance everything you do in my name during my campaign. I do not want your support or your help, ”wrote the candidate in a statement.
Problem: a new fact has been added to the list of excesses of the supporters of the polemicist. The finalist of the environmentalist primary has indeed announced to have filed a complaint against X after the facade and the front door of his accommodation were degraded during the night of Tuesday to Wednesday by stickers bearing the effigy of Eric Zemmour. So the grain has not yet been separated from the chaff.